# 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:** 124
**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:** [November 7, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2465 "2020-11-07T22:17:23Z")
Lotteries were used for funding of public works in the American colonies well before the Revolutionary War. Lotteries paid for public buildings, roads and canals, and also partially funded the establishment of colleges, such as Harvard, Yale, William and Mary, and Princeton. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2466 "2020-11-08T03:20:41Z")
Princeton, West Virginia, is the smallest city to still support a Minor League sanctioned baseball team. The town of 6,000 has been home to the Appalachian League Rays since 1988. Historically, HoF candidate Jim Kaat started his pro career in 1957 at Superior, a town of 3,000 in the Nebraska State League. In 2002, I won a Rars cap in a scorecard number draw while attending a game in Princeton. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2467 "2020-11-08T16:56:15Z")
Lake Superior, by surface area, is the largest body of fresh water on the planet. The lake is about 160 miles wide and 350 miles long, and has a surface area of about 31,700 square miles. The deepest point of Lake Superior is 1300 feet below the surface. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2468 "2020-11-08T17:20:52Z")
Lake Superior is the largest body of fresh water on the planet _ **in terms of surface area,** _ however, due to its immense depths Lake Baikal in southern Siberia is the largest body of fresh water _ **in terms of volume.** _ It contains approximately 23,600 cubic kilometers (6.235 quadrillion US gallons) of fresh water. Lake Superior, by comparison, contains only about 11,600 cubic kilometers (3.065 quadrillion US gallons) of fresh water. In fact, Lake Baikal’s volume actually exceeds the total volume of all five Great Lakes combined (22,810 cubic kilometers, or 6.0 quadrillion U.S. gallons of fresh water). _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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Lake Erie, the scene of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s September 1813 triumph over a Royal Navy squadron during the War of 1812, is the shallowest of the Great Lakes. > **[Battle of Lake Erie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Erie)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > 540 men > 1,536 lb broadside > 450 men > 804 lb total broadside ---
**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:** [November 8, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2470 "2020-11-08T19:33:02Z")
In the _Superman_ comic books, Perry White is the editor-in-chief of the _Daily Planet_ newspaper, and thus the boss of reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Perry White has been featured in many adaptations of Superman to other media, and has been portrayed by a large number of actors, including John Hamilton (in the 1950s radio and TV series), Jackie Cooper (in the 1970s and 1980s movies with Christopher Reeve), Lane Smith (in the TV series _Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman_), George Dzundza (in the 1990s _Superman: The Animated Series_), Michael McKean (in the TV series _Smallville_), Frank Langella (in the film _Superman Returns_), and Lawrence Fishburne (in the films _Man of Steel_ and _Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice_). ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2471 "2020-11-09T02:37:34Z")
perry White’s counterpart over at Captain Marvel was Mr. Morris, the manager of WHIZ radio, where Billy Batson was a cub reporter. Just a few months before Captain Marvel made his first DC appearance, real-life .WALR in Zaneaville, Ohio. changed it’s call sign to WHIZ ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2472 "2020-11-09T03:20:11Z")
Morris the Cat is the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food, appearing on its packaging and in many of its television commercials. Morris, a finicky tabby tomcat, first appeared in television commercials in 1969. The original Morris was featured in 58 commercials between 1969 and 1978. A total of three cats have played Morris the Cat. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2473 "2020-11-09T10:17:54Z")
The Puma genus has only one recognized species, Puma concolor, a large member of the cat family. The species is known by many localized variants of common name, including puma, cougar, mountain lion and catamount . The panther is a different genus, absent in North America, but the Florida panther is a misnomer for the local puma. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2474 "2020-11-09T19:40:22Z")
There a number of American professional sports teams named after members of the cat family. This list includes the Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Tigers, Charlotte Bobcats, Florida Panthers, and the Minnesota Lynx. Additionally, the Nashville Predators have a saber-tooth tiger as their mascot. (There may be others, but I can’t think of any more.) ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2475 "2020-11-09T19:50:44Z")
The NFL’s Detroit Lions began play in 1928 as the Portsmouth Spartans, based in a small city in southern Ohio, on the Ohio River. The Spartans joined the National Football League in 1930, and although they were fairly successful on the field, the Great Depression threatened the team’s solvency. In 1934, the team was purchased by George A. Richards, who was the owner of Detroit radio station WJR; Richards moved the team to Detroit, and renamed them the Lions, to compliment the city’s American League baseball team, the Tigers. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2476 "2020-11-09T23:44:03Z")
The Detroit Lions are one of four teams to have never appeared in a Super Bowl. The other three are the Cleveland Browns, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Houston Texans. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2477 "2020-11-10T00:37:56Z")
The CFL trophy is the Grey Cup. In Canada, players drink champagne from cups, not bowls. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2478 "2020-11-10T01:33:59Z")
In December 1909 Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey and Governor General of Canada donated the CFL Championship trophy that would bear his name. Grey died in 1917, and in 1963 he was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame for his contributions to the game. In the US we drink coffee from cups. When we win championships we drink the champagne directly from the bottle. And we also spray it all over the place. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2479 "2020-11-10T01:41:06Z")
The Canadian Football League was formed in 1958, by the merger of two interprovincial football leagues: the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (a.k.a. “Big Four”) and the Western Interprovincial Football Union. These became the East Division and West Division of the CFL, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2480 "2020-11-10T01:44:58Z")
The 1958 Canadian federal election resulted in the largest government by seat numbers in history to that point: 208 seats in a Commons with 265 seats. The difference between the government and opposition (151 seats) remains the largest government majority. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2481 "2020-11-10T02:26:44Z")
After bringing Newfoundland into Canada, in 1949, Premier Joseph Smallwood won his first six elections with majorities that were never less than 33-8, and once it was 38-3. ---
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Newfoundland and Labrador are quite large. To drive a “loop” around them would take roughly 4,000 miles (6,500 km), as per these maps: [Google Maps](https://is.gd/D2E7pc) \< map, 2,400 miles driving a “loop” around Newfoundland Island [Google Maps](https://is.gd/OT2BQD) \< map, 1,600 miles driving a “loop” around Newfoundland and Labrador Such a drive would take you through the town of Dildo, NL. At the west end of this drive, at Fermont QC, you would be near the 'Eye of Quebec" [Google Maps](https://is.gd/PhqXYU) \< map, 160 miles from Fermont QC to the Eye of Quebec. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2483 "2020-11-10T02:51:39Z")
Journalist George Plimpton wrote numerous books and articles in a style of “participatory journalism,” in which he chronicled a sport by participating in it. One of his best-known books was _Paper Lion_, which detailed his participation in training camp with the Detroit Lions in 1963, and played quarterback in a preseason game. Although Lions’ management knew that Plimpton was a journalist, the team’s players were initially told that Plimpton was actually trying out for the team – his cover story to the players was that he had played quarterback for a Canadian team, the Newfoundland Newfs (which did not actually exist). The book was later adapted into a movie in 1968, with Alan Alda portraying Plimpton. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2484 "2020-11-10T10:41:55Z")
Plimpton also pranked the public with an article in the April 1 edition ot Sports Illustrated. in 1985. It claimed that the New York Mets were about to unveil pitcher Sidd Finch, a British orphan who had learned in Tibet to throw a baseball 168 mph. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=125)