Short answers, pulled from the story.
Chris Haney and Scott Abbott conceived the game on the 15th of December 1979 while playing Scrabble in a Montreal living room. They designed the initial concept on the back of a cigarette carton within just 45 minutes.
Between 1983 and 1988, the original version moved 30 million units globally with retail sales reaching 750,000,000 dollars during that period. Northern Plastics of Elroy, Wisconsin produced 30,000,000 games between 1983 and 1985 alone.
Geography is blue while Entertainment is pink and History appears yellow. Art & Literature was originally brown before changing to purple, Science & Nature uses green and Sports & Leisure uses orange.
A district court judge ruled in favor of Haney and Abbott after Fred L. Worth filed a 300 million dollar lawsuit in October 1984. The United States Court of Appeals upheld this decision in September 1987.
LeVar Burton began hosting a new CW version on the 3rd of October 2024. Previous television versions included shows hosted by Wink Martindale from 1993 to 1994 and Christopher Knight leading America Plays between 2008 and 2009.