Trivial Pursuit is a board game in which progress is measured by a players ability to answer trivia questions. The game was created in 1979 by Scott Abbott and Chris Haney after finding pieces missing from their Scrabble game. With help from John Haney and Ed Werner they completed development of the game in 1982 and it was released. At this time nearly 88 million games have been sold in 26 countries and in 17 different laguages. The game consists of various themed questions, for example in the standard Genus question set there is Science and Nature, History and Entertainment to name a few.
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This game is god send for Jeopardy lovers. No longer do you have to wait for Alex to ask you interesting questions. You can do it in the comfort of your own home, anytime you like. The reason this game isn't getting 2 thumbs up is because recently they seem to only be coming out with special editions of the game, such as Pop Culture, 80's or 90's editions. The end result of this is that the game appears to be dumbing down for a generation that is going to have interesting problems to solve, such as perhaps a fuel shortage. Maybe the logic is don't stress them with games and their brain power will be saved for the real important issues. I don't buy it. They need to release a new Genus Edition. I have recently begun playing the Genus Edition from the mid 80's. Some of those questions are freakin' impossible. That's what trivia's supposed to be about. Really impressing people when you get those difficult questions. Not just answering questions about celebrities and their hairstyles. So if anyone is up for an evening of trivia, just let TheKlassen know and he shall be there.
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