Chris Haney - Developed "Trivial Pursuit"

Chris Haney developed the highly successful board game, "Trivial Pursuit", along with his friend Scott Abbott. Mr Haney died on May 31, 2010 in Toronto, Canada of undisclosed causes.

He came up with the game's idea in 1979 while working as a copy boy at The Canadian Press. While playing "Scrabble" with co-worker Scott Abbott, they discussed the concept of a trivia game.

Over the next two years, they would write 6,000 questions on their color-coded category cards. They were able to raise $40,000 in investment capital and found a small game maker to market the product.

Sales became brisk with $800 million worth of games being sold in 1984. The licensing rights change hands several times before they were bought by Hasbro in 2008.

By the time of his death, the game had sold over 100 million copies in 26 countries and 17 languages. The sales made Mr. Haney very wealthy with a portfolio of golf courses, vineyards and race horses.