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The sentence "The boxing champion faced many challengers, but he ______ all down" can be completed with a word in computer jargon -- modem (mowed 'em). Try using computer words to finish the rest of the sentences.
NOTE: In many cases the answers may be two actual words that, when combined, sound like one computer word as per the above example mowed 'em becomes modem.
1. Were both father and _________ when they fell asleep at the play last night?
2. After the first inning, the Yankees were ahead one ____
3. Was Jack ______ a perfect 20-20 when he starred in Dragnet
4. Did the new fishing ______ as well as the old one?
5. A male ovine is more commonly called a ________.
6. How often did Nikita speak to ________ the red phone?
7. The soldiers who were supposed to protect the ________ away instead
8. Her favorite disaster movie was Krakatoa East of ___________.
9. The Ambassador will be _____ Aviv all of next week.
10. The Irish musician said, "Happiness is a ______ to eat and three or four groupies."
11. Charles didn't like to be called ________.
NOTE: In many cases the answers may be two actual words that, when combined, sound like one computer word as per the above example mowed 'em becomes modem.
1. Were both father and _________ when they fell asleep at the play last night?
2. After the first inning, the Yankees were ahead one ____
3. Was Jack ______ a perfect 20-20 when he starred in Dragnet
4. Did the new fishing ______ as well as the old one?
5. A male ovine is more commonly called a ________.
6. How often did Nikita speak to ________ the red phone?
7. The soldiers who were supposed to protect the ________ away instead
8. Her favorite disaster movie was Krakatoa East of ___________.
9. The Ambassador will be _____ Aviv all of next week.
10. The Irish musician said, "Happiness is a ______ to eat and three or four groupies."
11. Charles didn't like to be called ________.
Answer
1. Motherboard (mother bored)2. zip (zip) or run (run)
3. website (Webb's sight)
4. network (net work) or netcast (net cast)
5. RAM (ram)
6. icon (Ike on)
7. Fortran (fort ran)
8. Java (java)
9. Intel (in Tel)
10. byte (bite)
11. Chip (chip)
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