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Chuck Bryant

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

And like you mentioned, those original investors did really, really well. There was an entertainment writer at the Toronto Globe and Mail named Susan, Susan Farrier McKay, who took out a bank loan to buy 10 shares early on. And in 1984, she bought a house and then she retired not too long after that.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

And like you mentioned, those original investors did really, really well. There was an entertainment writer at the Toronto Globe and Mail named Susan, Susan Farrier McKay, who took out a bank loan to buy 10 shares early on. And in 1984, she bought a house and then she retired not too long after that.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah, there were two cases, at least like two notable court cases. One was a lawsuit in 1994 from a guy, an Australian named David Wall, who said, hey, in 1979, this Chris Haney guy picked me and my buddy up when we were hitchhiking and we were in Nova Scotia. And while we were driving around, I told him about this idea for the game.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah, there were two cases, at least like two notable court cases. One was a lawsuit in 1994 from a guy, an Australian named David Wall, who said, hey, in 1979, this Chris Haney guy picked me and my buddy up when we were hitchhiking and we were in Nova Scotia. And while we were driving around, I told him about this idea for the game.

Stuff You Should Know
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah, there were two cases, at least like two notable court cases. One was a lawsuit in 1994 from a guy, an Australian named David Wall, who said, hey, in 1979, this Chris Haney guy picked me and my buddy up when we were hitchhiking and we were in Nova Scotia. And while we were driving around, I told him about this idea for the game.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Like, really specifically, like, my mom has pictures of the wheel that I drew and the pie pieces and everything. And the court were like, well, where are those documents? And he was like, I don't have those anymore. And they said, well, bring forward some witnesses. And he was like, no one – No one's really coming forward. They moved. Yeah, they moved away.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Like, really specifically, like, my mom has pictures of the wheel that I drew and the pie pieces and everything. And the court were like, well, where are those documents? And he was like, I don't have those anymore. And they said, well, bring forward some witnesses. And he was like, no one – No one's really coming forward. They moved. Yeah, they moved away.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Like, really specifically, like, my mom has pictures of the wheel that I drew and the pie pieces and everything. And the court were like, well, where are those documents? And he was like, I don't have those anymore. And they said, well, bring forward some witnesses. And he was like, no one – No one's really coming forward. They moved. Yeah, they moved away.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Haney said or he said that Haney later offered him shares like, hey, man, we're getting this game that you got told me the idea for going and I'm going to offer to buy you shares. This is a real thing. He refused. Had he bought those shares, he would have ended up a rich person as well. But in court, Haney was like, I never met this guy, never picked him up.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Haney said or he said that Haney later offered him shares like, hey, man, we're getting this game that you got told me the idea for going and I'm going to offer to buy you shares. This is a real thing. He refused. Had he bought those shares, he would have ended up a rich person as well. But in court, Haney was like, I never met this guy, never picked him up.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Haney said or he said that Haney later offered him shares like, hey, man, we're getting this game that you got told me the idea for going and I'm going to offer to buy you shares. This is a real thing. He refused. Had he bought those shares, he would have ended up a rich person as well. But in court, Haney was like, I never met this guy, never picked him up.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

uh they awarded him initially um well not awarded him he got zero dollars but uh the judge ruled in haney's favor and awarded them 1.2 million dollars in court costs this is after a 13-year legal battle but they reduced that to 1 million because they said uh but you know what your big corporate attorneys came in and sued two of his witnesses so we're gonna knock off uh 200 grand and just make it a million

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

uh they awarded him initially um well not awarded him he got zero dollars but uh the judge ruled in haney's favor and awarded them 1.2 million dollars in court costs this is after a 13-year legal battle but they reduced that to 1 million because they said uh but you know what your big corporate attorneys came in and sued two of his witnesses so we're gonna knock off uh 200 grand and just make it a million

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

uh they awarded him initially um well not awarded him he got zero dollars but uh the judge ruled in haney's favor and awarded them 1.2 million dollars in court costs this is after a 13-year legal battle but they reduced that to 1 million because they said uh but you know what your big corporate attorneys came in and sued two of his witnesses so we're gonna knock off uh 200 grand and just make it a million

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

But I mean, he had a hard he didn't have the million bucks. I saw that. So they said they were looking to garnish his wages. And I was like, man, this is from bad to worse.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

But I mean, he had a hard he didn't have the million bucks. I saw that. So they said they were looking to garnish his wages. And I was like, man, this is from bad to worse.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

But I mean, he had a hard he didn't have the million bucks. I saw that. So they said they were looking to garnish his wages. And I was like, man, this is from bad to worse.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah. What I was trying to find out was they, you know, they said they sued two. First, the judge said there was no witnesses. Then I find out that they had sued two of the witnesses, which they considered like, you know, witness intimidation or something.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah. What I was trying to find out was they, you know, they said they sued two. First, the judge said there was no witnesses. Then I find out that they had sued two of the witnesses, which they considered like, you know, witness intimidation or something.

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The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition

Yeah. What I was trying to find out was they, you know, they said they sued two. First, the judge said there was no witnesses. Then I find out that they had sued two of the witnesses, which they considered like, you know, witness intimidation or something.