Trivial Pursuit Questions

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Chronological inquiry topic reduced to four letters (4)
• Original premier edition of the tabletop quiz sensation (5)
• Central focal point where the final trial unfolds (3)
• Earthy hue that tests Shakespearean sonnets and classic prose (5)
• Regal substitute that took brown's chair in modern editions (6)
• Athletic half of the lively orange category pairing (5)
• Consecutive string of queries snapped by an ill-fated guess (4)
• Intellectual duel triggered when stepping onto a rival's turf (9)
• Cast of fortune dictating your peripheral trajectory (4)
• Optional hourglass creating panic for deliberate thinkers (5)
• Triangular slice sought by ambitious wheel-fillers (5)
• Cardboard wheel with six spokes connecting rim to navel (5)
• Shot in the dark offered when memory falters at the table (5)

Down

• Toy titan that eventually acquired global rights to the pie game (6)
• Linear pathway linking outer track to core bullseye (5)
• Rosy shade that screens the Hollywood and stage prompts (4)
• Objective verities exchanged across the game mat (5)
• Hue that rules the mapmaker's domain on the hexagonal board (4)
• Head-to-head intellectual contest between trivia buffs (5)
• Written classics and Nobel laureates tested under the brown wedge (10)
• Aficionado seeking to hoard all distinct themed editions and card packs (9)
• Mental storehouse tapped to prevent passing the die (9)
• Zero score that leaves a circular piece completely hollow (3)
• Sole player whose pie dish overflows before answering in the center (6)
• One of six color-coded disciplines dividing all known lore (8)
• Town near Nova Scotia where two friends forged the quiz empire (5)

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