Trannis reveal their Homogenius

Do you and your friends argue about who knows the most about gay culture? Can you identify the movie where Karen Black plays a transsexual or the talk show host who put money into the Broadway production Taboo?

If that's the case, there's a board game that could help determine who deserves to wear the gay trivia tiara, Homogenius a gay trivia game.

The game was created by Marianne, Allison and Chris Tranni after a night of playing Trivial Pursuit with their gay uncle Chuck. For fun, Allison added a gay twist Uncle Chuck's questions, turning "What famous person..." into "What famous homosexual..." That got them to realize that there weren't any trivia games focused on gay culture, prompting the Tranni family spend 15 years developing the game.

Homogenius' game board is a closet and players advance "out of the closet" by answering trivia questions about gay culture. The visual design is heavily inspired by Uncle Chuck -- the game's closet is based on Uncle Chuck's closet and the box inspired by his favorite Louis Vuitton trunk.

The Homogenius website, has a few sample questions to whet your appetite. Sample "Potpourri" questions focus on fictional gay characters while "Rumor" questions ask you to identify gay celebrities by their accomplishments. I probably wouldn't get most of those questions if I played the game, though many would lead exclamations of "Aw! I knew that!" How would you do?