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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-10 06:09 AM
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Which Trivial Pursuit inventor has died?

TRIVIAL Pursuit co-inventor Chris Haney, a Canadian journalist, has died in a Toronto hospital at 59 after a long illness.

Haney and his friend Scott Abbott came up with the idea for the blockbuster board game in Montreal after arguing over a Scrabble match.

Trivial Pursuit, launched in 1981, has gone on to sell more than 100 million copies worldwide.

Haney was a picture editor on The Gazette in Montreal when he invented the quiz game with Abbott, a sports reporter for the Canadian Press, a national news agency.

The pair came up with the idea over a lunch-hour game of Scrabble in a bar in December 1979.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/which-trivial-pursuit-inventor-has-died/story-e6frg6so-1225874386229
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-10 06:12 AM
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1. *snort*
had to laugh at the thread title

may he rest is six colored pieces, 7 if you could the thing that holds the little pie thingies
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Vinnie From Indy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-10 06:20 AM
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2. What group invaded Spain in the 9th century?
The Moops
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3. What nincompoop repulbicon is trying to blame environmentalists for BPs massive oil boner?
Edited on Wed Jun-02-10 06:27 AM by SpiralHawk
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