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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celvet
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Thanks Trident: No, I just wanted to know if I could refer to the Magellenic Clouds rather than just one at a time (as I haven't turned in a question yet, I don't know if I'll need to do this). Generally they are referred to in the plural or as the Greater or Lessor Magellenic Cloud. . . In astronomy, that is. But I might be able to use the singular in Literature. I can think of a book. . . Reply #81. Jul 25 18, 6:39 PM |
masfon 
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I will change telephone for EMBER . Ok? Reply #82. Jul 26 18, 2:17 PM |
kyleisalive
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Perfect! Reply #83. Jul 26 18, 2:20 PM |
rossian
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It looks as if Derweze needs to be crossed off. I'll take police and Hard Times, please - that book was one of my A level texts many moons ago, so I feel I should revisit it. Reply #84. Jul 27 18, 1:47 AM |
FatherSteve
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Rossian, "Hard Times" made you think of Dickens whilst I thought of the 1975 motion picture with Charles Bronson. Funny how that works, innit? Father Steve Reply #85. Jul 27 18, 10:15 AM |
| kyleisalive
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'Game' is in Entertainment and 'How to Dismantle...' is in Music. I'm now taking 'centre' and 'Ho Chi Minh City' for my second pair. Reply #86. Jul 28 18, 12:58 AM |
| kyleisalive
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'Centre' is in World and 'Ho Chi Minh City' is in Geography. That's it for me this round. :) Reply #87. Jul 28 18, 3:48 AM |
LadyNym
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"Ring" submitted in Literature, and "Punic Wars" in History. Better late than never :D! For my fourth and final pair, I'd like "jelly" and "hydrogen peroxide", please. Reply #88. Jul 28 18, 9:55 AM |
Godwit
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Kyle please cross out my igloo and Otto Octopus. Claimed a while back in the midst of one of my "taken" lists. Also shouldn't "ulcer" be taken? Seems I remember it was... Reply #89. Jul 28 18, 9:29 PM |
| Godwit
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I think I recall ulcer and medulla oblong taken by...leith? Reply #90. Jul 28 18, 9:29 PM |
| Godwit
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Yep...see #69. Ulcer and igloo. Medulla ob. and Otto octopus. Taken. Thanks Reply #91. Jul 28 18, 9:31 PM |
zorba_scank
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Talisman has been submitted to World and Muhammad bin Tughluq to History. For my third pair, I will take mistake and Schindler's List. Reply #92. Jul 29 18, 4:17 AM |
| masfon
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"Ember" submitted in General, and "Derweze" in Geography Reply #93. Jul 30 18, 1:20 PM |
| masfon
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I will take pastel and IKEA. OK? Reply #94. Jul 30 18, 1:21 PM |
| LadyNym
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Hydrogen peroxide just submitted in Animals. I'll submit my other pick (jelly) ASAP. Reply #95. Jul 30 18, 1:51 PM |
| FatherSteve
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I have written "nostalgia" and the "Sicilian Defense" as my fourth and final pair but sadly cannot upload them because I have five questions in the queue waiting to be edited. Just as soon as there is room for these two, I will report my success here. Reply #96. Jul 31 18, 6:11 PM |
| Godwit
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Hydrogen peroxide in Animals? Now that's gotta be interesting. :) Reply #97. Jul 31 18, 8:28 PM |
| FatherSteve
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1. How does a gentleman lion lighten the colour of his mane? A: Hydrogen peroxide. 2. How does the lady lion remove the blood from her paws and whiskers after consuming a kill? A: Hydrogen peroxide. 3. How do hippopotamuses keep their lovely tusks so white? A: Hydrogen peroxide. 4. With what do raccoons wash their fruits and vegetables before eating them? A: Hydrogen peroxide. 5. How do mother animals cleans the nicks, cuts, abrasions and small wounds suffered by their offspring? A: Hydrogen peroxide. Reply #98. Jul 31 18, 9:45 PM |
| Godwit
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Lol, well there we go! "Brick" is in. Reply #99. Aug 01 18, 10:36 AM |
| FatherSteve
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"Nostalgia" posted to Humanities and "Sicilian Defense" posted to General. Reply #100. Aug 01 18, 7:38 PM |
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