Subject: 100 Nouns (17) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: Jan 05 21
Welcome to the first 100 Nouns for the year 2021! I hope you all can find something you enjoy in this veritable feast of knowledge. This time around there is no theme, just 100 random nouns that you can choose from. Here is a reminder of 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)
acorn
altar
amphora
anarchy
army
bronze
bulb
caffeine
caviar
champagne
cicada
coin
colony
comma
cracker
diadem
emerald
fountain
hummus
hurricane
idiom
lemon
mace
meteor
obelisk
peninsula
pilgrim
pince-nez
placebo
plate
polliwog
scam
siege
sitar
sombrero
steeple
stitch
submarine
sultan
stomach
timber
tower
trapezoid
tulip
tuxedo
vector
velvet
weed
yew
zucchini
List B (specific nouns)
Alexander Pushkin
Appalachian dulcimer
Arthur Ashe
Australian boobook
Balkan Peninsula
Barnard’s Star
Burgundy snail
Byzantine Empire
calculus
“A Confederacy of Dunces” (book)
cribbage
dengue fever
electron microscope
Elgin Cathedral
Enid Blyton
Frederic Chopin
“The Fifth Element” (film)
Gallic Wars
Gustave Caillebotte
Harriet Tubman
Heraclitus of Ephesus
“How to Get Away with Murder” (TV show)
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” (book)
Isle of Man
Knights Templar
Krakatoa
“Little Miss Sunshine” (film)
Mach diamonds
Mackinac Island
Maggie Gyllenhaal
“Meerkat Manor” (TV show)
morel mushroom
nematode
Nikita Khrushchev
Oda Nobunaga
“The Persistence of Memory” (painting)
Pizza Margherita
prosperity gospel
“The Red Badge of Courage” (book)
Red Skelton
Rene Descartes
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
saguaro cactus
samgyeopsal
Simon Bolivar
“Songs for the Deaf” (album)
Thomas Cranmer
Toronto Raptors
Viking metal
Yangtze River
Posted by: trident
Date: Jan 05 21
Welcome to the first 100 Nouns for the year 2021! I hope you all can find something you enjoy in this veritable feast of knowledge. This time around there is no theme, just 100 random nouns that you can choose from. Here is a reminder of 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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gracious1 
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I'll take scam and Mackinac Island. Reply #81. Mar 23 21, 9:30 AM |
tiye
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Pince-nez went to Literature and Harriet Tubman went to People. Reply #82. Mar 24 21, 9:10 AM |
trident
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We have a guest host for the next round, so if we can just finish these last few pairs, I'll be happy to post Round 18 and reveal our host! Reply #83. Mar 28 21, 7:13 PM |
| gracious1
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I have my questions written, but one of them I am not sure what category to submit to. Reply #84. Mar 29 21, 12:51 PM |
| gracious1
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Never mind. Mackinac Island is submitted to Geography and scam to History. Reply #85. Mar 29 21, 1:50 PM |
LeoDaVinci
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Burgundy snail submitted... just working on trapezoid. Reply #86. Mar 30 21, 10:07 PM |
| LeoDaVinci
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Trapezoid finally submitted. Reply #87. Apr 01 21, 10:24 AM |
FatherSteve
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May I have, please, stitch and “The Red Badge of Courage”? Reply #88. Apr 09 21, 7:48 PM |
| FatherSteve
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stitch submitted to Entertainment and "The Red Badge of Courage" submitted to Literature. Reply #89. Apr 09 21, 11:46 PM |
| gracious1
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I'll take "steeple" and "Mach diamonds". Reply #90. Apr 17 21, 6:39 PM |
| tiye
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I will take weed and Oda Nobunaga. Reply #91. Apr 20 21, 7:19 AM |
| tiye
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Both weed and Oda Nobunaga went to World. Reply #92. Apr 21 21, 4:08 AM |
| gracious1
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Both "steeple" and "Mach diamonds" went to World. Reply #93. Apr 29 21, 11:07 PM |
| FatherSteve
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I have uploaded "placebo" to Humanities and "nematode" to Science/Technology. Will someone kindly do the honours? Reply #94. May 13 21, 4:41 PM |
gme24
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I will take the last pair Polliwog and Meerkat Manor Reply #95. May 14 21, 2:55 AM |
| gme24
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Unsurprisingly "Polliwog" went in the Animals category and "Meerkat Manor " in the TV one. Reply #96. May 14 21, 3:24 AM |
| trident
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Looks like this one is finished up. I'll get the next up one soon! Thanks everyone! Reply #97. May 14 21, 3:27 AM |
| FatherSteve
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Thank you, gme24. It might have been more interesting to write a question about polligogs that went to Television and another about "Meerkat Manor" that went to Animals ... but the idea was to finish the list and you did that with finesse and aplomb. Reply #98. May 14 21, 5:18 PM |
| gme24
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Like Kermit ex polliwog? Reply #99. May 15 21, 3:45 AM |
| FatherSteve
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"Like Kermit ex polliwog?" ... a potentially fruitful but unexplored tangent. Reply #100. May 15 21, 11:27 PM |
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