Scott Abbott

Charles Scott Abbott is the co-inventor of the board game Trivial Pursuit along with Chris Haney.[3][4][5][6][7] Abbott is the owner of the North Bay Battalion hockey team of the Ontario Hockey League.[8][9][10][11][12][13] For his work in building this hockey club, he was inducted into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.[14]

For the American screenwriter, see Scott Abbott (screenwriter).
Scott Abbott
Born
Charles Scott Abbott

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationBishop's College School, McGill University, University of Tennessee, master’s degree, journalism, 1978[1][2]
OccupationSports journalist
Board game inventor
Racehorse owner
Known forTrivial Pursuit
Owner of the North Bay Battalion franchise

Born in Montreal, Quebec,[1] Abbott was a sports journalist for Canadian Press before creating Trivial Pursuit.[15] He owns C. Scott Abbott Racing Stable Ltd.[16] Its horse Smart Sky finished seventh in the 2010 Queen's Plate.[17][18][19]

References
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  2. "9 People You Didn't Know Have a UT Connection". utk.edu. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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  5. "Trivial Pursuit's co-inventor never outpaced his demons". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. "Trivial Pursuit: 10 facts about the game". The Daily Telegraph. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  7. "The decline of Trivial Pursuit". Slate. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  8. "Battalion owner Scott Abbott glad relocation hasn't been messy; now the hard work begins in North Bay". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  9. "Two teams, two dreams". Toronto Star. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  10. "North Bay". North Bay Nugget. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  11. "North Bay Fans Cheer On The Battalion". 101.9 The Fox. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  12. "OHL's Brampton Battalion move to North Bay approved". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  13. "The Official North Bay Battalion Website". North Bay Battalion. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  14. Scott Abbott's Page in the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame Archived May 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  15. "Trivial Pursuit co-creator dies at 59 - CTV News". CTV News. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  16. "NHL returnees add spark". The London Free Press. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  17. The 2010 Queen's Plate at Woodbine Entertainment Archived 2011-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
  18. "Nothing trivial in this pursuit". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  19. "Smart Sky Horse Pedigree". pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.


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