Computing Milestones
European Country Nicknames
"G"EOGRAPHY
TASTY PHRASES
STARTS WITH A SILENT LETTER
100

In 1984, this company introduced the "Fat Mac", a Macintosh computer with a whopping 512 KB of RAM

Apple

100

"The Boot"
(It has more World Heritage sites than any other country)

Italy

100

More than a mile deep in some places, it's a natural wonder located in the US, and it's larger than the state of Rhode Island (square miles)

Grand Canyon

100

You don't want your wine made with these, also a phrase about trash-talking something you can't have

Sour Grapes

100

The biting midge, or no-see-um, is one of these small, pesky flies whose "G" is a no-hear-um

a gnat

200

In 2005, a 19-second clip titled "Me at the zoo" was the first video ever uploaded to this website

YouTube
200

"The Land of Count Dracula"

Romania

200

This "colorful" place is the largest island in the world

Greenland

200

A fitting finish for a sundae, this idiom means to make something good even better

Put a cherry on top!

200

Bakers do it to prepare dough & masseuses do the same to your knotty muscles to make you feel better

Knead

300

In 1997, an IBM computer named Deep Blue beat grandmaster Garry Kasparov at this game

Chess

300

"The Land of Fire & Ice"

Iceland

300

Officially, it's known as the Hellenic Republic, but this is the name we usually use for it

Greece

300

It refers to disclosing secret information, like when you accidentally dropped that pot of chili

Spilling the beans

300

Whether it begins with a silent "T" or a silent "C", it's the title for a former ruler of Russia

a Czar

400

In 2012, this Google creation passed Microsoft's Internet Explorer to become the world's most used web browser

Google Chrome

400

"The Land of Poets & Thinkers"

Germany

400

In separating Spain from Morocco, the strait of this also separates Europe from Africa

Gibraltar

400

If you're the best of the best, you're this, mentioning a dairy product & a farming word

Cream of the crop

400

As a noun, it is a tool in your toolbox; as a verb, it refers to something you don't want to do to your back

Wrench

500

Considered to be one of the first internet search engines, this engine shared its name with this comic book character, inspiring successors named Veronica & Jughead

Archie

500

"The Playground of Europe"

Switzerland

500

Nearly half the people of this country, the most populous in Central America, descend from the Maya

Guatemala

500

You & your best friend may be described this way, involving a legume & its container

(two) peas in a pod

500

"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want", begins No. 23 of these in the Bible

Psalms
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