Subject: 100 Nouns (11) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: May 14 19
A new set of nouns is ready for all of you! There's no rhyme or reason to this list, just a set of random nouns for you to sink your teeth into. Good luck! Here's 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):
amber
anagram
ballot
bassoon
beret
bobber
brooch
capsule
carp
catamaran
cheese
clover
detective
dolphin
echo
embryo
farm
forest
grease
gypsum
headache
iceberg
logo
magnet
mandible
manor
matrix
moat
molasses
necklace
newspaper
philosopher
pinecone
platinum
poleaxe
polyp
puffin
pulley
ransom
robot
sausage
scorpion
sculpture
sediment
sonnet
tabernacle
valley
volcano
well
windshield
List B (specific nouns):
“Abbott and Costello Go to Mars”
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station
Archaeopteryx
“Ars Poetica”
baklava
Castile soap
“The Castle of Otranto”
The Chemical Brothers
Cynthia Ann Parker (Naduah)
“Das Kapital”
death's-head hawkmoth
Doctors Without Borders
“Dream On” (song)
Dublin, Ireland
Dutch backgammon
“Eats, Shoots & Leaves” (book)
Fata Morgana
Francisco Franco
“The Garden of Earthly Delights”
Great A'Tuin
Gregorian Calendar
Hypatia
“In the Heat of the Night”
“It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
Kodiak bear
Krakow, Poland
Kublai Khan
Le Chat Noir
Lionel Messi
Lord Privy Seal
Macon blade
Marc Chagall
Mariana Trench
Maximum Security (horse)
Miguel de Cervantes
Pantanal, Brazil
Partition of India
Perth, Australia
radioactive waste
Rabbinic Judaism
Republic of Venice
Saint Augustine of Hippo
scurvy
Shania Twain
spontaneous fission
taekwondo
Tokugawa clan
Treme, New Orleans
William Carlos Williams
World Snooker Championship
Posted by: trident
Date: May 14 19
A new set of nouns is ready for all of you! There's no rhyme or reason to this list, just a set of random nouns for you to sink your teeth into. Good luck! Here's 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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Billkozy
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Great! Okay then I would like to try "ballot" from Column A and "Francisco Franco" from column B. (I feel like I'm ordering in a Chinese restaurant). Reply #61. May 21 19, 7:07 PM |
| Billkozy
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All righty then it has been done: I have submitted one question containing both "ballot" and "Francisco Franco" to the People category, and one question containing both "ballot" and "Francisco Franco" to the History category. Scratch two more off! What's next? Reply #62. May 21 19, 8:09 PM |
looney_tunes
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Go check out the Wiki Chain. :) Reply #63. May 21 19, 11:10 PM |
angikar
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And you have one more pair left to claim! Ditto, check Wiki Chain. Reply #64. May 21 19, 11:14 PM |
| angikar
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Kublai went to history Reply #65. May 22 19, 1:25 PM |
pitegny 
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I have submitted my questions, one on Fata Morgana and for sculpture, one on sound sculpture. I would like to another pair - headache and Treme, New Orleans. Reply #66. May 22 19, 1:57 PM |
Fifiona81
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I've sent puffin to Hobbies and World Snooker Championship to Sport. Reply #67. May 23 19, 4:06 AM |
| Billkozy
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Hello again. Okay by my count, I wrote my initial question pairs using capsule/"Abbott and Costello Go To Mars", and then I wrote questions using the valley/Archaeopteryx pair and the ballot/Francisco Franco pair. So I think I have one remaining to claim? That being the case I would like to claim "clover" and "William Carlos Williams". And sadly then I'm done. So okay, two questions to come--clover and William Carlos Williams, I shall report back soon with where I submitted them. Reply #68. May 24 19, 7:06 AM |
| pitegny
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My first Fata Morgana question on the mirage, which I submitted earlier in the week, has been in the queue for a long time. This leads me to believe it may be too close to existing questions. I submitted another on the Fata Morgana amusement park ride to be on the safe side. I had asked for headache and Treme, New Orleans for my second pair. The Treme question has been accepted and I am working on headache. Reply #69. May 24 19, 7:13 AM |
| pitegny
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Headaches has been submitted to sci/fi. Reply #70. May 24 19, 7:37 AM |
LadyNym
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OK! "Forest" went to Sci/Tech, and "Castile soap" to Hobbies. Now, for my third pair, I'll have "necklace" and "Republic of Venice", please! Reply #71. May 24 19, 5:41 PM |
trident
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"My first Fata Morgana question on the mirage, which I submitted earlier in the week, has been in the queue for a long time. This leads me to believe it may be too close to existing questions." That's unlikely the case. It's more likely due to a long queue, editors being busy, or even some fact-checking. In any case, there's nothing wrong with having two questions on the same term. Reply #72. May 25 19, 2:42 AM |
rossian
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'My first Fata Morgana question'. I accepted this yesterday. Had there been an issue, you'd have received a message. Less than a week can hardly be called 'a long time'. You can have up to five questions in the queue, and can claim more words once you've submitted, so it wasn't a problem to wait for a few days. Reply #73. May 25 19, 3:02 AM |
| pitegny
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It did come through, all the others came through so quickly I thought I had done something wrong. I seem to be making my way down the checklist of everything a newbie can get wrong, so it would have been par for the course! Reply #74. May 25 19, 4:36 AM |
| pitegny
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For my third pair, may I have echo and radioactive waste? Reply #75. May 25 19, 4:38 AM |
| LadyNym
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"Necklace" went to Entertainment, and "Republic of Venice" to History. Now my queue is full, but I can still choose my fourth and last pair :-)! Can I please have "sonnet" and "Mariana Trench, please? Reply #76. May 26 19, 9:36 AM |
malik24
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For my second go round, let's have logo and spontaneous fission please. Reply #77. May 26 19, 11:07 AM |
1nn1
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"I will take gypsum and Perth, Australia please" and posted the same day but neglected to log it here. My apologies Perth went to Geo Gypsum to S/T. Reply #78. May 27 19, 1:31 AM |
| malik24
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Logo went to General, and spontaneous fission to Science. Reply #79. May 27 19, 8:07 AM |
| malik24
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Poleaxe and Macon blade for my third pair please. Reply #80. May 27 19, 8:12 AM |
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