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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LadyNym 
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Glad to see my hydrogen peroxide question has sparked so much interest :D! Hope you will come across it when playing the New Question Game. It was an intriguing bit of trivia I found while researching the topic. Reply #101. Aug 02 18, 6:07 AM |
rossian
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I've submitted 'police' to Television and 'Hard Times' to General. It was going to be Literature but Father Steve sent me off in a different direction. Reply #102. Aug 02 18, 8:06 AM |
Godwit
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Aha! A creative solution. Love the BOLD. Reply #103. Aug 03 18, 9:37 AM |
tiye
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As my first pair in 100 Nouns (5) I will claim drawing and Ingrid Bergman Reply #104. Aug 04 18, 2:12 AM |
| LadyNym
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"Jelly" finally submitted in Hobbies (though Humanities might also be a good fit). Reply #105. Aug 04 18, 2:14 PM |
celvet
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Magellanic Cloud(s) submitted to science/tech. Strings also submitted to science/tech. Could I have tweezers and "The Marriage of Figaro" please? Reply #106. Aug 05 18, 9:18 PM |
| celvet
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Sorry, I meant string and tweezer. . . I must be having problems with number theory. . . Reply #107. Aug 05 18, 9:20 PM |
Joepetz
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I submitted Tuaregs to World and Rucksack to General. I would like Gentleman and Exxon Mobil. Reply #108. Aug 07 18, 6:08 AM |
| Joepetz
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I had to move rucksack to Literature. Reply #109. Aug 08 18, 8:16 AM |
| Joepetz
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I submitted Gentleman to Literature and ExxonMobil to World. Reply #110. Aug 10 18, 8:52 PM |
| celvet
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Tweezer is submitted to science/tech. Marriage of Figaro is submitted to music (although I would have loved to submit it also to science/tech (continuing my trend)). Reply #111. Aug 12 18, 2:41 AM |
| celvet
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So now we're all playing the new question game? Reply #112. Aug 12 18, 2:49 AM |
spanishliz
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I've submitted 'lorry' to Humanities and 'Fernando Alonso' to Sports. Reply #113. Aug 12 18, 11:24 PM |
| celvet
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For my last set I'll try mantle and cretaceous period. Reply #114. Aug 13 18, 6:59 AM |
| Godwit
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Sigh. Finally. "Igloo" has gone into World. Reply #115. Aug 13 18, 10:32 PM |
| Godwit
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Otto Octopus is in, Animals. I am caught up now. Reply #116. Aug 14 18, 8:18 PM |
| Godwit
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I'm going to attempt "knickers", please. And Columbia University. My final pair. Reply #117. Aug 15 18, 8:42 PM |
Fifiona81
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I'll take saddle and Square Drive Reply #118. Aug 17 18, 6:17 AM |
| Fifiona81
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...and they've gone to humanities and sports respectively. Reply #119. Aug 17 18, 7:04 AM |
| rossian
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I need to write a question for my daily challenge, so will take inspiration from here with 'yard' and 'Wells and Fargo'. Reply #120. Aug 26 18, 5:15 AM |
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