BONUS BOARD

Bonulus Board

1

One the same day that Rome was founded, one of the twins died. Which one?

Remus

2

This is the year of the first moon landing in roman numerals.

MCMLXIX

3

The rubber used to make tires is black, but it is deliberately made this color in the manufacturing process.  This is the natural color of rubber.

white

4

This seemingly common material is used so extensively for construction that the world is actually running out of it.  It is so valuable in fact that there are even black market smuggling rings developing to meet demand.

sand

5

The Indo-European language group spans from the British Isles to the Indian subcontinent and contains languages such as German, Hindi, Greek, and the romance and slavic languages.  Every western European language can trace its roots to this group except for ____ which is found in the Iberian Peninsula.

Basque

Board of Bones

1

Mandarin is the majority language, but ______ is the dominant language in Hong Kong and the south of China.

Cantonese

2

When digging for diamonds, the most common color one would expect to find is _____.

yellow/yellowish-brown

3

A large mechanical shovel also known as a backhoe or excavator, was recently used to try to free a ship from the Suez Canal.  Roughly how much sand was dredged to free the ship?

30,000 cubic meters or 1,060,000 cubic feet

4

Hong Kong was a treaty port of the British and ______ was a treaty port of the Portuguese located right next to Hong Kong.

Macau

5

There are several elements that are named after countries: Francium (France), Americium (America), Polonium (Poland), Ruthenium (Russia), Germanium (Germany), and Nihonium (Japan).  However one of the countries listed above has 2 elements named after it with the addition of the element Gallium. Name the country.

France

Boney Board

1

This is the animal Pikachu was initially modeled after.

squirrel

2

The potato blight that caused the Irish Potato Famine was not isolated to Ireland. It was a widespread event that effected all of Europe causing unrest and revolt across the continent in 1848.  This nation declared independence from Austria that year. It was defeated, but went on to form this famous dual monarchy with Austria.

Hungary

3

The horse was perhaps one of the most valuable animals up until the invention of modern vehicles. Where did it originate?

North America

4

This is driest desert in the world.  It is also found in the Andes.

Atacama

5

This isn't Pokemon because I just can't.  Anyway.

The native Incan population was exploited and forced to work in the mines where they were exposed to mercury poisoning from the extraction of this material.  They were forced to extract so much of it in fact that it nearly ruined Spain.

silver

Bonus Bones

1

Reindeer shed this from their antlers.

velvet

2

The setting for this Disney movie is a city that is a fusion of San Francisco and the capital of Japan. 

If you would like to learn more about Japan, check out Misbradventures' upcoming video. This is a sponsored question.

Big Hero 6

3

This novel features a family migrating from Oklahoma to California after they were forced to abandon their farm.

The Grapes of Wrath

4

Reindeer are common roadkill in Finland much like deer here in the US.  Finish farmers are attempting to reduce the number of reindeer killed by doing this to the animals.

making the antlers reflective

5

Also in 1962, the US and USSR came the closest ever to nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  It reached its peak when Kennedy decided to do this to Cuba to prevent the import of missiles to the island.  It's something that has become much more relevant in recent times.

quarantined the island

Bon Bon

1

The top of the Great Pyramid of Giza was made of this substance.

gold

2

Name all (or most of) the different types of triangles.

equilateral, isosceles, right, acute, obtuse, scalene

3

Sudan held a referendum in 2011 on whether or not the south of the country should secede.  The referendum passed and ______ became the new youngest nation in the world.

South Sudan

4

Egypt was the first country that attempted to form a lasting united Arab state.  It merged with this country for 3 years from 1958 to 1961 before collapsing.

Syria

5

For a square pyramid of the same dimensions (10" long base side with 10" from the base side to the top, what is the height of the pyramid? Hint: yes, this is the Pythagorean Theorem  

5√3 or 8.66