# 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:** 367
**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:** [July 31, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7328 "2023-07-31T17:15:09Z")
_Carter Country_ was a U.S. television sitcom, which aired on ABC for two seasons, from 1977 through 1979. Intended to capitalize on interest in the South stemming from the election of Jimmy Carter as U.S. President in 1976, the show centered on the police department in a small Georgia town (presumably, near Carter’s home town of Plains). It starred Victor French as the police chief, Kene Holliday as a city-bred, college-educated black police sergeant, and Richard Paul as the town’s mayor. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7329 "2023-07-31T18:19:10Z")
Kene Holliday’s actual first name is Kenneth. After _Carter Country_ was cancelled, the actor was part of the cast of _Matlock_ for four years. Allegedly fired for substance abuse, he has since become a traveling evangelist. His last showbiz credit was in 2009, for a character voiced on the videogame _Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City._ He is now 74. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7330 "2023-07-31T21:33:46Z")
_Matlock_ is being rebooted, with Kathy Bates now playing the main character. The Andy Griffith _Matlock_ exists as a TV series in that universe ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7331 "2023-08-01T14:29:03Z")
Andy Griffith used his home-spun country persona in a commercial for AT&T. This was when the federal government forced Bell Systems (“Ma Bell”) to divest itself of its local service, ending a monopoly and allowing entry of several competing phone companies. Many landline users were fearful of losing local phone service; Griffith’s calm demeanor reassured folks they didn’t have to do anything, the local “Baby Bell” phone system would be available for them to use. Sorry @Bullitt I didn’t see 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:** [August 1, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7332 "2023-08-01T14:29:04Z")
The _Andy Griffith Show_ TV series ended in 1968 while still at the top of the Nielsen’s Ratings. It is one of only three shows to have done so, along with _I Love Lucy_ (1951) and _Seinfeld_ (1989). ETA — ninja’d, but it still works! ETA2 — don’t worry about it, @knoodler, it’s all good! ---
**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:** [August 1, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7333 "2023-08-01T14:40:58Z")
Arthur Nielsen Sr. was a pioneering market researcher, and founder of the A.C. Nielsen Company, known for providing viewership ratings for U.S. television programs. Arthur Nielsen attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received a degree in electrical engineering. He was also captain of the school’s tennis team, and the university’s tennis stadium is named for him. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7334 "2023-08-01T17:06:42Z")
The first Nielsen television ratings were begun in 1950. The highest rated TV show for 1950-1951 was _Texaco Star Theater_. The next season the top spot was held by _Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts_. The following three seasons the top-rated show was _I Love Lucy_. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7335 "2023-08-01T17:20:58Z")
Actor and comedian Leslie Nielsen was legally deaf and wore hearing aids most of his life. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7336 "2023-08-01T19:49:45Z")
Before his deadpan comedy breakthrough as a doctor in _Airplane!_, Leslie Nielsen played a very serious pair of captains - of a starship and an ocean liner, respectively - in _Forbidden Planet_ and _The Poseidon Adventure._ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7337 "2023-08-02T05:03:54Z")
Leslie Nielsen was notorious for keeping his fellow actors (and even the directors) on their toes by concealing and manipulating a whoopee cushion, making farting noises with it at unexpected times, often cracking the whole cast and crew up. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2023, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7338 "2023-08-02T06:27:49Z")
The same person who was responsible for overseeing the construction of the Pentagon in the early 1940s also directed the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb: General Leslie (Dick) Groves. In August 1941, Groves was appointed to create the Pentagon. In September 1942, Groves took charge of the Manhattan Project. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7339 "2023-08-02T20:06:01Z")
Matt Damon plays Gen. Leslie Groves, military head of the Manhattan Project, in the current hit biopic _Oppenheimer_ despite not looking all that much like the character. > **[Leslie Groves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Groves)** > > Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. > The son of a U.S. Army chaplain, Groves lived at various Army posts during his childhood. In 1918, he graduated fourth in his class at the United States Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned into the United St... ---
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Paul Newman looked better in _Fat Man and Little Boy_. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7341 "2023-08-03T03:07:28Z")
_Not sure if that last post was meant to be trivia so next poster take your pick of these two._ General Groves’s codename during the Manhattan Project was 99 based on how he signed his initials. General Stanley Newman, the last man to shot down a Nazi plane in World War 2 died at age 99. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7342 "2023-08-03T10:25:46Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > _Not sure if that last post was meant to be trivia so next poster take your pick of these two._ > **General Groves’s codename during the Manhattan Project was 99 based on how he signed his initials.** > General Stanley Newman, the last man to shot down a Nazi plane in World War 2 died at age 99. Bolding mine. Got a cite for the 99 code name for Groves? I’ve searched but could not find that. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7343 "2023-08-03T13:46:57Z")
It may incite rolling of eyes, but “99 Bottles of Beer (On the Wall)” is one of the most popular road trip songs. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7344 "2023-08-03T14:29:28Z")
American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd has collected dozens of variants of “99 Bottles of Beer” inspired by mathematical concepts and written by himself and others, including “Infinity bottles of beer on the wall”. If one bottle is taken down, there are still infinite bottles of beer on the wall. This variant thus creates an unending sequence much like “The Song That Never Ends”. And @knoodler, please stop rolling your eyes. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7345 "2023-08-03T14:41:23Z")
🙄🙄🙄🙄😉 ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7346 "2023-08-03T16:37:39Z")
_The Codebreakers_ by David Kahn In play: The main difference between a trumpet and a cornet is that a trumpet has a cylindrical bore while a cornet had a conical one. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7347 "2023-08-03T16:58:55Z")
Jazz musician Chuck Mangione is known for playing the flugelhorn: a brass instrument which is similar to the cornet, but has an even wider, more conical bore. Mangione is best known for his 1977 hit, “Feels So Good.” He also had a recurring role on the animated comedy series _King of the Hill_, in which he played a fictionalized version of himself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=366) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=368)