Subject: 100 Nouns (5) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: Jul 15 18
This round was written by Angikar. Let's see if we can wrap our brains around these offerings!
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)
advocate
apricot
assessment
brick
butter
cargo
ceiling
centre
distance
drawing
ember
elephant
estuary
finger
frame
game
gentleman
hurdle
igloo
jelly
king
knickers
lion
lorry
mantle
mistake
nostalgia
orange
otter
pastel
pattern
police
porridge
ranking
rescue
ring
rucksack
saddle
singer
squid
string
talisman
telephone
tick
tweezer
ulcer
vertex
writer
yard
zenith
List B (specific nouns)
Angkor Wat
Audrey Hepburn
Battle of the Somme
Biot-Savart Law
Chelsea
Columbia University
Cretaceous Period
Derweze
Emily Dickinson
Exxon Mobil
Fernando Alonso
Frederic Forsyth
Galvanometer
Gammaxene
Garfield Sobers
'Hard Times'
Ho Chi Minh City
'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'
Hugh Jackman
hydrogen peroxide
IKEA
Ingrid Bergman
Inuktitut
John Rockefeller
Jimmy Fallon
Krishna
Lesotho
Magellanic Cloud
Medulla Oblangata
Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Oman
Orion
Otto Octopus
Pfizer
Punic Wars
River Po
Robert Brown
'Schindler's List'
Selenium
Sicilian Defence
'Speak Now'
Square Drive
'Swans Reflecting Elephants'
'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'
'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
'The Marriage of Figaro'
Tuaregs
Verizon
Wells and Fargo
Wyoming
Good luck!
Posted by: trident
Date: Jul 15 18
This round was written by Angikar. Let's see if we can wrap our brains around these offerings!
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)
Good luck!
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spanishliz
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I'd like to start with 'porridge' and 'Battle of the Somme' please. Reply #1. Jul 15 18, 8:03 AM |
Joepetz 
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I will take king and Angkor Wat Reply #2. Jul 15 18, 9:26 AM |
LadyNym
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"Squid" and "River Po" for my first pair, please! Reply #3. Jul 15 18, 9:39 AM |
FatherSteve
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Congratulations to Angikar for an outstanding list of one hundred nouns. The care and wit he invested in it are obvious. And he spelled centre correctly! May I have, please, finger and Jimmy Fallon? Reply #4. Jul 15 18, 10:03 AM |
Godwit
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Apricot and Wyoming for an R, please. Reply #5. Jul 15 18, 10:07 AM |
| Godwit
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I'll second that. Excellent list, thank you :) Reply #6. Jul 15 18, 10:08 AM |
masfon
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I will take estuary and River Po Reply #7. Jul 15 18, 10:21 AM |
apathy100
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I will take Inuktitut and rescue please! Reply #8. Jul 15 18, 10:29 AM |
| FatherSteve
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My questions touching upon finger and Jimmy Fallon are both ready to go up but I have 5 other questions in the queue pending editor review and therefor will advise when two of those are cleared away to make room for these. Reply #9. Jul 15 18, 10:55 AM |
angikar
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Thanks for the compliments. Regarding the spelling, India usually follows British spelling. Also, the only thing I would like to point out is that this is probably one of the easiest 100 Nouns rounds that will be. FatherSteve's round will remain one of the hardest rounds I personally feel. Reply #10. Jul 15 18, 11:42 AM |
| angikar
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Just like FatherSteve, I am not claiming any words now. I will claim the last two pairs remaining maybe. Reply #11. Jul 15 18, 11:43 AM |
| Godwit
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True. Father Steve's list was freaky hard. Which made it fascinating and fun. Yet your list is "something completely different". Everyone will lend their unique personality to a list. Part of what's cool here. Apricot and Wyoming are in. Reply #12. Jul 15 18, 11:53 AM |
| spanishliz
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Porridge has been submitted to Television, and the Battle of the Somme to History. Reply #13. Jul 15 18, 3:20 PM |
| Godwit
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I sent Masfon a note that River Po was already taken. We gotta use the posts, not the list, since they aren't always crossed off instantly. Reply #14. Jul 15 18, 3:54 PM |
| Godwit
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If it helps, because it helps me: From list one: porridge, king, squid, finger, apricot, Inuktitut and estuary are taken. From list two: Battle of Somme, Angkor Wat, River Po, Jimmy Fallon, Wyoming, rescue, and a replacement for River Po, are taken. Reply #15. Jul 15 18, 3:59 PM |
| zorba_scank
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I will take lion and Krishna, please. Reply #16. Jul 15 18, 4:01 PM |
| Godwit
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Brick, and Gammaxene, kindly. Reply #17. Jul 15 18, 4:14 PM |
| masfon
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Ok ! I will take with estuary and Lesotho. Reply #18. Jul 15 18, 4:30 PM |
| Godwit
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TAKEN from list one: porridge, king, squid, finger, apricot, Inuktitut, estuary, lion and brick. TAKEN from list two: Battle of Somme, Angkor Wat, River Po, Jimmy Fallon, Wyoming, rescue, Lesotho, Krishna, Gammaxene. Reply #19. Jul 15 18, 5:52 PM |
leith90
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I'll take Hugh Jackman! I'd take him anywhere. Oh, and you'd better give me medulla oblongata as well. Reply #20. Jul 15 18, 6:27 PM |
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