# Trivia Dominoes III — Play Off the Last Bit of Trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 12, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952 "2025-04-12T05:32:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/201 "2025-05-14T22:25:41Z")
Not in play: Wouldn’t the strike have affected the Indiana Jones movie too? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/202 "2025-05-15T00:21:52Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Wouldn’t the strike have affected the Indiana Jones movie too? Apparently they wrapped up shooting _Raiders_ before the strike began. Selleck was bound by his contract, waiting for the show to be picked up, and had to work as a handyman until the strike ended. [[There's Only One Magnum P.I., And His Name Is Tom Selleck - YouTube](https://web.archive.org/web/20131018011237/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kksKWW3Mc)] ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/203 "2025-05-15T00:40:29Z")
Tom Selleck did end up anchoring a franchise of sorts. Beginning in 2005, he portrayed small-town police chief Jesse Stone in a series of nine made-for-TV movies adapted from the _Jesse Stone_ novels written by Robert B. Parker. _**(and in my not-so-humble opinion, they’re worth seeing … there’s a lot worse stuff out there you’ve probably watched)**_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [May 15, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/204 "2025-05-15T04:44:12Z")
Good luck and good health, **Bullitt**! In play: Harlan Fiske Stone of New Hampshire was named to the Supreme Court by President Calvin Coolidge, Republican of Massachusetts. A reliable vote for upholding New Deal legislation, Fiske was later promoted to Chief Justice of the United States by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat of New York. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/205 "2025-05-15T05:53:16Z")
(Not in play) I missed that earlier. I want to join **EH** and wish you a successful procedure and speedy recovery **Bullitt**! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/206 "2025-05-15T19:07:10Z")
Harlan Ellison used the pseudonym “Cordwainer Bird” for his TV scripts that he felt were mangled by the producers or director, so his name would not appear. The name is undoubtedly derived from the character “Cordwainer Bird” from a script for _Burke’s Law,_ written by Ellison and played by Sammy Davis, Jr. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/207 "2025-05-15T19:41:05Z")
Ralph Ellison, noted author and literary critic, twice applied for admission to Tuskegee Institute. He was finally admitted because the school needed a trumpet player for its orchestra. Ellison, who lived in Oklahoma, hopped freight trains to get to the Alabama institution. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/208 "2025-05-16T02:20:18Z")
Harlan Ellison was not tall, but fancied himself a ladies’ man and could be quite direct with attractive young women. One story has it that he asked a pretty girl, “What would you say to a little fuck?” She replied, “Hello, little fuck!” ---
**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:** [May 16, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/209 "2025-05-16T02:42:34Z")
Bob Harlan was an executive with the Green Bay Packers for 36 years, including serving as the team’s president from 1989 until 2006 – as the Packers are a publicly-owned team, the role of Packers president is analogous to the role of a team owner for other franchises. Harlan’s tenure as president featured the Packers making two Super Bowl appearances, and winning a championship for the first time in 29 years; he also spearheaded major expansion and renovation projects to Lambeau Field. One of Harlan’s sons, Kevin Harlan, and one of his grandchildren, Olivia Harlan, work as sports announcers. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/210 "2025-05-16T14:32:19Z")
There’s a legend that as Saint Kevin was praying with his arms outstretched, a blackbird laid eggs in his hand, so he stayed that way until the fledglings flew away. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/211 "2025-05-17T02:09:07Z")
The Wright Brothers, on their longest of four first flights at Kitty Hawk on Dec. 17, 1903, flew less than the length of a modern Boeing 747, ---
**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:** [May 17, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/212 "2025-05-17T15:52:08Z")
Kitty Hawk got its name from the Algonquin word Chickahawk, meaning “A place to hunt geese.” ---
**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:** [May 17, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/213 "2025-05-17T16:02:07Z")
Henery Hawk is a character which appeared in Warner Bros.’ _Looney Tunes_ and _Merrie Melodies_ cartoon shorts. Henery is a tough-talking juvenile chickenhawk, who typically serves as an antagonist to Foghorn Leghorn, as his primary motivation is to capture (and, presumably, eat) a chicken. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Heneryhawk.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Heneryhawk.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/214 "2025-05-17T16:35:40Z")
Foghorn Leghorn was directly inspired by the character of Senator Claghorn, a blustery Southern politician who appeared on Fred Allen’s popular 1940s radio show. Foghorn adopted many of Claghorn’s catchphrases, such as “I say…” and “That’s a joke, son!” Kenny Delmar, who voiced the character on the radio, claimed inspiration for Claghorn was a Texas rancher he knew. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/215 "2025-05-19T04:45:08Z")
Former US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) liked to tell a joke about a secret poll of US senators as to who the next President should be, and every senator received one vote. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/216 "2025-05-19T05:32:48Z")
There were two separate American League baseball teams named the Washington Senators, which played in Washington D.C. The first Senators, which played under the name from 1901 until 1960, relocated to Minneapolis/St. Paul for the 1961 season, and were renamed the Minnesota Twins. The second Senators were an expansion team, which began play in 1961; they only played in Washington for eleven seasons, before moving to the Dallas/Fort Worth area in 1972, where they were renamed the Texas Rangers. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/217 "2025-05-19T07:25:19Z")
The original Ottawa Senators (officially the Ottawa Hockey Club, or Ottawa HC) were founded in 1883 and won 11 Stanley Cup championships. They competed in the NHL until the 1933–34 season, but due to financial difficulties had to relocate to St. Louis to become the St. Louis Eagles. However the Senators continued in Ottawa as an amateur and then later as a semi-professional team in Quebec senior men’s leagues until 1954. The current Ottawa Senators began NHL play in the 1992-93 season and adopted the original team’s black, red and white color scheme and nickname. They have never won the Stanley Cup. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Good luck and good health, **Bullitt**! > [@knoodler](#): > > I want to join **EH** and wish you a successful procedure and speedy recovery **Bullitt**! Thank you, guys. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/218 "2025-05-19T13:39:10Z")
Soitenly! Hope you’re feeling better and better. In play: U.S. senators were elected by state legislatures until ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in April 1913. According to [Senate.gov](http://Senate.gov), Augustus Bacon of Georgia was the first senator directly elected by the people of his state under the terms of the amendment, on July 15, 1913. The following year marked the first time that all senatorial elections were held by popular vote. In recent years, some conservatives have called for [repeal of the amendment.](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-cant-let-go-interest-17th-amendment-rcna43519) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/219 "2025-05-20T20:39:28Z")
Bacon Rebellion was an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers that took place from 1676 to 1677. It was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor William Berkeley, after Berkeley refused Bacon’s request to drive Native American Indians out of Virginia. A Virginian colonist named Robert Beverly reported, in his 1705 book on the history of Virginia, that some soldiers who had been dispatched to Jamestown to quell Bacon’s Rebellion gathered and ate leaves of _Datura stramonium_ and spent eleven days acting in bizarre and foolish ways before recovering, and having no knowledge of their actions. This led to the plant being known as Jamestown weed, and later jimsonweed. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/220 "2025-05-22T17:50:47Z")
William H. Seward, Republican of New York, served as U.S. Secretary of State throughout the Lincoln and Johnson Administrations, despite being severely injured in a knife attack as part of the plot which also resulted in President Lincoln’s assassination in April 1865. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952.md?page=12)