SOCIAL MEDIA
In 2023 Elon Musk renamed Twitter this
X
9 wire arches called wickets are used in this backyard game
Croquet
Number of Jay-Z' title "Problems", or "Bottles Of Beer On The Wall"
99
The name of this brand of disposable cups means unaccompanied
Solo
This word for an exact copy was shortened to become the name of an office machine also called a telecopier
Facsimile
This platform traces its roots to an online service at Harvard that got students to rate each others' attractiveness
Dating back 50 years, "Maze War" & "Spasim" were some of the first of this type of video game, abbreviated FPS
First person shooter
The second line in a haiku typically has this many syllables
7
A doomed FedEx flight delivers Chuck Noland (oh, Noland, I get it!) to a deserted island for 4 years in this movie
Cast Away
This word for an omen of future events is etymologically related to "harbor"
Harbinger
This Chinese-owned platform has its own version in China called Douyin
TikTok
The classic game Reversi is aka this game, like a Shakespearean title character
Othello
Oh, craps! On the first dice roll I threw boxcars, this number
12
At a certain point, you have to announce the title of this card game in a timely fashion or you will have to draw more cards
UNO
Beckett & Ionesco are preeminent contributors to what's known as this style of drama
Absurdist
End-to-end encryption is the hallmark of this messaging app whose creator was recently arrested in France
Telegram
In Scrabble, these 2 letter tiles are the most lucrative, each worth 10 points
Q & Z
It's the atomic number of iridium; it also used to be a famous TV address on the Sunset Strip
77
In 2024 the Supreme Court voted 8-1 that domestic abusers can be temporarily disarmed--this justice appointed in 1991 was the 1
Thomas
What's that clamor? It's this noisy word that comes from the Greek for "bad sound"
Cacophony
Celebs get design inspo online too! Diane Keaton wrote a book called "The House That" this visual discovery platform "Built"
In chess there are this many possible opening first moves for white
20
In 1929 Congress limited the House of Representatives to this many members
435
This writer got some serious me-time while living "Life in the Woods" from 1845 to 1847
Thoreau
The Latin for "to close" gives us this word for a blockage found in dentistry & pathology
Occlusion