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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FatherSteve 
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I am happy to report that I have uploaded finger to Humanities and Jimmy Fallon to Celebrities. May I now, please, have tick and Biot-Savart Law as my second pair? Reply #41. Jul 18 18, 7:42 AM |
1nn1
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Submitted: Orange - General Oman - Geography Reply #42. Jul 18 18, 3:30 PM |
Godwit
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From List 1 TAKEN but not yet crossed out: Ulcer, lorry, ceiling, butter, otter, rucksack, orange, igloo, talisman, tick List 2 TAKEN but Not Crossed Out: Medulla Oblangata, Fernando Alonso, Garfield Sobers, Chelsea, Audrey Hepburn, Oman, Tuaregs, Otto Octopus, Muhammad bin Tughlaq, Biot-Savart Law Reply #43. Jul 18 18, 6:35 PM |
LadyNym
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Butter submitted in Hobbies, and Chelsea in People. For my third pair, I'll take "ring" and "Punic Wars", please! Reply #44. Jul 19 18, 12:32 PM |
| FatherSteve
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I have just uploaded tick to Entertainment and Biot-Savart Law to General. Reply #45. Jul 19 18, 9:04 PM |
| FatherSteve
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May I now have, please, as my third pair, elephant and 'Swans Reflecting Elephants'? Reply #46. Jul 20 18, 7:35 AM |
celvet
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Is igloo really taken? Because if not, I would like it and Orion. Reply #47. Jul 20 18, 5:50 PM |
| celvet
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If igloo is taken, then I will take elephant instead, but I would prefer igloo. Reply #48. Jul 20 18, 5:51 PM |
| celvet
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Sorry FatherSteve, I guess I can't read. If igloo is not taken, then I will take zenith (she said, pouting a bit because all the good animal nouns got taken. . .). Reply #49. Jul 20 18, 5:53 PM |
| Godwit
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See Reply #43 which lists all taken words to that point, which are not yet crossed off. Reply #50. Jul 20 18, 10:15 PM |
| Godwit
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And then, could you clarify for us which pair you end up taking? Reply #51. Jul 20 18, 10:17 PM |
| FatherSteve
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celvet ~ I would gladly cede elephant to you but for the fact that I have already written the questions for both elephant and Swans Reflecting Elephants and I'm just waiting for the backlog in my queue to clear so I can lob them up. ~ Father Steve Reply #52. Jul 20 18, 11:40 PM |
| FatherSteve
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I have uploaded elephant to Religion but cannot yet upload Swans Reflecting Elephants as there are, again, with the one I just put up, five questions pending editing in my queue and therefor no more room. Reply #53. Jul 21 18, 10:11 AM |
| Godwit
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I was thinking to offer igloo also, but, see rules and regulations above: 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. I'm sure it will all work out in the wash. Reply #54. Jul 21 18, 9:33 PM |
| FatherSteve
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"Swans Reflecting Elephants" uploaded to Humanities. I will meditate for a time on the selection of my fourth and final pair. Reply #55. Jul 21 18, 11:01 PM |
| celvet
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It appears that I am taking zenith and Orion. . . Thank you! Reply #56. Jul 22 18, 11:07 AM |
| celvet
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I submitted zenith and Orion. Now I will try string and Magellanic Cloud. Am I allowed to include both Magellanic clouds or must I use the singular? Reply #57. Jul 22 18, 12:26 PM |
| Godwit
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I asked that same question while back, and Kyle said he'd prefer we stick exactly to the word as provided. A stickler... :) Reply #58. Jul 22 18, 2:58 PM |
| Godwit
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List A: AVAILABLE advocate assessment cargo centre distance drawing ember frame gentleman hurdle jelly knickers mantle mistake nostalgia pastel pattern police ranking saddle singer telephone tweezer ulcer vertex writer yard Reply #59. Jul 22 18, 3:17 PM |
| Godwit
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List B: AVAILABLE Columbia University Cretaceous Period Derweze Emily Dickinson Exxon Mobil Frederic Forsyth Galvanometer 'Hard Times' Ho Chi Minh City Hugh Jackman hydrogen peroxide IKEA Ingrid Bergman John Rockefeller Oman Pfizer Robert Brown 'Schindler's List' Selenium Sicilian Defence 'Speak Now' Square Drive 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' 'The Marriage of Figaro' Verizon Wells and Fargo Reply #60. Jul 22 18, 3:24 PM |
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