# 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:** 46
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/901 "2020-04-13T05:33:47Z")
In 1919, professional hockey had co-champions. The Stanley Cup finals between the Seattle Metropolitans and the Montreal Canadiens were called off because of the Spanish Flu after 5 games with the series tied at 2 wins each with 1 tie. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/902 "2020-04-13T05:54:27Z")
German orchestra leader and composer Bert Kaempfert’s instrumental “Moon Over Naples”, when given words by songwriter Eddie Snyder, became “ **Spanish** Eyes”, originally a hit for Al Martino and also recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck, Elvis Presley, and many others. Recently, it appeared in _The Irishman_, with Steven Van Zandt, of “The Sopranos” and Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, singing “Spanish Eyes” as nightclub crooner Jerry Vale at a Teamster’s banquet. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/903 "2020-04-13T07:11:05Z")
Van Zandt County, Texas is commonly known as the Free State of Van Zandt, and the origin of the name is not clearly known. One story stems from before the Civil War. The majority of Van Zandt wanted to stay with the Union, and reasoned that if Texas could secede from the United States, they could secede from Texas, and began organizing a government until they were threatened with military intervention. Although the secession was unsuccessful, the title of “Free State” stuck. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/904 "2020-04-13T08:47:59Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > In hockey, the jersey is called a sweater. Google hits nhl hockey jersey = 59-million hits nhl hockey sweater = 4-million hits ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/905 "2020-04-13T09:01:56Z")
In play: Towns Van Zandt, third great grandson of the family that founded Van Zandt County, collaborated with Willie Nelsun on a number of hits, and recorded albums of his own. He was the composer of “Pancho and Lefty” and did some guitar wort on the studio release. Towns was born of still-wealthy parents in Fort Worth. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/906 "2020-04-13T13:22:58Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Google hits > nhl hockey jersey = 59-million hits > nhl hockey sweater = 4-million hits > [@](#): > > A hockey jersey is a piece of clothing worn by ice hockey players to cover the upper part of their bodies. It is traditionally called a sweater as, in earlier days, when the game was predominantly played outside in winter, it actually was a warm wool-knit covering. [Hockey jersey - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_jersey) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/907 "2020-04-13T13:27:58Z")
In play: Van Zandt, Washington was named by J. M. Van Zandt, an early postmaster. A post office called Van Zandt was established in 1892, and it remained in operation until 1955. It is about 100 miles north of Seattle, and 20 miles south of the Canadian border. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/908 "2020-04-13T15:37:00Z")
The ‘Enabling Act of 1889’ was a statute passed by the US Congress that permitted the entrance of Washington, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota into the United States. On November 2, 1889, North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted into the Union; on November 8, Montana was admitted; and on November 11, 1889, Washington became the 42nd state admitted into the Union. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/909 "2020-04-13T17:03:35Z")
_The Electric Company_ was a educational television series for elementary-school-age children, produced by Children’s Televison Workshop, and airing on PBS. The series’ original production run was from 1971 until 1977. The series used sketch comedy to teach children about spelling and grammar. One of the recurring sketches featured a character named Fargo North, Decoder (played by actor Skip Hinnant), a detective who decoded scrambled word messages and phrases for his clients. His name was, of course, a pun based on the city of Fargo, North Dakota. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/910 "2020-04-13T18:50:40Z")
Fargo, North Dakota was named for William George Fargo (May 20, 1818 – August 3, 1881), who helped found the modern day financial firms of American Express Company and Wells Fargo with his business partner, Henry Wells. The Fargo family was originally named Fargeau; they were descended from Jacent Fargeau of Lyons, France, who moved to Wales in the 1600s. ---
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Moorhead, MN is the sister city to Fargo, ND. The city was named for William Garroway Moorhead (1811–1895), an official of the Northern Pacific railroad. It is separated from Fargo by the Red River of the North, which also forms part of the border between the states. The two cities are often jokingly referred to as “Margo’s Forehead”. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/912 "2020-04-13T21:46:18Z")
Actress Agnes Moorhead is likely now best-remembered for playing Endora, the arch and meddlesome mother of Samantha Stephens in the 1960s TV comedy series _Bewitched_. However, Moorhead had a long and illustrious career on stage, in film, and on the radio – she was a member of Orson Welles’ Mercury Players group, and appeared in many of Welles’ projects, including _Citizen Kane_ and _The Magnificent Ambersons_ (for which she received one of her three Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress). ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/913 "2020-04-13T23:39:01Z")
Morehead City, North Carolina is on the Atlantic Coast and 50 miles east of Camp Lejeune, also on the coast, and the largest US Marine Corps base on the east coast. Camp Lejeune lies between two deep-water ports, Wilmington NC and Morehead City NC, which allows for the fast deployment of troops and equipment. Camp Lejeune is popularly pronounced “le-JOON”, but the correct pronunciation of the family name is “le-JERN”. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/914 "2020-04-14T01:43:51Z")
Since the company was formed in 1933, the product most closely associated with Stokely-Van Camp hs been their ubiquitous pork and beans. Commercially canned pork and beans were introduced in the United States sometime around 1880. According to the 1975 Better Homes and Garden Heritage Cookbook, canned pork and beans was the first convenience food. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/915 "2020-04-14T01:56:08Z")
Campbell Soup Company sells more than 100 million cans of pork and beans a year. Commercially canned pork and beans were first sold in the 1880’s (as **jtur88** posted), but did not become very popular until H.J. Heinz came out with their version in 1895. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/916 "2020-04-14T03:01:37Z")
Lucky Charms cereal contains pork. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/917 "2020-04-14T03:30:57Z")
Pork and beans do not. Well, maybe a trace of pork-belly. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/918 "2020-04-14T04:07:03Z")
Huddie Ledbetter, who performed under the stage name Lead Belly, was an influential folk and blues musician in the first half of the 20th Century. Though he died from ALS in 1949, Lead Belly was an important influence to many folk and rock musicians, including Bob Dylan (who credits Lead Belly for getting him into folk music), Van Morrison, and Kurt Cobain. ---
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The term amyotrophic lateral sclerosis was coined by French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot in 1874. In 1945, American naval doctors reported that ALS was 100 times more prevalent among the Chamorro people of Guam than in the rest of the world. ---
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After four centuries of being part of the Kingdom of Spain, Guam was occupied by the United States in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. During World War II, Japan attacked and invaded the island on December 8, 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The US drove out the Japanese forces in August of 1944. Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi, who surrendered in January 1972, appears to have been the last confirmed Japanese holdout, having held out for 28 years in the forested back country on Guam. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=47)