Scott Abbott

Scott Abbott
Born	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Education	University of Tennessee, master’s degree, journalism, 1978[1][2]
Occupation	Sports journalist Board game inventor Racehorse owner
Known for	Trivial Pursuit

Charles Scott Abbott is the co-inventor of the board game Trivial Pursuit along with Chris Haney.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Known as "Scott," he 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]

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

1. "Quickfacts about Brampton Battalion owner Scott Abbott". The Mississauga News. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
2. "9 People You Didn't Know Have a UT Connection". utk.edu. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
3. Hasbro. "Hasbro Board Games - Hasbro Games - Hasbro Gaming". trivialpursuit.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. 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
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.