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Chris Haney was the co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit, one of the best-selling games ever and one that has inspired a raft of trivia questions based on its own success.
What game has the highest per-capita sales in Iceland? Which one has had its questions printed on Pringles chips? And what game was, at first, titled "Trivia Pursuit," until its inventor's wife suggested the name as a s f reference books to Spain aboard a ship—flying made him nervous. He spent nearly a year on the Costa del Sol writing questions. Back in Canada in 1981, the two inventors began producing the game as Horn Abbot Ltd., combing Mr. Haney's nickname with a version of Mr. Abbott's last name. But, the start-up process had proven stressful for Mr. Haney, who spent the months leading up to Trivial Pursuit's official 1982 release in seclusion. Business conversations gave him panic attacks, which he could control only by copious amounts of brandy and up to four packs of Camel cigarettes a day, he told Canada's Globe and Mail in 1983.
After a slow start, Trivial Pursuit took off as had no game in recent years—Monopoly was introduced in 1930 and Scrabble in 1952 (each game had predecessors).
In a guerilla marketing coup, the game was mailed gratis to celebrities who appeared as answers to Trivial Pursuit questions. This helped spark a trivia craze, and in 198 Haney found himself unable to g
Chris Haney was the co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit, one of the best-selling games ever and one that has inspired a raft of trivia questions based on its own success.
What game has the highest per-capita sales in Iceland? Which one has had its questions printed on Pringles chips? And what game was, at first, titled "Trivia Pursuit," until its inventor's wife suggested the name as a s f reference books to Spain aboard a ship—flying made him nervous. He spent nearly a year on the Costa del Sol writing questions. Back in Canada in 1981, the two inventors began producing the game as Horn Abbot Ltd., combing Mr. Haney's nickname with a version of Mr. Abbott's last name. But, the start-up process had proven stressful for Mr. Haney, who spent the months leading up to Trivial Pursuit's official 1982 release in seclusion. Business conversations gave him panic attacks, which he could control only by copious amounts of brandy and up to four packs of Camel cigarettes a day, he told Canada's Globe and Mail in 1983.
After a slow start, Trivial Pursuit took off as had no game in recent years—Monopoly was introduced in 1930 and Scrabble in 1952 (each game had predecessors).
In a guerilla marketing coup, the game was mailed gratis to celebrities who appeared as answers to Trivial Pursuit questions. This helped spark a trivia craze, and in 198 Haney found himself unable to g
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