Subject: 100 Nouns (9) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: Feb 06 19
We zipped through the last round quickly! Let's try to make some quality questions out the following offerings. Thanks to all who continue to play. The Author's Lounge wouldn't be quite the same without you all! As always, here is a reminder of 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.
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)
archer
asphalt
bamboo
basin
bladder
boar
boudoir
cadet
cannon
chapel
chowder
cobalt
dragonfly
drum
eclipse
fang
feather
fiddle
filth
foil
hammer
horror
hyena
ink
kielbasa
lung
mansion
mousse
opera
painting
parable
pirate
plunger
popsicle
prison
rectangle
shell
silk
softball
suit
syrup
teacher
tennis
toad
trombone
voice
vault
wharf
wheel
witch
List B (specific nouns)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
“Arsenic and Old Lace”
Aswan Dam
Battle of Appomattox Court House
“The Bluest Eye”
“The Bridges of Madison County”
Carl Bernstein
Catskill Mountains
Chiang Mai, Thailand
clean and jerk
“Crazy Rich Asians”
deep-sea gigantism
Donald Sutherland
emperor scorpion
eucalyptus tree
Euclidean geometry
Eye of the Sahara
Flannery O'Connor
Foggy Mountain Boys
Galicia, Spain
Gustavus Adolphus
hydrothermal vent
hyperinflation
irrational rhythm
Islamic Golden Age
Jennifer Rubin
John the Baptist
Kilwa Kisiwani
Laverne Cox
Margaret Cavendish
Mariska Hargitay
“The Master and Margarita”
Métis people
Minsk, Belarus
Mohammad Mosaddegh
Nazca lines
“Nicomachean Ethics”
Old Course at St Andrews
panna cotta
Phoenician alphabet
psychedelic rock
Rafflesia arnoldii
rheumatic fever
Saint Lawrence River
“The Shape of Water”
soil salinity
State of the Union Address
Turks and Caicos Islands
xiao long bao (soup dumplings)
Yukon, Canada
Posted by: trident
Date: Feb 06 19
We zipped through the last round quickly! Let's try to make some quality questions out the following offerings. Thanks to all who continue to play. The Author's Lounge wouldn't be quite the same without you all! As always, here is a reminder of 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.
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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Fifiona81
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And I've submitted them to music and geography respectively. Reply #101. Feb 15 19, 11:03 AM |
LadyNym 
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"Rafflesia arnoldii" was submitted in Sci-Tech, and "chowder" in Hobbies. For my fourth and final pair, may I have "wheel" and "psychedelic rock", please? Reply #102. Feb 15 19, 3:22 PM |
angikar
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Zelinsky! Only 8 to go! Reply #103. Feb 16 19, 2:53 AM |
tiye
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I will take mousse and "The Master and Margarita," thank you! Reply #104. Feb 16 19, 2:54 AM |
FatherSteve
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Kielbasa uploaded to Hobbies. Reply #105. Feb 16 19, 1:55 PM |
| Fifiona81
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I'll take a third pair - cannon and Nicomachean Ethics Reply #106. Feb 18 19, 7:39 AM |
| celvet
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Does anyone else have a backlog of questions waiting to see if they are accepted? I'm just wondering if this is unusual at this time or if there is a general back log. I know the waiting to be played backlog is quite long. . . Reply #107. Feb 18 19, 2:48 PM |
kyleisalive
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I haven't checked my category in a few days due to other obligations. I think Hobbies is the only one with a backlog as of late. Reply #108. Feb 18 19, 3:56 PM |
| FatherSteve
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I have maxed out at five, but this happens frequently. Reply #109. Feb 18 19, 7:21 PM |
| kyleisalive
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Didn't I just clear some of yours? ;) Reply #110. Feb 18 19, 7:25 PM |
| celvet
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Thanks. I’ll wait a bit longer then. Reply #111. Feb 19 19, 7:17 AM |
| kyleisalive
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I can only seem to find two single questions to your name in the queues (one in History and one in Hobbies). You should be able to submit still as the max cap is 5. Reply #112. Feb 19 19, 7:26 AM |
| LadyNym
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I had a Hobbies question waiting to be approved, but this morning I saw it had been cleared. Reply #113. Feb 19 19, 8:15 AM |
| celvet
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I understand that I can submit, but don’t like to overwork our dedicated volunteer editors. Reply #114. Feb 19 19, 10:10 AM |
| kyleisalive
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We're here to help; don't worry about overworking us. ;) Reply #115. Feb 19 19, 11:10 AM |
| angikar
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I don't know why...But when I have a quiz in the queue, I never feel like writing any more single questions, or start work on other engagements!!! Reply #116. Feb 19 19, 12:38 PM |
| kyleisalive
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I'm the opposite; I usually have too much on the go at any given time. As soon as the Sprint ended, I started in on the backlog I'd been building between tasks. Reply #117. Feb 19 19, 12:44 PM |
| celvet
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My problem is GC. While it is going on, I have problems writing quizzes. So I write more single questions. Reply #118. Feb 19 19, 9:38 PM |
| angikar
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6 pairs to go before we encounter the collaborative round! Reply #119. Feb 20 19, 8:56 AM |
| angikar
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Question: Which is the only word so far that has been repeated in two different editions of '100 Words'? Answer: Medulla oblongata (Rounds 5 and 8) Reply #120. Feb 24 19, 3:22 AM |
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