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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Trivial Pursuit? Mobile Unveils Top Ten "Smartest" Area Codes In U.S.
North Hollywood, Calif. -March 7, 2006 - Los Angeles, home to starlets, surfers and brainiacs? The team that tabulates the results of the new Trivial Pursuit? mobile game today revealed the ten highest scoring area codes in the U.S., with L.A. leading the pack. From Hollywood to the Big Apple, Capitol Hill and the Great Lakes, cities large and small from all over the country battle it out to lay claim for having the smartest people in the country.
Area codes graduating at the top of their Trivial Pursuit mobile game class are*:
1. 323, Los Angeles, CA
2. 917, New York, NY
3. 703, Washington, DC
4. 281, Houston, TX
5. 617 Boston, MA
6. 510, Oakland, CA
7. 302, Wilmington, DE
8. 414, Milwaukee, WI
9. 949, Irvine, CA
10. 614, Columbus, OH
Trivial Pursuit?, the most celebrated trivia board game of all time, recently moved from the family living room to mobile handsets and is available from most major mobile carriers in the U.S. Published by Starwave Mobile, the mobile game brings the board game's familiar trivia teasers and graphic design to phone subscribers' handsets. It boasts a diverse catalog of questions that differ from the board, online and PC versions of the game so players can maximize their trivia knowledge. The mobile adaptation also retains the game's competitive nature by offering a leaderboard system and tournament challenges, allowing players to compete for the highest- listed score.
"For more than 22 years, people around the world have battled wits in a good, old fashioned Trivial Pursuit game, and it's exciting to see trivia fans now enjoying this classic game on the go from their phones," said Jim Ware, president of Horn Abbot Ltd., owner of the Trivial Pursuit trademark. "We're just having fun looking at the area code results, but it's a great example of how mobile extends the competition of the game. Players really vie for top of the leaderboard."
For more information regarding the Trivial Pursuit mobile game, please visit: www.trivialpursuitmobile.com.
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