Subject: 100 Nouns (12) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: Sep 18 19
It's been a while, so let's get back into the 100 Nouns groove. There's no theme this time around. Let's just get random with some nouns. Here's how you play:
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):
android
aspic
atrium
baron
bottle
broom
candelabra
clay
conifer
corn
crime
dress
foxglove
gas
globe
grapefruit
guard
hole
hourglass
ingot
lace
monopoly
offal
oyster
paddle
palace
pawn
pipe
pizzeria
prayer
pyramid
reel
ribbon
root
runway
sackbut
safari
sailor
sauce
schooner
skin
sparrow
steel
storm
taco
tavern
thorn
tofu
torte
vampire
List B (specific nouns):
Adolph Ochs
African National Congress
“The Barber of Seville”
Bay of Biscay
bun cha
“A Canticle for Leibowitz”
cordyceps fungus
croque monsieur
desalination plant
Dwayne Wade
Faroe Islands
Franco-Mexican War
Golan Heights
Gossypium hirsutum
Grand Embassy
heat death of the universe
Hindu Kush
House of Plantagenet
isopropyl alcohol
Kamehameha III
Kuwait City, Kuwait
La Amistad
Lake Victoria
“Little Shop of Horrors”
Monroe Doctrine
Nahuatl language
“One More Time” (song)
Peabody Award
Philippine eagle
phylogenetic tree
Piet Mondrian
pike and shot
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Portuguese man o' war
Praetorian Guard
quantum entanglement
Rachel Weisz
Ruben Dario
Sejong the Great
shoofly pie
“Tao Te Ching”
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Thomas Piketty
valence electron
Veil of Veronica
Viola Davis
water hyacinth
World Wildlife Fund
Yellow Turban Rebellion
Zora Neale Hurston
Posted by: trident
Date: Sep 18 19
It's been a while, so let's get back into the 100 Nouns groove. There's no theme this time around. Let's just get random with some nouns. Here's how you play:
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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FatherSteve 
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Thanks to the editor who rescued one more of my questions to make room for "sauces" which is now uploaded to Hobbies. As my fourth and final pair, may I now have conifer and Tao Te Ching, please? Reply #21. Sep 26 19, 8:48 PM |
LadyNym
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"Thorn" went to People, and "Nahuatl language" to Hobbies. Trying to be creative here :D! For my third pair, I'll be happy to take "root" and "Philippine eagle". Reply #22. Sep 28 19, 8:00 AM |
| FatherSteve
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I have written "conifer" and "Tao Te Ching" but I am waiting for the five questions which have accumulated in my queue to be edited in order to upload these new ones. On the subject of developing patience, which I previously raised in this thread, consider the following poem by R. J. Winkler, purportedly based on a prayer by Saint Thomas Aquinas: Extinguish concupiscent fires, Eliminate lustful desires; Give patience and love, A plentitude of What humble obeying requires. A big "Amen" to that! Reply #23. Sep 29 19, 3:27 PM |
Godwit
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Hourglass and desalination plant, kindly Reply #24. Sep 30 19, 10:10 PM |
gme24
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Monopoly and Lake Victoria please. Reply #25. Oct 01 19, 4:07 AM |
| gme24
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Monopoly has found a home in the General category and Lake Victoria in Geography. Reply #26. Oct 01 19, 4:47 AM |
| FatherSteve
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One (but, alas, only one) spot opened up on my queue so I uploaded "Tao Te Ching" to Religion. Poor "Conifer" waits patiently in the wings for its chance to go on stage. Reply #27. Oct 01 19, 7:28 AM |
| Godwit
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I hear that Conifer has started a scrabble game for waiting words to pass the time Reply #28. Oct 01 19, 9:14 PM |
malik24
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Sackbut and Viola Davis please. Might give me the impetus to write one of my languishing full quiz commitments... Reply #29. Oct 02 19, 6:52 AM |
| Godwit
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May the impetus be with you. If it works, let us know. Reply #30. Oct 02 19, 6:58 PM |
| FatherSteve
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The way opened before me like the Red Sea before Moses and I uploaded "conifer" to Hobbies, with thanks to the editors. I will now assume radio silence until the next round, which will doubtless be a relief to those tired of hearing me complain about congested queues. Reply #31. Oct 02 19, 10:44 PM |
| gme24
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Safari and House of Plantagenet please Reply #32. Oct 05 19, 4:40 AM |
| gme24
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Safari is trekking in Humanities and the House of Plantagenet is studying History. Reply #33. Oct 05 19, 5:14 AM |
kyleisalive
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Pyramid is in World. Cordyceps is in Entertainment. That's my sets for this round. :) (Unless I can be convinced to do more.) Reply #34. Oct 05 19, 10:21 AM |
namrewsna
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Hello..I am new to the game so let me know if I am doing it wrong in claiming options before I have the details of what I intend to post fully worked out yet. If that is the right way I would like to claim torte and Rachel Weisz, please...and will have my questions in shortly. Reply #35. Oct 06 19, 12:32 PM |
| kyleisalive
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You've done it right-- I've crossed them off. Once you submit the questions to the queue, post here to let us know the categories you used and you can claim more if you want at that point. :) Reply #36. Oct 06 19, 12:35 PM |
| namrewsna
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Ok thank you. Torte is in food Rachel Weisz is in movies I plan to claim one or two more pair but will hold off for editor approval on these two first to avoid falling info a Father Steve-esque holding pattern Reply #37. Oct 06 19, 5:05 PM |
| FatherSteve
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namrewsna wrote: "I plan to claim one or two more pair but will hold off for editor approval on these two first to avoid falling info a Father Steve-esque holding pattern." And the humble vicar responds: "No complaint of late about queue impaction. Our speedy dedicated editors have chewed through fifteen of my proposed questions in the last seven days!" Reply #38. Oct 06 19, 7:46 PM |
| malik24
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Submitted sackbut to Music, Viola Davis to Celebs. Let's try taco and valence electron next. Reply #39. Oct 07 19, 5:38 AM |
| LadyNym
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Root went to Sci/Tech and Philippine eagle to Animals. For my fourth and last (at least for the time being) pair, I'll gladly take "lace" and "Portuguese man-of-war". Reply #40. Oct 07 19, 5:36 PM |
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