Subject: 100 Nouns (14) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: Feb 26 20
Here we have the next round of 100 Nouns! This one has no special theme, just several nouns I thought might be of interest to you all. I hope you enjoy these varied topics. 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):
airfield
antigen
archive
ballerina
brownie
bucket
bulldozer
cave
cello
chainsaw
choir
curse
diamond
diary
doctor
drumstick
fallacy
fiber
floodplain
fork
formula
gazebo
gown
halo
herb
homicide
karate
key
lava
liver
logic
medal
mill
nursery
paint
papaya
permafrost
pigeon
pillar
radar
satellite
sin
sphynx
sofa
soup
television
thief
tomb
trail
tundra
List B (specific nouns):
“Absalom, Absalom!”
Amanita muscaria
Amur leopard
Anne Hutchinson
António Guterres
Balfour Declaration
beef Wellington
Borobudur
Caesar cipher
California Gold Rush
cardinal-nephew
carrion flower
Chinookan peoples
cooperative pulling paradigm
“Disco Elysium”
Dominican Republic
Dravidian languages
“Falstaff” (opera)
fiat money
“The Fighting Temeraire”
Giro d'Italia
House of Romanov
huevos rancheros
Huntington's disease
jus cogens
Li Wenliang
Makemake
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Mauna Loa
Miriam Makeba
“OK Computer”
Olmec colossal heads
Ostend Manifesto
Packers sweep
“Parasite” (2019 film)
Parthian Empire
ribonucleic acid
“Rokeby Venus”
Rosetta Stone
Tau Ceti
theory of everything
three-sector model
tonkatsu
tulip mania
turtle ship
“Under the Bridge” (song)
W. E. B. Du Bois
Yao Ming
yellow-faced honeyeater
Zenobia
Posted by: trident
Date: Feb 26 20
Here we have the next round of 100 Nouns! This one has no special theme, just several nouns I thought might be of interest to you all. I hope you enjoy these varied topics. 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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masfon 
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I will do questions with: brownie and Rosetta Stone Maria Reply #1. Feb 26 20, 8:11 AM |
LadyNym
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And I'll gladly take "tomb" and "The Fighting Temeraire" (one of my favourite paintings!), please! Reply #2. Feb 26 20, 8:29 AM |
kyleisalive
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Nice set-- I'll take diamond and 'Disco Elysium'. Reply #3. Feb 26 20, 9:52 AM |
gme24
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Formula and Miriam Makeba for me Reply #4. Feb 26 20, 11:07 AM |
Godwit
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Do you find that your questions sit for a long time in the queue? Mine are moving but slow as molasses. Slows down my single question motivations. Reply #5. Feb 26 20, 12:04 PM |
| Godwit
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Though this is the first time this has ever happened for me...so not complaining. More curious what's up. Reply #6. Feb 26 20, 12:04 PM |
| gme24
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Covid-19? Reply #7. Feb 26 20, 12:46 PM |
| kyleisalive
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Re: "Do you find that your questions sit for a long time in the queue?" Depends on the queue. World is the only one right now that's fairly behind. Reply #8. Feb 26 20, 4:08 PM |
malik24
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Herb and theory of everything please. @gme: It's the coronavirus, if that's what you were wondering. Reply #9. Feb 26 20, 5:52 PM |
| Godwit
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Ah, that explains it. Reply #10. Feb 26 20, 10:18 PM |
| Godwit
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gazebo and yellow-faced-honey-eater, please Reply #11. Feb 26 20, 10:22 PM |
| LadyNym
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I am also waiting for my queue to clear up. It's rare that I have all five slots taken, but this time it's happened :-). Anyway, while I wait for my questions to be (hopefully) approved, I can always write the two I have chosen so far, and submit them later! Reply #12. Feb 27 20, 6:44 AM |
FatherSteve
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My queue is also stopped up five questions deep. I have not selected any of these because of it. Reply #13. Feb 27 20, 8:21 AM |
tiye
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Ballerina and Giro d' Italia! Reply #14. Feb 27 20, 5:47 PM |
trident
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World queue cleared out, friends. Apologies for the wait. Reply #15. Feb 27 20, 9:49 PM |
| gme24
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"Formula" went to the Sports category and Miriam Makeba in Music. Reply #16. Feb 28 20, 1:23 PM |
| LadyNym
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"Tomb" went to World, and "The Fighting Temeraire" to Humanities. For my second pair, I'll take "papaya" and "Amanita muscaria". Reply #17. Feb 28 20, 2:04 PM |
| FatherSteve
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May I please have lava and cardinal-nephew? Just as a placeholder, until the taken nouns are sticken-through in the list pinned at the beginning of this thread, here is an unofficial list of what's still available: List A (generic nouns): airfield antigen archive bucket bulldozer cave cello chainsaw choir curse diary doctor drumstick fallacy fiber floodplain fork gown homicide karate key liver logic medal mill nursery paint permafrost pigeon pillar radar satellite sin sphynx sofa soup television thief trail tundra List B (specific nouns): “Absalom, Absalom!” Amur leopard Anne Hutchinson António Guterres Balfour Declaration beef Wellington Borobudur Caesar cipher California Gold Rush carrion flower Chinookan peoples cooperative pulling paradigm COVID-19 Dominican Republic Dravidian languages “Falstaff” (opera) fiat money House of Romanov huevos rancheros Huntington's disease jus cogens Makemake Marjory Stoneman Douglas Mauna Loa “OK Computer” Olmec colossal heads Ostend Manifesto Packers sweep “Parasite” (2019 film) Parthian Empire ribonucleic acid “Rokeby Venus” Tau Ceti three-sector model tonkatsu tulip mania turtle ship “Under the Bridge” (song) W. E. B. Du Bois Yao Ming Zenobia Reply #18. Feb 29 20, 12:52 AM |
| gme24
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Tundra and Zenobia for my second pair. Thanks FatherSteve for the update. Reply #19. Feb 29 20, 1:42 AM |
| gme24
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Tundra went to Music and Zenobia to General. Reply #20. Feb 29 20, 2:10 AM |
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