A Bright Idea
The game was conceived on December 15, 1979 by Canadians Chris Haney and Scott Abbott.
$15
The price of the game when it was released in 1981.
Genus Edition
The name of the first edition was the Genus Edition. It included over 6,000 trivia questions on over 1,000 cards.
100 million
The number of copies of the game sold in the first 35 years of its release.
Original Six
The original categories and colours in the Genus edition were:
Special Editions
Over the years, more than 50 different versions of the game have been released.
$80 million
The price Hasbro paid to acquire the rights to the game in 2008.
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