Subject: 100 Nouns (1) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: Mar 23 18
Hi all. Now that we have new badges for single questions, it is time for us to start a game for them to help inspire us here in the Lounge. Writing single questions is much faster than quiz writing, so we need lots of prompts...100 perhaps? This is how the game works. I will give two lists, each with 50 items. The first list will contain generic nouns that might be pretty easy to work into a question in many different ways. These would be words like clock, strawberry, or heart. The second list has much more specific words that are likely going to have to be directly about that topic (unless you can find an inventive way to make them about something else). This list would include things like Mount Kilimanjaro, Ulysses S. Grant, and barometric pressure. Some of the entries on this second list will be something you might need to research a little!
Authors must choose a word from each list, one generic and one specific, and write one question about each. Once you claim a word from a list, it is no longer available for other players to claim it. All nouns eventually have to be claimed before the series can end, so you better choose the one you want early! Once you have written your two questions and submitted them to the queue, you are free to choose two more. It might be good manners not to keep choosing too many in a row too quickly, allowing others a chance at the list. Submitting and claiming words will mostly be on the honor system. You must submit the two questions to the queue before claiming any more. I will occasionally be checking the queue to make sure authors are actually submitting questions with their chosen nouns. Happy single questioning!
Last note: After writing and submitting the questions to the queue, we would appreciate it if players could then post in the thread which category each of their questions went to. This is will allow us to verify submissions much quicker!
List A (generic nouns)
abacus
appendix
bayou
blunder
brain
candle
carpenter
casino
chandelier
clam
clerk
coffin
consonant
copper
dagger
encouragement
enemy
goblin
guitarist
hanger
honey
hunter
hypnotism
ice
jasmine
jester
juice
ladybug
monitor
needle
nitrogen
octopus
palette
parsnip
pew
rail
record
renovation
rent
river
rosary
rose
rubber
snowflake
soil
umbrella
vein
wallet
whisker
yarn
List B (specific nouns)
Aleutian Islands
anastrophe
anthracite
baba ghanoush
bid whist
Bootes void
catalytic converter
chiaroscuro
chicken biryani
"The Count of Monte Cristo"
Dave Brubeck
diacritical mark
diminishing returns
Dungeness crab
East India Company
Edvard Munch
"Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
"Escape to Margaritaville"
French Third Republic
Gainsborough hat
Goliath birdeater
"Hagar the Horrible"
Himeji Castle
"His Girl Friday"
Huey Teocalli
"I Believe I Can Fly"
Isaac Asimov
Lagos, Nigeria
Lake Baikal
Lordagsgodis
Maracana Stadium
mass driver
Michel Foucault
Niels Bohr
pituitary gland
pyroclastic flow
"Quantum Leap"
"Ramayana"
Richard Dean Anderson
Ryan Coogler
Saint Anthony of Padua
"Smoke on the Water"
sodium hypochlorite
steganography
Suleiman the Magnificent
Times New Roman
triple Lutz
Venus Williams
West Lothian
Yi Sun-sin
Posted by: trident
Date: Mar 23 18
Hi all. Now that we have new badges for single questions, it is time for us to start a game for them to help inspire us here in the Lounge. Writing single questions is much faster than quiz writing, so we need lots of prompts...100 perhaps? This is how the game works. I will give two lists, each with 50 items. The first list will contain generic nouns that might be pretty easy to work into a question in many different ways. These would be words like clock, strawberry, or heart. The second list has much more specific words that are likely going to have to be directly about that topic (unless you can find an inventive way to make them about something else). This list would include things like Mount Kilimanjaro, Ulysses S. Grant, and barometric pressure. Some of the entries on this second list will be something you might need to research a little!
Authors must choose a word from each list, one generic and one specific, and write one question about each. Once you claim a word from a list, it is no longer available for other players to claim it. All nouns eventually have to be claimed before the series can end, so you better choose the one you want early! Once you have written your two questions and submitted them to the queue, you are free to choose two more. It might be good manners not to keep choosing too many in a row too quickly, allowing others a chance at the list. Submitting and claiming words will mostly be on the honor system. You must submit the two questions to the queue before claiming any more. I will occasionally be checking the queue to make sure authors are actually submitting questions with their chosen nouns. Happy single questioning!
Last note: After writing and submitting the questions to the queue, we would appreciate it if players could then post in the thread which category each of their questions went to. This is will allow us to verify submissions much quicker!
List A (generic nouns)
List B (specific nouns)
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angikar 
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Rubber, and Niels Bohr posted in Sci/Tech! Reply #41. Mar 24 18, 2:06 AM |
| angikar
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Next, I would like to claim hunter and sodium hypochlorite! Both Sci/Tech. Reply #42. Mar 24 18, 2:09 AM |
| angikar
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Submitted sodium hypochlorite in Sci/Tech. But what's this? Can't submit any more? Only 5 questions at a time in the queue?? But the FAQ section says one can submit upto 10 questions... Reply #43. Mar 24 18, 2:36 AM |
trident
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Five is correct. You'll have to wait until some of the single questions are approved. This is to prevent spamming, not that everyone is looking to do that. Reply #44. Mar 24 18, 2:40 AM |
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A quick question, angikar. Did you submit a question for appendix rather than rubber? If so, we can eliminate appendix instead. Reply #45. Mar 24 18, 2:48 AM |
AcrylicInk
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Can I do consonant and diacritical mark? Reply #46. Mar 24 18, 4:39 AM |
| trident
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Yep, they are yours! Reply #47. Mar 24 18, 4:40 AM |
| angikar
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Oh sorry, I submitted appendix, not rubber. Reply #48. Mar 24 18, 4:44 AM |
| angikar
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I have done so far, pituitary(B), vein (A), Niels Bohr (B), appendix (A), sodium hypochlorite (B). Haven't written hunter(A) yet. Reply #49. Mar 24 18, 4:46 AM |
| angikar
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I thought of writing a question on rubber, but wrote one on appendix instead. Lol. Next I would like to claim rubber (A) and Bootes Void (B). All Sci/Tech! I will flood the category with questions! Reply #50. Mar 24 18, 4:49 AM |
| trident
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Haha, it's been almost 24 hours. Write away! Reply #51. Mar 24 18, 4:51 AM |
| angikar
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Ok. Trident has sent me in overdrive mode. I would like to claim monitor and anthracite after that. Again Sci/Tech. Reply #52. Mar 24 18, 5:20 AM |
kyleisalive
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Did you end up completing Hunter? Reply #53. Mar 24 18, 5:23 AM |
| angikar
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And copper and catalytic converter after that. I won't claim any more words to prevent the wrath of anybody. 12 questions, i.e., 4 new ingredients in my kitchen!!! Reply #54. Mar 24 18, 5:24 AM |
| angikar
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I have the question ready. But I already have 5 questions submitted. That rule should be relaxed for the 100 Words challenge I believe. Reply #55. Mar 24 18, 5:25 AM |
| kyleisalive
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There's no way to confirm that those questions are written until they're queued. I'm all for ambition, but the buffer gives the editors a chance to catch up and other authors the opportunity to snag some nouns. Reply #56. Mar 24 18, 5:35 AM |
LadyNym
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My "clam" question has just been submitted in Hobbies. I'll write the "chiaroscuro" one later today, as I need to go out shortly. Reply #57. Mar 24 18, 5:55 AM |
| angikar
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I have submitted hunter. Reply #58. Mar 24 18, 6:45 AM |
apathy100
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I will take Gainsborough hat and jasmine. I will be submitting one of them to Entertainment and the other to Hobbies. Reply #59. Mar 24 18, 7:18 AM |
| kyleisalive
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I'm watching for you in Ent. Just cleared it out this morning. :) Reply #60. Mar 24 18, 7:44 AM |
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