# Trivia Dominoes II — Play Off the Last Bit of Trivia — continued! (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950 "2020-01-25T08:18:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1983 "2020-08-27T07:48:17Z")
The first “official” US postage stamp [_(US Scott’s #1)_](https://www.usphila.com/stamps/us/1/price-of-us-stamps-scott-1-1847-5-cents-franklin-regency-112-29.jpg) featured the portrait of America’s first Postmaster General, Benjamin Franklin. The second US stamp [_(US Scott’s #2)_](https://www.usphila.com/stamps/us/2/us-stamp-prices-scott-2-1847-10-cents-franklin-siegel-1107-41.jpg) had a face value of 10 cents and featured the portrait of George Washington. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1984 "2020-08-27T08:18:40Z")
The state of Franklin was a short-lived political entity in what is now eastern Tennessee, created in 1784 when North Carolina gave the territory to the Federal government and the Federal government didn’t act to take it. There was an attempt at statehood and, after that failed, it declared itself an independent nation, before being reacquired by North Carolina in 1788. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1985 "2020-08-27T14:43:35Z")
A Confederate soldier mortally wounded at the 1864 Battle of Franklin fell not far from his family’s house, having been away from home with his regiment for several years. He was found by his family, brought home, and died there. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1986 "2020-08-27T15:04:18Z")
The 1864 Presidential election candidates were George McCellan of the Democratic Party, and Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party. The National Union Party was created by Republicans in hopes of attracting the so-called ‘War Democrats’. It must have worked, as Lincoln won the Electoral vote 212-21. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1987 "2020-08-27T15:21:23Z")
The Republican Party was founded in 1854, by opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which would allow slavery in those territories. The name “Republican” for the new party was first suggested in a local meeting, in a schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, on March 20, 1854. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1988 "2020-08-27T19:36:42Z")
It is approximately 2,100 miles from Ripon WI to Ripon CA (map, [https://is.gd/sgJ98T](https://is.gd/sgJ98T)). Ripon CA was originally known as Stanislaus City. In 1876 it was renamed for Ripon WI. Ripon WI was founded in 1849 and was named after Ripon, North Yorkshire. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1989 "2020-08-27T23:43:55Z")
_All Creatures Great and Small_ was a British TV series based upon a series of books by James Herriott about his time as a veterinarian in Yorkshire. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1990 "2020-08-28T00:24:04Z")
The most common first name of US Presidents is James, with six: Madison, Monroe, Polk, Buchanan, Garfield and Carter. Four Presidents have had the first name of William, and four have had the first name of John. Other multiple first names include George (3), Andrew (2), and Franklin (2). ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1991 "2020-08-28T03:37:04Z")
At least six Presidents have the name John: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, John Calvin Coolidge Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Donald John Trump. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1992 "2020-08-28T03:55:48Z")
Only one king of England has had the name John; he reigned from 1199 until his death in 1216. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1993 "2020-08-28T14:18:15Z")
A fictional King John II briefly rules Great Britain in the Thirties in the novel _Headlong_ by Emlyn Williams, which was _very_ loosely adapted for the John Goodman comedy _King Ralph_, set in the present day. The book is much better than the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1994 "2020-08-28T14:23:37Z")
Ralph Malph, played by Donny Most, was a recurring character in the sitcom _Happy Days_. Ralph’s parents were Mickey Malph and Minnie Malph. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1995 "2020-08-28T14:48:22Z")
Mickey and Minnie? Did not know that! In play — Ralph Malph’s middle name is Hector. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1996 "2020-08-28T14:52:45Z")
The decimated royal house in _King Ralph_ is referred to as the House of Windham. In real life, the British reigning dynasty is the House of Windsor, renamed during World War I by King George V, grandfather of the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1997 "2020-08-28T16:31:22Z")
During World War I, due to anti-German sentiment, the city of Berlin, Ontario changed its name to Kitchener. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1998 "2020-08-28T18:15:09Z")
_I Am a Camera_, the 1951 Broadway play by John Van Druten, was adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s 1939 novel _Goodbye to Berlin_. The play was a success, but critic Walter Kerr panned it with one of the world’s shortest reviews, “Me no Leica”. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/1999 "2020-08-28T19:32:21Z")
_Lunch Hour_ by Jean Kerr (Walter’s wife) was one of several of her Broadway productions. The original cast included Gilda Radner, Sam Waterston, Max Wright, and David Rasche. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2000 "2020-08-28T20:22:02Z")
Graham Kerr was originally a hotel manager and catering manager. In 1959, he began his first TV show, _Entertaining With Kerr,_ in New Zealand, while he was also the chief catering advisor for the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Kerr had several cooking and entertains series in New Zealand and Australia in the 1960s, then moved to Canada, where, in 1969, he began his trademark cooking series, _The Galloping Gourmet_. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2001 "2020-08-28T23:08:02Z")
In the 1930s, the Rio Grande Southern Railroad constructed the first of a total of seven unique pieces of self-propelled railroad equipment that came to known colloquially as _“Galloping Geese”_. Officially classified as a “motor”, the front portion was a gasoline-powered automobile _(the first two were built from Buicks, and the remaining five were based off of Pierce-Arrow vehicles)_ with part of the body replaced by an enclosed box for carrying light freight and mail, and were intended to be an economical alternative to running steam trains to carry the mail to the Rocky Mountain towns that the railroad served. There were some variations across the series of vehicles, but the basic design and principle remained the same. These contraptions operated until 1950, when the railroad lost the mail contract in favor of highway mail carriers (trucks); they were then fitted with windows and additional seating in the boxcar sections and converted to tourist service, and ran until the railroad finally abandoned the route(s) and took up the tracks. Six of the seven “Geese” survive _(the original one was scrapped and parts of it were used in the construction of Goose #6)_; as of this date all are operable and can be found at various locations in Colorado and California. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2002 "2020-08-29T00:11:52Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > Rio Grande Southern Railroad constructed the first of a total of seven unique pieces of self-propelled railroad equipment that came to known colloquially as _“Galloping Geese”_… Images here — [https://is.gd/5TPb0r](https://is.gd/5TPb0r). Interesting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=101)