# 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:** 464
**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 16, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9268 "2024-09-16T03:20:34Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > This one? [Aaron Burr - Original 30s Got Milk Commercial - Who Shot Alexander Hamilton? (1993) (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1_s0eWbaYI&t=1s) Yup, that’s the one! Steel talks about the research that went into developing the campaign in his book, “Truth, Lies, and Advertising,” which is (a) an easy, fun read, and (b) one of the best books about account planning ever written. ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9269 "2024-09-16T15:19:49Z")
Bill Burr was the first stand-up comedian on the Late Night with Conan O’Brian show. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9270 "2024-09-16T18:43:31Z")
The Tomorrow Show was the first talk show to be broadcast at 1 am. It was part of the NBC trilogy: The Today Show, The Tonight Show, and The Tomorrow Show. It first aired October, 1973, and making their first appearances on American television were Weird Al Yankovich and U2. John Lennon made his last televised appearance on it (as “Tomorrow Coast to Coast”). ---
**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 16, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9271 "2024-09-16T20:47:30Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > The Presidential Election of 1968 was chaotic, following the death of popular front-runner Robert Kennedy (Sr) and the unexpected withdrawal of incumbent Lyndon Johnson. Also the entry of Alabama governor George Wallace as a third-party candidate took votes away from the Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey. Wallace was more conservative than Nixon and much more so than Humphrey, and is generally considered to have hurt Nixon more. Without Wallace in the race, Nixon would probably have swept the South, or come close to it. In play: Ray Bradbury’s 1955 short-story collection _The October Country_ is generally dark and spooky, and includes one of my all-time Bradbury favorites, “The Scythe,” about a man who inadvertently becomes the personification of the Grim Reaper. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9272 "2024-09-17T00:05:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Wallace was more conservative than Nixon and much more so than Humphrey, and is generally considered to have hurt Nixon more. Without Wallace in the race, Nixon would probably have swept the South, or come close to it. I see Wallace as a backlash to Johnson’s Great Society victories: de-segregation enforced by the National Guard, The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. In play: In Netflix’s _The Fall of the House of Usher_, Mark Hamill plays a ruthless lawyer dedicated to protecting the Usher family. His name is Arthur G Pym (taken from Poe’s 1838 novel, _The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket_), and his adversaries refer to him as “The Pym Reaper.” ---
**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 17, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9273 "2024-09-17T01:43:29Z")
In Marvel comic books, Henry “Hank” Pym is a scientist, who developed a form of subatomic particles – “Pym Particles” – which could be used to shrink or enlarge creatures or objects. Pym initially used these particles as part of his superhero alter-ego, Ant-Man, who could shrink to the size of an ant (or smaller). Pym later adopted several other superhero names, including Yellowjacket, Giant-Man, and Goliath; in the latter two personas, he used his particles to grow to a superhuman size. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hank Pym has been portrayed by actor Michael Douglas. ---
**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 17, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9274 "2024-09-17T02:16:15Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Wallace was more conservative than Nixon and much more so than Humphrey, and is generally considered to have hurt Nixon more. Without Wallace in the race, Nixon would probably have swept the South, or come close to it. > > I see Wallace as a backlash to Johnson’s Great Society victories: de-segregation enforced by the National Guard, The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act… I agree, especially as Wallace was a former Democrat, but I don’t think you’ve contradicted my point. In play: Over the course of a long career, Michael Douglas has played a police detective (_The Streets of San Francisco, Basic Instinct, Black Rain_), an irreverent TV news cameraman (_The China Syndrome_), a troubled millionaire (_The Game_), a ruthless tycoon (_Wall Street_) and an idealistic President of the United States (_The American President_), among many other roles. ---
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Guest stars on _The Streets of San Francisco_ (1972-1977) included Nicolas Colasanto (Coach!), Sam Elliott, Mark Hamill, Mariette Hartley, Bernie Kopell, Cheryl Ladd, Stefanie Powers, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. [[Album] Guest stars on The Streets of San Francisco (1972-1977) ![](https://i.imgur.com/jphbtAd.jpeg?fb "Guest stars on The Streets of San Francisco (1972-1977)") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/QIvkGRP) ---
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Arnold Schwarzenegger won seven Mr. Olympia competitions. His record was beaten by Lee Haney with eight victories. Haney’s record was tied by Ronnie Colemen. ---
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Bodybuilder Lee Haney is a devout Christian who has a program called “TotaLee Fit with Lee Haney.” He is usually joined by famous Christian sportsmen. On the show he teaches the importance of both physical and spiritual growth. One of his most famous quotes is that we should “train to stimulate, not annihilate.” ---
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Gen. Robert E. Lee offered his resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis after the disastrous 1863 Gettysburg Campaign, but Davis refused it. Lee continued to command the Army of Northern Virginia through the end of the American Civil War in 1865. ---
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In the spring of 1865, the Parliament of the Province of Canada approved the Quebec Resolutions, which were to be the foundation of the confederation of the British North American provinces. Confederation seemed to be on the way. Then in an election the same year, the pro-Confederation government of Leonard Tilley in New Brunswick was defeated by a anti-Confederation grouping, putting Confederation on hold. ---
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The characters Sheldon and Leonard in _The Big Bang Theory_ were named after Sheldon Leonard, famous for (among other things) producing TV shows like _The Andy Griffith Show, I Spy, and The Dick Van Dyke Show._ ---
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Dick Van Dyke played both Bert the chimney sweep and The Elder Mr. Dawes, head of the bank, in _Mary Poppins._ If I recall correctly, the young actress who played Jane didn’t realize the latter was him until she saw the credits. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9282 "2024-09-19T19:19:26Z")
Reportedly, Pamela “P.L.” Travers felt that in the end, _Mary Poppins_ betrayed the artistic integrity of her work and story’s characters. Resentful over what she considered poor treatment at the hands of Walt Disney, Travers vowed never to permit Disney to adapt her other novels for any purpose. Travers’ last will bans all American adaptation of her works to any form of media. ---
**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 19, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9283 "2024-09-19T22:04:12Z")
Emma Thompson played the prickly Miss Travers in the 2013 film _Saving Mr. Banks,_ about the making of _Mary Poppins._ Tom Hanks played the avuncular Walt Disney. ---
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Actress Emma Thompson collaborated with her then-husband, actor/director Kenneth Branagh, on four films in the late 1980s and early 1990s: _Henry V_, _Dead Again_, _Peter’s Friends_, and _Much Ado About Nothing_. In later years, both Thompson and Branagh appeared in the _Harry Potter_ films, as professors at Hogwarts (Sybill Trelawney and Gilderoy Lockhart, respectively), though they did not appear together in any of the films. ---
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Emma Thompson has stated that filming the breakup of her movie marriage to Alan Rickman over his infidelity in _Love Actually_ was traumatic given that her marriage to Kenneth Branagh was breaking up at the same time over the same issue. ---
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Emma Thompson is the only person in history to win Oscars for both acting and writing, with her Best Actress award for _Howards End_, and her Best Adapted Screenplay award for _Sense and Sensibility_. She is also one of only twelve performers to receive two acting nominations in one year, for Best Actress in _Remains of the Day_ and Best Supporting Actress, in _In the Name of the Father,_ where she played a lawyer defending Daniel Day Lewis. ---
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Stanley Kubrick’s lone Oscar (13 nominations) is for visual effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=463) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=465)