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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kyleisalive
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List will be updated shortly; just been strapped for time. Reply #21. Feb 29 20, 12:24 PM |
FatherSteve 
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I have uploaded "lava" to Science & Technology and "cardinal-nephew" to Humanities, which brings me back up to five questions impacted in my queue. Now may I please have, as my second pair, "pigeon" and "Makemake", which I will upload as soon as there is some room in the queue? Reply #22. Feb 29 20, 4:10 PM |
| FatherSteve
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Okay, "pigeon" was uploaded to Television and "Makemake" to Science and Technology. Reply #23. Mar 02 20, 1:07 AM |
LadyNym
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Papaya went to Hobbies, and Amanita muscaria to Sci/Tech. For my third pair, I'll gladly take care of "liver" and "Dravidian languages". Reply #24. Mar 04 20, 7:52 AM |
| FatherSteve
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For my third pair, may I please have "fork" and "tonkatsu"? One suspects that these choices may be the product of skipping breakfast this morning and looking forward rather intently to the leftover Pommes Dauphinoise I brought for lunch. Reply #25. Mar 05 20, 12:19 PM |
| FatherSteve
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Fork uploaded to Humanities and Tonkatsu uploaded to World. Reply #26. Mar 06 20, 2:18 AM |
tiye
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Giro d' Italia went to Sports and ballerina went to People. Second pair: permafrost and Parthian Empire. Reply #27. Mar 06 20, 12:32 PM |
| LadyNym
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"Liver" went to Hobbies, and "Dravidian languages" to World. Time to choose my fourth and last (at least for now) pair! "Soup" and "Borobudur" will do. Reply #28. Mar 06 20, 6:37 PM |
| LadyNym
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Soup went to Hobbies, and Borobudur to World (no surprises here :D). Now the wait begins... Reply #29. Mar 07 20, 6:24 PM |
| FatherSteve
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As my fourth and final pair (for the time being), may I please have "sin" and "jus cogens"? Reply #30. Mar 08 20, 2:26 PM |
| FatherSteve
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I just uploaded "sin" to People. Unfortunately, I had four questions waiting in the queue. Just as soon as a spot open up, I'll upload "jus cogens." Reply #31. Mar 08 20, 3:20 PM |
| FatherSteve
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Huzzah! Thanks to whichever editor opened up a spot! I have just uploaded "jus cogens" to World. I will now lower the periscope and assume communications silence for a while. Reply #32. Mar 08 20, 6:19 PM |
Godwit
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We'll see ya when you surface, FatherSteve. The bee-faced yellow eater is in animals. Reply #33. Mar 12 20, 5:39 PM |
gme24
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For my third pair I will take fiber and Balfour Declaration. Reply #34. Mar 13 20, 9:35 AM |
| gme24
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Fiber went to General and Balfour Declaration in History. Reply #35. Mar 13 20, 10:18 AM |
| gme24
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My last pair is airfield and House of Romanov Reply #36. Mar 14 20, 8:02 AM |
spanishliz
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I'll try "medal" and "Parasite (2019 movie)" please. Reply #37. Mar 16 20, 8:28 AM |
| spanishliz
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"Medal" has gone to World (though it might be moved) and "Parasite" to (surprise!) Movies. Reply #38. Mar 16 20, 9:32 AM |
| gme24
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"airfield" in Geography and "House of Romanov" History. Reply #39. Mar 16 20, 10:02 AM |
trident
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Hey folks, as some players might have a lot of time on their hands if they are social distancing, we're going to open up this round so players can submit as many pairs as they want. I'll try to have some rounds ready to go in case we get a lot of submissions. Reply #40. Mar 18 20, 3:41 AM |
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