Word Origins
Game Goals
Double EE
TIME's Person of the Year
Tech Talk
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The word for this part of speech is from the Latin for "word"
What is Verb? [Verbum]
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Don't be the person who topples the tower that starts with 54 wooden blocks
What is Jenga?
200
Synonymous to "mash", often used to describe the product of crushed fruit
What is Puree?
200
2004: "For reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon style"
Who is George W. Bush?
200
Mozilla's web browser was called Phoenix, then Firebird, then this
What is Firefox?
400
Now meaning "really great", this adjective is from the Latin for "frightening"
What is Terrific?
400
Build an army and capture all 42 territories held by opponents
What is Risk?
400
A boomerang comes back; this doesn't
What is a Frisbee?
400
1938: For "becoming the greatest threatening force that the democratic, freedom-loving world faces today"
Who is Adolf Hitler?
400
The abbreviated name of this file format used for digital photos comes from the group that created it in the 1980s
What is JPEG?
600
Now meaning "behaving badly", this adjective comes from a word meaning "nothing"
What is Naughty?
600
Find out who murdered Mr. Boddy
What is Clue?
600
Pause the game! This person needs to take a look at VAR
What is Referee?
600
1980: "Rarely has so improbable a leader shaken the world."
Who is Ayotollah Khomeini?
600
The wireless technology inspired by Danish King Harald Gormssen
What is Bluetooth?
800
Person comes from "persona", one of these donned by a Roman actor to play a different character
What is Mask?
800
Hit all the right spots on a 10x10 grid before your opponent
What is Battleship?
800
DAILY DOUBLE
This hors d'oeuvre served before the main course of a meal
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1958: "Crisis in Algeria brought WWII hero back to power in France"
Who is Charles de Gaulle?
800
It isn't minted or printed-- it's "mined" by a computer algorithm in blocks called "rewards"
What is Bitcoin?
1000
This poison gets its name partly from the Greek for "dark blue"
What is Cyanide?
1000
Reach 10 victory points as your settlements grow on a hexagonal grid
What is Catan?
1000
What is Lychee?
1000
2019: "Environmental activist and founder of the school strike for the climate campaign"
Who is Greta Thunberg?
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The full name for which HTML is an abbreviation.
What is HyperText Markup Language?