We have a family passion for Trivial Pursuit; so when we saw the new updated edition on sale for $20 less than we'd seen it before, there was a mad undignified scramble for it - I won - and we read the rules on the way home. Much has changed, much has not. The categories are still there and still the same (although for some reason literature has changed from brown to purple?) , but there's only one box of questions, and an envelope that has four card-sized gaps. As one card is used for question-and-answer, another is slid into the envelope. When the cards are in the envelope, all you can see is the Topic at the top. So if you land on a Question square, you have to answer the Question corresponding to the colour category, but you can choose the Topic - though there's no clue other than the topic name. This is not as helpful as it sounds. For example, Topic Oz has nothing to do with Australia, and much to do the The Wizard Of.
Thus, I found myself on Purple (art and literature) and selected Topic Elephants.. My 15-year-old Son and Heir enquired gravely whether I knew the name of the deity that is the principal object of worship in the Hindu pantheon. I opened my mouth to say "Ganesh" as he turned the card over, stared at it incredulously, and then fell over laughing. It took us a while to understand why; but it seemed he had glanced at the Pink (entertainment) answer by accident; and that answer was Heffalump.
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