Homophones
Summoned up courage, or a hot dog condiment
Mustered / Mustard
They threw the most touchdown passes all-time between QB and 1 receiver
Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison
At a track meet, this phrase happens when a runner jumps the gun
A FALSE start
The creator of this game got the idea while looking at a pizza that was missing a slice.
Pac-Man
In 2000 B.C. this musical instrument is said to have originated in China
xylophone
A malt beverage, or to be unwell
Ale / Ail
DAILY DOUBLE: This duo forms a coordinate plane.
X and Y axis
This phrase happens when the fire department is called but it turns out there was actually no fire.
A FALSE alarm
Jumpman was the original name for the hero of this game, where he was a carpenter.
Donkey Kong
DAILY DOUBLE: This duo forms a coordinate plane.
X and Y axis
An adhesive, or to walk back and forth
Paste / Paced
It was summertime 1991 when they hit the top 10 with "Summertime"
DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince aka Will Smith
This television series depicts a fictional universe in which zombies no longer need to eat humans to survive.
TRUE Blood on HBO (2008-2014)
The Bank of Japan ordered an emergency minting of coins as there was a run on them when this game debuted in 1978.
Space invaders
A type of terrier, or a pudding
Yorkshire
A Medieval farm worker, or to browse the internet
Serf / Surf
3 letter acronym that is a popular food dish
Peanut Butter and Jelly
This is what you call a particular high pitched singing voice for men.
FALSEtto
Atari's Lyle Rains remembers pitching this game as "little flying ship... big rocks become little rocks... shoot until they all go away"
Asteroids
To move quickly
Zoom
Stolen goods, or a Medieval stringed instrument
Loot / Lute
You can call them Quest
A tribe called Quest
The sender of gifts in the 12 days of Christmas...
"My TRUE Love"
(“On the first day of Christmas MY TRUE LOVE gave to me: a Partridge in a Pear Tree...”)
The name of this game created by a Russian computer programmer, is a play on the Greek word for "four."
Tetris
In movie titles, this word has preceded "Dillinger," "Doctors in Love," and "Frankenstein"
Young