Date: 1967
Publisher: 3M
Designer: Richard Onanien
Why It's Significant (in 25 words or less): Facts in Five was the first "category" game, a direct ancestor of games like Scattergories.
More About Facts in Five: One player draws five cards, each containing a "class" (e.g. "Living Celebrated Persons") and a list of "categories" (e.g. "American") in this combination trivia-party game. A category is chosen for each class, and five letter tiles are drawn. Players have five minutes to come up with a list of 25 words (one beginning with each letter in each of the five class/category combinations).
