Trivial Pursuit through the Years Quiz

Answer: Montreal

The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Haney and Abbott's hometown of Montreal. In 1979, when their idea for Trivial Pursuit came about, Chris Haney was a photo editor for "The Gazette" and Scott Abbott was a sports editor for "The Canadian Press". With the help of John Haney and Ed Werner, the initial edition was developed between 1979 and 1982.

Answer: 6

This original edition is referred to as Trivial Pursuit Master Game - Genus Edition or Trivial Pursuit Genus I. The six wedges represent the six categories of questions the game offered. These categories included Geography (blue), Entertainment (pink), History (yellow), Art & Literature (brown), Science & Nature (green), and Sports & Leisure (orange). Later genus editions made minor changes to colors and categories but in general the same broad topics were covered.

Answer: Baby Boomer Edition

In addition to the three aforementioned categories, the Baby Boomer Edition also included Television, Publishing, and Stage & Screen. Also in 1983 Trivial Pursuit versions were released under the names All-Star Sports Edition and a Silver Screen Edition.

Answer: Walt Disney Family Edition

The other three categories of the Walt Disney Family Edition included World of Music, World of People, and World of Leisure. The questions were heavily focused on the Disney theme parks as well as Disney movies released up to 1985. Trivial Pursuit released updated versions of Disney themed questions in both 2002 and 2012.

Answer: History

In Genus III the Geography category was changed to People & Places, Entertainment was expanded to Arts & Entertainment, essentially combining two former categories into one, and a new Wild Card category was added.

Answer: Instead of drawings there were photos on non-wedge spaces.

In my opinion the Master Edition was not aesthetically pleasing so I loved the updated game board with Trivial Pursuit Genus IV. Some of the photos on the game board included a Coca-Cola bottle, the Eiffel Tower, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin, Saturn, the Statue of Liberty, and a starfish.

Answer: Jar Jar Binks

In addition to the updated playing pieces, the game board was also modified to show images from the first three released "Star Wars" movies. The Star Wars Classic Trilogy Collector's Edition also included different categories including Characters, Weapons & Vehicles, and Droids, Creatures, & Aliens. With the 2005 release of "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" a DVD enhanced Trivial Pursuit Stars Wars Saga Edition was released that included footage from the six "Star Wars" movies.

Answer: "Know-It-All" Edition

The addition of the category die and the scoring die provided a unique way to play Trivial Pursuit without the need for the game board. The categories in the "Know-It-All" Edition were the same as Genus IV. In 2010 the Trivial Pursuit: Bet You Know It Edition was released where betting chips were involved that were utilized based on whether players felt that the responder would answer correctly or incorrectly to a particular category.

Answer: Book Lovers Edition

The other three categories of the Book Lovers Edition included Children's Literature, Book Club, and Book Bag. This edition featured a specially designed board and playing pieces. In general I found the questions in this edition more challenging than Literature question in previous editions of Trivial Pursuit.

Answer: Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy Edition - My Precious

The "Lord of the Rings" themed Trivial Pursuit featured symbols such as a leaf, badge, tree, ring, and sword to represent the colored categories. The categories included Good Characters, Evil Characters, Things, Places and History, Warfare, and Making Movies.

Many of the themed editions as well as the Pop Culture Editions were enhanced by clues that were shown through a clip on a DVD playback after which a question was provided.