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Answer: When a gang of three Canadians converts this curious hankering after the piffling and the piddling into the hottest game in town. The game in question is called Trivial Pursuit, and for more and more people across the U.S. and Canada the game offers not just the pursuit of happiness but happiness achieved...
...sales in the U.S. and Canada, where the game was invented and launched in 1982, may reach $70 million by the end of this year. Says Hudson Dobson, who distributes the game out of Dallas for U.S. manufacturer Selchow & Righter: "I have been in this business 30 years, and Trivial Pursuit is the biggest individual game I have ever had. It defies everything we've had before." F.A.O. Schwarz Manager Walter Reid predicts that will be "a long term fad, not like Rubik's Cube. which wore off after nine months...
...devotee of the game from Clifton, Va., claims, "It's better than charades, and that's hard to beat." She adds, "It's only frustrating when the kids know more than you do." In Hollywood, where game playing is sometimes the most exigent art form, Trivial Pursuit and its cousin Silver Screen are monster hits. During the filming of The Big Chill, the entire cast became addicted to the game, playing it night and day. Says Footloose Producer Craig Zadan, "There's not a person in the entertainment business who hasn't heard...
Question: Will Trivial Pursuit sweep America in the 1980s...
...correct answer has not yet been written by the public. But the early returns are encouraging. For the final answer, buy the 1990 version. By then the game will have become an American classic-or just a trivial footnote...