Board Games
Invented in 1934 by Parker Brothers, this classic real estate trading game lets you buy Boardwalk and Park Place.
What is Monopoly?
Halite, the mineral form of sodium chloride, is commonly harvested and placed on dinner tables under this name.
What is Table Salt or Salt?
The empire emerged from the unification of several nomadic tribes in the Mongol heartland under the leadership of this individual.
Who is Temüjin, known by the title of Genghis Khan.
Red or green, grows in orchards, and is famously said to keep the doctor away.
What is an apple.
The 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup
Designed by Klaus Teuber and released in 1995, this game made trading brick, sheep, wood, wheat, and ore a household phenomenon.
What is Catan (The Settlers of Catan)?
Scoring a 1 on the "Mohs scale," this softest known mineral is often ground up into powders for gymnastics and cosmetics
What is Talc?
This Venetian merchant spent over 15 years in Asia, bringing home tales of the Khans court.This Venetian merchant spent over 15 years in Asia, bringing home tales of the Great Khans court.
Who is... Marco Polo?
Located in Paris, built for the 1889 World’s Fair, and once criticized as an iron eyesore.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
The 50th Anniversary of this epic film will occur with theatrical re-release.
What is Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (50th Anniversary)?
Players climb ladders and slide down the titular hazards on a grid-based numbered board in this ancient Indian game originally known as Moksha Patamu.
What are Chutes and Ladders (Snakes and Ladders)?
Scoring a 7 on the Mohs scale, this common mineral—the main ingredient in beach sand—can easily scratch glass.
What is Quartz?
This grandson of Genghis Khan founded the Yuan dynasty in China.
Who was Kublai Khan?
Crossed the Rubicon, was assassinated on the Ides of March, and famously had a salad named after him, though he did not invent it.
Who is Julius Caesar?
A first of its kind new type of Olympic games will launch, what are they?
What are video games Olympics or the first Olympic Esports Games will be held in Riyadh in 2027
In this social deduction party game, players take on the roles of secret agents trying to complete missions, or hidden spies trying to sabotage them.
What is The Resistance. Avalon / Secret Hitler also acceptable.
Sitting at a 10 on the Mohs scale, this mineral can only be scratched by another piece of itself.
What is Diamond?
Name a Successor State of the Mongol Empire?
Who/what are:
Yuan Dynasty, Golden Horde, Chagatai Khanate, Ilkhanate, Great Horde, Timurid Empire, Mughal Empire, and a ton more you can argue and will get points for.
Developed in ancient Mesopotamia, written on clay tablets, and formed using wedge-shaped marks.
What is Cuneiform
Late 2027 this crewed mission/or ship into space will probably launch.
What are anything along the lines of the Artemis III and/or the second crewed mission of the Artemis program
This notoriously complex, asymmetric 4X space opera board game features a galactic council where players vote on laws, trade commodities and fight for control of Mecatol Rex to win the game.
What is Twilight Imperium? Or TI or TI 1-4
Drywall (plasterboard) used in home construction is made primarily from this sulfate mineral.
What is Gypsum?
Name any famous defeat of the Mongol Empire?
Mamluk Sultanate at Syria, or Levant or Gallilee
Dai Viet (Vietnam) – Trần Dynasty
Delhi Sultanate (India)
Majapahit Kingdom (Java, Indonesia)
Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Moscow or Kingdom of Hungary in E. Europe
The name has "Roman" origins, its members serve staggered six-year terms, and it alone conducts trials following federal impeachments.
What is the US Senate?
The 100th Year, ~One Century~ Anniversary of this convenience store chain.
What is 7-Eleven or 7-11?