Subject: 100 Nouns (10) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: Mar 14 19
Congratulations on all your hard work in getting to the tenth round of 100 Nouns! I would like to give a special thanks to our 10 participants who sent in the nouns for this round: Shadowmyst2004, zorba_scank, Godwit, FatherSteve, tiye, gracious1, LadyNym, celvet, shuehorn, and Triviaballer! Just an additional rule this time around...you can't pick your own words! A quick 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)
anthesis
atlas
autumn
bifurcation
billiard
boat
burlap
cabinet
cartoon
castle
catnip
chair
chick
coconut
corkscrew
crabapple
cranberry
cup
dictionary
duvet
epinephrine
film
geode
granite
hotdog
hush
juggler
kitten
knee
lamp
library
listening
literal
magic
morphine
paladin
peanut
photograph
picture
plaster
polar
praline
risk
stemware
trickster
tweed
umbrella
undulation
xanthan gum
yam
List B (specific nouns)
alfredo sauce
Anastenaria
Andean condor
The Atomium
Bengal tiger
Bermuda Triangle
“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”
cat-o'-nine tails
Chinese five-spice
Colt 45
East Flanders
Encyclopedia Americana
Eskimo
Ferdinand de Saussure
Gold Silkie
“Green Book” (2018 film)
Guru Nanak
Harlequin
Honduran emerald
Jacques Derrida
"Jane Fonda's Workout"
Japanese yen
J.R.R. Tolkien
Kaziranga National Park
Kiribati
Kurilian Bobtail
Lord Howe Island
manticore
Maya Angelou
MGM Grand Casino
Mike Tyson
“Mortal Kombat”
Mount Pinatubo
Neil deGrasse Tyson
neuston
Nyasaland
organic chemistry
Pere Lachaise Cemetery
Perito Moreno Glacier
Permian Basin
phishing
saltwater crocodile
Sappho
Sea of Tranquility
T-Bone Walker
Temple of Vesta
“The Tick”
tiny house
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Toledo, Ohio
Posted by: trident
Date: Mar 14 19
Congratulations on all your hard work in getting to the tenth round of 100 Nouns! I would like to give a special thanks to our 10 participants who sent in the nouns for this round: Shadowmyst2004, zorba_scank, Godwit, FatherSteve, tiye, gracious1, LadyNym, celvet, shuehorn, and Triviaballer! Just an additional rule this time around...you can't pick your own words! A quick 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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malik24 
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Submitted geode to Science, "Mortal Kombat" to Entertainment. Reply #21. Mar 16 19, 12:23 AM |
tiye
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Granite went to World and alfredo sauce went to Hobbies. My second pair will be magic and Honduran emerald, thank you. Reply #22. Mar 16 19, 2:09 AM |
celvet
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Yam has been submitted to science (I donate my yams to science). Bengal tiger has been submitted to animals. Reply #23. Mar 16 19, 9:37 AM |
| celvet
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I will take anthesis and Anastenaria as my next selections, please. Reply #24. Mar 16 19, 9:40 AM |
Godwit
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Happily I found a small piece of scrap paper with my words on it. I have lists, quiz ideas, bits of trivia and puzzle workings all over the place. Like many of you, I'd bet. They are very funny out of context. Reply #25. Mar 16 19, 3:07 PM |
| malik24
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I'll take chick and Sappho next, please. Reply #26. Mar 16 19, 6:09 PM |
gracious1
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Next I will take umbrella and saltwater crocodile Reply #27. Mar 17 19, 1:07 AM |
| gracious1
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Well, I wrote my questions, but my queue is now filled up. (One question has been waiting there quite a while). But I'll go ahead an take a third pair: autumn and Kaziringa National Park. Reply #28. Mar 17 19, 1:35 AM |
rossian
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Nyasaland was placed in History and knee in Sci/Tech. Reply #29. Mar 17 19, 9:57 AM |
| malik24
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Submitted chick to Movies, and Sappho to History. Reply #30. Mar 17 19, 11:15 AM |
FatherSteve
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I've had my first two questions ready to go up since late last Thursday night but could not upload because I already had five questions impacted in the queue. This morning (Sunday), one spot opened in my queue so I elevated "Chinese five-spice powder" into Hobbies. There is no room for my remaining question so I (like gracious1) will learn the virtue of patience while waiting to lift it up and claim another pair ... altho I am lusting after a particular pair and hope no one claims them before me. Reply #31. Mar 17 19, 1:53 PM |
kyleisalive
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I'm going to take film and Bermuda Triangle, having submitted atlas to S/T and The Atomium to World. Reply #32. Mar 17 19, 2:19 PM |
Kankurette
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Coconut has been posted in Hobbies, and manticore in Humanities. Reply #33. Mar 17 19, 3:52 PM |
| FatherSteve
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O frabjous day! A single spot in the single-question queue opened up and I popped "praline" up to the Hobbies pipeline for editing. Now may I please have "crab apple" and "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" please? Reply #34. Mar 17 19, 9:14 PM |
| kyleisalive
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For some reason, I sensed you wanted 'Caligari' and avoided it. Probably for the best; I think I already talked about it (or maybe just German Expressionism) in a film theory quiz from way back. Reply #35. Mar 17 19, 9:40 PM |
| FatherSteve
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Feel the Force, Kyle. Reply #36. Mar 17 19, 10:50 PM |
| Godwit
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I wonder if we each made a list of all the words we've chosen, what patterns would emerge. :) Wait a second. I can guess half of us have such a list. Someone has an Excel sheet too. :) If so, pattern? Reply #37. Mar 18 19, 7:57 AM |
| tiye
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I have all my submitted words on a word file. I never thought about a pattern, just picked words that I would like to write a question with and some all time favorites, like Dr Caligari and Das Kabinett! :) Reply #38. Mar 18 19, 11:34 AM |
| gracious1
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For my last pair, I would like polar and Temple of Vesta. Reply #39. Mar 18 19, 12:03 PM |
| tiye
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Magic went to Music and Honduran Emerald went to Animals. For my third pair I will take kitten and Pere Lachaise Cemetery, thanks. Reply #40. Mar 18 19, 3:04 PM |
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