Question

Alfred Moser Butts, an out-of-work architect during the Great Depression, gained fame and some wealth by doing which of the following:

- Writing several influential books, published in the European press, criticizing the dominance of historicist architecture.

- Inventing the popular board game “Scrabble.”

- Through mutual friends, meeting the Rockefellers and winning the commission to design Rockefeller Center.

Answer

Butts spent years developing and marketing the board game “Scrabble.” The game became immensely popular in the 1950s and eventually brought him a measure of fame and wealth.