Chris Haney (Trivial Pursuit)

Chris Haney (August 9, 1950 – May 31, 2010) was a Canadian journalist and co-creator of the Trivial Pursuit board game with Scott Abbott.

[2][4] Within an hour, Haney and Scott had mapped out the game with its six-spoked circular board and multiple categories on a few sheets of paper.

[5] After adding Haney's brother and a friend to their development team, The group needed investors and they raised $40,000 from 32 people.

[4] The company they formed to market the game, Horn Abbot, lost money on each of these initial sets, which cost $75 each to manufacture.

[3] Haney would eventually have enough money to travel, taking cruise ships across the Atlantic to Europe because he was afraid of flying.