Tabletop Turmoil
Boards and Councils
The Nerd Wall
"Board" to Death
Other Uses
100
In Catan, building a continuous road of 5 or more segments awards you this special bonus card.
What is Longest Road?
100
Charged with maintaining international peace and security, this primary UN body features 5 permanent members with veto power: the US, UK, France, Russia, and China.
What is the UN Security Council?
100
In Star Wars, this ruling council of Force users met in their Temple on Coruscant, led by Grand Master Yoda.
What is the Jedi Council?
100
After a catastrophic failure or a rejected idea, it’s time to go back to this starting point.
What is The Drawing Board?
100
Cheeses, fruits, crackers and cured meats make up this visually pleasing appetizer spread.
What is a charcuterie board?
200
Players spell words on a grid in this classic tile game where the letters Q and Z are each worth a maximum of 10 points.
What is Scrabble?
200
Established in 1913, this governing body oversees the central banking system of the United States and is most known for setting national borrowing rate.
What is the Federal Reserve?
200
Named after a fruit, this tiny, ultra-affordable credit-card-sized device was originally designed to promote basic computer science education.
What is a Raspberry Pi?
200
An instruction manual on how to be good at your new job.
What is an onboarding guide?
200
This legendary skateboarder famously landed two-and-a-half 360 degree rotations, naming his move "The 900".
Who is Tony Hawk?
300
Expensive to own and expensive to land on, this Monopoly space sits right next to the "Go to Jail" space.
What is Boardwalk?
300
This powerful federal agency regulates civil aviation in the United States (and tells you that you can't fly your DGI drones).
What is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)?
300
In sci-fi space battles, an aggressor warship enters another warship by sending this group of its crew inside.
What is a boarding party?
300
When something is applied to all categories, members, or levels equally.
What is Across the Board?
300
This classic board game movie starring Josh Hutcherson and Kristen Steward follows 2 brothers whose entire house gets launched into space after turning a key and pushing a button.
What is Zathura?
400
This is the only move in chess where a player can move two of their own pieces in a single turn.
What is Castling?
400
In corporate finance, the members of this governing group are elected by shareholders to represent their interests and oversee company management.
What is the Board of Directors?
400
Known by the acronym PCB, this foundational board mechanically supports and electrically connects electronic components using conductive copper pathways etched onto laminated sheets.
What is a printed circuit board?
400
The Housing and Dining services provided by a hospitality company.
What is room and board?
400
These government-funded institutions forcibly assimilated Native American children into western culture.
What are Boarding Schools?
500
In the murder mystery game Clue, this lead suspect is represented by the yellow game token.
Who is Colonel Mustard?
500
Convened by Emperor Constantine in 325 AD, this council of christian bishops decreed the divinity of Prophet Isa (AS), shirk-ifiying christianity.
What is the Council of Nicea?
500
Originating in Italy in 2005, this open-source microcontroller board system is widely used by hobbyists to control sensors, motors, and lights.
What is an Arduino?
500
To win all the prizes, awards, or contests in a single event.
What is "To Sweep the Board"?
500
Bart Simpson pays for his bad deeds every episode of The Simpsons with this.
What is a Chalkboard?
