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From: dtuttle@uw-june (David C. Tuttle)
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Subject: Re: Re: Trivial Persuits (sic) Trivia
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Date: Fri, 10-May-85 14:00:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 10 14:00:30 1985
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> Here's a meta-trivia question: Why is the Trivial Pursuit version
> named "Genus II" instead of "Genius II"?

It was never meant to be "Genius" in the first place.  "Genus" comes from
the same Latin or Greek (whichever) phrase that brings us "general" and
"generic," so the "Genus" game is the generic (basic) game.
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