Subject: 100 Nouns (23) - COMPLETE
Posted by: trident
Date: Sep 20 23
We have the theme of COLOR for this round. The generic nouns are objects that are often used to describe certain colors. Remember that the question doesn't specifically have to be about that object/color. You can simply use the word in the question. The specific nouns are all titles (songs, books, movies, etc.) that use colors in their title.
There's a small rule change to Rule #2. Since most authors have been playing this game fairly, there's not really a need to limit authors from taking as many pairs as they want. Enjoy!
A reminder of how the rules work:
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. RULE CHANGE: There are no longer any limits on how many pairs an author takes, but if the amount somehow causes an issue with other players, we can go back to having limits.
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):
amber
apricot
basil
bronze
canary
carrot
cherry
cinnamon
coffee
coal
coral
denim
ebony
eggplant
eggshell
emerald
flint
ginger
grape
honey
ink
ivory
jade
lavender
lemon
lime
obsidian
olive
onyx
navy
peacock
pewter
pine
plum
pumpkin
raven
rose
ruby
rust
sage
salmon
sand
sapphire
seaweed
slate
tangerine
violet
walnut
wine
yam
List B (specific nouns):
“99 Red Balloons”
“Anne of Green Gables”
“Black Beauty”
“Black Hawk Down”
“Black Panther”
“Blueberry Hill”
“Blue Suede Shoes”
“A Clockwork Orange”
“The Color Purple”
“Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow”
“Encyclopedia Brown”
“Fried Green Tomatoes”
“Green Eggs and Ham”
“The Green Mile”
“Grey’s Anatomy”
“Harold and the Purple Crayon”
“How Green Was My Valley”
“The Hunt for Red October”
“Island of the Blue Dolphins”
“It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
“Little Red Riding Hood”
“Man in Black”
“The Masque of the Red Death”
“NYPD Blue”
“Orange Crush”
“Orange is the New Black”
“Pale Blue Dot”
“Paint It Black”
“The Picture of Dorian Gray”
"The Pink Panther"
“Pink Cadillac”
“Pink Triangle”
“Pretty in Pink”
“Purple Haze”
“Purple Rain”
“Red Dawn”
“The Scarlet Letter”
“The Scarlet Pimpernel”
“Soylent Green”
“Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree”
“Turning Red”
“Where the Red Fern Grows”
“White Fang”
“The White Lotus”
“White Noise”
“White Rabbit”
“White Wedding”
"The Yellow Rose of Texas"
“Yellow Submarine”
“The Yellow Wallpaper”
Posted by: trident
Date: Sep 20 23
We have the theme of COLOR for this round. The generic nouns are objects that are often used to describe certain colors. Remember that the question doesn't specifically have to be about that object/color. You can simply use the word in the question. The specific nouns are all titles (songs, books, movies, etc.) that use colors in their title.
There's a small rule change to Rule #2. Since most authors have been playing this game fairly, there's not really a need to limit authors from taking as many pairs as they want. Enjoy!
A reminder of how the rules work:
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. RULE CHANGE: There are no longer any limits on how many pairs an author takes, but if the amount somehow causes an issue with other players, we can go back to having limits.
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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FatherSteve 
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I have submitted "lemon" to Hobbies and "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" to Music. Reply #81. May 09 24, 3:26 PM |
LeoDaVinci
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So, we should be left with just one, yam, and that one is on me. Reply #82. May 09 24, 4:21 PM |
| LeoDaVinci
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Yup, it went to Science. Reply #83. May 09 24, 4:30 PM |
trident
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Thanks everyone! I think this was likely the last 100 Nouns round we'll have in the Lounge. It was a great game, but I think the Bingo game does what this game intended in a much better way. Feel free to play some of the other single question games if you get the itch to write! Reply #84. May 09 24, 5:12 PM |
tiye
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Sorry to hear it, 100 Nouns was one of my favourite games. There are other single question games, I know, but this will remain special. Thank you, trident, and all who participated. Reply #85. May 09 24, 9:33 PM |
| FatherSteve
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I quite agree with tiye: this was my favourite of all the single-question games. My next best favourite is the "take-a-penny leave-a-penny" one but, as few players other than me contribute much to it, I suspect that it is on the same final trajectory leading to a crash as that of 100 Questions. Huzzah to trident for making it all happen. Thanks for letting me compile several of the lists. Thanks to all the witty and skilled players who played. Those were the days, my friend / We thought they'd never end / We'd sing and dance forever and a day / We'd live the life we choose / We'd fight and never lose / Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days. Reply #86. May 10 24, 12:23 AM |
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