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

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1 Welcome to, the board game that tests your knowledge of Indian history! Date Dash is a multiple-choice game designed to test your knowledge of history. In Date Dash- India, 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 Vasco de Gama reach India? Level 1: 1498, 1598, or 1675 Level 2: 1498, 1500, or 1525 In what year did Robert Clive win the Battle of Plassey? Level 1: 1657, 1757, or 1857 Level 2: 1750, 1757, or 1775 In what year did the East India Company gain control of part of India? Level 1: 1600, 1657, or 1757 Level 2: 1700, 1750, or 1757 In what year did Calcutta become the capital of British India? Level 1: 1772, 1882, or 1900 Level 2: 1772, 1782, or 1792 In what year did William Carey arrive in India? Level 1: 1700, 1793, or 1893 Level 2: 1790, 1793, or 1795 In what year did the Sespoy Rebellion begin? Level 1: 1657, 1757, or 1857 Level 2: 1800, 1827, or 1857 In what year did the Sespoy Rebellion end? Level 1: 1859, 1959, or 1999 Level 2: 1859, 1879, or 1899 In what year was Rudyard Kipling born in Bombay (now Mumbai)? Level 1: 1765, 1865, or 1965 Level 2: 1835, 1865, or 1895 In what year was Queen Victoria given the title of Empress of India? Level 1: 1756, 1800, or 1876 Level 2: 1826, 1856, or 1876 In what year was the Indian National Congress formed? Level 1: 1885, 1955, or 1985 Level 2: 1885, 1900, or 1925

4 In what year did Amy Carmichael arrive in India? Level 1: 1795, 1895, or 1925 Level 2: 1875, 1895, or 1925 In what year was Paul Brand, the missionary surgeon, born in India? Level 1: 1814, 1874, or 1914 Level 2: 1874, 1904, or 1914 In what year did Mahatma Gandhi become the leader of the Indian National Congress? Level 1: 1920, 1970, or 2010 Level 2: 1920, 1925, or 1930 In what year did Sundar Singh go missing during a missionary trip into Tibet and was presumed dead? Level 1: 1829, 1929, or 1950 Level 2: 1920, 1929, or 1935 In what year did Mother Teresa arrive in India? Level 1: 1829, 1900, or 1929 Level 2: 1919, 1925, or 1929 In what year was a new Indian constitution created? Level 1: 1935, 1995, or 2000 Level 2: 1935, 1955, or 1965 In what year did the British agree to grant India its independence? In what year did India gain its independence and divide into two countries, India and Pakistan? Level 1: 1846, 1946, or 1996 Level 2: 1936, 1946, or 1956 Level 1: 1847, 1900, or 1947 Level 2: 1927, 1937, or 1947 In what year did Mahatma Gandhi die? In what year did India become a republic? Level 1: 1948, 1978, or 2000 Level 2: 1948, 1958, or 1978 Level 1: 1850, 1950, or 1985 Level 2: 1947, 1950, or 1955

5 In what year was the state of Bombay divided into two new states, Gujarat and Maharashtra? Level 1: 1800, 1860, or 1960 Level 2: 1940, 1950, or 1960 In what year did Prime Minister Nehru die? Level 1: 1964, 1984, or 1994 Level 2: 1964, 1968, or 1974 In what year was a second war fought between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region? In what year did Indira Gandhi become Prime Minister of India? Level 1: 1865, 1965, or 1995 Level 2: 1955, 1965, or 1975 Level 1: 1866, 1900, or 1966 Level 2: 1946, 1956, or 1966 In what year did India assist East Pakistan in a war against West Pakistan, which ended in East Pakistan becoming Bangladesh? Level 1: 1971, 1981, or 1991 Level 2: 1971, 1975, or 1979 In what year did the state of Chhattisgarh split from the state of Madhya Pradesh? Level 1: 1990, 2000, or 2010 Level 2: 1998, 2000, or 2002 In what year did India s population exceed one billion people? In what year did Pratibha Patil become the first female president of India? Level 1: 1800, 1900, or 2000 Level 2: 1995, 1998, or 2000 Level 1: 1807, 1907, or 2007 Level 2: 1997, 2004, or 2007 In what year did the state of Telangana become the 29th state in India? In what year did Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal, become emperor of India? Level 1: 1814, 1914, or 2014 Level 2: 1994, 2004, or 2014 Level 1: 1628, 1698, or 1728 Level 2: 1628, 1648, or 1668

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