# 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:** 416
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8308 "2024-01-16T03:30:48Z")
Leontyne Price was the first African American soprano to receive international acclaim, through her 1955 televised performance of Puccini’s _Tosca_, plus appearances at the San Francisco Opera in _Dialogues des Carmélites_ and _Aida_. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8309 "2024-01-16T16:38:32Z")
Leontyne Price starred in the world premiere of Samuel Barber’s opera _Antony and Cleopatra._ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8310 "2024-01-16T19:02:52Z")
During the 1960s both Vincent Price and Christopher Lee were the top box-office draws for American International Pictures. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8311 "2024-01-16T19:55:08Z")
British actors Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, who often played adversaries in the Hammer horror films, were good friends off-camera. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8312 "2024-01-17T05:11:34Z")
David Prowse, best known for physically portraying Darth Vader in the original _Star Wars_ trilogy, appeared in the Hammer films _The Horror of Frankenstein_, _Vampire Circus_, and _Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell_. In both _Frankenstein_ films, Prowse played the Monster. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8313 "2024-01-17T16:30:19Z")
And David Prowse was Julian the bodyguard in _A Clockwork Orange_. ---
**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 17, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8314 "2024-01-17T17:08:01Z")
The world’s oldest working clock is believed to be the clock in Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England. The clock is thought to date from 1386 and is made of hand-wrought iron. Like other clocks of the era, it has no face and was designed to strike every hour on the hour. It has two mechanisms, both of which must be wound each day. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8315 "2024-01-17T19:17:53Z")
The very first scene of Susanna Clarke’s 2004 fantasy novel _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell_ has Norrell, a British magician or wizard, make the stone figures of York Cathedral speak. ---
**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 17, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8316 "2024-01-17T19:33:36Z")
King George V, former Duke of York, said that the “history of York is the history of England.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8317 "2024-01-17T20:46:21Z")
Meaning much of it is Shambles? The Shambles is a historic street in York, England, featuring preserved medieval buildings, some dating back as far as the 14th century. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8318 "2024-01-17T20:55:50Z")
Off-streets in various medieval British cities were given the name Gropecunt Lane because prostitution was practiced there. Many survived and were given cleaner approximations like Grape Lane or Grove Lane. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8319 "2024-01-18T03:27:02Z")
Grovers Mill, New Jersey, became famous when it was featured in Orson Welles’ _The War of the Worlds_ on October 30, 1938. Scriptwriter Howard Koch selected it after randomly dropping a pencil over a map of New Jersey. ---
**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 18, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8320 "2024-01-18T14:26:11Z")
Koch Industries, based in Wichita, Kansas, is the second-largest privately held company in the United States. Through its numerous subsidiaries, Koch employs 122,000 people worldwide, 62,000 in the US. Koch was founded in 1942 by chemical engineer Fred C. Koch, who developed an innovative oil-refining method. Today, Koch is headed by Charles Koch, second-born son of the founder. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8321 "2024-01-18T21:11:59Z")
Ed Koch was mayor of New York City from 1978-1989. His slogan was “How’m I doing?” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8322 "2024-01-18T22:38:22Z")
Koch lost his bid for a fourth term as NYC’s mayor to David Dinkins. Dinkins would go on to face the Republican challenger, Rudy Giuliani, and defeat him in one of the closest races the city had seen. ---
**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 21, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8323 "2024-01-21T01:03:28Z")
Bill Koch, a native of Vermont, was the first American to earn an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing, winning the silver medal in the 30km event at the 1976 Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8324 "2024-01-21T17:14:09Z")
The 1976 Winter Games were initially awarded to Denver, CO, but voters rejected funding in 1972. For the first (and as yet, only) time a city awarded the Winter Games rejected them. Vancouver, BC, and Salt Lake City, UT, offered to host; the IOC chose Innsbruck instead. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8325 "2024-01-21T20:33:15Z")
3 years before the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck AUT, in February 1961, the entire US figure skating team died in a plane cash on a flight from New York City to Brussels. The team was traveling to the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague. All 18 members of the team perished, as well as 16 others accompanying them, including family members, coaches and skating officials. The team was aboard Sabena Flight 548 which crashed on approach to Brussels Airport killing all 72 people on board and one person on the ground. Sabena or SABENA, Societé anonyme belge d’Exploitation de la Navigation aérienne, was the national airline of Belgium from 1923 to 2001. Sabena 548 was the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 707 in regular passenger service; it happened 28 months after the 707 airliner was placed into commercial use. It remains the deadliest plane crash to occur on Belgian soil. The reigning US ladies’ champion, Laurie Owen, 16, appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated just two days before she perished in the crash. Her mother, Maribel Vinson and also a skater, also perished in the crash. She was the 1932 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World medalist (1928 silver, 1930 bronze), the 1937 North American champion, and a nine-time U.S. national champion. The Sports Illustrated cover jinx [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2f/Laurence-Owen.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2f/Laurence-Owen.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8326 "2024-01-22T02:41:59Z")
_Sports Illustrated_ addressed the jinx with this cover from January 2002: [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71QosLXpboL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71QosLXpboL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/8327 "2024-01-22T04:08:08Z")
Turns out it was for SI. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=415) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=417)