Yes.

Very good.

Renee.

Sitka bow from Botswana.

South bow made of wood.

Well done.

Braided.

Yumi.

Bow from Japan.

A composite bow made of bamboo and wood.

Excellent.

Ooh!

Bonus point.

What continent's indigenous population never developed?

Use of the bow and arrow.

Antarctica.

Ooh!

Nope.

Antarctica is the only continent that never had an indigenous human population.

It's Australia where the bow and arrow was never developed.

The Aboriginal peoples there instead used both the spear thrower or woomera, similar to an atlatl and the boomerang as their main projectile tools for hunting.

Dang it, I knew that.

Okay, moving on.

Brayden.

Again.

Hoopa.

Bow.

Northwestern.

California.

A composite bow made of wood with sinew backing.

Nice.

Renee.

Longbow from England.

Self bow made of wood.

Yeah.

Oh.

Another bonus point.

Most common wood type used in making the English longbow.

Okay, I know this.

Oh.

You would.

Yes.

Good job.

Renee.

Renee.

Flat bow.

Eastern woodlands of North America.

A south bow made of wood.

Let's go.

Another bonus point.

Okay.

This is a wood that's commonly used in making the Eastern Woodlands flat bow, and is sometimes referred to as the teacher wood by traditional bowlers.

Osage orange.

Darn it!

Braided.

Black Locust.

Yay!

Okay, you guys are all tied up.

Whoever gets this last one wins.

Oh!

Oh, no.

What's wrong?

I know this one, but, I can't remember the name.

Yeah, it's kind of Scandinavian sounding.

Right?

OOP.

Time's up.

This is a Home guard style flat bow from northern Europe.

Oh.

That's right.

Oh, yeah.

It's a Danish word.

The Home Guard is a south bow, traditionally made of elmwood and distinct from most North American flat bows, in that its wide limbs run almost parallel until their midpoint, then taper sharply and remain very narrow all the way out to the Knox.

And since neither of you got that one, you died.

Nice.

That was so much fun.

Yeah, you guys did really good.

Oh, I wanted to ask you, why is Black Locust sometimes referred to as the teacher wood?

Well, if you don't properly tiller or shape the arms of the bow just right, Black Locust will let you know something's off by very visibly developing what are referred to as crystals across the belly of the bow, which look like this.

And you want to avoid those.

So Black Locust is great for teaching you how much stress a given piece of wood can take before it starts to fail.

Oh.

Oh.

Yes.

Okay.

Okay.

So, like, I haven't recognized any of these bows so far.

What did you study?

Dude, I was up till, like, 2 a.m. studying.

I know all the bow types.

I mean, I don't know what all these bent sticks are about, but, like, I even learned how to tie most of them.

Tie them?

Yeah.

See, here's a flower bow.

Oh my God.

And this one's a package bow.

And this one's my personal favorite, a layer bow.

And here's a classic.