Subject: 100 Nouns (4) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: May 27 18
For the next two rounds, we have two guest hosts! For 100 Nouns (4), our guest host is FatherSteve, who has so graciously provided us with these offerings. Best of luck to everyone!
Here's a reminder on 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. 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!
After some discussion with my fellow editors, we have established some more thorough rules to make the game run smoother. Please read them below:
1. Players may not have any remaining word pairs outstanding from the previous round if they want to claim any words this round. Word pairs from the previous round should be submitted to the queue before claiming any here.
2. In order to give everyone a fair shake at the word pairs, we are only allowing individual players to claim four word pairs per round. If many words have been sitting around unclaimed for a while (think 3-4 weeks), then we will open the round back up to everyone.
3. There will be no switching of words or word pairs of any kind. If you have decided to claim a word pair, please stick with it and submit it to the queue. If you absolutely cannot complete your word pair, it will be put back onto the word list and you may not complete any more word pairs for that round.
Happy single questioning!
List A (generic nouns)
abcess
annatto
avocado
bathysphere
blazon
bucatini
buttonhole
caber
cadenza
calico
capillary
chasse
cog
cress
dental floss
dim sum
endpaper
ferrule
gargoyle
grimace
hernia
houndstooth
idyll
jonquil
kaleidoscope
lathe
lectern
leprechaun
macrophage
marrow
megalith
narcissism
oratorio
paracetamol
pumice
pyx
quiff
quince
quokka
shallot
sous-vide
Sousaphone
stagecoach
tarragon
tomatillo
tonic
tortoise
udder
valedictorian
yuzu
List B (specific nouns)
Abel Tasman
Akita
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Aotearoa
Belém , Brazil
bibimbap
Dick Deadeye
Dorothea Lange
Dr. Alan Grant
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Ehud the Deliverer
Foghorn Leghorn
Francisco Goya
haka
H. Muhammad Suharto
Horace Walpole
Iwa, son of Kukui
Jeju Island
Jeroboam
Johannes Kepler
Jutland
Kabuki
Kamchatka Peninsula
Louis Bleriot
Lydia Bennet
Mammy Yokum
moonchild
Margot Fonteyn
Marie Laveau
Moses ben Maimon
Mount Aconcagua
Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo
Nicodemus
Okanogan
pallium
Pele's tears
Pernod Fils
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
rougarou
scleroderma
Strait of Hormuz
Tomás de Torquemada
yaws
Yokohama, Japan
Zamboanga, Philippines
Zane Grey
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Zardoz
ZaSu Pitts
Posted by: trident
Date: May 27 18
For the next two rounds, we have two guest hosts! For 100 Nouns (4), our guest host is FatherSteve, who has so graciously provided us with these offerings. Best of luck to everyone!
Here's a reminder on 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. 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!
After some discussion with my fellow editors, we have established some more thorough rules to make the game run smoother. Please read them below:
1. Players may not have any remaining word pairs outstanding from the previous round if they want to claim any words this round. Word pairs from the previous round should be submitted to the queue before claiming any here.
2. In order to give everyone a fair shake at the word pairs, we are only allowing individual players to claim four word pairs per round. If many words have been sitting around unclaimed for a while (think 3-4 weeks), then we will open the round back up to everyone.
3. There will be no switching of words or word pairs of any kind. If you have decided to claim a word pair, please stick with it and submit it to the queue. If you absolutely cannot complete your word pair, it will be put back onto the word list and you may not complete any more word pairs for that round.
Happy single questioning!
List A (generic nouns)
List B (specific nouns)
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Godwit 
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Macrophage and Zane Grey are in. Enjoyed the research very much, thanks. Reply #21. May 27 18, 7:57 PM |
Creedy
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Could I have Houndstooth and Foghorn Leghorn please :) Reply #22. May 27 18, 9:21 PM |
looney_tunes
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Godwit: "oops, it happened again. I choose a category, wrote the question, then on the "check to see if the question exists" page I got a message my question is too long. The only option I'm given is to return to the Home Page. When I click on that link, my question is gone." When you get that message, if you hit the back button in your browser (not the return to the Home Page option), you will see your previous screen. You can then copy the question and paste it in a word processor, where you can fiddle with it and use the word count (symbols including spaces) to make sure it will fit. Your limit is 250 characters. I actually find it easier to write the question in a word processor and make sure it is not too long before I even open the new question screen. Of course, that can also be frustrating if I spent some time on a question that turns out to be a duplicate! Reply #23. May 27 18, 10:38 PM |
angikar
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I will take 'capillary' and 'Johannes Kepler' as my first pair. Reply #24. May 27 18, 11:31 PM |
| Creedy
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"Pay attention now, son" - Houndstooth and Foghorn Leghorn submitted Reply #25. May 28 18, 12:26 AM |
| Creedy
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I wonder if Freud and the boys would find anything psychologically significant in our choices of nouns? Reply #26. May 28 18, 12:39 AM |
kyleisalive
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Godwit-- it seems that 'macrophage' was taken as a selection before you claimed it. Reply #27. May 28 18, 12:47 AM |
| kyleisalive
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I'll take Leprechaun and Marie Laveau. Reply #28. May 28 18, 12:48 AM |
rossian
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Godwit: "oops, it happened again." You don't need to write a full question to check if there's something similar already online. I put three or four key words in the box to see what comes up before I waste too much time putting my own masterpiece together. I don't feel quite so disappointed then when my brilliant idea has already been used and can decide on a different angle. Reply #29. May 28 18, 1:26 AM |
| angikar
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Okay, so 'Johannes Kepler' goes to Sci/Tech. Reply #30. May 28 18, 3:05 AM |
| angikar
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Okay, so 'capillary' goes to Sci/Tech. Reply #31. May 28 18, 4:09 AM |
| angikar
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When my queue gets cleared, I shall claim my next pair. Ciao for now! Reply #32. May 28 18, 4:15 AM |
| Godwit
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Rossian: brilliant tip, thank you You don't need to write a full question to check if there's something similar already online. I put three or four key words in the box to see what comes up ... Reply #33. May 28 18, 11:06 AM |
| Godwit
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oh dear, on macrophage. What happens to my submission? Reply #34. May 28 18, 11:07 AM |
| Godwit
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Thanks Looneytunes for the tip, also. So nice to get some steers so I stop doing things the hard way. I see macrophage was taken a good hour before I claimed it. Sorry about that. Well let me know what happens, in that case. I am rather fond of my question. Reply #35. May 28 18, 11:10 AM |
gme24
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kaleidoscope and Zardoz please. Reply #36. May 28 18, 11:21 AM |
| Godwit
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Creedy said: I wonder if Freud and the boys would find anything psychologically significant in our choices of nouns? Reply #26. May 28 18, 12:39 AM we don't need Freud these days. The spiders collect them and send them off to analytics. See if you get some Foghorn ads!? Reply #37. May 28 18, 11:25 AM |
| kyleisalive
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Godwit-- your question should still be submitted. You did write it, after all. But you will need to claim another from List A to even it out. Reply #38. May 28 18, 11:56 AM |
| Godwit
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Sounds great! Will do...thanks Reply #39. May 28 18, 12:17 PM |
| Godwit
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Pumice, if you will. Reply #40. May 28 18, 12:19 PM |
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