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Word Origins

100

You may use this word to win a game, but its Persian origin truly means "king is defeated"

Checkmate

200

Now it's a neat treat, but the original meaning of this Gaelic word was "water of life"

Whiskey 

300

This blue dot's name comes from a Greek phrase meaning wanderer

 Planet

Animal Facts

100

This towering creature has the highest blood pressure of any animal

Giraffe

200

This feathered friend is the closest living relative to the T-rex

Chicken

300

This miniscule creature is actually one of the deadliest in the world

Mosquito

At the Movies

100

This 1995 film tells the story of a piglet who dreams of being a sheepdog.

Babe

200

Morgan Freeman played God incarnate in this Jim Carrey film

Bruce Almighty

300

Tom Hanks gave this iconic 5-word don't to the right fielder played by Bitty Schram in "A League of Their Own."

There's no crying in baseball