# 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:** 136
**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:** [December 9, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2705 "2020-12-09T19:40:26Z")
Erin Moran (Joanie on Happy Days) was in Daktari in its final season as the 8 year old girl, Jenny Jones. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2706 "2020-12-10T01:31:54Z")
Actress Erin Gray, who is best-known for her roles in the television series _Buck Rogers in the 25th Century_ and _Silver Spoons_, started out as a model before beginning her acting career. She was a swimsuit model in the 1969 _Sports Illustrated_ Swimsuit Issue. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7a/43/b8/7a43b8bbd450613f0376614b81bca7a4.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7a/43/b8/7a43b8bbd450613f0376614b81bca7a4.jpg) ---
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Erin Gray majored in mathematics at UCLA, but she never finished her degree. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2708 "2020-12-10T15:54:54Z")
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) opened in1882 as the Los Angeles branch of the California State Normal School, a teachers college. In 1919 it transitioned to the Southern Branch of the University of California, the second campus (after UC Berkeley) in that system. In 1927, it was renamed to the University of California at Los Angeles. The ‘at’ in the name was replaced by a comma in 1958. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2709 "2020-12-10T17:17:24Z")
Madame Tussauds, founded in 1835, is a wax museum in London, and it has smaller wax museums in cities around the world. It used to be spelled with an apostrophe, but that is no longer used. Madame Tussauds Hollywood is the only American location featuring an entire section devoted to MARVEL characters. [Google Maps](https://is.gd/ff12tM) \< map, Madame Tussauds Hollywood, in Los Angeles (area) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2710 "2020-12-11T00:01:41Z")
During the final week of August 1835, a long article appeared in serial form on the front page of the New York Sun. Known collectively as “The Great Moon Hoax,” the articles were supposedly reprinted from the Edinburgh Journal of Science. The byline was Dr. Andrew Grant, described as a colleague of Sir John Herschel, a famous astronomer of the day. As Grant described it, Herschel had found evidence of life forms on the moon, including such fantastic animals as unicorns, two-legged beavers and furry, winged humanoids resembling bats. The articles also offered vivid description of the moon’s geography, complete with massive craters, enormous amethyst crystals, rushing rivers and lush vegetation. It was a hoax, of course, written by a New York Sun writer. Herschel was initially amused by the hoax, noting that his own real observations could never be as exciting. He later became annoyed when he had to answer questions from people who believed the hoax was serious. ---
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The television comedy _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ birthed three successful spinoff series, each one focused on a supporting character from the original series: _Rhoda_ (starring Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern), _Phyllis_ (starring Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom), and _Lou Grant_ (starring Ed Asner as the title character). Both _Rhoda_ and _Phyllis_ were, like _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_, multi-camera half-hour situation comedies. _Lou Grant_, on the other hand, was an hour-long, single-camera drama. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2712 "2020-12-11T00:48:10Z")
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977) was set in Minneapolis Minnesota. Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose lived in the fictional town of Frostbite Falls Minnesota. The TV series Fargo (since 2014) was set in Minnesota and North Dakota in its 1st season. The movie Untamed Heart (1993), with Christian Slater and Marisa Tomei, was set in Minneapolis Minnesota. The movie Purple Rain (1984) was filmed almost entirely in Minnesota. Herb Brooks, the head coach of the 1980 US Mens Olympic Ice Hockey team, was the head coach at the University of Minnesota. The lowest point in the entire state of Minnesota is Lake Superior, at 601 feet above sea level. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2713 "2020-12-11T02:30:00Z")
Herb Tarlek once accidentally spray painted his daughter’s frog pink. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2714 "2020-12-11T03:43:52Z")
Herb Tarlek was the sales manager at WKRP, and it was his job to sell advertising air time. Some of his clientele included Shady Hills Rest Home, Gone With the Wind Estates, and Ferryman Funeral Homes. However, his most reliable client was Red Wigglers, the “Cadillac of Worms”. ---
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Shady Side Academy, a prep school in Fox Chapel, just outside of Pittsburgh, Pa., is the alma mater of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. Vilsack served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for all eight years of the Obama Administration, and has now been nominated for the same post again by President-elect Joe Biden. ---
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ninja’ed – disregard _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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In Canada, Agriculture is an area of concurrent legislative jurisdiction between the federal Parliament and the provincial legislatures. ---
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Parliament-Funkadelic (often abbreviated as “P-Funk”) is a rotating collection of musicians under the leadership of funk pioneer George Clinton. Notable members of P-Funk, beyond Clinton, include bassist Bootsy Collins, keyboardist Bernie Worrell, and guitarists Eddie Hazel and Michael Hampton When Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, a total of 16 people were included in the inducted group line-up, the largest single musical group yet to become members of the Hall. ---
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Gus Hall was an American politician, born to Finnish immigrant parents in remote Northern Minnesota. He was the offficial Communist Party candidate for president four times, from 1972 to '84. He lost all four times. ---
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There are approximately five million people who speak Finnish. Most Finnish speakers live in Finland, though some live in Sweden, Estonia, Norway, Russia and North America. Finnish is one of the two official languages in Finland (the other being Swedish) and one of the official languages of the European Union. It also has minority language status in Sweden. ---
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The only time Adolf Hitler, _Fuhrer_ of the German Reich, was recorded speaking informally, he was speaking in June 1942 to Field Marshal Carl Mannerheim, Finland’s top soldier and later its president. > **[Hitler and Mannerheim recording](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_and_Mannerheim_recording)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The Hitler and Mannerheim recording is a recording of a private conversation between Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, and Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces. It took place on a secret visit made to Finland by Hitler to honour Mannerheim's 75th birthday on 4 June 1942, during the Continuation War, a sub-theatre of World War II. Thor Damen, a sound engineer for the Finnish broadcaster Yle... ---
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is Finland’s largest religious body. In fact, over 68% of the population are members of that church. The next largest religion in the country is the Finnish Orthodox Church, but only 1.1% of the population belong to that group. Over 26% of the population has no religious affiliation. ---
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is the largest Lutheran denomination in the U.S., with 3.3 million members in over 9,000 congregations. The ELCA was formed in 1988, by the merger of three Lutheran groups: the American Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Church in America, and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches. ---
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The Church of Norway is Lutheran and is by far the largest Christian church in Norway. It became the state religion of Norway in the year 1020, or about 450 years before Martin Luther was born and about 500 years before the Protestant Reformation began in the year 1517. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=137)