• Trivial Pursuit Board ...

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  Scripture:  Philippians 3:10-11

  Tags:  Christian Values

Trivial Pursuit Board Game

- Created 1979 is a game in which progress is determined by a player’s ability to answer general knowledge and popular culture questions

- The object of the game was to answer a correct question in each of 6 categories such as Geography, Sports and Leisure, History, and Science and Nature

- Peaking in 1984 selling 20 million games

- As of 2004 nearly 88 million games sold

- Sold in 26 countries

In 17 languages

- 55 different editions

- Questions are pretty obscure. For example,

- What does a heliologist study?

- (The sun)

- What U.S. city was once know as Federal City?

- (Washington, D.C.)

- What is the crystal anniversary?

- (A couple celebrating their 15th anniversary)

- Exactly what it is Trivial knowledge

From a sermon by Ralph Andrus, Life’s Major Pursuit, 2/24/2010