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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Godwit 
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Some nice fellow stopped in and crossed out a bunch that were taken. But not all of them. So, I hope I got it right List A and List B words available, above. Reply #61. Jul 22 18, 3:25 PM |
| Godwit
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I wonder if it's possible in the future a certain gifted programmer could perhaps write a code so that when a word is claimed, it disappears from the list? Or turns color or something. Reply #62. Jul 22 18, 3:29 PM |
leith90
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Thanks for doing this Godwit. Just letting you know that I took ulcer a while ago and the question has been accepted. Reply #63. Jul 22 18, 4:00 PM |
trident
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Hi celvet, in that case, using the plural wouldn't be changing the noun itself. So I would say yes. If you were asking something like, "Can I break it down to Magellan and clouds?" then that would be a no. Reply #64. Jul 22 18, 5:01 PM |
Fifiona81
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I'll take writer and selenium Reply #65. Jul 23 18, 4:38 AM |
| Fifiona81
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and those have now been submitted to music and sci/tech respectively. Reply #66. Jul 23 18, 5:35 AM |
| Godwit
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Say thanks Leith90. I got your Medulla but not the ulcer, on that list. Reply #67. Jul 23 18, 8:08 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 vertex yard Reply #68. Jul 23 18, 8:09 PM |
| Godwit
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Words with stars and names are taken: List A (generic nouns) advocate *apricot: Godwit assessment *brick: Godwit *butter: LadyNym cargo *ceiling: gme24 centre distance drawing ember *elephant: FatherSteve *estuary: masfon *finger: FatherSteve frame game gentleman hurdle *igloo: godwit jelly *king: Joepetz knickers *lion: zorba scank *lorry: spanishliz mantle mistake nostalgia *orange: 1nn1 *otter: Fifiona81 pastel pattern police porridge: Spanishliz ranking *rescue: apathy100 *ring: LadyNym *rucksack: Joepetz saddle singer *squid: LadyNym *string: celvet *talisman: zorba scank telephone tick tweezer *ulcer: leith90 vertex *writer: Fifiona81 yard *zenith: celvet List B (specific nouns) *Angkor Wat: Joepetz *Audrey Hepburn: Fifiona81 *Battle of the Somme: Spanishliz *Biot-Savart Law: FatherSteve *Chelsea: LadyNym Columbia University Cretaceous Period Derweze Emily Dickinson Exxon Mobil *Fernando Alonso: Spanishliz Frederic Forsyth Galvanometer *Gammaxene: Godwit *Garfield Sobers: gme24 'Hard Times' Ho Chi Minh City 'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb' Hugh Jackman hydrogen peroxide IKEA Ingrid Bergman *Inuktitut: apathy100 John Rockefeller *Jimmy Fallon: FatherSteve *Krishna: zorba scank *Lesotho: masfon *Magellanic Cloud: celvet *Medulla Oblangata: leith90 *Muhammad bin Tughlaq: zorba scank *Oman: 1nn1 *Orion: celvet *Otto Octopus: Godwit Pfizer *Punic Wars: LadyNym *River Po: LadyNym Robert Brown 'Schindler's List' *Selenium: Fifiona81 Sicilian Defence 'Speak Now' Square Drive *'Swans Reflecting Elephants': FatherSteve 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' ‘The Marriage of Figaro' *Tuaregs: Joepetz Verizon Wells and Fargo *Wyoming: Godwit As I'm so easily confused I'm trying this. Hope that is right, and even. Reply #69. Jul 23 18, 8:54 PM |
FatherSteve
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Godwit Remarkable work! Thanks. Tiny correction: "tick" is mine and is done. Father Steve Reply #70. Jul 23 18, 11:46 PM |
| leith90
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Since no one else seems to want Hugh Jackman, I'll take him now. I'll pair him with tick. Reply #71. Jul 24 18, 12:22 AM |
kyleisalive
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Looks like 'tick' is gone. List is updated. I was periodically striking them out as I was traveling, but maintaining the list is not easy from an iPhone with spotty, Italian-train-Wifi. Having the boards automatically cross out the words for the one thread would be problematic, but this process should be easier now that I'm back on consistently. Reply #72. Jul 24 18, 6:46 AM |
| leith90
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Sorry Father Steve, I missed that. Is 'game' still available? If so, mark me down for it. Reply #73. Jul 24 18, 5:10 PM |
| leith90
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I'm really making a hash of this. I've trawled through the posts so please give me telephone instead. That makes it telephone and Hugh Jackman. Reply #74. Jul 24 18, 5:43 PM |
| Godwit
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Kyle: I thought it was amazing and very sweet that you stopped in to cross out words at all. But since you did, I'm so grateful! The game becomes rough without the crossouts. Though "spotty" sounds fun. Reply #75. Jul 24 18, 10:44 PM |
| Godwit
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Lol, glad you got to "take" Hugh, after all. Reply #76. Jul 24 18, 10:44 PM |
| Godwit
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Sorry I missed "tick". I knew at least one would get away from me. Reply #77. Jul 24 18, 10:45 PM |
| leith90
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Yay! Lucky me I've got Hugh! Don't know how feels about it. Guess I'll have to write a question and set him free sometime though. Reply #78. Jul 24 18, 11:48 PM |
masfon
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May I take TELEPHONE and DERWEZE? Reply #79. Jul 25 18, 11:50 AM |
| kyleisalive
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Telephone is already taken. Reply #80. Jul 25 18, 12:02 PM |
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