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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namrewsna
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I'll take prayer and isopropyl alcohol Reply #41. Oct 07 19, 10:39 PM |
tiye 
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"Bay of Biscay" went to Geography and "atrium" to Humanities. As my fourth and final pair (for now), I will claim broom and Faroe Islands, thanks. Reply #42. Oct 09 19, 4:38 AM |
malik24
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Submitted taco to World, valence electron to Science. Reply #43. Oct 11 19, 2:36 PM |
| namrewsna
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Prayer was added to sci/tech (don't hear that every day ;) And isopropyl alcohol was added to hobbies Next I would like to take a stab at offal, and heat death of the universe. Reply #44. Oct 12 19, 8:47 PM |
FatherSteve
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"take a stab at offal" I love culinary humour. Reply #45. Oct 13 19, 11:45 AM |
kyleisalive
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And an inside joke to boot! Reply #46. Oct 13 19, 11:58 AM |
gme24
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Globe and Port-au-Prince, Haiti please Reply #47. Oct 16 19, 7:28 AM |
| gme24
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Globe was submitted in Hobbies and Port-au-Prince in Geography Reply #48. Oct 16 19, 2:17 PM |
| gme24
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My third pair is sparrow and Gossypium hirsutum Reply #49. Oct 18 19, 10:59 AM |
| gme24
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Sparrow flew into animals and Gossypium hirsutum weaved its way in hobbies Reply #50. Oct 18 19, 11:45 AM |
| FatherSteve
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gme24~ One assumes that "Gossypium hirsutum" is a hairy woman who tells nasty stories about her neighbours, eh? Reply #51. Oct 18 19, 1:24 PM |
| tiye
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@FatherSteve: And why would one assume that it is talking about a woman? As far as I know, with my minimal Latin, hirsutum is neuter, n' est pas? :) Reply #52. Oct 19 19, 4:42 AM |
LadyNym
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It's the scientific name of cotton :D... Reply #53. Oct 19 19, 8:17 AM |
| FatherSteve
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tiye ~ In the Common Law, being a common scold or a gossip was punishable by a ride on the ducking stool. "Ducking stool" and "cucking stool" are equivalent. While it was theoretically possible to convict a man of being a gossip or a common scold, this was a rarity. In Langland's "Piers Plowman" (1378) the stool is referred to as "wyuen pine" or a "woman's punishment." The practice crossed the Atlantic from Britain to the Colonies. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania struck down the offense of being a common scold. While the noun "gossip" can certainly be modernly applied to a male, its origins in this context are almost totally female. ~ Father Steve PS: My post was not at all sexist in intent but rather an attempt at humour ... which attempts are always risky on FunTrivia. I regret that you may have found it an occasion for offence. Reply #54. Oct 19 19, 11:57 AM |
| tiye
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@FatherSteve: Not to worry, I was, also, joking. Just thought it was a comment deserving of some sarcasm! :) Reply #55. Oct 19 19, 2:08 PM |
| LadyNym
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"Lace" went to Geography and "Portuguese man-of-war" to Animals. This was my fourth and final pair, but I'll be happy to pick up any remaining nouns in a few weeks if there are no takers. Reply #56. Oct 20 19, 3:08 PM |
| namrewsna
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I had resolved to get a bit fancy and start forcing these into non intuitive categories based on any inborn context of the words...but I was boring this round and pigeonholed these in a fairly straightforward way. offal went to hobbies and heat death of the universe went to sci/tech That was my third pair. I will take another but am interested in several so I will wait and see what is left after a few more are spoken for. Reply #57. Oct 20 19, 7:13 PM |
| malik24
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My third pair shall be aspic and the Grand Embassy, please. Reply #58. Oct 22 19, 7:45 PM |
| malik24
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Aspic was submitted to Hobbies, and Grand Embassy to History. I'll finish off with ingot and World Wildlife Fund. Reply #59. Oct 24 19, 4:06 PM |
| malik24
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Submitted ingot to S/T, World Wildlife Fund to World. 'til next time. Reply #60. Oct 26 19, 9:45 PM |
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