Arthur Cayley came up with a card game known by this name based on Trieze. 
Arthur Cayley came up with a card game known by this name based on Trieze. The modern version of  this device might have been invented by William Hooker, but usually that honor is given to James Henry  Atkinson. Sarah Yule and Mary Keene are thought to have mixed up a line in the speech "Hospitality and How to  Make Homes Happy" by Emerson and/or a quote in Emerson's Journal in creating one statement about these  devices. The Procter Brothers bought the rights to manufacture the "Little Nipper" type of these. Quizbowl players  might better know these devices for appearing in the right panel of the Merode Alterpiece. For 10 points, name these  portable destroyers of rodents.
Arthur Cayley came up with a card game known by this name based on Trieze.
mousetrap