# 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:** 310
**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, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6188 "2022-11-10T21:38:26Z")
_Pacific Rim_ is a 2013 science-fiction film, depicting a future in which humans pilot large robotic war machines (_mecha_) to combat an invasion of _kaiju_ (giant extraplanar monsters) which are threatening the Earth. The film starred Charlie Hunnam as mecha pilot Raleigh Becket, and Idris Elba as Major Stacker **Pentecost** , the commander of the mecha crews. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6189 "2022-11-10T21:51:28Z")
_A True Story_, aka _True History_ is a novel written by Lucian of Samosata in 200 AD, and is considered the first example of science fiction with its descriptions of space travel, aliens lifeforms, and interplanetary warfare. ---
**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, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6190 "2022-11-10T21:51:46Z")
Ninja’d. Edited, bolded below. The Pacific Ring of Fire is a tectonic region around the perimeter of the Pacific Ocean from plate tectonics. The ring corresponds roughly where the Pacific Plate meets continental plates and results in volcanoes, trenches, and frequent earthquakes. The ring of fire contains roughly two-thirds of the world’s volcanoes that have been active in the current geological epoch, the Holocene, which began in 9,700 BC **in history (BC, not AD).** [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Pacific\_Ring\_of\_Fire.svg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire.svg) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Pazifische_platte.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Pazifische_platte.png) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6191 "2022-11-11T16:44:04Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Ninja’d. Edited, bolded below. My apologies. I saw your avatar as I was posting, and wasn’t aware of the reason. Rookie mistake #2. And basing on your avatar, let me say thank you for your service. “Ring of Fire” is a song written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore. The single appears on Cash’s 1963 album, _Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash_. It has been covered by other artists such as Eric Burdon & the Animals and Alan Jackson. (Cash recorded another version in 1988.) In a further bit of trivia: Billy Bob Thornton recorded his interpretation with Earl Scruggs on banjo. June Carter Cash has stated the song was inspired by a line from a book of Elizabethan poetry. June’s sister, Anita Carter, originally recorded the song in 1963 on _Folk Songs Old and New_ as “(Love’s) Ring of Fire.” ---
**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 11, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6192 "2022-11-11T17:00:32Z")
It’s okay. No worries. It happens and it’s part of the game. When it happens we just fix the post, or delete it like I recently did not too long ago. And, thank you. ---
**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 11, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6193 "2022-11-11T17:08:54Z")
In play: the deepest manage reservoir east of the Mississippi is Carters Lake in north central Georgia. At 450’ deep, it is also the deepest lake in Georgia. It is created by Carters Dam on the Coosawattee River. The lake has 62 miles of shoreline without any private docks or other development. ---
**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, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6194 "2022-11-11T17:48:59Z")
Carter’s Little Liver Pills (later renamed “Carter’s Little Pills”) were originally a patent medicine, introduced in 1868 by Samuel J. Carter. The product was originally positioned as a cure for a range of ills, including headache, constipation, dyspepsia, and biliousness. In 1959, the name was changed, removing the word “liver” (which the Federal Trade Commission felt to be deceptive), and it was reformulated, with the active ingredient changed to bisacodyl (a laxative). Carter’s Little Pills are still marketed today, specifically as a laxative. ---
**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, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6195 "2022-11-11T18:11:04Z")
At the present time, there are five living former US Presidents: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barak Obama, and Donald Trump. This is the fifth time in history that this has occurred, four of which have happened since 1993. 1993-1994: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush Nixon died in April of 1994. 2001-2004: Ford, Carter, Reagan, H.W. Bush, Clinton Reagan died in June of 2004. 2017-2018: Carter, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama George H.W. Bush died in November of 2018 ---
**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 11, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6196 "2022-11-11T18:17:05Z")
Jimmy Carter, born in 1924, is 98 years old today. He served in the Navy and he earned the Submarine Warfare Insignia badge for his service aboard submarines. This badge is nicknamed the dolphin badge. ---
**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, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6197 "2022-11-11T18:38:38Z")
Mary Queen of Scots was married in her youth to the Dauphin of France. In England at the time, “dauphin” was sometimes spelt or pronounced “dolphin”. [Got Mary into the right thread after Bulitt ! 😀 ) ---
**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, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6198 "2022-11-11T22:41:09Z")
The Dauphin was the heir apparent to the throne of France before the French Revolution, and when the monarchy was briefly restored from 1824-1830. His heraldic symbol actually was a stylized dolphin. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6199 "2022-11-12T19:46:17Z")
_Flipper_ was a television program broadcast on NBC from 1964 until 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the pet of Porter Ricks, chief warden at Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve (a fictional version of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, Florida) and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an “aquatic _Lassie_”, and a considerable amount of children’s merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first run. ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6200 "2022-11-13T03:47:23Z")
In _Flipper_, … Porter Ricks was played by Brian Kelly. Kelly was born in 1931 and he died in 2005, just 2 days short of his 74th birthday. Sandy Ricks was played by Luke Halpin. Halpin, Born in 1947, is 75 years old today. Bud Ricks was played by Tommy Norden. Norden, born in 1952, is 70 years old today. ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6201 "2022-11-13T04:04:30Z")
Graham Chapman played the title character, Brian Cohen, in the 1979 Biblical comedy film _Monty Python’s Life of Brian,_ as well as Pontius Pilate (Michael Palin)’s fwiend, er, friend from Wome - dammit! - Rome, Biggus Dickus. ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6202 "2022-11-13T04:23:09Z")
“Chapman” was a name for an itinerant peddler in Elizabethan times. “Chap” is cognate to “cheap”. The term is found in the [1611 edition of the King James version](https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1611_2-Chronicles-Chapter-9/#14): > Besides that which chapmen and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia, and gouernours of the countrie, brought gold and siluer to Solomon. ---
**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 13, 2022, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6203 "2022-11-13T07:20:52Z")
Johnny Appleseed was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Ontario, as well as the northern counties of present-day West Virginia. He became an American legend while still alive, due to his kind, generous ways, his leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance he attributed to apples. Johnny Appleseed is his nickname. His true name was John Chapman and he lived from 1774 to 1845. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6204 "2022-11-13T15:51:14Z")
“When Johnny Comes Marching Home” is a popular song from the US Civil War, written by Patrick Gilmore in 1863. For reasons not known, Gilmore chose to publish under the name “Louis Lambert.” The song was immensely popular and sung by both sides of the conflict. ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6205 "2022-11-13T16:14:23Z")
Although the US Civil War officially ended on April 9, 1865, the last battle of that war took place a month later in Texas. The Battle of Palmito Hill, fought on the banks of the Rio Grande in extreme southern Texas, happened on May 12 and 13, 1865. The result of the skirmish was a Confederate victory. ---
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The London embassy for the Republic of Texas was at 4 St. James Place. There was an outstanding rent due until paid off in 1986. ---
**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 13, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/6207 "2022-11-13T17:41:49Z")
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