# 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:** 9
**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, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/161 "2020-02-03T17:02:57Z")
Bud Grant, who is now 92, is the most successful coach in Vikings history, and the third-most successful professional football coach overall (behind Don Shula and George Halas), with a combined 283 wins in the NFL and CFL, per Wiki. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/162 "2020-02-03T17:19:01Z")
The Minnesota Vikings are the only other current professional sports team besides the LA Lakers to use the colors of gold and purple. The most famous Viking to wear the purple and gold #24 was Robert Griffith, who played on the team for seven seasons from 1994 to 2001. ---
**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 3, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/163 "2020-02-03T19:12:39Z")
The Minnesota Vikings came into existence in 1960. The first general manager of the franchise was a man named Bert Rose. Rose chose the purple and gold colors, because those were the colors of the college he had attended, the University of Washington. In their first ever regular-season game, the Vikings defeated the Chicago Bears, 37-13. ---
**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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/164 "2020-02-03T19:12:46Z")
Bill Clinton, Democrat of Arkansas, was President of the United States for most of Robert Griffith’s Vikings career, having taken office on Jan. 20, 1993 and left office on Jan. 20, 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/165 "2020-02-03T21:39:12Z")
The Arkansas Razorbacks are the only major sports team in the U.S. with a porcine nickname (the Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas play in Division II). They were originally called the Cardinals until the student body voted to change the name in 1910, after Coach Hugo Bezdek referred to the team as “a wild band of Razorbacks” at a post-season rally following their unbeaten season of 1909 (another version of the story says Bezdek made the comment after a hard-fought battle against LSU). ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/166 "2020-02-03T22:28:18Z")
_Hugo_ was the first movie by Martin Scorsese fully shot in digital. ---
**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 4, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/167 "2020-02-04T01:11:09Z")
Victor Hugo was devastated and unable to write for years after the death of his eldest and favorite daughter, Léopoldine, who died aged 19 in 1843, shortly after her marriage to Charles Vacquerie. She drowned in the Seine at Villequier, pulled down by her heavy skirts when a boat overturned. Her husband, aged 26, also died trying to save her. ---
**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 4, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/168 "2020-02-04T01:35:51Z")
The Seine, which is 482 miles long, is the second-longest river that flows entirely through France. The longest is the Loire, which is 630 miles long. ---
**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 4, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/169 "2020-02-04T01:45:04Z")
The Loire River passes by a number of major towns, including Saint-Etienne, Orleans, Tours and Nantes, finally reaching the ocean at Saint-Nazaire. The valley is known as the Garden of France because of the many vineyards, fruit orchards, and vegetable farms. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/170 "2020-02-04T03:06:12Z")
Six French departments have a derivation of the Loire River in their name: Loire (department), Indre-et-Loire, Haute-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire and Saône-et-Loire, ---
**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 4, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/171 "2020-02-04T05:37:26Z")
It was ten years ago today that **Sampiro** began the original Trivia Dominos thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12075694#post12075694](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12075694#post12075694)). Huzzah! ---
**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 4, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/172 "2020-02-04T10:00:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > It was ten years ago today that **Sampiro** began the original Trivia Dominos thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12075694#post12075694](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12075694#post12075694)). > > Huzzah! Cool! Thank you, **Sampiro**! The Loire River, the longest river in France, flows for 634 miles and has the Château de Chambord along it. In 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the art collections of the Louvre and Compiègne museums (including the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo) were stored at the Château de Chambord. An American B-24 Liberator bomber crashed onto the château lawn on 22 June 1944. gMap, Château de Chambord, Château, 41250 Chambord, France \>\> [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/maps/opEMmuryxEmwvRj18) [Image, Château de Chambord](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chambord%2C_2008.jpg/1024px-Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chambord%2C_2008.jpg) ---
**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 4, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/173 "2020-02-04T10:14:21Z")
And again… > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > It was ten years ago today that **Sampiro** began the original Trivia Dominos thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12075694#post12075694](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12075694#post12075694)). > > Huzzah! From searching, it appears **Sampiro** has not posted to SDMB anywhere since May 2019. His last post in this game is here, from May 2017 \>\> [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20194022#post20194022](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20194022#post20194022) This was his post. > [@Trivia Dominoes: Play Off the Last Bit of Trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/34805): > > In _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade_ the sultan of the fictional desert country of Hatay is offered a chest of stolen valuables in compensation for allowing the Nazis to seek the Holy Grail in his land. He ignores them but makes it known he will fully cooperate in exchange for the “Rolls-Royce Phantom II. 4.3 litre, 30 horsepower, six cylinder engine, with Stromberg Downdraft carburetor. Can go from zero to 100 kilometers an hour in 12.5 seconds. And I even like the color.” [Clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93GVV3bIJB0). > The base price of a 2016 Rolls Royce Phantom was approximately $417,000. Thanks again, **Sampiro** , and thank you **Elendil’s Heir** for noticing and sharing the 10th Anniversary date. ---
**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 4, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/174 "2020-02-04T14:45:03Z")
Soitenly! In play: The writer Henry James once visited the Château de Chambord and remarked afterwards, per Wiki, that “the towers, cupolas, the gables, the lanterns, the chimneys, look more like the spires of a city than the salient points of a single building.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/175 "2020-02-04T15:07:16Z")
The poem “Disobedience” by children’s author A.A. Milne would later be put to music and recorded by the Chad Mitchell Trio as James James Morrison Morrison. ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/176 "2020-02-04T15:40:27Z")
While A.A. Milne is best known for his Pooh books, he was a well-known playwright and screen writer prior to that. The actual toys that inspired the Pooh world still exist (except for Roo, who was lost when Christopher Robin was a child) and are on display at the New York Public Library Main Branch. ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/177 "2020-02-04T16:10:42Z")
The New York Public Library is officially chartered as The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. Its famous pair of lion sculptures, named Patience and Fortitude, sit on either side of the main entrance and can be briefly seen in the opening scenes of _Ghostbusters_. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/178 "2020-02-04T16:42:22Z")
Patience and Fortitude were originally called Leo Astor and Leo Lenox, after The New York Public Library founders John Jacob Astor and James Lenox. Later, they were known as Lady Astor and Lord Lenox (even though they are both male lions). During the 1930s, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia named them Patience and Fortitude, for the qualities he felt New Yorkers would need to survive the economic depression. ---
**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 4, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/179 "2020-02-04T18:07:45Z")
John Glenn joined the US Army Air Corps before he joined the US Marine Corps. ---
**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 4, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950/180 "2020-02-04T19:22:36Z")
In 1974, John Glenn was elected to the US Senate. He served as a Senator until 1999. In 1984, he made a failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. In 1998, Glenn made history (again) by becoming the oldest space traveler. At age 77, he rode the space shuttle Discovery for nine days. During this time, the shuttle orbited Earth 134 times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued-part-1/846950.md?page=10)