Subject: 100 Nouns (8) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: Jan 18 19
Welcome to 100 Nouns 8! We have some more random nouns for everyone to peruse (being a contronym, that means you can read either closely or leisurely depending on your mood). Here's a reminder of how it 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.
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)
almanac
asparagus
barley
battery
beard
blowhole
boxer
bungalow
carapace
carpet
castanets
coach
cork
dinosaur
duty
faith
giant
gumshoe
halibut
jute
kiln
lark
lentil
lumberjack
monsoon
oatmeal
orchid
poem
portfolio
pupa
refectory
retina
saloon
salt
scarecrow
scissors
shrine
stable
tambourine
tincture
titanium
totem
tremor
turban
urn
village
wallaby
whirlpool
zither
zoo
List B (specific nouns)
alluvial fan
Atropa belladonna
“Baby Shark”
blood of St. Januarius
Centers for Disease Control
demerara sugar
Dionne Warwick
dust devil
Edmonton, Alberta
Erasmus of Rotterdam
Green Arrow
Hamburg Sea Devils
Helgi Hundingsbane
HMS Resolution
Immanuel Kant
I. M. Pei
“Incense and Peppermints”
infinity cove
International Women’s Day
Johannes Brahms
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Kona coffee
Kristi Yamaguchi
Linear B
Lotus Position
“Madama Butterfly”
medulla oblongata
Nicolas Maduro
Orinoco River
Paris Commune
Piophila casei
Pope Benedict IX
quantum mechanics
Queen Maud Land
raindrop cake
Raoul Wallenberg
Republic of Zaire
Ryukyu Islands
“Saturn Devouring His Son”
Scottie Pippen
Sumatran rhinoceros
Sutter’s Mill
Teutonic Order
“The Bride of Frankenstein”
“The Good Place”
Thomas Pynchon
Tierra del Fuego
triple-double
Typhoid Mary
Upper Paleolithic
Posted by: trident
Date: Jan 18 19
Welcome to 100 Nouns 8! We have some more random nouns for everyone to peruse (being a contronym, that means you can read either closely or leisurely depending on your mood). Here's a reminder of how it 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.
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)
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Triviaballer 
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Bead has been submitted to General and Julia Louis-Dreyfus to TV. Reply #21. Jan 19 19, 7:01 PM |
angikar
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'Medulla oblongata' went to Sci/Tech. Reply #22. Jan 20 19, 11:21 AM |
| angikar
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I now claim 'retina' and 'Erasmus of Rotterdam'. Reply #23. Jan 20 19, 11:24 AM |
Lpez
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I'll do "duty" and "Nicolas Maduro" Reply #24. Jan 20 19, 2:44 PM |
celvet
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I'll take "lark" and "alluvial fan". It might be fun to think of a third question for all of these that uses each pair chosen -- but this one might be difficult. . . Reply #25. Jan 20 19, 10:34 PM |
| celvet
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@ Kankurette and Father Steve: Agar and mineral water? As a microbiologist, I would say that I can't even raise a lively batch of microbes on that. I guess if you're dieting -- but why a cake? It's kind of weird though. When I make agar plates, they don't melt at room temperature. Agar is pretty stable. I can't wait to see the question online. Reply #26. Jan 20 19, 10:48 PM |
gracious1
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For my next pair, I will take "dinosaur" and "I.M. Pei" Reply #27. Jan 20 19, 11:18 PM |
| angikar
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'Retina' went to Sci/Tech. Reply #28. Jan 21 19, 2:46 AM |
| angikar
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'Erasmus' went to Literature. Reply #29. Jan 21 19, 3:01 AM |
| Triviaballer
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For my final pair I'll try giant and Queen Maud Land. Reply #30. Jan 21 19, 7:21 AM |
| Triviaballer
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Giant has been submitted to general and Queen Maud Land to geography. Reply #31. Jan 21 19, 7:57 AM |
Fifiona81
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I'll take tambourine and Pope Benedict IX Reply #32. Jan 21 19, 8:02 AM |
| Fifiona81
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Somewhat unimaginatively, tambourine went to music and Pope Benedict IX to religion. Reply #33. Jan 21 19, 10:42 AM |
shuehorn
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Can I take "gumshoe" and "Saturn Devouring His Son"? Reply #34. Jan 21 19, 10:50 AM |
| shuehorn
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"Gumshoe" submitted to Humanities and "Satan Devouring His Son" to People. Reply #35. Jan 21 19, 12:29 PM |
FatherSteve
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Okay, 'asparagus' uploaded to Hobbies and 'Bride of Frankenstein' uploaded to Movies. For my third pair, may I please have 'Typhoid Mary' and 'oatmeal'? Reply #36. Jan 21 19, 2:40 PM |
kyleisalive
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I'll take village and Tierra del Fuego. Reply #37. Jan 21 19, 2:47 PM |
LadyNym
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"Orchid" submitted in Hobbies, and "Madama Butterfly" in Music. For my second pair, can I have "poem" and "Atropa belladonna", please? Reply #38. Jan 21 19, 3:38 PM |
| FatherSteve
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'Typhoid Mary' was uploaded to Literature and 'oatmeal' was uploaded to World. For my fourth and final pair, may I please have "refectory" and "blood of St. Januarius"? Reply #39. Jan 21 19, 7:44 PM |
leith90
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I'll take turban and Green Arrow please. Reply #40. Jan 22 19, 1:30 AM |
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