Trivial Pursuit board game has been translated into 100s of languages. By 1984 they had sold something like 25 million of these games. In fact, I'm sure you've played Trivial Pursuit. Just like I'm sure you've played Monopoly, Scrabble, Yahtzee, checkers, and perhaps even chess. The inventor of this game, Chris Haney, has passed on, he died in 2010. If you'd like to learn more about him there was a great article on June 2, 2010 in the Wall Street Journal. He was a great man who touched the lives of so many.
During the Trivial Pursuit Board game, players move their playing pieces around a track which is shaped like a wheel with six spokes. This track is divided into spaces of different colors, and the center of the board is a hexagonal shape. At the end of each spoke is a "category headquarters" space. When a player's counter lands on a square, the player answers a question according to the color of the square, which corresponds to one of the six categories. If the player answers the question correctly, their turn continues; if the player's piece was on one of the category headquarters spaces, they collect a wedge of the same color, which fits into their playing piece. Some spaces say "roll again," giving an extra roll of the die to the player. Any number of playing pieces may occupy the same space at the same time.
Once a player has collected one wedge of each color from the Trivial Pursuit Board game, they make their way toward the hexagonal hub and answer a question in a category selected by the other players. If this question is answered correctly, that player wins the game. Otherwise, the player must leave the center of the board and try again on their next turn.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivial_Pursuit
http://ezinearticles.com/?Trivial-Pursuit---Board-Games-Which-Touched-the-Lives-of-100s-of-Millions&id=4467123
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