classical india review game adam kim, pallavi bhave, shruti anant
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Classical India
Review Game
Adam Kim, Pallavi Bhave, Shruti Anant
General Rules• There are 4 teams: Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras
o One person from each team must be designated as the official spokesperson.
• Teams go in order, with the highest caste going first. Regardless of correct or incorrect answer, the teams answer questions in order.
• Incorrect answers are worth zero points.
• Each team gets 20 seconds after the question is read. Teams may discuss with each other, but only the spokesperson can give the final answer. Questions may not be stolen.
• If a team answers incorrectly or passes the time limit, the question automatically goes to the Brahmins, the highest caste. If the Brahmins gets the question right, they get 5 points. If they get it wrong, they lose 5 points. Brahmins also have the option to not answer the question.
• This trivia game has 3 rounds in increasing difficulty. Each team gets 2 questions a round.
Mini Unscrambling Game• Each caste team is assigned a different mystery word they can unscramble.
This word relates to Classical India. This mini game offers an opportunity to gain extra points.
• Each time a team answers a question correctly, the team will be given a slip of paper that contains a letter from their 6 letter mystery word. By answering questions correctly, the teams gather the letters of the word they have to guess.
• At the end of each round, teams can guess their word based on their unscrambling of the letters they have collected. Teams have only one chance to guess their mystery word.
• The FIRST team to unscramble their word correctly, gets 100 points added to their total. Each team after that gets 25 points less. If teams guess their word correctly in the same round, they receive the same number of points.
• (Solving the mini game is optional and any team that does not unscramble the word receives 0 extra points)
Rules by Caste• Each team has special assets based on the position of their caste
• Brahmins, as the priests and teachers, help the other castes. Sudras, the lowest members of the system, can ask Brahmins for help 3 times-- this works like a lifeline. The Brahmins are required to help and if they give the correct answer they receive half the points of the question. If the Brahmins do not give the correct answer, both teams receive zero points. The Sudras must ask for help WITHIN their 20 second answer time. If they ask for help, the Brahmins get 15 seconds to answer and the Sudras cannot answer once the question has been passed to the Brahmins.
• Kshatriyas, as the warriors and rulers, have the power to stop any ONE person from another team from helping their team answer a question. If the spokesperson is chosen, another team member can give the final answer. This privilege must be used against an opposing team BEFORE the question is read out. This privilege can only be used 3 times.
• Vaisyas, as the merchants and traders, can trade their questions. If the Vaisya team decides they cannot answer a question, they have the opportunity to receive a new question. This trade must be done within 10 seconds of receiving the question. Only one trade can be done each round. The Vaisyas can swap questions 3 times.
ROUND ONEQuestions are worth 10
points
Who is the Hindu god
known as the Protector?
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
Answer:Vishnu
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
True or False: Karma ends
after life.
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
Answer:False,
Karma determines a soul’s future
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
What are the seasonal winds
that bring flooding rains to
India?
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
Answer:Monsoons
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
What type of landform is
India?
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
Answer:Subcontinent
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
What is the full name of the man
who founded Buddhism?
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
Answer:Siddhartha Gautama
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
What is the holy text of Hinduism, originally passed
down orally?
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
Answer:Vedas
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
Buddhists aim to end suffering by following this.
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
Answer:The Eightfold Path
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
What religion teaches that
everything in the Universe has a soul and should not be
harmed?
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
Answer:Jainism
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
What is the word for order and peace
in the Universe?
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
Answer:Dharma
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
What 2 mountain ranges encompass
the Deccan Plateau?
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
Answer:Eastern and
Western Ghats
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
What is the name of India’s sacred
river?
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
Answer:Ganges
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
What is the word for “world soul”
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
(Clarify Spelling) ?
Answer:Brahman
Round One, Easy Questions, 10 Points
ROUND TWO
Questions are worth 20 points
Which Indo-Europeans migrated to India and brought the caste system?
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Answer:The Aryans
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Using the four noble truths and 8-
fold path, this is reached.
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Answer:Nirvana
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Who was the greatest Indian poet
who wrote Shakuntala?
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Answer:Kalidasa
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
What is the longest epic written in
India?
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Answer:Mahabaratha
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
The Golden Age occurred under which empire?
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Answer:Gupta
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Who made stupas with edicts on
them?
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Answer:As(h)oka
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Which mathematical
concept is India most famous for?
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Answer:Concept of zero
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
What is the concept that all
people have a soul?
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Answer:Atman
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Which book is a series of questions and answers in the form of a dialogue?
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Answer:Upanishads
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Who unified Northern India?
Answer:Chandragupta
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
What is the ultimate goal of
Hinduism?
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Answer:Moksha
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
What is another word for
reincarnation?
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
Answer:Samsara
Round Two, Medium Questions, 20 Points
ROUND THREE
Questions are worth 30 points
What advisor of Chandragupta
wrote the Treatise on Martial Gain?
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Answer:Kautilya
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Who did the Aryans have a conflict with
when they first arrived in India?
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Answer:Dasas
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
What is the Hindu book on sacred law?
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Answer:Laws of Manu
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
What was the reason that other castes avoided
contact with untouchables?
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Answer:Fear of
pollution
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
What type of medical advancement was developed in India and named after a
Roman?
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Answer:Cesarean Section
(C-section)
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Who was the Chinese Monk who traveled along the
Silk Road and visited India?
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Answer:Faxian (Fa-Hsien)
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Which group of people caused the
decline of the Gupta Empire?
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Answer:(White) Huns
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
What was the nickname of
Chandra Gupta I?
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Answer:“The Great King
of Kings”
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Where did the Indo-Europeans migrate from?
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Answer:Caucus
Mountains (Caucus Steppes)
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
What was the first major kingdom to
form in India?
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Answer:Magadha
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
What Persian general did
Chandragupta defeat?
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Answer:Seleucus
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
After what battle did Asoka decide
to convert religions?
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points
Answer:Battle of Kalinga
Round Three, Hard Questions, 30 Points