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List of Trivial Pursuit editions

This is a list of Trivial Pursuit editions and their trivia categories.

Master game sets and subsidiary card sets

Source:

  • Trivial Pursuit Master Game - Genus Edition (1981, Original)
  • Trivial Pursuit Subsidiary Card Set - All-Star Sports Edition (1983)
  • Trivial Pursuit Master Game - Baby Boomer Edition (1983, Subsidiary Card Set option)
  • Trivial Pursuit Master Game - Silver Screen Edition (1983, Subsidiary Card Set)
  • Trivial Pursuit Master Game - Genus II Edition (1984, Subsidiary Card Set option)
  • Trivial Pursuit Master Game - Young Players Edition (1984)
  • Trivial Pursuit Subsidiary Card Set - Young Players Edition (1985)
  • Trivial Pursuit Master Game - RPM Edition (1985, Subsidiary Card Set option, UK version also released with different box art, unknown if questions differ from US version)
  • Trivial Pursuit Subsidiary Card Set - Welcome to America Edition (1985)
  • Trivial Pursuit Master Game - Walt Disney Family Edition (1985, Subsidiary Card Set option)
  • Trivial Pursuit (Master Game) Featuring the Magic of Disney - Family Edition (1986, partial rerelease of 1985 edition, Subsidiary Card Set option)
  • Trivial Pursuit for Juniors - First Edition (1987, Master Game)
  • Trivial Pursuit Master Game - A Genus Edition Volume II (1987) - published by Coleco Games
  • Trivial Pursuit Master Game - A Genus Edition Volume II (1987) - revised by Parker Brothers
  • Trivial Pursuit Master Game - The Vintage Years (1989, Subsidiary Card Set option)
  • Trivial Pursuit Master Game - The 1980s (1989, Subsidiary Card Set option)
  • Trivial Pursuit Subsidiary Card Set - Sports Enhancement (1989)
  • Trivial Pursuit Master Game - The 1960s (1990, Subsidiary Card Set option)
  • Trivial Pursuit for Juniors - Second Edition (1990)
  • Trivial Pursuit Master Game - TV Edition (1991, Subsidiary Card Set option)
  • The Year in Review 1992 (1992, Subsidiary Card Set)
  • Trivial Pursuit 10th Anniversary (1992, Master Game)
  • Family Edition (1992)
  • Trivial Pursuit All American Edition Master Game (1993)
  • Trivial Pursuit Game Show Edition (1993, Subsidiary Card Set)
  • The Year in Review 1993 (1994, Subsidiary Card Set)
  • Genus III (1994)
  • Junior – Third Edition (1994)
  • Genus IV (1996)
  • Junior – Fourth Edition (1996)
  • Star Wars Classic Trilogy Collector's Edition (1997)
  • Star Wars Episode I (1998)
  • Millennium (1998)
  • Know-it-All (1998, Subsidiary Card Set) - Winning Moves
:The following three releases reportedly have some questions unique to the region.
  • Know-It-All New England (Winning Moves – very hard to find)
  • Know-It-All New York (Winning Moves – very hard to find)
  • Know-It-All Chicago (Winning Moves – very hard to find)
  • Warner Bros (1999)
:In addition to questions about Warner Bros movies and TV shows (including Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies and other Warner Bros. Animation projects), it also includes questions based on other Time Warner properties, including DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network, MAD Magazine, and assorted MGM properties owned via Turner Entertainment Co. (including Tom & Jerry and The Wizard of Oz).
:This edition also contains a seventh category, "Picture Cards", on a separate set of cards with youth questions based on WB cartoons.
  • Biographies (2000)
  • Genus V (2000)
  • Know-It All TP (2000, Subsidiary Card Set, duplicates questions from Winning Moves edition but also includes 32 additional cards)
  • Junior – Fifth Edition (2001, 1,200 questions, no categories)
  • 20th Anniversary (2002)
  • Disney Animated Picture (2002)
  • Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy Edition (2003)
:Rather than colors, this edition's categories are indicated with icons: leaf, badge, tree, ring, sword, ⊕
  • Volume 6 (2003)
  • Globe Trotter (2003, Master Game, UK Release)
  • Pop Culture (2003)
  • 90s (in metal box) (2004)
  • Book Lover's Edition (2004)
  • Trivial Pursuit for Kids – Volume 6 (2004)
  • Trivial Pursuit for Kids Nickelodeon Edition (2005, Master Game)
  • Disney Edition (2005)
  • Pop Culture 2 (2006)
  • Totally '80s (2006)
  • Trivial Pursuit – Greatest Hits (80s, 90s & Pop Culture) (2007)
  • Trivial Pursuit 25th Silver Anniversary Edition (2008)
  • Trivial Pursuit - Family '08 (2008)
  • Trivial Pursuit: The Beatles Collector's Edition (2009)
  • Trivial Pursuit Team (2009)
  • Trivial Pursuit Bet You Know It (2010)
  • Trivial Pursuit Master Edition I (2010)
  • Trivial Pursuit - The Rolling Stones (2010)
  • Trivial Pursuit - Disney For All (2011)
  • Trivial Pursuit - Classic Rock (2011, Master Game)
  • Trivial Pursuit - Power Rangers 20th Anniversary Edition (2013)
  • Trivial Pursuit World of Warcraft Edition (2013, Master Game)
  • Trivial Pursuit Party (2013)
  • Trivial Pursuit 2000s (2016)
  • Trivial Pursuit: Classic Edition (2016)
  • Trivial Pursuit: World of Harry Potter Ultimate Edition (2018)
  • Trivial Pursuit: 40th Anniversary Ruby Edition (2019) (also includes Remember When? 1979–2018 questions)
  • Trivial Pursuit Back to the 80s (2019, Master Game)
  • Trivial Pursuit: Decades – 2010 to 2020 (2021)
  • Trivial Pursuit: Dungeons & Dragons Ultimate Edition (2022)
  • Trivial Pursuit: Horror Ultimate Edition (2020)

Mini packs

Trivial Pursuit mini packs contain 120 cards with 720 questions in the standard six-color format but no categories.

  • Trivial Pursuit Mini Pack - Sports (1987)
  • Trivial Pursuit Mini Pack - Rock & Pop (1987)
  • Trivial Pursuit Mini Pack - The Good Life (1987)
  • Trivial Pursuit Mini Pack - War & Victory (1987)
  • Trivial Pursuit Mini Pack - Flicks (1989)
  • Trivial Pursuit Mini Pack - TV (1989)
  • Trivial Pursuit Mini Pack - Wild Card (1989)
  • Trivial Pursuit Mini Pack - Country Music (1993)

International editions

Source:

  • Trivial Pursuit - All-Star Sports Edition - Canadian Version (1981)
  • Trivial Pursuit - Genus II Edition - Canadian Version (1984)
  • The Good Life Travel card set (1987) (Canada)
  • War & Victory Travel card set (1987) (Canada)
  • Bicentennial Edition (1987) (Australia) (Master game set - released in time for the Bicentennial in 1988)
  • Trivial Pursuit - RPM Edition Volume II (1989, Subsidiary Card Set)
  • Trivial Pursuit - Édition France (1989) - In French, with all questions pertaining to France to honor the bicentennial of the storming of the Bastille
  • Trivial Pursuit Subsidiary Card Set - Junior Edition (1989)
: International versions of the Young Players edition published in Dutch (De Tweede Editie Jonge Spelers Editie), German (Kartensatz mit 3,000 Fragen), French (Boite Complementaire 3,000 Nouvelles Questions - Edition Junior II), and Italian.

Atypical editions/rules

  • Trivial Pursuit Pocket Player Set - Boob Tube (1987)
:The Boob Tube edition has no categories, but the cards still have six questions, each with the usual colors.
  • Trivial Pursuit Pocket Player Set - TP's People (1987)
:The TP's people edition has no categories, but the cards still have six questions, each with the usual colors.
  • Trivial Pursuit Mini Game - Family Edition (1993) - Kraft General Foods in conjunction with Horn Abbot Ltd.
:A set of two games, version one (green box) and version two (yellow box). Each mini game contained 20 game cards - 10 cards for adults and 10 cards for children, 1 die, 2 scorecards, and a set of rules. These were part of a promotion, either attached to a different product or a mail-in submission.
  • Picture Pursuit (1994)
  • In Pursuit (2001)
:This variant on the game is more team-oriented, with different "totems" to represent who leads and follows; team members can challenge the other team for control, or alternate "overthrow" the leader to assume that role.
  • Trivial Pursuit X (Explicit Content - Adults Only) (2017)
:Edgy trivia that leaves its mark! Every time a player gives a wrong answer, an "X" is stamped on their forehead. Includes 400 trivia cards, rubber stamp with ink and instructions. Produced by Hasbro.
  • Trivial Pursuit Game: Stuff You Should Know Edition (2021)

Bite Sized

Also sometime referred to as Winning Moves, bite size editions focus on a single area of knowledge. Each edition comes with a dice (often stylised) and 600 questions (Some editions also come with a cheese wheel). They can be used either as an addition to the main game in the same way as Mini Packs or as a stand-alone game.

In the stand-alone version the object is to win six cards.

Editions:

  • 007
  • The Beatles (2016)
  • Big Bang Theory
  • Bobs Burgers (2020)
  • Breaking Bad (2020)
  • Celebrity
  • Doctor Who
  • Dragonball Z (2018)
  • Entertainment
  • Family
  • Food and Drink
  • Friends (The TV Series)
  • Genus (2003)
  • Girls Vs Guys (2007)
  • Girls
* Guys
  • The Golden Girls (2018)
  • Grey's Anatomy (2024)
  • Harry Potter
  • Set 1
* Set 2
  • Horror Movie Edition (2018)
  • It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (2023)
  • Italian Football Teams
  • Barcelona
  • Inter
  • Juventus
  • London Games 2012
  • Lord of the Rings
  • Music
  • National Parks - Travel Edition (2016)
  • Nightmare Before Christmas, The (2022)
  • Parks and Recreation (2024)
  • Party Quiz (German)
  • Polski Sport (Polish)
  • Quality Street
  • Rick and Morty
  • Schitt$ Creek (2023)
  • Shakespeare
  • Sports and Games
  • SpongeBob SquarePants (2020)
  • Star Wars
  • Walking Dead
  • Wildlife
  • World Football
  • The World of Dinosaurs

Multimedia editions

  • Star Trek Edition VCR Game (1995)
  • Multimedia Interactive Game CD-ROM (1994-1997)
  • Millennium CD-ROM (1998)
  • Pop Culture DVD (2003)
  • Lord of the Rings DVD (2004)
  • Trivial Pursuit: SNL DVD Edition (2003)
  • ' (Xbox, PS2) (2004)
  • Star Wars Saga 2 DVD
  • Pop Culture DVD 2 (2005)

References