# 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:** 145
**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 31, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2885 "2020-12-31T06:59:49Z")
Country music legend Marty Robbins was also a NASCAR driver. He began driving in the NASCAR Cup Series circuit (which was then known as the Grand National Division) in 1966, using his earnings from his music career to fund his racing. Robbins’ schedule, as a a touring and recording musician, did not permit him to race full-time, but he did compete in 35 races from 1966 through 1982, with six top-ten finishes. His final race was the Atlanta Journal 500 in November, 1982, just a month before he died from heart disease. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2886 "2020-12-31T09:54:13Z")
Pop singer Don Cherry hit the charts in 1955 with his song “Band of Gold” hitting Number 4 on the Charts. Five years later, Cherry was in contention to win the 1960 U.S. Open Golf title before eventually finishing tied for ninth along with Ben Hogan, four strokes behind winner Arnold Palmer. ---
**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 31, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2887 "2020-12-31T15:26:32Z")
A maraschino cherry is preserved and sweetened cherry, made from one of a number of light-colored sweet cherry varieties. They are made by first being soaked in a brine solution containing sulfur dioxide and calcium chloride to bleach and preserve the fruit, and then are soaked in food coloring and sugar syrup. ---
**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 31, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2888 "2020-12-31T15:29:52Z")
Don Cherry lost his long-time gig on Coach’s Corner on Hockey Night in Canada, after saying that immigrants, “you people”, don’t wear Remembrance poppies in November. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2889 "2020-12-31T16:16:15Z")
When Adolph Hitler outlawed Freemasonry in Germany, members went from wearing the traditional square and compass to wearing forget-me-nots instead. To this day the forget-me-not is a symbol of German Freemasonry and for those that know the story, it has become a symbol worldwide. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2890 "2020-12-31T17:38:39Z")
U.S. presidents George Washington, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, James Polk, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, James Garfield, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Warren Harding, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and Gerald Ford are all known to have been Freemasons. ---
**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 31, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2891 "2020-12-31T20:28:05Z")
William Howard Taft is the only person to have served both as President of the United States and Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. However, contrary to popular legend, there is no evidence to suggest that the portly Taft ever actually became stuck in the White House’s bathtub. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2892 "2021-01-01T00:04:02Z")
John Rutledge held the post of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the shortest time in it’s history. He was appointed as a recess appointment by George Washington and took the oath of office on August 12th, 1795 while Congress was not in session. Upon the Congress returning, they rejected his appointment and he was out of the position on December 28th of the same year, a period of 138 days. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2893 "2021-01-01T20:19:27Z")
The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the first Supreme Court, with six Justices. In 1801, the number of justices was reduced to five, but it was soon changed back to six. In 1807, the number was increased to seven; in 1837, increased to nine; and in 1863, the number was briefly set at ten. The number was reduced back to nine in 1869, and it has remained at that figure ever since. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2894 "2021-01-01T21:24:35Z")
The Supreme Court of Canada was established in 1875, eight years after the passage of the _Constitution Act, 1867_. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2895 "2021-01-02T03:22:50Z")
George Selkirk was one of the few players to play in five straight World Series, as the Yankees right fielder. He hit only 107 home runs in his career, but in 1936, he became the first Canadian to homer in a World Series. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2896 "2021-01-02T03:45:51Z")
Alexander Selkirk was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway after being marooned by his captain on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean. He actually had asked off the vessel, as he thought it un-seaworthy, and the Captain, much to Selkirk’s surprise, marooned him. Selkirk was correct, the ship later foundered and endured a harsh captivity by the Spanish. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2897 "2021-01-02T03:51:45Z")
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, established a Scottish settlement in the Red River area (now Manitoba), in the early 1800s, to try to provide an outlet for Scottish crofters who were forced off their land in the Highland Clearances. ---
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George Henry Thomas, a former instructor at West Point, was one of the highest-ranked Virginians in the U.S. Army to remain loyal to the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. By the end of the war he was a major general and the highest-ranked Southerner in the entire Army. He died in 1870 in San Francisco, never having written his memoirs, which later had the unfortunate effect of leaving him somewhat more obscure than most of the successful generals of the war. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2899 "2021-01-02T05:29:02Z")
When George III died in 1820, the colonial Legislature of Lower Canada was dissolved under the doctrine of the demise of the Crown. It had been recently elected and sat for a total of ten days. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2900 "2021-01-02T05:39:16Z")
_The Madness of King George_ is a 1994 film, adapted from the 1991 play _The Madness of George III_. Both works depict the latter portion of the reign of King George III of Great Britain, his deteriorating mental health, and the Regency Crisis of 1788-89. Nigel Hawthorne portrayed George III in both the play and the film – he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for the film (and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor), and the Olivier Award for Best Actor for the play. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2901 "2021-01-02T05:49:13Z")
The “III” was dropped from the movie title because there was a concern that people would consider the movie to be the third in a series and they hadn’t seen _The Madness of King George_ and _The Madness of King George Returns_. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2902 "2021-01-02T05:53:44Z")
Not in play: > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > _The Madness of King George Returns_ . (Also known as _The Madness of King George II: Electric Boogaloo_ 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/2903 "2021-01-02T10:56:13Z")
George Hamilton IV had a brief career as a teen heartthrob, makint the chartts with “A Rose and a Baby Ruth” He then switched to country, and appeared as a regular on Grand Ole Opry for over 50 years. The “IV” was part of his legal birth name. ---
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The Rose Bowl football game, which is usually played in California, was moved this year to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, due to COVID-19 Restrictions. This is not the first time the Bowl game has been moved from California, in 1942 the Bowl was played in Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina due to concerns about World War II. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=144) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=146)