# 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:** 388
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7748 "2023-09-23T14:14:59Z")
The full name of Britain’s Prince Harry is Henry Charles Albert David. He is currently fifth in line to the throne, behind his older brother William, and William’s children George, Charlotte, and Louis. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7749 "2023-09-23T15:11:37Z")
Prince William’s full name Is William Arthur Phillip Louis, making his initials WAPL. This also happens to be the call letters of a rock music radio station in Appleton, Wisconsin (“The Rockin’ Apple”), and upon William’s birth in 1982, the radio station sent a gift package of promotional merchandise (t-shirts, bumper stickers, etc.) to the newborn royal, who shared their initials. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7750 "2023-09-23T15:17:10Z")
The song “Heard It on the X” by ZZ Top (1975) is a tribute to the “Border Blaster” radio stations in Mexico, specifically the two that were run by the famous disc jockey Wolfman Jack, XERF in Via Acuna, (near Del Rio, Texas), and XERB, (in Rosarito Beach near Tijuana). Mexican radio stations did not have to adhere to the power limits of US stations, which gave them the ability to pump their signal well into the States. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7751 "2023-09-24T04:00:04Z")
Legendary Sixties DJ Wolfman Jack is heard throughout the 1973 George Lucas-directed film _American Graffiti_, listened to on the radio by various characters, and played himself in a single scene. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7752 "2023-09-24T04:25:41Z")
George Lucas gave the Wolfman a fraction of a point in the profits from _American Graffiti_, which gave him a steady income for the rest of his life. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7753 "2023-09-24T04:36:31Z")
Two rock songs from 1974, both of which reached the Billboard Top 10, either featured, or alluded to, famous disk jockey Wolfman Jack: - The Guess Who’s “Clap for the Wolfman” was an homage to Wolfman Jack, and featured spoken lines by him, interspersed with the song’s lyrics. - Sugarloaf’s “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” contained a line, “Remember the all-night creature from Stereo 92?” The words “from Stereo 92” were spoken by DJ Ken Griffin, impersonating Wolfman Jack’s raspy voice. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7754 "2023-09-24T05:08:55Z")
In the _This is America, Charlie Brown_ episode “The NASA Space Station”, Charlie Brown relays a message from Snoopy to Mission Control for broadcast to the world during a spacewalk: “This is just one small paw for the U.S.A., but one big bark for mankind.” Mission Control replies, “Next time, don’t call us; we’ll call you.” ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7755 "2023-09-24T08:34:12Z")
For the Apollo 10 mission, NASA assigned the Command Module the call sign/nickname “Charlie Brown”, and the Lunar Excursion Module (or LEM) was given the call sign/nickname “Snoopy” _ **-“BB”-** _. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7756 "2023-09-24T08:40:50Z")
In the _Star Trek_ episode “Who Mourns for Adonais”, the _Enterprise_ crew meets someone who identifies himself as the Greek god Apollo, and demands worship from the crew. “I am Apollo!” he boldly announces. “And I am the czar of all the Russias,” Chekov retorts. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7757 "2023-09-24T14:48:06Z")
The starships named _Enterprise_ in the various _Star Trek_ series and movies have included ships of the _NX, Constitution, Excelsior, Ambassador, Galaxy_ and _Sovereign_ classes. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7758 "2023-09-24T15:09:01Z")
Enterprise Rent-A-Car was established in St. Louis, Missouri in 1957 by Jack C. Taylor. Originally known as “Executive Leasing Company,” in 1969, Taylor renamed the company “Enterprise” after the aircraft carrier USS _Enterprise_, on which he served during World War II. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7759 "2023-09-24T22:20:13Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > George Lucas gave the Wolfman a fraction of a point in the profits from _American Graffiti_, which gave him a steady income for the rest of his life. That is very cool. Sadly, the Wolfman died when he was only 57. In play — The first modern Olympics ever held in the United States were held in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904: the Summer Olympics. It was the first time the Olympics were held outside of Europe. The United States won 239 medals — the most ever in a single Olympics. The current three-medal format of gold, silver and bronze for first, second and third place was introduced at these Olympic Games. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7760 "2023-09-24T22:41:07Z")
President Harry S. Truman, Democrat of Missouri, saw to it that the battleship USS _Missouri,_ on the deck of which the Japanese surrendered at the end of World War II, remained on active duty longer than the US Navy wanted it to. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7761 "2023-09-25T02:35:31Z")
Harry R Truman was the former operator of the Mt St Helens Lodge near the shore of Spirit Lake, at the base of Mt St Helens in Washington State, and in all likelihood the first person to perish when the mountain erupted on May 18th, 1980. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7762 "2023-09-25T02:46:04Z")
12 of the 46 US Presidents did not earn a college degree. The first was George Washington; the last was Harry Truman, the 33rd President. Prior to Truman, the last on the list was William McKinley, the 25th President. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7763 "2023-09-25T02:58:00Z")
Not including special sets like the United States President $1 Coin set, ten of the 12 pieces of U.S. currency have pictures of dead presidents on them. The two exceptions are the $10 bill (Alexander Hamilton) and the $100 bill (Benjamin Franklin). ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7764 "2023-09-25T04:02:32Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > ten of the 12 pieces of U.S. currency have pictures of dead presidents on them. The two exceptions are the $10 bill (Alexander Hamilton) and the $100 bill (Benjamin Franklin). The $10,000 bill has Salmon Chase on it who was Governor of Ohio, Senator from Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury and Chief Justice of the United States, but was never president. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7765 "2023-09-25T15:06:57Z")
The “Nixon shock” was a series of economic measures undertaken by US President Richard Nixon in 1971, in response to increasing inflation, the most significant of which were wage and price freezes, surcharges on imports, and the unilateral cancellation of the direct international convertibility of the United States dollar to gold. A year after this event, there was a flood of Federal Reserve Notes issued with the phrase, “Will pay to the bearer on demand” released into circulation. The bills were no longer as valuable to hold beyond being collectible oddities and worth little more than $1 - $5 over their face value. (Today they are worth more, depending on condition of the bill, but not as much as they could be under the gold standard.) ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7766 "2023-09-25T19:31:28Z")
Kudos, **Saint\_Cad** , for getting Chase’s Chief Justice title right! In play: President Richard M. Nixon was a Republican of California. One of his favorite meals was cottage cheese with ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/7767 "2023-09-25T21:47:16Z")
“Shepherd’s pie” and “cottage pie” are terms that have been used interchangeably since they came into use in English cooking in the late 18th century. Some writers insist that a shepherd’s pie should contain lamb or mutton, and a cottage pie, beef. And cottage cheese with ketchup? I have cottage cheese in my fridge right now but I’m not trying that combo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=387) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=389)