Trivial Pursuit
 

Has anyone played the 20th anniversary edition and how hard is it? One of my friends has it and complains that it is way to hard. Me and another one of my friends the only two of the group that will sit and debate history with one another keep wanting to try it but havn't had a chance. Just wondering if anyone here had played it and not found it overly difficult.

Ja, we have two copies of it (or we did before the fire, I think). The questions are ridiculously difficult when compared with older versions of Trivial Pursuit. It is truly unreal.

Expect to be playing a <b>long time</b> before someone gets all six pieces.

I haven't played said version, but even for a Cliff Clavin like me, that game was hard as hell.

I've always done quite well at Trivial Pursuit in the past (I've had it since it first came out, and have added several card sets over the years), but it sounds like they've outdone themselves this time. I was considering buying the new edition, but I don't need anything more than my job to make me feel stupid, so maybe I'll pass.

Well see, that's the thing. From watching the History Channel/TLC/Discovery so damn much, and from reading various history things, and from being fairly up on pop culture, I have traditionally done very well with Trivial Pursuit. But the 20th Anniversary Edition shattered it. I'll find one of our games and put some of the questions here, but it's the most obscure shit they've ever come up with. It's as if the real subtitle was meant to be "Super Mega Fucking Hard Edition". Some of the questions, no big deal. But when you've got questions like "This nation's GDP, while the second largest in the 'Third World' economy, is equal to the United States' military budget for one day in February."... it becomes a guessing game. Seriously, plan <b>hours</b> to play this game, because it's no longer a nice game after dinner. You need a whole evening.

When it came out in the 80's, I bought it and took it over to a friend's house, where four of us sat down to a nice game. Eight hours later (and by then, shit-faced), we gave up.

I've since gotten better...

We played it Sat night as part of our traditional Adirodack vacation. Guys defeated gals wooo hooo. I think it is a harder edition but we have a solid team one biology prof, one history major, one theatre major, a dead head who spent about a decade as an undergrad, and an English teacher with background in political science and landscape architecture. Get more friends and a minor and you'll be fine.

I don't understand what having a minor does to help the game. I'd hate to go to jail for corrupting a minor... <ducks>

*groan*

Thanks dave and everyone else now I won't feel so stupid if I don't do well if I play it, and I know to buy the older edition if I decide to buy a version. I was really having a hard time believing it was so hard becuase I used to play it in 6th grade all the time and did half decent.

Don't look now but there is a trial version at trivialpursuit.com.

I went 7 for 7. Nyehh. OK, with 4 guesses.

Questions I got:

- What trendy magazine honors the best in tech with its annual Rave awards?

- What nation enjoyed the first canned corned beef packaged as "Godzilla Meat" in 2001?

- What was the first feature-film trilogy to be shot concurrently with the same cast?

- What did a 2001 survey of 5,000 navels determine was "almost always" the color of belly-button lint?

- What's the most expensive real estate on the US National Parks edition of the Monopoly Game?

- What soft drink, introduced in 1982, was the number three US seller within two years?

- What Homer Simpson epithet made it into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2001?

Answers:










-- Wired

-- Japan

-- Lord of the Rings

-- Blue

-- Yellowstone

-- Diet Coke

-- Doh!

I was four for six...

I only got three out of six

oh well

I knew "Doh". That was about it though. Looks like Ut's a genius, Ep's borderline, brianR's sharp........and I know about things never asked in TP. :(

I knew the belly-button-lint one for certain (don't ask), but correctly guessed four others. Didn't know the Homer Simpson one, but I'm used to being hopelessly out of touch about that stuff. Brilliant though UT may be, I don't think his correct responses here illustrate anything more than having a head stuffed with, well, TRIVIA. Or perhaps I should just speak for myself.

I got 6/7. (I thought belly button lint was gray. *shrugs*)

I clamored for (and got) an original edition TP set for Christmas the year it was released. My mom actually complained about the price ... $30 was unheard of for a board game at the time ... played the "it's the only thing I want gambit" (of course I got all kinds of other stuff too, although I don't remember any of that. I still HAVE the Trivial Pursuit set ... with the really pale pastel color pies, not the brighter ones that came with the next edition out)

I'm a veritable fount of useless knowledge, and do REALLY well at TP. In all the years I've been playing, I've only ever been beaten once, and that has been acknowledged as a fluke.

Nobody will play it with me anymore. At least not since the time when I was playing against a TEAM of three people, and still beat them with half my brain tied behind my back ... (and allowing them to read through all the questions on the final card, rather than just choosing the category)

Shit ... it's 20 years already?

6 for 7. Got the timing wrong and guessed Classic Coke rather than Diet.

Last time I played, it was the 20th anniversary edition, and we played 4 against 1, the 1 being another person who claimed to be unbeatable. We beat him handily.

None of those questions are particularly difficult; I had 6 of 7, not getting the Monopoly one (I've only played it a few times). I still maintain that the 20th is more difficult than older versions.

UT said those questions came from the TP web site. I assume that they wouldn't put the "Oh fuck me, no one knows this!" sort of questions in their advertising lest people simply give up and walk away. :D

"Um ... What is Costa Rica?", Alex.

Correct.
Famous Footwear for Five Hundred.

Judy Garland beloved of homosexuals wore a pair of these after being tossed by a tornado.

"What are testicles?"

That is correct. The Secret World of Philadelphians for $800.

Known for their strong odor, they can be found on almost every corner in the city limits.

Alex, What are Philosophy Majors?

Judges, can we accept that?

*pause*

No, I'm sorry. The correct answer is, "What are college graduates?"

Select again.

Things Slang Would Say for $1000

Hoppes nitro powder solvent is used for cleaning these items beloved by all right thinking Americans.

"What are Segways?"

That is correct. nervous laughter as Alex sees Slang and Wolf necking off set

Crazy belief systems for $200.

This elected official once said, "I have no problem with niggers...everybody should own one."

Who is [strikeout]Marge Schott[/strikeout] Trent Lott?

Correct! *funny beeping* And that sound signals the end of the round.

And now it's time for...*funky music*...Final Jeopardy.

The category is upside down Cellar Dwellers.

And the answer is...

An unapologetic liberal that has regular delusions of truth and knowledge.

Alex what is a Jag U waar?

14,131 pesos

And let's see what you wrote...

"What is a Jag u waar?"

Very good answer, but unfortunately, no. We were looking for, "Who is tw?"

And how much did you wager?

*looks at Griff's scrawl--14,131 pesos...equivalent to $4299* (shit, I don't know if that's right or not...who cares?)

$4299, that leaves you with $6701, and you remain the Jeopardy champion for a third day with cash and prizes totalling $18,666! Congratulations Griff!

Good night! standing around with a shit eating grin looking uncomfortable discussing soggy French cheese with Alex

What I missed out on the jeopardy game! *sniff*

Because I'm JUST a little obsessive-compulsive sometimes ...

that's $1,324.66 (as of 4/2/03's exchange rate, assuming Griff meant Mexican Pesos. Argentine Pesos would be $4,845.09, Phillipine Pesos come in at $265.82, Chilean Pesos do not trade anywhere near as favorably, only totaling $19.36; even the obsolete Spanish Peseta trades higher ... $91.50)

[exasperation]So is the answer Costa Rica 'r not?![/exasperation]

Break free is your friend. :D