Subject: 100 Nouns (15) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: Apr 17 20
Hi all, we finished the previous round, so let's get to Round 15! Here are the rules:
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):
alcove
algebra
architect
aster
banyan
basement
bidet
blizzard
bronco
chemical
circle
composer
cough
croissant
crucifix
dipstick
equation
felony
frontier
gong
insomnia
legume
millennium
mine
mint
monkey
mole
motor
mustard
nickel
password
pianist
planet
poncho
quark
ramen
satire
serum
sideburns
smog
soap
soldier
surgery
thunder
tongue
vacuum
vice
waterfall
web
zombie
List B (specific nouns):
aes rude
"Animal Crossing”
banana split
Battle of Checkpoint Pasta
“Bedroom in Arles”
Berlin S-Bahn
chariot racing
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Corfu, Greece
cuneiform
cryptozoology
Depeche Mode
disruptive camouflage
doner kebab
Elizabeth Hurley
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
“Fidelio” (Beethoven)
Formula One Grand Prix
Genovese crime family
Gideon v. Wainwright
“The Glass Menagerie”
Greenpeace
Havana, Cuba
Homerus swallowtail
Iguazu Falls
Irrawaddy Delta
Jose Saramago
“Madman Across the Water” (album)
milk sickness
money laundering
North Macedonia
Oktoberfest
Panama Canal Zone
“Raiders of the Lost Ark”
“Remembrance of Things Past”
Renaissance faire
Rip Torn
“Saturday Evening Post”
semantic satiation
“The Shaolin Temple” (film)
St. Louis, Missouri
Stephen Curry
sumi-e
Suzanne Vega
symphonic metal
Tang dynasty
Thomas the Tank Engine
Tony Hawk
Treaty of Campo Formio
water polo
Posted by: trident
Date: Apr 17 20
Hi all, we finished the previous round, so let's get to Round 15! Here are the rules:
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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Finally got round to submitting my two outstanding questions! Frontier went to Geography, and Cuneiform to History. Now, to help finish this set, I'll take "soldier" and "chariot racing". Reply #81. Jul 23 20, 1:54 PM |
Saleo
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Sorry if I am stepping on toes by continuously picking questions. Web has been sent to Sci/Tech. Genovese crime family to Movies. Reply #82. Jul 24 20, 1:34 AM |
FatherSteve
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Saleo ~ Everyone who draws from this list wears steel-toed boots. No worries. Bless you for moving this exercise along. ~ Father Steve Reply #83. Jul 24 20, 5:28 PM |
| Saleo
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Thank you, FatherSteve. Just a few more to go to finish this challenge. Reply #84. Jul 25 20, 3:34 PM |
spanishliz
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I appear to have forgotten to record that 'banana split' went to Hobbies, and 'basement' to Television. Not taking more just now, though. Reply #85. Jul 25 20, 5:25 PM |
kyleisalive
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Thunder went to Geography; Tony Hawk went to Entertainment. Reply #86. Jul 26 20, 7:02 PM |
| LadyNym
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And finally "soldier" went to Humanities, and "chariot racing" to People. Three pairs remaining! To help complete this one, I'll take "satire" and "Renaissance faire". Reply #87. Aug 08 20, 12:49 PM |
| Saleo
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Motor in queue to Sci/Tech. 'Animal Crossing' queued in Humanities. Reply #88. Aug 09 20, 3:32 PM |
| FatherSteve
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The last pair in 100 Nouns (15) is "equation" and "Berlin S-Bahn." Puppies been sitting there like the dog nobody will adopt since 8 August. Sheesh! Therefore, I have written questions for the orphans and will upload "equation" to Literature and "Berlin S-Bahn" to World just as soon as two spots open up in my clogged-up queue pending edit. This should allow trident to declare a victory and retire this list! Huzzah!! Reply #89. Aug 30 20, 11:42 AM |
| FatherSteve
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Both of the last accepted. Reply #90. Aug 30 20, 5:36 PM |
trident
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New round will go up September 1st with a theme. Reply #91. Aug 30 20, 6:07 PM |
| LadyNym
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And finally my two outstanding questions have been submitted! Satire went to Literature, and Renaissance faire to Entertainment. Now to the new list! Reply #92. Sep 02 20, 11:25 AM |
tiye
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Two forgotten outstanding questions (mine and Battle of Checkpoint Pasta) went to General and History. I should be able to go to the new list, now!!! Reply #93. Sep 21 20, 4:05 AM |
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