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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gracious1 
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I'll take fallacy and W.E.B. DuBois. Reply #61. Mar 26 20, 7:44 AM |
FatherSteve
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I chewed on the idea of taking "fallacy" and look forward to what you will do with it! Reply #62. Mar 26 20, 9:14 AM |
Godwit
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Radar is in music Reply #63. Mar 26 20, 9:16 PM |
| Godwit
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Yao Ming is in sports Reply #64. Mar 27 20, 9:04 PM |
| Godwit
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I'm so curious what "tulip mania" is. I'll take that please. And "mill" Reply #65. Mar 27 20, 9:06 PM |
malik24
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Herb went to people, and theory of everything to Movies. I'll probably claim some more once the Sprint is done. Reply #66. Mar 28 20, 4:06 PM |
| Godwit
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Mill is in Humanities Reply #67. Mar 28 20, 8:55 PM |
angikar
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I will take 'television' and 'Dominican Republic', please. Been away for a very long time. Reply #68. Mar 29 20, 1:56 AM |
| angikar
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'Dominican Republic' went to Geography. 'Television' went to (surprise!!) Television. Reply #69. Mar 29 20, 2:49 AM |
tiye
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@Reply #65, Godwit If you want to know more, you can watch the 2017 film "Tulip Fever." Artistically it doesn't achieve much, but historically it is very informative. Reply #70. Mar 29 20, 5:24 AM |
| Godwit
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tiye I'll be sure to look that up, thanks! angikar: perfect timing on your return, welcome back, much needed! Reply #71. Mar 29 20, 12:05 PM |
| FatherSteve
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angikar~ You have been missed by many, myself among them. Welcome back, old son. ~ Father Steve Reply #72. Mar 29 20, 12:37 PM |
LadyNym
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Good to see you again, Angikar! Karate went to Sports, and Falstaff (opera) to Music. For my next pair, I'll take "choir" and "carrion flower". Reply #73. Mar 30 20, 3:22 PM |
| tiye
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Cello went to Music and Olmec colossal heads went to World. I will take, as my fifth pair, diary and António Guterres, thanks. Reply #74. Mar 31 20, 5:26 AM |
| Godwit
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Tulip mania went to Humanities :) Reply #75. Mar 31 20, 2:26 PM |
| Godwit
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I've done five pairs as well. Reply #76. Mar 31 20, 2:28 PM |
| Godwit
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My "Recently Accepted" is stuffed! Thanks, speedy editors. Reply #77. Mar 31 20, 2:30 PM |
| Godwit
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Tau Ceti and bucket, please. Last round for me. Step right up... Reply #78. Mar 31 20, 4:34 PM |
kyleisalive
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'Chainsaw' is in Movies and 'OK Computer' is in Music. I'll take doctor and “Under the Bridge” (song) for a third set. Reply #79. Apr 01 20, 2:23 PM |
| angikar
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Will take 'satellite' and 'Huntington's disease' for a second set. Both will go to Sci/Tech. Reply #80. Apr 01 20, 6:17 PM |
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