
Fam. Adulting is hard and the struggle is just so real I can’t even. Sorry not sorry.
That’s millennial speak, and if you didn’t understand a lick of it, chances are you’re not one. Every generation has its own language, and today’s youth is no different. And while they may not be familiar with more traditional verbiage, they’ve certainly got the upper hand when it comes to modern day pop culture.
Like past iterations of Trivial Pursuit, the round game board features six different categories, each one with its own color. In this version, the categories are Places (blue), Entertainment (pink), Sports and Hobbies (orange), Events (yellow), Science and Tech (green), and Arts (purple). After setting up the board on a flat surface, players take plastic wedges and fasten them together around the center of the board. These wedges act as cardholders for each category, and they’re a great way to keep the game neat and organized. There are even small holes in the board that allow them to lock tightly into place. Overall, the board is large, impressively designed, and a great platform for gaming fun.
Common to Trivial Pursuit editions of the past, the object of Trivial Pursuit: 2000s is to be the first player to circle the board once, collecting every color wedge along the way and fixing it into the wedge holder. It’s like earning your stripes, but I like to think of it as creating your own personal rainbow pizza. To collect wedges, players must correctly answer questions, but in this version, there’s a twist.
When players of this modern day edition land on a colored space, they can choose to stump the other players (if they think they don’t know the answer), or answer the question themselves if they’re confident enough. If a player chooses to stump, and the rest of the group collectively answers incorrectly, the player gets a wedge. This adds a unique twist to the game and allows players to incorporate more strategy into their efforts. Each category card contains questions of a similar subcategory, such as “Movie Remakes”, “As Seen on TV”, “Web Celebs”, and “Company Logos”, for example.
Despite being a modernized version, Trivial Pursuit: 2000s Edition has got questions suited for both teenagers and adults. In fact, I struggled mightily on a handful of questions, and I grew up in the early 2000’s. Questions such as “What photo editing and sharing app introduced emoji hashtags along with three new filters in 2015?” and “What unisex blanket with sleeves became a phenomenon in 2008?” were more my style. I thrived on questions like those, and fell flat when it came to guessing the tongue color of Martha Stewart’s prize-winning chow. (It’s bluish black, by the way.)
I’m not going to sugar coat it. This game is tough, but there’s a nice mix of questions that present varying degrees of difficulty. It can certainly be played and enjoyed by baby boomers, millennials, and everyone in between. I’d even suggest playing in teams of two, as it brings more people (and brainpower) to the table. With 300 cards containing six questions each, Trivial Pursuit: 2000s Edition guarantees long-lasting fun without the dreaded question déjà vu. So you’ll never have to hear yourself ask: Didn’t we do this one already?
Is anyone ever going to answer Joanne’s question? This game came with no instructions, and how do you know which question to choose from a card with a particular color?
Hi Bill! We reviewed this game a while back and no longer have access to the instruction sheet. We recommend you reach out to Hasbro for more help! https://www.hasbro.com/en-us/customer-service/
The questions do not fit with the categories and too many are about “American States and Cities” unfortunately, The USA is NOT the ENTIRE world
how do you know which question on a card to read? I mean on the other games every card had a question that went with every color. in this game “color” card has 6 questions on it. How do you know which question to read on the card ??? thanks
Sadly, several times in every game we play, my friends and I experience considerable frustration and loss of enjoyment, from having a question turn out to be completely inappropriate to the category and theme of a card. For example, in the category “Places” with a theme of “Hawaii”, one question was to name the leader of a rock group that just *happens* to have one of its band members live in Hawaii. A strong knowledge of geography, and Hawaii in particular, had no bearing on the ability to answer the question. You could not answer it unless you knew about the band. I have very good knowledge of science and technology, and could even answer a few good questions about the history of both, but when the question asks for the name of an exotic animal owned by a celebrity, no amount of knowledge about science or technology will help. Also, we bought the 2000s edition to give a fair chance to our younger players, but there are a disturbing number of questions based on events or personalities from the 50s or 60s which simply had an (unmemorable) 50th anniversary in the 2000s. In and of themselves, the individual questions tend to “lean” towards “celebrity” news/events, but with that caveat may indeed be considered to be a reasonable range of trivia. But for anyone trying to judge whether to answer or ‘stump the chump’ the category and theme are completely haphazard and useless.. Sorry.
Hi. Our family of adult children who were born in the early 90’s love this game because they get more questions relevant to their lifetime. We have a running argument tho. Do you answer a question if you land on the Home catagorie pie space or no? Wish we could find the answer somewhere. It would save some headache and argument. If you know the answer would love to know what it is ? Thanks?
We are wondering the same thing about landing on the pi space!!
I’m in my 70’s and played a lot of trivial pursuit games over the years..be on your toe’s for this one as it is just as much fun as all the rest of trivial games in the past..brain power..no matter how old you are..love it…
I think it is a fun game. I am very sad and a little angry that there are no questions about Blake lively.
I really enjoy this website. I learn a lot from it . Although I have never playing the Trivial Pursuit 2000 edition online. Can we play online where do we go for that.I wish to try playing online