Subject: 100 Nouns (13) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: Dec 23 19
Welcome to a special set of 100 Nouns brought to you by FatherSteve. Since the Christmas season is upon us, we have a series of nouns that are related to Christmas (or other seasonal holidays). There is plenty of material to work with, and remember that not every question has to be directly related to Christmas. If you find a way to ask a question about space or biology using some of these terms, then by all means go for it! Here are the rules as a quick reminder:
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):
bayberry candles
brigadeiros
bûche de Noël
candy cane
carol
chestnuts
Christmas crackers
coal
cranberry
crèche
drummer boy
elves
excelsis
fruitcake
garland
gingerbread
Glühwein
holly
icicles
incarnation
Jesse Tree
jingle bells
Joyeux Noel
Krumkake
Kwanzaa
menorah
mince pie
mistletoe
North Pole
partridge
plum pudding
poinsettia
popcorn string
qualtagh
Red Ryder BB gun
reindeer
Secret Santa
shepherds
sleigh
solstice
stockings
struffoli
sugarplums
Tannenbaum
tinsel
ugly sweater
wassail
wreath
yuletide
yule log
List B (specific nouns):
"Adeste Fideles"
"Away in a Manger"
George Bailey
Blitzen
Boxing Day
Cindy-Lou
City of David
"Die Hard"
"Es ist ein Ros entsprungen"
fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la
Father Christmas
Festivus
Frank Cross
Frosty the Snowman
"The Gift of the Magi"
Good King Wenceslaus
Vince Guaraldi
the Herdman kids
Hogmanay
the Huron Carol
Immanuel
Jack Frost
Kolaczki
Krampus
Kris Kringle
Brenda Lee
"The Little Match Girl"
"Little Piccola"
Maccabees
Jacob Marley
Mele kalikimaka
Clement Clarke Moore
"Muppet Christmas Carol"
"The Nutcracker"
"The Polar Express" (2004)
Las Posadas
Prancer
"A Prayer for Owen Meany"
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Sinck Tuck
Sinterklaas
"Six White Boomers"
Star in the East
Te Harinui
34th Street
Tom and Jerry cocktail
turrón de Navidad
Whoville
"Winter Wonderland"
Zwarte Piet
Posted by: trident
Date: Dec 23 19
Welcome to a special set of 100 Nouns brought to you by FatherSteve. Since the Christmas season is upon us, we have a series of nouns that are related to Christmas (or other seasonal holidays). There is plenty of material to work with, and remember that not every question has to be directly related to Christmas. If you find a way to ask a question about space or biology using some of these terms, then by all means go for it! Here are the rules as a quick reminder:
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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LadyNym 
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Yay! 100 Nouns is back! Thank you so much, Father Steve, for this early Christmas present :-). I'll take "crèche" and "turrón de Navidad" as my first pair, pretty please. Reply #1. Dec 23 19, 5:39 AM |
spanishliz
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May I try "drummer boy" and "Kris Kringle" please? Reply #2. Dec 23 19, 9:19 AM |
kyleisalive
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North Pole and 'Die Hard' for me. Reply #3. Dec 23 19, 9:52 AM |
gme24
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Partridge and Prancer for me. Reply #4. Dec 23 19, 10:48 AM |
| gme24
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Have submitted "partridge" to Animals and "Prancer" to Celebrities. Reply #5. Dec 23 19, 11:39 AM |
tiye
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Glühwein and SinterKlaas, please. Reply #6. Dec 23 19, 12:12 PM |
1nn1
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Please can I take "Fruitcake" and "The Polar Express"? Reply #7. Dec 23 19, 1:43 PM |
malik24
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Coal and 'The Nutcracker' please. Reply #8. Dec 23 19, 2:31 PM |
zorba_scank
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Menorah and Hogmanay, please. Reply #9. Dec 23 19, 3:55 PM |
windrush
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Chestnuts and Good King Wenceslaus, please! Reply #10. Dec 23 19, 7:19 PM |
| 1nn1
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"Fruitcake" has been submitted to Hobbies, "The Polar Express" to movies. Please can I take Tinsel and Jack Frost? Reply #11. Dec 23 19, 10:16 PM |
Gil_Galad
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I'll take Tannenbaum and Brenda Lee. Reply #12. Dec 23 19, 10:44 PM |
| spanishliz
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"Drummer Boy" has gone to People and "Kris Kringle" to Movies. May I have "Joyeux Noel" and "34th Street" next, please? Reply #13. Dec 23 19, 11:05 PM |
| gme24
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Incarnation and Immanuel for my second set. Reply #14. Dec 24 19, 9:32 AM |
| gme24
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Unsurprisingly "Incarnation" was submitted to Religion and "Immanuel" sneaked into the Geography one. Reply #15. Dec 24 19, 12:43 PM |
namrewsna
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I'll take Red Ryder BB gun and Kolackzi please Reply #16. Dec 24 19, 1:19 PM |
| spanishliz
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I've sent "34th Street" to World (though it might be moved) and "Joyeux Noel" to Movies. I have cards to make and presents to wrap, so I won't take another pair just yet. Reply #17. Dec 24 19, 1:40 PM |
| LadyNym
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"Crèche" went to World, and "turrón de Navidad" to Hobbies, For my second pair, I'll take "brigadeiros" and "Krampus". Fun, fun, fun :D! Reply #18. Dec 24 19, 3:31 PM |
| malik24
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Coal went to World, 'The Nutcracker' to Humanities. Struffoli and Mele kalikimaki please. Reply #19. Dec 24 19, 4:14 PM |
FatherSteve
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spanishliz writes: "I have cards to make and presents to wrap, so I won't take another pair just yet." and the humble vicar responds: In place of wrapping this year, I have discovered these decorated paper bags into which one drops the gift, inserts a crumpled piece of tissue paper and fills out the to/from tag ... and it is wrapt!! This is a truly great invention ... especially for those of us who are wrapping-challenged. Reply #20. Dec 24 19, 4:43 PM |
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