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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Canadian inventor
Known for
Co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
December 1979(Montreal, Canada)
Education:
Colgate University
University of Tennessee
The details
Biography
Charles Scott Abbott is the co-inventor of the board game Trivial Pursuit along with Chris Haney. Abbott is the owner of the North Bay Battalion hockey team of the Ontario Hockey League. For his work in building this hockey club, he was inducted into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Abbott was a sports journalist for Canadian Press before creating Trivial Pursuit. He owns C. Scott Abbott Racing Stable Ltd. Its horse Smart Sky finished seventh in the 2010 Queen's Plate.