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