Board Games
Number of dice rolled in the game Yahtzee
Five
Seems counter intuitive but the Earth is farthest from the sun during this month
July
In 1855 2 faculty members & 10 students began hitting the books at this now-Big Ten school that is close to Chicago
Northwestern
Looking for this landmark? Go over to 400 Broad Street Seattle then go up up up
Space Needle
When put in water, a fresh one will sink but a rotten one will float
Egg
This game's board depicts a political map of the earth, featuring six continents divided into forty-two territories
Risk
Eating shrimp has turned this animal pink
Flamingo
The Ivy League is formed by this number of colleges.
Double points for naming all of them
Eight
Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University
By flooding the arena, this large Roman amphitheater could be used for mock naval battles
The Colosseum
This pepper is the hottest in the world
Carolina Reaper
Designed in the 90s by Klaus Teuber, this game board represents an island composed of hexagonal tiles on which players build settlements, cities, and roads
Settlers of Catan
This aquifer is the largest in the United States
The Ogallala
"The Nail's Tails", a controversial sculpture planned to be demolished this summer, resides at the football stadium entrance of this Big-10 school
(show picture)
University of Wisconsin - Madison
These four men have their faces carved into rocks, a process that required lots and lots of dynamite
Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Lincoln
This popular alcoholic beverage is made from fermented rice
Sake
Officer Edgar Mallory is the policeman who allegedly arrested Jake the Jailbird, the prisoner behind bars, on this classic board game
Monopoly
These two elements on the periodic table are the only two that are liquid at room temperature
Mercury and Bromine
The Catholics & the Ramblers were early names for this university’s football team
University of Notre Dame
The Statue of Liberty is holding this object in her left hand.
Tablet
A milk can dinner belongs to this state of America
Wisconsin
The murder victim found at the bottom of the stairs by Miss Scarlett in the game Clue
Mr. Boddy / Dr. Black
(USA / UK)
Space travelers from the United States are called astronauts. From Russia, they’re called cosmonauts. Taikonauts are from this country.
China
This Pacific Northwest school is known as the "Beavers" and has been recognized as having the top forestry education program in the United States
Oregon State University
During WWII the gold vault at this military post held the original copy of the U.S. Constitution
Fort Knox
In 1919, 21 people were killed in Boston due to a flood of what?
Molasses
The Boston Molasses Disaster or Great Molasses Flood was due to a storage tank containing in excess of two million gallons of the sticky liquid bursting, resulting in a giant wave of molasses which traveled at over 30 mph!