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INFINITY SYSTEMS
CARRIER ACRONYMS
FUN & GAMES
GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES
100

Got my skis, but I hope I'm over my fear of heights when we make it to this nation 

Switzerland

100

This is the maximum number of zones in an Infinity System

What is 8?
100

EEPROM

What is Electrically Erasable Program Read Only Memory?

100

Black & white pieces in this game are often called stones, which you want to get back home & then "bear off" to win the game

What is backgammon?

100

If you please, it's German for "please"

What is bitte?

200

There's more to this Texas city than Paseo del Rio, or the River Walk, especially in its tricentennial year of 2018

What is San Antonio?

200

Infinity (Carrier), Evolution (Bryant), and _______ (ICP) are the names of Carrier’s Communicating Systems

What is Ion?

200

CCN

What is Carrier Comfort Network?

200

A 2023 film pulled back the curtain on how this video game took over the world, one falling block at a time

What is Tetris?

200

In English slang this German word is added after a skill or a topic to indicate someone with expertise

What is Meister?

300

I can't stop dancing now that we're in Trinidad, where this style of music originated & later had steel drums added

What is calypso?

300

This is an element of the schedule with specified heat and cool setpoints, but not day or time

What is Activity?

300

BOM

What is Bill of Material?

300

Ludo is another name for this board game, sometimes called India's national game

What is Parcheesi?

300

This German goodbye was part of the kiss-off to departing contestants on "Project Runway"

What is Auf Wiedersehen?

400

No more hot sauce for me after sampling the fare in Cayenne, capital of this French territory

What is French Guiana?

400

The name of this character:

Who is Bryant Man?

400

DFMEA

What is Design Failure Modes and Effect Analysis?

400

Bamboos & winds are names for some of the tiles called pais in this game

What is mahjong?

400

Literally "world pain", it means weariness caused by the state of the world

Weltschmerz

500

My feet hurt; there's no way I'm walking the entire length of this from Mount Hu to Jiayu Pass

What is the Great Wall of China?

500

This physical device controls airflow in a zone

What is a Modulating Damper?

500

FRACAS

What is Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System?

500

Cutthroat is one type of this card game that has a name derived from French for "two-eyed"

What is pinochle?

500

It's German for "pleasant & cozy", like the atmosphere in a good beer hall

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