# 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:** 375
**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 20, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7488 "2023-08-20T06:26:48Z")
Robert Van Winkle, better known by his stage name, Vanilla Ice, is a rapper and television host. He rose to fame in 1990, on the strength of his song, “Ice Ice Baby,” which was an international hit, and the first hip hop song to reach #1 on the mainstream U.S. Billboard chart – however, the song was the subject of a plagiarism lawsuit (which was settled out of court) due to its sampling of the bass riff from “Under Pressure,” by Queen and David Bowie. In more recent years, he has hosted “The Vanilla Ice Project,” a home-renovation reality television series. ---
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Blood **pressure** is most commonly measured in a brachial artery. Systolic pressure is the maximum pressure during one heartbeat, and diastolic pressure is the minimum pressure between two heartbeats. Persistent hypertension is one of the risk factors for strokes, heart attacks, heart failure, and arterial aneurysms, and is the leading cause of chronic kidney failure. ---
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Orthostatic hypo **tension** is that feeling you get when you get lightheaded when you stand up quickly. It’s caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7491 "2023-08-20T18:17:48Z")
All, deleteme. I need to post after the last one. (Sry) ---
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Not in play: > [@knoodler](#): > > that’s an impressive list of distilleries. One wonders if it’s feasible to visit all in a single day. I wondered the same thing, so I spent (too much) time on Google Maps. If one would start at Clermont, then proceed to Bardstown, then Loretto, then Lebanon, then Lawrenceburg, then Lexington, then Versailles, then Frankfort, then Shelbyville, then Louisville, and finally to Owensboro, one would cover a distance of about 320 miles. The trip would take about 6 1/2 hours, which does not include stops. So you could ‘see’ all the distilleries in a day, but not visit all of them. In play: The scientific name for the blood pressure monitor or gauge is the sphygmomanometer. It was first invented by an Austrian, Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von Basch in the year 1881. ---
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Thelma Ritter received more nominations in the Best Supporting Actress category of the Academy Awards than anyone else, but never won one. She did win a Tony and an Emmy. ---
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Starfleet Academy appeared in several _Star Trek_ series over the years, but never in the original show. It was located on the southeastern side of San Francisco Bay, with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge. ---
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The Golden Gate Bridge has been depicted as being destroyed in a number of films, including _Superman_ (1978), _The Core_ (2003), _X-Men: The Last Stand_ (2006), _Pacific Rim_ (2013), _Godzilla_ (2014), _San Andreas_ (2015), and _Terminator Genisys_ (2015). ---
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The Golden Gate Bridge was also mentioned as having been badly damaged if not destroyed in the novels _On the Beach_ (due to a nearby nuclear strike) and _Logan’s World_ (due to a major earthquake). ---
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In between the time we first see John Spartan in the film _Demolition Man_ and the time he’s thawed out, his wife is killed in “The Big One” of 2010, a terrible earthquake. ---
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John F. Kennedy confided to friends that, after leaving the White House, he wanted to write, teach and perhaps return to the U.S. Senate. ---
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SPQR is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase _Senatus Populusque Romanus_, literally “the Senate and the Roman people”, referring to the government of the ancient Roman republic. In contemporary usage, SPQR is still seen in the municipal coat of arms of Rome. ---
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There have been 33 US Marines who have ever served in the Senate, and two of those have been from California: 1983–1991 — Pete Wilson (R-CA) 1991–1992 — John Seymour (R-CA) The earliest was: 1940–1949 — Charles W. Brooks (R-IL) Three are currently serving: 2011–present — Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) 2015–present — Dan Sullivan (R-AK) 2017–present — Todd Young (R-IN) > **[U.S. Senate: Marines in the Senate](https://www.senate.gov/senators/MarinesintheSenate.htm)** > > Marines in the Senate ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7502 "2023-08-21T14:45:20Z")
James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States, is the only president with military experience who was not an officer. He served as a private in the War of 1812. ---
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_Welcome Back, Kotter_ was an American television sitcom, which ran from 1975 until 1979. It starred Gabe Kaplan as Gabe Kotter, a high school teacher assigned to his alma mater, James Buchanan High School in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, where he taught a remedial class for a group of low-achieving students, known as the “Sweathogs.” John Travolta played one of the Sweathogs, Vinnie Barbarino, in what became his breakout acting role. ---
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_Welcome Back, Kotter_ ran during the administrations of Gerald R. Ford, Republican of Michigan, and Jimmy Carter, Democrat of Georgia. ---
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While attending the US Naval Academy, Jimmy Carter played on the sprint football team. Sprint football rules are the same as standard American football, the exception being that players must weigh 178 pounds or less, and have a minimum of 5% body fat to be eligible to play. There are currently 16 institutions offering the sport at the varsity level, including the US Naval Academy and the US Military Academy. ---
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The first college football game between Army and Navy was on November 29, 1890. The Navy Midshipmen beat the Army Black Knights, 24-0. In 123 contests, Navy leads 62–54–7. ---
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President John F. Kennedy attended one Army-Navy game. Although a Navy vet, he switched seats to the opposite side of the stadium at halftime to show his impartiality as Commander-in-Chief. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=374) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=376)