An unscientific experiment of a game of Trivial Pursuit has concluded that women are smarter than men. An online version of the game had been organized by the makers that took place on a global scale, in nine languages and saw some 15,121,731 questions asked and answered.

English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish were the countries where this battle was conducted.

Brainy battle ended with the women clinching victory but the balance of power shifted repeatedly between the sexes, which were sometimes just a few correct answers apart. Women correctly answered 4,088,139 compared to 4,077,596 by the men.

Online players were able to select the category of question that appealed to their "inner genius".

Followed by science and nature, sports and leisure, history, arts and literature, geography and people and places, the most questions were selected from the entertainment category.

Categories of entertainment (56.8 per cent) and science and nature (54.4 per cent) showed highest success rate for women, but they answered just 41.7 per cent correctly when questions concerned the people and places category.

Science and nature (57 per cent correct answers), entertainment (56.7 per cent), and sports and leisure (54.8 per cent) were men's best categories. They performed the poorest when answering geography and people and places questions, with only 49.9 per cent answered correctly.

"The online battle of the sexes experiment invited people worldwide to compete for the ultimate bragging rights - to be a member of the smartest team. The online experience invited everyone to show off their inner genius, by answering 1, 10 or 100 questions a day, in support of their team. Our congratulations to the women who fought hard for the win," said Katreena Lines, global senior marketing manager of Trivial Pursuit. . (With Input from Agencies)