Desktop Lingo
This common computer key lets you go back and erase your mistakes.
What is backspace?
It’s both a popular red fruit and a tech company.
What is Apple?
A device you use to cook slices of bread.
What is a toaster?
This puffy snack shares its name with a meteorological event and is known for its buttery theater cousin.
What is popcorn?
This "masked" North American mammal is known for its dexterous paws and late-night garbage habits.
What is a raccoon?
This term describes unwanted or junk email.
What is spam?
It’s both a card suit and a garden tool.
What is a spade?
A person employed by a school to educate students
What is a teacher?
Invented in 1937, this candy-coated chocolate snack has a name with two repeating letters.
What are M&M’s?
This creature of myth and monotreme reality is one of only five mammals that lay eggs.
What is a platypus?
Three-letter acronym for a computer’s “brain.”
What is CPU?
It’s both a vehicle and an internet browser.
What is Explorer?
Daily Double:
What is a planer?
This triangle-shaped corn snack was invented at Disneyland and is known for its bold nacho flavor.
What are Doritos?
This deep-sea cephalopod can mimic other sea creatures to avoid predators.
What is a mimic octopus?
This type of memory disappears when the computer turns off.
What is RAM?
It’s a band and a type of precious metal.
What is Silver?
A term for someone who climbs mountains or participates in difficult ascents.
What is a mountaineer? (accept “climber” too)
The original version of this 1960s-era “popable” potato snack came in a tennis ball-style can.
What are Pringles?
With a name meaning "earth pig," this African insectivore has a long snout perfect for termite mounds.
What is an aardvark?
This open-source operating system shares its name with a penguin.
What is Linux?
It’s a bird and a part of a bowling alley.
What is a lane?
What is a person who evaluates insurance applications and decides coverage terms?
What is an underwriter?
This spicy rolled chip has become a viral snack hit and is often seen in red bags with flames.
What are Takis?
This tiny primate native to the Philippines has enormous eyes and can rotate its head nearly 180 degrees.
What is a tarsier?