The Lost Challenges discussion

Home Furnishings:
1.Table
2.Chair
3.Stool
4.Bookcase
5.Dresser
6.Bed
7.Sofa
8.Bath Tub
9.Desk
10.Rug

Food:
1.Coffee
2.Tea
3.Cookie
4.Pizza
5.Pasta
6.Vegetable
7.Meat
8.Chocolate
9.Fruit
10.Cake

Animals:
1.Bird
2.Cat
3.Dog
4.Snake
5.Wolf
6.Bear
7.Dragon
8.Fish
9.Horse
10.Bug

Architectural
1. Garage
2. Pool
3. Kitchen
4. Foyer
5. Window
6. Roof
7. Column
8. Stairs
9. Bedroom
10. Bathroom

Bonus items:

1. Ghost
2. Mirror or reflection
3. White/Silver
4. Lightning
5. Glasses
6. Green
7. Blue
8. Single Female
9. Rainbow
10. Shoulder
11. Red
12. Celebrity
13. Smoke
14. Castle
15. Goddess/God

Bonus items can be found in text, title or on the cover. In the case of colors on the cover, it needs to be at least 50 percent of the cover color.

Home Furnishings must be actual furniture.


Table can not be data in columns and rows.

Chair can be any seat having four legs for support and a rest for the back .

Stool could be either a step stool, or bar stool or the kind found in a bathroom, as long as it is referred to as a stool.

Bookcase could be a bookshelf, but not just a shelf.

Dresser could be a dressing table, bureau, sideboard, chiffarobe, chest of drawers.

Bed should be a place for sleeping, not a flower bed or nail bed.

Sofa can be couch, chaise lounge, davenport, futon, love seat, sette.

Bath Tub can be just a tub, as long as it is used for bathing. A shower is not ok.

Desk can be home or office variety.

Rug can be most varieties of fabric or animal floor covering not nailed down. It can not be a wig.

Food can be the item or a reference to the item smell or the look of the food. It can not be used as a color.

Coffee can be java, latte, cappuccino, espresso etc.*

Tea can be iced or hot. *

Cookie can be any variety as long as it is commonly recognized and not in reference to a computer.*

Pizza can be most any oven-baked, flat, round bread topped with cheese and various toppings.

Pasta can be any form of noodle.

Vegetable can be the word or a specific vegetable.

Meat can be the flesh of any animal as used for food.

Chocolate any form of this ambrosia.

Fruit can be the word or a specific fruit.

Cake can be regular or cupcake, or any other food formed in a cake shape, such as crab cakes.

*The food must be included if your quote is just a serving dish ie: Coffee mug, tea cup, cookie sheet, pizza pan. An empty cup or pan is not ok.

Animals can be real, fake or even figures of speech

Animals can be claimed by finding the given word or an animal that fits that general category.

Humans with names/nicknames of animals will not work. Animal words used as verbs will not work ie snaked, wolfed, dogged, bear (a weight)...

Examples

Bird: robin, crow, cuckoo bird, mockingjay, eagle,

Cat: house cat, lion, tiger, leopard, puma, kitty,

Dog: labrador, beagle, chihuahua, pooch, canine, fido, mutt,

Snake: cobra, rattler, serpent, anaconda, python, boa

Wolf: grey wolf, red wolf, werewolf, maned wolf, African wild dogs, coyote

Bear: brown, black, polar, panda, teddy

Dragon: komodo dragon, wyvern, sea serpent, mušḫuššu, basilisk, qilin, dinosaur

Fish: (for this game gill-bearing and aquatic) gold fish, cat fish, trout, shark, tuna, angler fish, guppie, lobster, shrimp

Horse: stallion, foal, colt, pony, mustang, filly, mare

Bug: insect, spider, centipede, fly, ant, bee, moth,

Architectural must be related to a building

Garage can also be a carport, carriage house or cart shed.

Pool can be a swimming pool, swimming hole, swimming pond.

Kitchen can be galley, kitchenette or scullery.

Window can be any kind in a wall, not a car. Could be a skylight, bay, picture, stained glass.

Roof can be the inside or outside so ceiling would work.

Column can be a pillar, pole, or stanchion.

Stairs can be stairway, stairwell, or escalator.

Bedroom can be a master bedroom, guest room, or nursery.

Bathroom can be a water closet, john, lavatory, restroom, or latrine.

Meat: So something gory as in perhaps, the flesh hung loosely, while the blood dripped onto the floor.... wouldnt work? It is specific to an eating meat?

Fruit: Would an insult like "You're a fruitcake". work?

Bath: Is, She took a long bath OK?

FISH: Is a lobster classed as a fish?

Meat: So something gory as in perhaps, the flesh hung loosely, while the blood dripped onto the floor.... wouldnt work? It is specific to an eating meat?
It needs to be specific to eating. It could be in the gory sense if it were say a werewolf or zombie attack where they were eating non-typical flesh. But in general gory say a chainsaw accident no.

Fruit: Would an insult like "You're a fruitcake". work?
For the food catergory I'd like the actual food. So no fruitcakes, using your noodle, or comatose vegetables etc. For the animal catergory I would be willing to take insults... I'll get FAQ's on those posted later tonight.

Bath: Is, She took a long bath OK?
It needs to mention the tub. Same concept with "she went to sleep", "She sat down", It is implied that the Furniture object is there but the text needs to mention the object.

FISH: Is a lobster classed as a fish?
It's not a fish but for the purpose of this challenge if it has gills and swims in water I will probably take it. So yes a lobster would work for a fish in this challenge.

Cool! Thank you for all that!

Has.....
Table Bedroom Coffee
Armchair Bathroom Tea
Stool Kitchen Pizza
Dresser Pool Pasta
Bed Fish (Shrimp)
Couch Chocolate
Fruit (blueberry)
Cake (pancakes and Fruitcake)

Bird (seagull)
Cat
dog
Snake? (Snakeskin shoes)
There may be more.

could the phrase "eating crow" work for the bird refernece?

Susan (susayq) wrote: "could the phrase "eating crow" work for the bird refernece?"

Yes, figures of speech are acceptable.

Thanks! And now I see it says that in the list LOL

Couple of questions:

Snake: If something "snakes" along, would that work as a figure of speech?

Foyer: Would "entryway" or "lobby" count?

Meghan, I looked up Foyer, and it covers all of those, so it should be Ok, but Jennifer gets the final say,
The snake one is a bit tricky! I found heaps of "He snaked his arm around my waist" kind of quotes, but didnt feel those were right to use, as it comes under the animal category, and thats not really using it in an animal sense, whereas your one is more.

★Meghan★ wrote: "Couple of questions:

Snake: If something "snakes" along, would that work as a figure of speech?

Foyer: Would "entryway" or "lobby" count?"

I would say no to snakes (in that context) because it's a verb not a figure of speech (ie. slippery as a snake). As for foyer, yes it can be either of those.

Okay so just checking a "wolf whistle" wouldn't count?

Ok, this may be a stupid question but an item is worth one point for one book for the one time it is mentioned in the book or is it a one point per item for the whole group as long as everybody is finished reading their books?

Animals are kind of shady. I want to say yes to snakes along... but then that opens it up to a few other things that I wouldn't take so to make a simple clear cut rule I will say not used as a verb.

I will add that to the animal section now, for future reference.

Delmy =^.^= wrote: "Ok, this may be a stupid question but an item is worth one point for one book for the one time it is mentioned in the book or is it a one point per item for the whole group as long as everybody is ..."

Ok, it is kind of hard with oput a spread sheet to look at, so if I don't explain it well enough let me know.

It will depend on team size let's say for example the teams are 5 people. Then when you read a book and claim an item the team essentially gets 1/5th of a point. When another person claims that item another 1/5th of a point is given and so on. However, this is an all or nothing situation since it is a team challenge 4/5ths of the team can have claimed the item but the team will not get a point or even a partial point. The team only gets the point when everyone has claimed the item.


This is a bit different for the bonus item though. If all 5 members have read their book before the next item is posted and 3/5 or 4/5 have the bonus item then the team gets 1 point. If all 5 have the item then the team gets 2 points. Not quite the all or nothing, but the whole team has to finish in the week. If 1 person does not finish their book in the 7 days then no bonus point is given even if the other 4 have the item in time.

Clear as mud?

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Delmy =^.^= wrote: "Ok, this may be a stupid question but an item is worth one point for one book for the one time it is mentioned in the book or is it a one point per item for the whole group..."

YES, very clear,thanks.can't wait to get started!!

★Meghan★ wrote: "Okay so just checking a "wolf whistle" wouldn't count?"

Did I get a response on this one?

I do believe that is acceptable. I'll let Dawn confirm though.

★Meghan★ wrote: "★Meghan★ wrote: "Okay so just checking a "wolf whistle" wouldn't count?"

Did I get a response on this one?"

I need to know the answer to this one too...please ☺

Also would this work for cat:
cut it with the damn cat jokes.... (actually referring to a cat)

Also can we use a plural version of the word? cakes, stools, or snakes or does it have to be exact as above in the list??

Thanks!!

Cat jokes will work and yes you can use plurals

Jennifer♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "Cat jokes will work and yes you can use plurals"

Thanks!

★Meghan★ wrote: "★Meghan★ wrote: "Okay so just checking a "wolf whistle" wouldn't count?"

Did I get a response on this one?"

Yes I'll take that.

Jennifer♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "Cat jokes will work and yes you can use plurals"

agreed.

Would "sea dragons" be acceptable?

Lauren wrote: "Would "sea dragons" be acceptable?"

Yes, Lauren.

would this be acceptable for snake?

EX:It felt like a snake uncoiling in my stomach.

Yippee! Thanks Jennifer.

~♥ Kat ♥~ wrote: "would this be acceptable for snake?

EX:It felt like a snake uncoiling in my stomach."

Yes, that is acceptable.

Animals are the easy category, almost any form of them will work.

What about a baptismal pool?

For the GHOST bonus item, doesit have to be an actual ghost or can be something like "a ghost of a grin"?

For the GHOST bonus item, doesit have to be an actual ghost or can be something like "a ghost of a grin"?

Great Thanks Dawn :D

Would "hot tub" work for bath tub?

Turtlecollector wrote: "What about a baptismal pool?"

I believe Dawn wants "pool" to be something you can swim in.

Zakiya wrote: "For the GHOST bonus item, doesit have to be an actual ghost or can be something like "a ghost of a grin"?"

I'm going to have to defer to Dawn on this one. I'm not sure she allowing figures of speech for the bonus words.

★Meghan★ wrote: "Would "hot tub" work for bath tub?"

I think you could bath in a hot tub so I'd say yes.

Turtlecollector wrote: "What about a baptismal pool?"

It is something I hadn't thought of, but yes I'll take it. It may not be meant for swimming, but in all actuality it is a modified hot tub.

I would take figures of speech for bonus items. So ghost of a grin will work.

I would take hot tub for either bath tub or pool. It may not be the place for bathing, but it is more tub like than pool like. So either way.

Jennifer♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "Zakiya wrote: "For the GHOST bonus item, doesit have to be an actual ghost or can be something like "a ghost of a grin"?"

I'm going to have to defer to Dawn on this one. I'm not sure she allowing ..."

Okay thanks! Will "ladies' room" count for bathroom?

Zakiya wrote: "Jennifer♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "Zakiya wrote: "For the GHOST bonus item, doesit have to be an actual ghost or can be something like "a ghost of a grin"?"

I'm going to have to defer to Dawn on t..."

Yes that will work.

for "foyer" would just entry be okay as long as it's plain it is an entryway? For example:

The kids stepped thru the entry and headed towards the bar.

For celebrity would rock star, movie star, pro athlete, etc. work, in those exact words? I hope that makes sense!

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Turtlecollector wrote: "What about a baptismal pool?"

It is something I hadn't thought of, but yes I'll take it. It may not be meant for swimming, but in all actuality it is a modified hot tub."

No, it is not meant for swimming, but since it is big enough to submerge people in I thought I would ask. I was a bit surprised to find it one of my books and I probably won't use it, since I have now found pool in a different book. However, it is nice to know I can go back to it if I need to.