![]() ![]() After landing on a space, the player is asked a question in the category corresponding to its color. The board is divided into spaces of different colors, and the center space is a hexagonal "hub." At the end of each spoke is a "category headquarters" space. A small plastic wedge, sometimes called a cheese (like cheese triangles), can be placed into each of these sections to mark each player's progress.ĭuring the game, players move their playing pieces around a board which is shaped like a wheel with six spokes, rolling a single die to determine how far to move. Playing pieces used in Trivial Pursuit are round and divided into six sections like wedges of pie. ![]() The game includes a board, playing pieces, question cards, a box, small plastic wedges to fit into the playing pieces, and a die. Questions are split into six categories, with each one having its own color to readily identify itself in the classic version of Trivial Pursuit, the Geography category is blue, Entertainment is pink, History is yellow, Arts & Literature is originally brown, later purple, Science & Nature is green, and Sports & Leisure is orange. The object of the game is to move around the board by correctly answering trivia questions. Gameplay Ī Trivial Pursuit playing piece, with all six wedges filled An online version of Trivial Pursuit was launched in September 2003. In December 1993, Trivial Pursuit was named to the "Games Hall of Fame" by Games magazine. ![]() Northern Plastics of Elroy, Wisconsin produced 30,000,000 games between 19. As of 2014, more than 100 million games had been sold in 26 countries and 17 languages. The rights to the game were initially licensed to Selchow and Righter in 1982, then to Parker Brothers (later part of Hasbro) in 1988, after initially being turned down by the Virgin Group in 2008 Hasbro bought the full rights, for US$80 million. During the development of the game, some of the early work and question writing was completed by Chris and John Haney in Weymouth Library, Dorset where they were staying with family. With the help of John Haney and Ed Werner, they completed development of the game, which was released in 1981. After finding pieces of their Scrabble game missing, they decided to create their own game. The game was created on December 15, 1979, in Montreal, Quebec, by Chris Haney, a photo editor for Montreal's The Gazette, and Scott Abbott, a sports editor for The Canadian Press. Some question sets have been designed for younger players, and others for a specific time period or as promotional tie-ins (such as Star Wars, Saturday Night Live, and The Lord of the Rings movies). ![]() Since the game's first release in 1981, numerous themed editions have been released. The object of the game is to collect all six wedges from each "category headquarters" space, and then return to the center "hub" space to answer a question in a category selected by the other players. Each correct answer allows the player's turn to continue a correct answer on one of the six "category headquarters" spaces earns a plastic wedge which is slotted into the answerer's playing piece. Players move their pieces around a board, the squares they land on determining the subject of a question they are asked from a card (from six categories including "history" and "science and nature"). Trivial Pursuit is a board game in which winning is determined by a player's ability to answer general knowledge and popular culture questions. General knowledge, knowledge of popular culture We will issue a refund or replacement at your request subject to certain conditions being met.įor more details go to the Delivery and Returns Page.For other uses, see Trivial Pursuit (disambiguation). Goods must be returned in the same condition you received them within 45 days of receiving the order. If you are not totally satisfied with your order, please return it to us. If you would like to order a large number of items, it may be worth contacting us directly to enquire about shipping costs. National Museums Liverpool are not responsible for paying these charges and they are not included in your payment to us. Please be aware there may be local duty and/or taxes payable on goods delivered outside the UK. As with UK delivery, this will be more for heavier parcels. This can take from 1 to 4 weeks and costs from £10.00 in Europe and from £15.00 for the rest of the world. We use Royal Mail's airmail service to post overseas. Most items take between 1 and 5 working days to be delivered. If you have any queries, please e-mail UK delivery is by Royal Mail and costs £3.50 but may be more for heavier parcels. Orders are currently being dispatched between Monday and Friday. We aim to dispatch orders between 1-3 working days, however, as some items are stored at individual venues some orders may take longer. ![]()
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