# 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:** 476
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9508 "2024-11-24T23:04:46Z")
The character of Dr. Daniel Schreber (Kiefer Sutherland), a scientist in the 1998 Alex Proyas sf thriller _Dark City,_ was inspired by an actual person of that name, a mentally-ill German judge (1842-1911) who suffered from recurring schizophrenia. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9509 "2024-11-24T23:10:04Z")
Australian film director Alex Proyas is currently filming a musical adaptation of Karel Čapek’s 1920 play _R.U.R._ (“Rossum’s Universal Robots”), which had introduced the term “robot” for a task-performing machine. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9510 "2024-11-25T03:00:23Z")
Antonio Prohías was a Cuban-American cartoonist and the creator of the satirical comic strip _Spy vs. Spy_, which he illustrated for _Mad_ magazine from 1961 to 1987. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9511 "2024-11-25T13:49:11Z")
The bee hummingbird is the world’s smallest bird and is native to Cuba. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9512 "2024-11-25T17:35:52Z")
“The bee ascends before my rolling eye” was the opening line of a cipher poem in the short story, “Hornblower and the Widow McCool”. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9513 "2024-11-25T18:53:48Z")
Theoretical research indicates that bee venom can help against Lyme Disease. It became less theoretical after Ellie Lobel had her symptoms go away after being stung by killer bees. The problem is that apparently for the cure to work, you need to be injected with the venom directly from the bee. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9514 "2024-11-26T05:25:14Z")
The sting of the Africanized honey bee is no more potent than any other variety of honey bee, and although they are similar in appearance to European honey bees, they tend to be slightly smaller and darker in color. Although Africanized honey bees do not actively search for humans to attack, they are more dangerous because they are more easily provoked, quicker to attack in greater numbers, and then pursue the perceived threat farther, for as much as a quarter of a mile (400 meters). ---
**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:** [November 26, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9515 "2024-11-26T14:30:22Z")
The first documented death from the Africanized honey bee in the US was in 1993 when an 82 year old rancher in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley tried killing a swarm. Since then, 5 people have been killed, 2 in Texas and 3 in Arizona. Here in California, Africanized honey bee invaded the state in 1994, and in November 1995 the first multiple sting incident occurred down south in Blythe. There have been at least 17 more multiple sting incidents in the state. 3 dogs died from stinging. The last recorded attack occurred in July 1998. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9516 "2024-11-26T20:29:30Z")
The character Anne Shirley was introduced in _Anne of Green Gables_ by L. M. Montgomery. Gilbert Blythe proposes to her twice in _Anne of the Island_. She accepts the second time. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9517 "2024-11-26T20:34:29Z")
The exchange from the 1980 spoof comedy movie _Airplane!_, “Surely you can’t be serious?” “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.” is ranked #79 in the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 best movie quotes from the past 100 years. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9518 "2024-11-26T20:52:50Z")
_Airplane!_ was written by the trio of writers known as ZAZ, who were brothers David and Jerry Zucker, along with the recently-deceased Jim Abrahams. The trio’s first movie was _Kentucky Fried Movie_, released in 1977. They went on to collaborate on several more ventures before going their separate ways in the 1990s. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9519 "2024-11-26T22:24:12Z")
Stephen Stucker, who played the irrepressible air traffic controller Johnny (“I can make a hat, or a brooch, or a pterodactyl…”) in _Airplane!_, was born in Iowa and raised by a conservative family in Shaker Heights, Ohio. According to ZAZ, he was gay but had not come out to his family by the time the movie was released in 1980. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9520 "2024-11-27T00:34:00Z")
_Airplane!_ was responsible for reviving the careers of three of Hollywood’s former leading men: Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, and Leslie Nielsen. Of those three, Nielsen would enjoy the most success in the _Police Squad_ franchise. Nielsen had made a career taking on serious roles, but will be best remembered for his comedy in his later years. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9521 "2024-11-27T00:54:54Z")
A queue is a data structure in programming that uses FIFO, first in first out to process data. A stack reverses this and is a data structure in programming that uses LIFO, last in first out to process data. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9522 "2024-11-27T19:45:48Z")
The name of Lt. Cmdr. Data (Brent Spiner) was, according to the first edition of the production bible for the sf TV series _Star Trek: The Next Generation_, supposed to be pronounced “DATT ah.” From his earliest appearance onscreen, however, it was pronounced by the cast as “DAY duh.” ---
**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:** [November 27, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9523 "2024-11-27T19:55:49Z")
In addition to playing the android Data in various _Star Trek_ television series and movies, actor Brent Spiner also portrayed a number of related characters: - Lore: Data’s evil “brother” - Dr. Noonien Soong: the cyberneticist who created Data - B-4: an earlier prototype android created by Dr. Soong - Arik Soong and Adam Soong: two of Noonien’s ancestors - Allan Soong: Noonien’s son ---
**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:** [November 27, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9524 "2024-11-27T20:05:15Z")
I think you mean this guy: [Altan Soong | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Altan_Soong) ---
**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:** [November 27, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9525 "2024-11-27T20:08:06Z")
I do; I made a typo. “Altan,” not “Allan.” 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9526 "2024-11-28T00:31:39Z")
In all the history of _STAR TREK_, only one person has ever played himself. Stephen Hawking. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/9527 "2024-11-28T23:56:39Z")
When Prof. Stephen Hawking was shown Main Engineering and the warp core of the USS _Enterprise_ on the set of _Star Trek: The Next Generation_, he joked, “I’m working on that.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=475) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=477)