Desktop Lingo
Same Name, Different Game
Words ending in ER
Snack Attack
Animals
200

This common computer key lets you go back and erase your mistakes.

What is backspace?

200

It’s both a popular red fruit and a tech company.

What is Apple?

200

A device you use to cook slices of bread.

What is a toaster?

200

This puffy snack shares its name with a meteorological event and is known for its buttery theater cousin.

What is popcorn?

200

This "masked" North American mammal is known for its dexterous paws and late-night garbage habits.

What is a raccoon?

400

This term describes unwanted or junk email.

What is spam?

400

It’s both a card suit and a garden tool.

What is a spade?

400

A person employed by a school to educate students

What is a teacher?

400

Invented in 1937, this candy-coated chocolate snack has a name with two repeating letters.

What are M&M’s?

400

This creature of myth and monotreme reality is one of only five mammals that lay eggs.

What is a platypus?

600

Three-letter acronym for a computer’s “brain.”

What is CPU?

600

It’s both a vehicle and an internet browser.

What is Explorer?

600

Daily Double:

What is a planer?

600

This triangle-shaped corn snack was invented at Disneyland and is known for its bold nacho flavor.

What are Doritos?

600

This deep-sea cephalopod can mimic other sea creatures to avoid predators.

What is a mimic octopus?

800

This type of memory disappears when the computer turns off.

What is RAM?

800

It’s a band and a type of precious metal.

What is Silver?

800

A term for someone who climbs mountains or participates in difficult ascents.

What is a mountaineer? (accept “climber” too)

800

The original version of this 1960s-era “popable” potato snack came in a tennis ball-style can.

What are Pringles?

800

With a name meaning "earth pig," this African insectivore has a long snout perfect for termite mounds.

What is an aardvark?

1000

This open-source operating system shares its name with a penguin.

What is Linux?

1000

It’s a bird and a part of a bowling alley.

What is a lane?

1000

What is a person who evaluates insurance applications and decides coverage terms?

What is an underwriter?

1000

This spicy rolled chip has become a viral snack hit and is often seen in red bags with flames.

What are Takis?

1000

This tiny primate native to the Philippines has enormous eyes and can rotate its head nearly 180 degrees.

What is a tarsier?