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Chris Haney and Scott Abbott

Trivial Pursuit

• Have you ever played Trivial Pursuit? Then you can thank two friends who came up with the basic concept of Trivial Pursuit within a few short hours.
• The pair was playing a game of Scrabble when they decided to invent their own game.
• However, it was not until 1981 that the board game was commercially released.
• On November 10, 1981, "Trivial Pursuit" was trademark registered and it was an instant hit. That same month, one thousand and a hundred copies of Trivial Pursuit were first published in Canada.
• In December 1993, Trivial Pursuit was named to the "Games Hall of Fame" by Games magazine.