2021
Language
Villains of Silicon Valley
Food & Festivity
Geography
100

This was the original name of the company now known as Meta.

What is The Facebook?

100

This Greek word means "after" or "beyond" and can be used as a prefix meaning "transcending".

What is meta?

100

This out-of-this-world-super-rich Silicon Valley Villain used to be Dex and John's boss.

Who is Elon Musk?

100
Complete this phrase: As ________ as apple pie.

What is American?

100

These are the two regions related to the Board's Raya Kobo, Ethiopia case.

What are Tigray and Amhara?

200

This celebrity billionaire won the space race in July of this year.

Who is Richard Branson?

200

This is the language from the content in one of the Board's first cases, relating to churches in Baku, Azerbaijan.

What is Russian?

200

This "altruistic" Silicon Valley Villain is CEO of the company behind the app that hosts OSB's contact database and public comments portal.

Who is Marc Benioff?

200

Spargel season means that Germans will be eating plenty of this delicious vegetable from April to mid-June.

What is white asparagus?

200

16.5% of the Board's user appeals come from this part of the world.

What is Latin America and the Caribbean? 

300

This celebration marking the end of slavery in the US became a federal holiday this year.

What is Juneteenth?

300

DAILY DOUBLE: This language is spoken by over 100 million Facebook users.

What is Punjabi?

300

This Silicon Valley Villain was the first outside investor in Facebook.

Who is Peter Thiel?

300

DAILY DOUBLE: The unofficial national dish of Colombia.

What is Bandeja Paisa?

300

The Board's "European" Members cover the following countries:

What are Denmark, France and Hungary?

400

This country earned its first-ever Olympic gold medal (in the category of women's weight-lifting).

What is the Philippines?

400

These five languages are featured in the content of two or more of the Board's cases.

What are Burmese, English, French, Portuguese and Russian?

400

This Silicon Valley Villain resigned from his role as CEO of a global ride-sharing app amid numerous scandals involving sexual harassment and abuse.

Who is Travis Kalanick?

400

This sweet fried dumpling is one of many delicious dishes eaten during the Hindu Festival of Lights, Diwali.

What is Gujiya?

400

The number of time zones in the world.

What is 24?

500

This Asian country eliminated malaria this year.

What is China?

500

The OSB website is not available in this language, spoken by one of our Board Members and roughly 9 million people. 

What is Hebrew?

500

This odious Silicon Valley Villain is color-blind, thus the reason for his company's graphic color scheme.

Who is Mark Zuckerberg?

500

These "spicy" chilis form the base of one OSB teammate's tasty Cham Cham sauce.

What are scotch bonnet peppers?

500

The distance in miles or kilometers between San Francisco and London.

What is 5351 miles/8611 km?