Trivial Pursuit?

Author: JediSage
Date: 6-Nov-2006, 4:25 PM

Author: JediSage
Time: 6-Nov-2006 4:25 PM
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Anyone ever play? That original Genus edition was brutal.

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Author: auximenies
Time: 6-Nov-2006 5:06 PM
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I think I was about 12 when it was all the rage. I loved playing it and was fairly good for a kid. Original Genus Edition was the only one we had.

Now I have the Star Wars OT version and the LOTR movie trilogy edition. I'm the SW expert and my wife is the LOTR expert. Usually we each team up with a kid to make two teams. Often my 10-year-old daughter bails me out on questions like "how many Stormtroopers escorted Leia to Darth Vader aboard Tantive IV". And the other night my 7yo helped me out on more than a couple LOTR questions!

Just last week realized my good friend is a fan of old-school TP. I think he has Genus so we're gonna get together and play to match wits.

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Author: THX
Time: 6-Nov-2006 5:53 PM
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Does anyone have the SW "saga" DVD edition of TP? If so, can you play an OT only option, or are the OT & PT inextricably intermingled?

Author: Mr Bungle
Time: 6-Nov-2006 5:59 PM
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Originally posted by: THX
Does anyone have the SW "saga" DVD edition of TP? If so, can you play an OT only option, or are the OT & PT inextricably intermingled?

I got it last Xmas as a gift, but Ive never got round to playing it, but from the looks of the packaging and everything else the PT and the OT are seemingly intermingled.

I used to love Trival Pursuit I used to play it alot with friends when I was younger with both the original Genus Edition and the computer game version

Author: Obi Jeewhyen
Time: 7-Nov-2006 8:00 PM
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It was only thru playing the Star Wars and LoTR versions that I discovered - to my horror - that the Trivia Pursuit researchers were sometimes dead wrong.

Kinda ruined it for me.

Author: Gaffer Tape
Time: 7-Nov-2006 8:35 PM
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Do you have any examples? I am shocked and must experience this firsthand.

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Author: Number20
Time: 8-Nov-2006 9:27 AM
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I have trivial pursuit (forget which edition, but its an older one), the anniversary edition (20th, I think) and Star Wars with DVD. To answer the question about is the OT and PT intertwined, the answer is yes. I suppose if you really wanted to, you could play OT only by skipping any questions dealing with the PT, but that would be harder still with the DVD, because you may not know if the question deals with the OT until its over. (such as 'guess who's voice' type questions). The anniversary edition is really hard, and we never play it as a result, and usually end up playing the older one we have.

Author: starkiller
Time: 8-Nov-2006 10:21 AM
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My parents own a bunch of 20+ year old question sets. My brother technically owns a copy of the pre-PT Star Wars edition (which hasn't been played in years because, quite frankly, if I'm involved, the game is over in 2 turns) and about a year ago I bought the full Star Wars DVD edition.

Author: auximenies
Time: 8-Nov-2006 10:46 AM
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Originally posted by: starkiller
...Star Wars edition (which hasn't been played in years because, quite frankly, if I'm involved, the game is over in 2 turns)

Heh. I always taunt my wife saying the game will be over in one turn, but inevitably I get a question along the lines of "What actor played General Rieekan?"

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Author: Gaffer Tape
Time: 8-Nov-2006 2:31 PM
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Bruce Boa, of course! ^_~

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

Author: Obi Jeewhyen
Time: 8-Nov-2006 4:23 PM
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And, sorry, no - I don't have any examples. The sets weren't mine. We played them while in line for various Star Wars and LotR movies, found examples of wrong information and researched them carefully to confirm. But I don't recall any specifics, sorry.

Author: THX
Time: 8-Nov-2006 4:33 PM
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The ones that get me are like "How many stormtroopers...?"

But it's usually 2.

Author: auximenies
Time: 8-Nov-2006 4:46 PM
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Originally posted by: THX
The ones that get me are like "How many stormtroopers...?"

See my post above. That's where a ten-year-old kid that watches Star Wars once every two weeks (and has a near-photographic memory) comes in handy as a teammate!

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