Trivial Pursuit each one having its own color to readily identify itself; in the classic version of "Trivial Pursuit", these are Geography (blue), Entertainment (pink), History (yellow), Arts & Literature (originally brown, later purple), Science & Nature (green), and Sports & Leisure (orange). The game includes a board, playing pieces, question cards, a box, small plastic wedges to fit into the playing pieces, and a die. Playing pieces used in "Trivial Pursuit" are round and divided into six sections, similar to a cheese triangle. A small plastic wedge, sometimes called cheese, can be placed into each of these sections to mark each
Chris Haney (Trivial Pursuit) be included in the game. The "Trivial Pursuit" game that they developed was trademarked on November 10, 1981, and 1,100 copies of the game were released later that month for sale by retailers for $15. The company they formed to market the game, Horn Abbot, lost money on each of these initial sets, which cost $75 each to manufacture. The game's sales started slowly and Abbott and Haney didn't receive any interest from buyers at trade shows in Canada and the U.S. The game started developing sales by word of mouth and exploded by 1984, reaching sales of $800 million.