# Trivial Pursuit Typo? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 18, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-typo/638086 "2012-10-18T01:36:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-typo/638086/1 "2012-10-18T01:36:02Z")
Did the makers of Trivia Pursuit ever answer if the “Genus” edition was a typo? Did they mean “Genius” edition? This has always bugged me… ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-typo/638086/2 "2012-10-18T01:54:25Z")
I’m sorry, the card says [Moops](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia02fGpUQfU). ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-typo/638086/3 "2012-10-18T03:24:41Z")
In it’s general sense, genus refers to things with common characteristics that can be divided into subordinate categories. The common characteristic is trivia. The subordinate categories are the six categories the questions get divided into. The name distinguishes it from the other editions which have some theme associated with them rather than simply general knowledge. And it no doubt was chosen because of the potential “genius” malapropogation. But I highly doubt it was a typo. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-typo/638086/4 "2012-10-18T14:40:10Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > I’m sorry, the card says [Moops](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia02fGpUQfU). I’ve always wondered if this was an actual Trivial Pursuit typo. Anybody know? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-typo/638086/5 "2012-10-18T14:43:01Z")
Me, at a game party: Anyone want to play Trivial Pursuit? Person: Sure, as long as we don’t play the genius edition! Me: You are not on my team. Edit, minirant: Nobody plays TP anymore. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-typo/638086/6 "2012-11-17T01:55:51Z")
I thought this was going to be about the infringement typo about columbo. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-typo/638086/7 "2012-11-17T10:03:35Z")
Is there a current genus edition out there? It seems like the only new TP I ever see are for things like sports or Star Wars. We still have the original, hopelessly out of date original genus edition somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-typo/638086/8 "2012-11-17T18:30:51Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Is there a current genus edition out there? It seems like the only new TP I ever see are for things like sports or Star Wars. We still have the original, hopelessly out of date original genus edition somewhere. I laid out play test decks full of new content a couple of years ago. Presumably they folded that into a new edition, but my contact at the company left and the work dried up, so I have no way of knowing without ordering a copy and picking it apart. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-typo/638086/9 "2012-11-17T21:20:11Z")
Wits and Wagers [Wits & Wagers | Board Game | BoardGameGeek](http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/20100/wits-wagers) is better anyway Brian ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-typo/638086/10 "2012-11-17T23:20:23Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > I laid out play test decks full of new content a couple of years ago. Presumably they folded that into a new edition, but my contact at the company left and the work dried up, so I have no way of knowing without ordering a copy and picking it apart. Genus V in the year 2000 was the last Genus edition. After a decade where the Genus-type editions were released with the nomenclature of anniversary editions, they now call them “Master Editions”.