# 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:** 125
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2485 "2020-11-10T14:46:28Z")
In their ad campaign in the early 1980’s, Mattel used George Plimpton to promote their Intellivision home video game system. ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2486 "2020-11-10T15:13:03Z")
Mattel was founded in 1945, selling picture frames and dollhouse furniture. In 1947, the company had its first hit toy, a ukulele called “Uke-A-Doodle”. ---
**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, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2487 "2020-11-10T18:10:20Z")
Mattel introduced Hot Wheels cars in 1968.There were sixteen car castings released on May 18, 1968. The very first one was a custom Chevrolet Camaro. ---
**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, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2488 "2020-11-10T18:19:19Z")
Many of the early Hot Wheels models were created by actual automotive designers, including Harry Bradley (a former GM designer who designed eleven of the original sixteen models), Ira Gilford (a Chrysler designer), and Howard Rees and Larry Wood (both of whom worked at Ford). ---
**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2489 "2020-11-10T18:23:33Z")
Hot Wheels designer Larry Wood once put his real telephone number on the side of a Hot Wheels tow truck. According to thrillist, [Things You Didn't Know About Hot Wheels History, Facts and Trivia - Thrillist](https://www.thrillist.com/cars/16-things-you-didn-t-know-about-hot-wheels-history-facts-and-trivia). ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2490 "2020-11-10T19:24:32Z")
When Garry Trudeau put the main White House telephone number in a panel of his long-running cartoon strip _Doonesbury_ during the Reagan Administration, the switchboard lit up with calls from across the country. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2491 "2020-11-11T01:14:21Z")
Carol Burnett came to national attention as part of the cast of _The Garry Moore Show._ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2492 "2020-11-11T02:02:56Z")
Handwritten drafts of _A Christmas Carol_ show that Charles Dickens considered the names Small Sam, Little Larry and Puny Pete before deciding on Tiny Tim. ---
**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 11, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2493 "2020-11-11T02:21:12Z")
The first use of the phrase ‘what the dickens’ appears to be in the Shakespearean play _The Merry Wives of Windsor_. “I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.” ‘Dickens’ may be a euphemism for the Devil. ---
**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 11, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2494 "2020-11-11T02:50:57Z")
There is a legend that Shakespeare wrote _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ in response to a request from Queen Elizabeth that he “show the fat knight in love.” ---
**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 11, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2495 "2020-11-11T03:06:43Z")
The Falstaff Brewing Corporation, based in St. Louis, was named for Sir John Falstaff, a character who appears in three of William Shakespeare’s plays (_Henry IV, Part 1_; _Henry IV, Part 2_; _The Merry Wives of Windsor_). Best known for its signature Falstaff Beer, Falstaff Brewing was the third-largest brewer in the U.S. in the 1960s, but after a disastrous attempt to purchase Narragansett Brewing, Falstaff went into decline. The Falstaff brand eventually became owned by Pabst, which brewed Falstaff until finally discontinuing it in 2005. ---
**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 11, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2496 "2020-11-11T03:18:45Z")
Upon becoming King, Prince Hal disowns Falstaff: “I know thee not, old man, fall to thy prayers”. He gives orders to the Lord Chief Justice that Falstaff be imprisoned in the Fleet. It is a harsh picture of Hal becoming Henry V, and accepting the responsibilities of kingship. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2497 "2020-11-11T10:34:25Z")
In the 50’s, Dizzy Dean did baseball telecasts sponsired by Fallstaff, in which would a do live ad , holdiing up a prop bottle. from the booth. By the 8th inning, the bottle had no cap – they had none left with caps. ---
**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 11, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2498 "2020-11-11T14:36:05Z")
In my early drinking days, Falstaff was not high on my list of beers that I liked. In play: Dizzy Dean was one of baseball’s all-time most colorful players. In May of 1937, before a game against the Boston Bees, Dean made a bet that he would strike out Vince DiMaggio four times. He struck him out his first three at-bats, but, in his fourth at-bat, DiMaggio hit a foul pop-up behind the plate. Dean screamed at the catcher to drop the ball. The catcher did so, and Dean proceeded to strike out DiMaggio for the fourth time. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2499 "2020-11-11T21:54:01Z")
Howard Dean, a physician and lieutenant governor of Vermont in August 1991, was with a patient when he got the call that Gov. Dick Snelling had died unexpectedly and that he had become the state’s chief executive. ---
**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 12, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2500 "2020-11-12T15:10:28Z")
Howard University in Washington DC was named for Army General and Union General Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909). Howard was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Fair Oaks/Seven Pines in June 1862. In that battle Howard lost his right arm. Oliver Otis Howard died in Burlington VT and is buried there. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2501 "2020-11-12T15:16:48Z")
Montpelier, Vermont, is the smallest state capital, and as recently as a few years ago was the only one that did not have a McDonald’s within city limits. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2502 "2020-11-12T15:28:19Z")
McDonald’s is the world’s largest toy distributor, giving out over 1.5 billion toys annually around the world. ---
**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 12, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2503 "2020-11-12T15:57:56Z")
With over 38,000 locations, McDonald’s has the second-most number of restaurants worldwide. Number one on the list is Subway, with over 42,000 locations. Starbucks is third with over 31,000. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2504 "2020-11-12T19:38:25Z")
Starbuck (in the original Battlestar Galactica) met his father, the con-man Chameleon but Chameleon withheld the paternity test results from Starbuck allowing him to believe they were unrelated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=124) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=126)