Note to players: general answer acceptable. Bernardino de Sahagun described a type of this activity among the Aztecs which was interrupted by invocations to Macuilxochitl (ma-kweel-SHO-cheet) and named for the Nahuatl word for kidney (-5[1])beans. Records for an ancient (-5[1])type of this activity were thought to be lost before Irving Finkel tracked (15[1])down (15[1])practitioners among Jews from Kochi. Edward (15[1]-5[1])Burnett Tylor posited that an Aztec type of this activity called (15[2])patolli derived from an Indian example due to the supposed presence of (*) elephants (10[1])on its (10[2])equipment. A painting from the tomb of Nefertari shows her doing this action alone using an object with (10[1])30 (10[2])squares. A popular (10[3])type of this activity derives from the Indian (10[1])chaturanga (chuh-tu-RUNG-uh) and uses a term derived from the Persian for “the king is dead.” For 10 points, describe this activity, examples of which include senet and (10[2])chess. ■END■