Scott Abbott

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]
Occupation(s)Sports journalist
Board game inventor
Racehorse owner
Known forTrivial Pursuit
Owner of the North Bay Battalion franchise

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]

Born in Montreal, Quebec,[1] Abbott was a sports journalist for Canadian Press before creating Trivial Pursuit.[15] After his success in board games, he acquired a taste for horse racing. He named one of his star horses, Charlie Barley, after his son Charlie, who was of a similar age to the horse.[16] He owns C. Scott Abbott Racing Stable Ltd.[17] Its horse Smart Sky finished seventh in the 2010 Queen's Plate.[18][19][20]

  1. ^ a b "Quickfacts about Brampton Battalion owner Scott Abbott". The Mississauga News. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  2. ^ "9 People You Didn't Know Have a UT Connection". utk.edu. 15 January 2015. 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.
  4. ^ "The History of Trivial Pursuit". About.com Inventors. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Trivial Pursuit's co-inventor never outpaced his demons". The Globe and Mail. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Trivial Pursuit: 10 facts about the game". The Daily Telegraph. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  7. ^ Curtis, Bryan (14 April 2005). "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. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Just trivial for Charley Barley". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. May 29, 1990.
  17. ^ "NHL returnees add spark". The London Free Press. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  18. ^ The 2010 Queen's Plate at Woodbine Entertainment Archived 2011-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ "Nothing trivial in this pursuit". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  20. ^ "Smart Sky Horse Pedigree". pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.