# 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:** 8
**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:** [February 1, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/141 "2020-02-01T17:01:51Z")
The Super Bowl was created as part of the merger between the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) in 1966. It was played for the first time on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; in that game, the NFL champion Green Bay Packers defeated the AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs. It was originally named “The NFL-AFL World Championship Game,” but Lamar Hunt (owner of the Chiefs, and one of the founders of the AFL) began to refer to it as the “Super Bowl” during merger negotiations in 1966. Hunt noted that he thought of the name while watching his children play with a “Super Ball” toy; he somewhat jokingly suggested the Super Bowl name to Commissioner Pete Rozelle, and also mentioned the name to the press, which began to use it. The game was not officially called the Super Bowl until Super Bowl III, in 1969. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/142 "2020-02-02T01:55:32Z")
Only two teams in the NFL have opposite-side helmet logos that are not either identical or mirror-image reversals. They are the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Raven ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/143 "2020-02-02T03:32:34Z")
Brân the Blessed is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology. The name “Brân” in Welsh is usually translated as crow or raven. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/144 "2020-02-02T03:54:41Z")
The Baltimore Ravens came into existence when owner Art Modell moved the Cleveland Browns franchise to Baltimore. The name ‘Ravens’ was selected by the fans via various polls, over other suggestions such as ‘Americans’, ‘Marauders’, and ‘Mustangs’. Once the colors and logo were chosen, the new uniforms were first modeled by wide receiver Michael Jackson, defensive end Rob Burnett, and quarterback Vinny Testaverde. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/145 "2020-02-02T04:27:57Z")
The Ferrari Testarossa was a 12-cylinder, mid-engined sports car, produced by Ferrari from 1984 until 1996. Ferrari named the car in tribute to the 250 Testa Rossa (literally, “Red Head” in Italian) race car which the company had introduced in 1957; like the 1980s Testarossa, the cam covers on the orignal Testa Rossa were painted red, which was the source of its name. (Vinny Testaverde’s surname, thus, translates from Italian as “green head.” 😃 ) ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/146 "2020-02-02T04:42:18Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > (Not in play) I suspect it’s the word “split.” Ah, yes, you’re probably right. Ronald Reagan was easily reelected President of the United States in 1984. Although he rose to political prominence in California, including serving as governor of the state, he was born and raised in Dixon, Ill. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/147 "2020-02-02T04:45:08Z")
Zippy the Pinhead (Ital. testa spillo) is a comic strip featuring a microcephalic clown. Most newapapers are afraid tu run it, fearing that something Zippy says will offend their readers’ ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/148 "2020-02-02T05:16:10Z")
No play. Comment only. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > The Ferrari Testarossa was a 12-cylinder, mid-engined sports car, produced by Ferrari from 1984 until 1996. > > Ferrari named the car in tribute to the 250 Testa Rossa (literally, “Red Head” in Italian) race car which the company had introduced in 1957; like the 1980s Testarossa, the cam covers on the orignal Testa Rossa were painted red, which was the source of its name. > > (Vinny Testaverde’s surname, thus, translates from Italian as “green head.” 😃 ) The Ferrari Testarossa — a mid-engined, 12-cylinder car? Wow! I’ve heard it said that every man should drive a 12 cylinder car at least once in his life. And with the engine being right behind your ear, I can imagine that engine sings sweetly! My first car was a very humble Italian mid-engined inline-4 engine. Wide bore, short stroke, and I loved having it singing right behind me! The car was a humble 1979 Fiat X1/9. I loved that car! ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/149 "2020-02-02T08:49:12Z")
In play: If everyone who reads them would recycle their newspapers, we would save 250 million trees each year. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/150 "2020-02-02T12:41:32Z")
Despite the near-disappearance of print newspapers and industry’s effort to go paperless, paper consumption has actually increased in the past 50 years. It is estimated that 90% of all photocopies printed are never looked at by anyone. Increasingly, photocopies and their originals are made only because they are mandated byy government regulations. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/151 "2020-02-02T16:05:45Z")
Chester Carlson was the inventor of photocopying. In 1936, he began to study law at night at New York Law School, receiving his LL.B. degree in 1939. He studied at the New York Public Library, copying longhand from law books there because he could not afford to buy them. He used his kitchen for his “electrophotography” experiments, and, in 1938, he applied for a patent for the process. He made the first photocopy using a zinc plate covered with sulfur. The words “10-22-38 Astoria” were written on a microscope slide, which was placed on top of more sulfur and under a bright light. After the slide was removed, a mirror image of the words remained. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/152 "2020-02-02T21:09:31Z")
Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st POTUS, succeeding James Garfield after Garfield was shot by an assassin. Arthur was responsible for the rebirth of the U.S. Navy, among other things. He made a half-hearted run for another term in 1884, but failed to get the nomination. He died a year later. ---
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Actor Lorenzo Music was the original voice of the cartoon cat Garfield, in various animated TV specials and series from 1982 through 1994. Music also replaced Bill Murray as the voice of Dr. Peter Venkman when the movie _Ghostbusters_ was adapted into a television cartoon series (_The Real Ghostbusters_). Actor Bill Murray was the original Dr. Peter Venkman in the film version of _Ghostbusters_. Murray also provided the voice of Garfield the cat (a character originally voiced by Lorenzo Music) in theatrical films in 2004 and 2006. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/154 "2020-02-03T02:15:49Z")
Nebraska’s Big Rodeo will celebrate its 99th anniversary this year in Burwell, which is located in the least populous of the six counties named after President Garfield. The county has only 2,000 inhabitants. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/155 "2020-02-03T02:50:27Z")
The remains of President James A. Garfield and his wife Lucretia are entombed at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. The memorial is currently undergoing a multimillion-dollar cleaning and repair project. > **[James A. Garfield Memorial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield_Memorial)** > > The James A. Garfield Memorial is a memorial for and the final resting place of assassinated President James A. Garfield, located in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. The memorial, which began construction in October 1885 and was dedicated on May 30, 1890, exhibits a combination of Byzantine, Gothic, and Romanesque Revival architectural styles. Garfield, former First Lady Lucretia Garfield, and two other members of the Garfield family are entombed in the crypt level of the monument. > The mo... ---
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Aside from being President, Garfield was a Major General in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and fought in the battles of Middle Creek, Shiloh, and Chickamauga. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/157 "2020-02-03T13:52:40Z")
U.S. Grant was the only person promoted from major general to lieutenant general during the Civil War, when, in March 1864, President Lincoln raised him to field command of all U.S. Army forces in the field. Grant was the first officer to hold the rank of lieutenant general since George Washington. Several other generals had failed, over the previous three years, to decisively defeat the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by Gen. Robert E. Lee; Grant needed just over a year to do it. ---
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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > U.S. Grant was the only person promoted from major general to lieutenant general during the Civil War, when, in March 1864, President Lincoln raised him to field command of all U.S. Army forces in the field. Grant was the first officer to hold the rank of lieutenant general since George Washington. Several other generals had failed, over the previous three years, to decisively defeat the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by Gen. Robert E. Lee; Grant needed just over a year to do it. Good trivia! Lee Grant won an Oscar for _Shampoo_ (1975). ---
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For his role as Lou Grant, Ed Asner is one of only two actors to win an Emmy Award for a sitcom and a drama for the same role, with the second being Uzo Aduba for her portrayal of Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren in Orange Is the New Black. ---
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Bud Grant is one of two NFL head coaches to lead their team to the Super Bowl. And lose it. Four times. The other is Marv Levy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=9)