Review of Trivial Pursuit Silver Screen Edition on Yahoo Web Games

Looking for a fun way to test your trivia knowledge? Yahoo Games now features the online version of the always-popular Trivial Pursuit® board game.

The Scoop: Trivial Pursuit is a fast-paced board game, testing your knowledge of the popular culture. The six categories of questions include: actors, actresses, directors, plot points, quotes and names, and wild card. In total, these six categories feature over 4,000 questions.

How to Play: This board game features two or more players. Each rolls the dice, and moves along the board, clockwise or counter-clockwise, by the number of spaces indicated on the dice. Each space is marked with a different color, representing a different category of questions. If the player answers the question correctly, he/she gains a turn and rolls the dice again. The key of the game is to collect wedges by stepping on the dedicated spaces and answering each question correctly. Each category earns a wedge that fills in a space in a circle. Once a player collects all the wedges, he/she must make their way to the hub in the center of the board and answer the final question to win the game.

If a player answers the question incorrectly, they will lose their turn, and their opponent will roll the dice. You can trump your opponent's turn by answering his/her question correctly. They will lose their turn if your answer is correct, and you will roll the dice.

The Cost: There are three ways to play the game. You can play the Web version of the game, which is free, but features very limited capabilities of the actual game. Collecting three wedges in the Web version ends the game. You can download a free trial of the game, allowing you free but limited play time of the full version of the game. If you really like the full version of the game, you can purchase the license and download the game for unlimited use for $19.99

Pros: Great way to test your trivia knowledge and have some fun. The graphics and the variety of questions make for a great version of this traditional board game. Bucky, your computerized opponent and an animated bucket of popcorn, provides for a few laughs, with his facial expressions and commentaries. Overall, a very engaging and entertaining.

Cons: I read the reviews on Yahoo and was glad to know I was not the only user with these concerns. While the game has over 4,000 questions, most are not encompassing of the more recent popular culture. In fact, the most recent questions I came across were from the late '80s and the early '90s. It would be great to have a capability to download additional (more recent) questions. Bucky, while he is fun, gets annoying after a while. I turned the volume down.

Overall, a great adaptation of the original. Average rating on Yahoo: 3 1/2 out of 4 stars.