Date Dash-Canada. Welcome to Date Dash-Canada, the board game that tests your knowledge of Canadian history!

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1 Welcome to, the board game that tests your knowledge of Canadian history! Date Dash is a multiple-choice game designed to test your knowledge of history. In Date Dash- Canada, the goal is to be the first player to correctly answer 7 questions first. Future editions of Date Dash will add cards and topics to the game and lengthen the finish line to 14 questions, 21 questions, etc. So, save the pieces from and watch for future editions! For this board game, you will need: 3 players (one question reader and two players)* one Date Dash Calendar Board for each player pen, pencil, marker, or crayon for each player one set of Q&A cards *for more than 3 players, see variation at end of instructions Set up: On heavy cardstock, print the calendar board for each player. Also on heavy cardstock, print one sheet of Q&A cards. Cut the Q&A cards apart and shuffle them. Choose one player to read the questions throughout the game. Place the Q&A cards face down in front of the reader. Choose whether you will play Date Dash Level 1 or Date Dash Level 2. (Date Dash Level 1 tests the players general knowledge of history. Example: Christopher Columbus discovered the New World in: 1192, 1492, or Date Dash Level 2 tests the players specific knowledge of history. Example: Christopher Columbus discovered the New World in: 1490, 1492, or 1496.) The correct answer is bolded. Rules of Play: The reader draws the top card from the Q&A stack and reads the question to the player on his/her left. If the player correctly answers the question, the player marks a dash on the first date on the game board and the turn ends. If the player answers incorrectly, the turn is over and the reader replaces the card on the bottom of the stack, without revealing the correct answer. The reader then asks the second player the question from the next card in the Q&A stack. Variation for More Than 3 Players: If more than 3 players wish to play at one time, one player will be the reader and all other players will take part in each turn. The reader will read the question and then have each player write down his/her answer on a slip of paper. Once everyone has written down an answer, reveal the correct answer. Each player who has answered correctly can mark off a day on his/her calendar board. This variation allows for the possibility of a tied game.

2 Variation for Two Players: Both players will need a Date Dash Calendar Board. Each player will take a turn at being the reader. The first reader will draw the top card and ask the question to the other player. If the player answers correctly, they will put a dash on the first space of their calendar board and their turn is over. If they answer incorrectly, their turn is over. In either case, the card is laid aside. Then, the second player will draw the next card and ask the first player the question. Play continues in this way, with each person alternating between reader and player, until someone reaches 7 correct answers or all of the cards have been used. If no one reaches 7 correct answers before the pile of cards is finished, the player with the most questions answered correctly wins! Watch for the next edition of Date Dash, and watch the length of the game and your knowledge grow!

3 In what year did John Cabot claim Canada for England? Level 1: 1497, 1597, or 1675 Level 2: 1497, 1500, or 1525 In what year did Samuel de Champlain found Quebec City, the first permanent French colony in Canada? Level 1: 1508, 1608, or 1708 Level 2: 1588, 1608, or 1628 In what year did France give its Canadian settlements to England? In what year was the Dominion of Canada formed? Level 1: 1563, 1663, or 1763 Level 2: 1723, 1743, or 1763 Level 1: 1867, 1897, or 1967 Level 2: 1867, 1887, or 1897 In what year was Halifax founded? Level 1: 1649, 1749, or 1849 Level 2: 1729, 1749, or 1769 In what year did Prince Edward Island become a British colony separate from Nova Scotia? Level 1: 1569, 1669, or 1769 Level 2: 1729, 1749, or 1769 In what year was the colony of New Brunswick formed? In what year was Quebec divided into two colonies, Upper and Lower Canada? Level 1: 1784, 1834, or 1884 Level 2: 1784, 1804, or 1824 Level 1: 1691, 1791, or 1891 Level 2: 1771, 1791, or 1811 In what year did the Rideau Canal open? Level 1: 1732, 1782, or 1832 Level 2: 1792, 1812, or 1832 In what year did the Oregon Treaty set the western Canada/U.S. boundary at the 49th parallel? Level 1: 1846, 1896, or 1946 Level 2: 1846, 1866, or 1886

4 In what year were the North-West Mounted Police created? In what year was Canada s first transcontinental railroad completed? Level 1: 1773, 1873, or 1973 Level 2: 1853, 1873, or 1893 Level 1: 1785, 1835, or 1885 Level 2: 1845, 1865, or 1885 In what year was gold discovered in the Klondike region? In what year did John McCrae write In Flanders Fields? Level 1: 1896, 1946, or 1996 Level 2: 1896, 1906, or 1916 Level 1: 1815, 1915, or 2015 Level 2: 1895, 1915, or 1935 In what year were women granted the right to vote in Manitoba? Level 1: 1716, 1816, or 1916 Level 2: 1876, 1896, or 1916 In what year was the first coast-to-coast radio broadcast made to celebrate Canada s 60th birthday? Level 1: 1927, 1977, or 2007 Level 2: 1927, 1947, or 1967 In what year was the Statute of Westminster passed, giving Canada its independence? In what year did Canadian troops participate in D-Day? Level 1: 1871, 1931, or 1971 Level 2: 1911, 1931, or 1951 Level 1: 1844, 1914, or 1944 Level 2: 1914, 1924, or 1944 In what year was the record cold for Canada set at Snag, Yukon Territory, at 63 degrees Celsius? Level 1: 1947, 1987, or 2007 Level 2: 1947, 1957, or 1977 In what year did Canada join NATO? Level 1: 1849, 1949, or 1984 Level 2: 1929, 1949, or 1969

5 In what year did the Park Royal Shopping Centre open in West Vancouver, British Columbia? In what year did Canadian television stations start broadcasting in Montreal and Toronto? Level 1: 1800, 1850, or 1950 Level 2: 1930, 1940, or 1950 Level 1: 1952, 1972, or 1992 Level 2: 1952, 1962, or 1972 In what year did the first Canadian subway open in Toronto? Level 1: 1864, 1954, or 1994 Level 2: 1934, 1954, or 1974 In what year did the St. Lawrence Seaway open? Level 1: 1859, 1919, or 1959 Level 2: 1929, 1949, or 1959 In what year did Canada fly its red and white maple leaf flag for the first time? In what year did English and French become Canada s official languages? Level 1: 1965, 1985, or 2005 Level 2: 1965, 1975, or 1985 Level 1: 1869, 1969, or 1999 Level 2: 1949, 1969, or 1989 In what year did French become Quebec s official language? In what year did the Parti Quebecois win a provincial election? Level 1: 1804, 1874, or 1974 Level 2: 1934, 1954, or 1974 Level 1: 1806, 1876, or 1976 Level 2: 1936, 1956, or 1976 In what year was the Charter of Rights and Freedoms adopted? In what year did Montreal host the Summer Olympics? Level 1: 1882, 1932, or 1982 Level 2: 1962, 1972, or 1982 Level 1: 1976, 1996, or 2006 Level 2: 1976, 1986, or 1996

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