# 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:** 466
**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 28, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9308 "2024-09-28T20:21:53Z")
_Pendragon_ is a historical-fantasy tabletop role-playing game, originally written by Greg Stafford. In the game, which is inspired by the various legends of King Arthur – in particular, Sir Thomas Malory’s _Le Morte d’Arthur_ – the players’ characters are chivalric knights in Arthurian England. The game was originally published in 1985, and is still in print today; game publisher Chaosium released the sixth edition of the game in 2023. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9309 "2024-09-29T03:20:57Z")
_Excalibur_ was Irish actor Gabriel Byrne’s third movie. He played King Uther Pendragon, father of King Arthur, in the 1981 John Boorman sword-and-sorcery epic. ---
**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 29, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9310 "2024-09-29T04:23:46Z")
There are traditionally four Christian archangels, with different functions: Michael - Justice Raphael - healer and protector of travellers Gabriel - God’s messenger Uriel - prophecy and wisdom ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9311 "2024-09-29T14:25:07Z")
In the 2005 movie _Constantine_ Gabriel is depicted as a rogue angel who conspires with the son of Satan to unleash Hell on Earth. ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9312 "2024-09-30T02:54:45Z")
Over the course of a long career, Gabriel Byrne has played a king (_Excalibur_), a crook (_The Usual Suspects_), a mobster (_Miller’s Crossing_), a musketeer (_The Man in the Iron Mask_), a psychiatrist (_Hereditary_) and a dad (_The Last of the High Kings_), among many other roles. ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9313 "2024-09-30T02:58:30Z")
And Byrne has played a German immigrant teaching English in the US. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9314 "2024-09-30T15:46:06Z")
In early 1950, legal U.S. residency for some of the Project Paperclip specialists was effected through the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico; thus, German scientists legally entered the United States from Latin America. ---
**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 30, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9315 "2024-09-30T22:56:14Z")
Operation Paperclip, the clandestine effort to bring ex-Nazi scientists with useful knowledge to the U.S. after World War II, was discussed in the 1995 _X-Files_ episode “Paper Clip.” The episode tied a fictional scientist, Dr. Victor Klemper, to the show’s mythos of a worldwide conspiracy backing the alien infiltration of human society. ---
**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 30, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9316 "2024-09-30T23:12:10Z")
American singer, songwriter, and actress Bree Sharp first gained fame in 1999, with the release of her first solo album, _A Cheap and Evil Girl_. The song’s first single, “David Duchovny” (written from the point-of-view of a woman who is obsessed with the _X-Files_ star) became a cult hit. An unofficial music video was created for the song, featuring the cast and crew of the _X-Files_, and a number of other celebrities. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Wijp4-3giNw/maxresdefault.jpg "Bree Sharp's David Duchovny in HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wijp4-3giNw) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9317 "2024-10-01T18:08:39Z")
“The Springfield Files”, season 8/ episode 10 of _The Simpsons_, introduces David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as Fox Mulder and Dana Sculley, respectively. Mulder’s FBI ID badge includes a _Playgirl_-esque photo of himself, perhaps a reference to the character’s sexual addiction. [![](https://i.redd.it/ndc890kn27rc1.jpeg) ](https://i.redd.it/ndc890kn27rc1.jpeg) ---
**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:** [October 3, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9318 "2024-10-03T02:50:08Z")
Gillian Anderson is _bidialectal_. She can easily switch between American and British accents. Her American accent is Midwestern while her British accent is due to her childhood in London. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9319 "2024-10-04T04:10:46Z")
Gillian Anderson, right-handed and playing an FBI agent on _The X-Files,_ routinely held her identification with the incorrect hand (as shown in that _Simpsons_ image, as well). FBI agents are trained to hold their ID with their non-favored hand, so that their preferred hand is free to draw their weapon if the person to whom they’re speaking reacts violently. David Duchovny is left-handed, so he’s doing it correctly. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9320 "2024-10-04T04:18:55Z")
Cartoonist and producer Matt Groening is the creator of three animated television series: _The Simpsons_, _Futurama_ and _Disenchanted_. Combined, the three series account for 48 total seasons of television episodes to date (36 for _The Simpsons_, 9 for _Futurama_, and 3 for _Disenchanted_), with at least three additional seasons (two for _Futurama_ and one for _The Simpsons_) currently planned and/or in production. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9321 "2024-10-04T14:03:52Z")
Marge Simpson has a large beehive because originally she was to be a rabbit from Matt Groening’s _Life is Hell_. Similarly, Krusty the Clown was intended to be an alter-ego of Homer Simpson hence their similarity in looks. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9322 "2024-10-04T15:42:37Z")
Nancy Cartwright first auditioned for the role of Lisa Simpson, but disliked the lack of personality (Lisa was listed simply as “middle child”). Yeardley Smith auditioned for the role of Bart, but was turned down for sounding too much like a girl. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9323 "2024-10-04T17:25:26Z")
Nitpick: it’s _Disenchantment_, not _Disenchanted_. In play: Nancy Cartwright has voiced Bart Simpson on _The Tracey Ullmann Show_ and then _The Simpsons_ since 1987. She was hired by Matt Groening on the spot after her audition. In 2000, she published her autobiography, _My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy._ ---
**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:** [October 8, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9324 "2024-10-08T11:45:42Z")
**NOT IN PLAY** ; @Elendil_s_Heir is the last play Guys, four years ago in October 2020 I posted this ➜ [Trivia Dominoes II — Play Off the Last Bit of Trivia — continued! - #2326 by Bullitt - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](https://is.gd/37wrRJ) ⇦ SDMB Trivia, 2020-10-19 > [@Bullitt](#): > > At just less than 450 feet long, the wooden covered bridge in Cornish NH is the longest wooden covered bridge in the US, and the longest two-span covered bridge in the world. The Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge was built in 1866 and crosses the Connecticut River between Cornish NH to the east and Windsor VT to the west. The bridge is about 100 miles east of Albany NY (gMap [Google Maps](https://is.gd/96A3xl)), 140 miles NW of Boston ([Google Maps](https://is.gd/kD9rGN)), 150 miles west of Portland ME ([Google Maps](https://is.gd/N8Gyfe)), and 150 miles NW of Providence RI ([Google Maps](https://is.gd/fBnVLu)). > > Image, Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge — [https://is.gd/latO2M](https://is.gd/latO2M). And then @kenobi_65 played this to follow mine. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > _The Bridges of Madison County_ is a 1992 novella by author Robert James Waller; it tells the story of an Iowa farmwife who has a brief affair with a photographer who has come to the area to document the county’s covered bridges. > > It became one of the best-selling books of the 20th century, and was adapted into a film in 1995 (starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood) and a Broadway musical in 2014. The other day I visited the Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge. It is in fantastic shape! [[Album] Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge across the Connecticut River - Album on Imgur ![](https://i.imgur.com/C9IFsHf.jpeg?fb "Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge across the Connecticut River - Album on Imgur") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/nh1P6Xt) Two other small covered bridges are nearby. [[Album] Kenyon Covered Bridge (Blacksmith Shop Covered Bridge), Cornish NH; ▲ 43.463,... ![](https://i.imgur.com/TCJZ8xq.jpeg?fb "Kenyon Covered Bridge (Blacksmith Shop Covered Bridge), Cornish NH; ▲ 43.463,...") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/WS98x02) [[Album] Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge, Cornish NH; ▲ 43.4646, -72.3694; Covered Bridge... ![](https://i.imgur.com/GHxNGP7.jpeg?fb "Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge, Cornish NH; ▲ 43.4646, -72.3694; Covered Bridge...") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/ilm6rGe) The geographical DD coordinates for these bridges are (paste into map): ▲ 43.4733,-72.383, Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge ▲ 43.4646, -72.3694, Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge, Cornish NH (“Covered Bridge No. 22”) ▲ 43.463, -72.3539, Kenyon Covered Bridge (Blacksmith Shop Covered Bridge), Cornish NH (“Covered Bridge No. 21”) ---
**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:** [October 8, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9325 "2024-10-08T11:54:39Z")
In play: The Denison Dam, also known as Lake Texoma Dam, is about 75 miles north of Dallas. It is in northeastern Texas and south central Oklahoma, on the Red River between the two states. When the dam was being built in the early 1940s, today’s town of Cartwright OK was established because a community of shelters for the workmen was erected. The Denison Dam takes its name from Denison TX, just downriver from it. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9326 "2024-10-08T12:17:29Z")
The Red River, which forms much of the border between the states of Oklahoma and Texas, is sometimes referred to as the Red River of the South. This is to differentiate it from another Red River, which is known as the Red River of the North. The north river forms most of the border between the states of Minnesota and North Dakota before continuing its northward flow into the Canadian province of Manitoba. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9327 "2024-10-08T12:45:49Z")
The Red River of the north is prone to frequent spring flooding, because it flows north. Ice break-up tends to occur earlier in Minnesota than in Manitoba, so broken ice flows north into Manitoba while the ice is still solid there. That causes ice jams, which in turn block the flood of runoff water, building up water levels to the point of flooding the banks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=465) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=467)