Unroll the dice, trace the past — discover where your favorite games began! thumbnail
Unroll the dice, trace the past — discover where your favorite games began! thumbnail

Unroll the dice, trace the past — discover where your favorite games began!

9th - 12th grades
Played 3 times
Preview (10 questions)
1 Question
30秒前
Q.

Which ancient board game is considered one of the oldest known, dating back over 5,000 years?


Chess

Go

Senet

Backgammon

2 Question
30秒前
Q.

In which civilization did the game Senet originate?


Greece

Egypt

India

Rome

3 Question
30秒前
Q.

The Royal Game of Ur, one of the oldest known board games, was discovered in which modern-day country?


Iran

Iraq

Turkey

Syria

4 Question
30秒前
Q.

Which of the following games was used as a teaching tool for counting and arithmetic?


Mancala

Risk

Clue

Pictionary

5 Question
30秒前
Q.

The original version of chess was known as:


Xiangqi

Shogi

Chaturanga

Tafl

6 Question
30秒前
Q.

The board game "Ludo" is derived from which ancient Indian game?


Chaturanga

Pachisi

Chaupar

Shatranj

7 Question
30秒前
Q.

Which board game originally involved players racing pieces around a cross-shaped board?


Risk

Ludo

Snakes and Ladders

Monopoly

8 Question
30秒前
Q.

Which board game was created during the Great Depression to teach the dangers of poor financial planning?


Risk

Battleship

Monopoly

Scrabble

9 Question
30秒前
Q.

Which board game involves forming words using lettered tiles?


Scrabble

Risk

Clue

Checkers

10 Question
30秒前
Q.

The game of Checkers is believed to have evolved from:


Chess

Alquerque

Go

Dominoes

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