Word Origin Game
Da, the name of this strong drink comes from the Russian for "little water"
vodka
The flash of artillery weapons called Congreve rockets inspired the "rockets' red glare" in this song
The Star-Spangled Banner
A mischievous trickster from Norse myth who causes chaos for gods and mortals alike
(4 letters)
Loki
Of descendant
ancestor
A CIO, short for this, is an exec in charge of a company's tech stuff
Chief Information Officer
This state of transcendence & enlightenment in Buddhism means "extinction" in Sanskrit
Founded in San Diego in 1967, the NBA's Rockets moved to this appropriate city in 1971
Sharp end to "hold" someone "at"
(10 letters)
Of digital
analog
If you print a document & it looks the same on paper as it does on your screen, it's WYSIWYG, this
What you see is what you get
Swedish for "bread & butter table" gives us this word for a buffet with a variety of foods
smorgasbord
In 2021 this loan-industry giant with a speedy name became Rocket Mortgage
Quicken
An angular support often used in construction to brace beams or corners
(7 letters)
Bracket
Of enact or ratify
abolish
You probably know your own ZIP Code, but do you know that ZIP stands for these 3 words?
Zone Improvement Plan
Yiddish gave us this word for a clumsy or awkward person
a klutz
The V in the name of this rocket that boosted the Apollo missions to the Moon stood for the five huge engines that powered its first stage
Saturn (V)
Nightmarish à la Franz
(10 letters)
Kafkaesque
Of stinky or unscented
aromatic
When someone comments "BUMP", it stands for these 4 words (the first word is actually not bump)
Bring up my post
It's suggested that this term for an imaginary creature comes from old Irish for "small body"
leprechaun
Capable of 30 miles per hour, a locomotive called Stephenson's Rocket began running from Liverpool to this Northern England industrial city in 1829
Manchester
A mirliton that's a cheap way to get a buzz
(5 letters)
Kazoo
Of ineloquent or incoherent
articulate
Involved in ovulation, FSH is short for this hormone
follicle stimulating hormone