The Mad Dash is a television game show created by Sidney M. Cohen (who hosted the pilot episode) which first appeared in 1978 on Canada's CTV network and ran until 1981.
Pierre Lalonde was the MC, and Nick Hollinrake was the announcer for the show, which was taped at the studios of CFCF-TV in Montreal.
This classic series is included in the collection of Canadian icons in the 2006 feature film Souvenir of Canada based on the book by Douglas Coupland.
Each team chose one member to be the "Dasher," moving on the board, and one as the "Roller," answering questions at the host's podium.
The host asked a series of multiple-choice toss-up questions to the Rollers, and the first to buzz-in with the correct answer rolled an oversized six-sided die.
The most successful foreign version of the format was Duety do mety (literally translating to Duos to the finish line) created for Polish public broadcaster, TVP2, and aired from 1998 to 2000.