# 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:** 118
**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:** [September 17, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/2341 "2026-09-17T15:33:50Z")
Pete Rozelle retired as NFL Commissioner in 1989; his tenure was just shy of 30 years. David Stern served as NBA Commissioner for exactly 30 years, from February 1, 1984, until February 1, 2014. Gary Bettman was elected in 1992 to be the first commissioner of the National Hockey League. He took office on February 1, 1993, and still holds the post today. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/2342 "2026-09-17T15:37:59Z")
The current Commissioner of MLB Baseball is Rob Manfred. He took office on January 25, 2015 and is the 10th commissioner in MLB history. Team owners re-elected him to a term that runs through the 2028 season. ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/2343 "2026-09-17T15:43:07Z")
The National Football League traces its origins to two meetings in 1920, both of which were held at a Hupmobile showroom in Canton, Ohio. On August 20, 1920, representatives of four Ohio-based pro football teams – the Canton Bulldogs, Dayton Triangles, Akron Pros, and Cleveland Indians – met there, to begin the process of forming a league, in order to raise the profile of professional football, reduce competition for players, and coordinate schedules. At that meeting, the league was dubbed the American Professional Football Conference. Four weeks later, on September 17, at the same showroom, the four Ohio teams were joined by representatives from six additional teams: the Hammond Pros and Muncie Flyers from Indiana, the Racine (Chicago) Cardinals, Decatur Staleys, and Rock Island Independents from Illinois, and the Rochester Jeffersons from New York. At this meeting, the league’s name was changed to the American Professional Football Association, which formally began play later that fall; they named legendary football player Jim Thorpe as their president (the role which is now titled “commissioner”). The APFA renamed itself the National Football League in 1922. Of its original teams, only the Racine (Chicago) Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals) and the Decatur Staleys (now the Chicago Bears) play in the league today. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/2344 "2026-09-17T15:43:30Z")
Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog was the sidekick of Tom Terrific, a cartoon character that aired as part of _Captain Kangaroo._ It was produced by Terrytoons. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/2345 "2026-09-17T16:30:42Z")
The name of my wife’s car is Manfred. Manfred is a 1963 Porsche 356 cabriolet (convertible). When my wife bought Manfred, the previous owner had already named him. The Porsche 356 has 3 types of convertibles: cabriolet, roadster, and speedster. There are subtle differences between the 3. The cabriolet is the most comfortable of the 3 and its folding roof actually protects the occupants from rain — it does not leak. When the top is down you can really tell the difference between the 3 convertibles by looking at the height of the front windshield, especially when the 3 are parked side by side: Below are 3 web photos: **cabriolet — silver car** — The cabriolet’s front windshield is the tallest and its color matches the body paint. There is also a chrome trim. [![](https://i.imgur.com/TZY0gVq.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/TZY0gVq.jpg) **speedster — blue car** — The speedster’s front windshield is the shortest. It is all chrome. [![](https://i.imgur.com/qmv1tZq.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/qmv1tZq.jpg) **roadster — red car** — The roadster’s front windshield is in between. It is also all chrome. Its top corners are more squared off when compared to the other 2. [![](https://i.imgur.com/1XzpKft.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/1XzpKft.jpg) Here is a picture of my wife’s car. That’s her in it, and we’re parked in front of the Bixby Creek Bridge on the California Big Sur Coast. Manfred is an ivory 356 cabriolet. [![](https://i.imgur.com/KFOmUjs.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/KFOmUjs.jpg) ---
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While appearing in _The Incredible Hulk_ on TV lead actor Bill Bixby never interacted with his counterpart, Lou Ferrigno, who played The Hulk. According to Bixby, he and Ferrigno made a point of not discussing their parts with each other or watching each other as they were filmed, since this made it more natural for them to act as though unaware of where they are or what their alter ego has done following a transformation. ---
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One episode of _The Incredible Hulk_ was titled “My Favorite Magician” (S3, E5) and featured Ray Walston, Bill Bixby’s co-star from the 1960s sit-com _My Favorite Martian_. The episode title itself was a mash-up of the names of two of Bixby’s earlier TV shows – _My Favorite Martian_ (1963-1966), and _The Magician_ (1973-1974). _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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Ridley Scott’s 2015 film, _The Martian_ starring Matt Damon was adapted from Andy Weir’s 2011 novel of the same name. External scenes depicting Mars were filmed in Wadi Rum, a UNESCO world heritage site in Jordan near its border with Saudi Arabia and about 35 miles to the east of the city of Aqaba at the north end of the Gulf of Aqaba. Wadi Rum is located within the Sandstone Mountain and Valley Region of southern Jordan and its landscape is characterized by tall, near vertical mountains of iron-rich, erosion resistant, red Umm Ishrin Sandstone. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/2349 "2026-09-21T15:20:54Z")
Director Denis Villeneuve chose the Wadi Rum UNESCO site to film desert scenes for his _Dune_ movies. ---
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Frank Herbert’s novel _Dune_ originated as two serialized stories, which were published in _Analog_ magazine. When Herbert reworked and expanded the serials, to create a novel, he struggled to find a publisher which was interested in it. _Dune_ was eventually published by Chilton Books, an imprint which was much better known for its line of auto repair manuals. ---
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Herbert Island, Alaska, is in the Aleutian Islands. It is a circular island roughly 6 miles in diameter and mostly covered by the 4,200-foot Herbert Volcano. The volcano’s 1¼ mile wide caldera is one of the largest in the Aleutian Islands and there have been no recorded eruptions here. The island and volcano were named by the US Navy Hydrographic Office in 1894 for Hilary Abner Herbert who was Secretary of the Navy in the second administration of President Grover Cleveland. The USS Herbert (DD-160) destroyer was also named in his honor. ---
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_Aleutian Islands campaign_ was fought against the Imperial Japanese from June 1942 to 15 August 1943. The IJN captured - briefly- both Attu and Kiska islands- who were of little strategic value. The real enemy was the cold. During the campaign, famed mystery writer Corporal Dashiell Hammett served as the editor producing the daily troop newspaper _The Adakian_. ---
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There is still no historical consensus as to whether the Japanese invasion and capture of some of the Aleutian Islands during World War II was intended to be a precursor to even more aggressive actions against the U.S. West Coast, or if it was meant as a diversionary tactic in the leadup to the early June 1942 Battle of Midway. ---
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Henderson Airfield on Midway Island, at DD coordinates ▲ 28.202, -177.3805, is 4,000 miles ENE of Manila, Philippines; and is 1,300 miles NW of Pearl Harbor HI; and is 3,200 miles WSW of San Francisco CA. Henderson Airfield is named in honor of USMC pilot Major Lofton R. Henderson who died at the Battle of Midway while leading his VMSB-241 squadron while flying his SBD-2 Dauntless dive bomber. VMSB-241 is nicknamed the “Sons of Satan”. ---
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_A Son of Satan_ is a silent movie from 1924 that is presumed to be lost. It is credited for being the film debut of Josephine Baker, in an uncredited role of a chorus dancer. ---
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Miroslav **Šatan** (surname pronounced shah-TAN) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey forward. He played professionally in Czechoslovakian and Slovak hockey leagues, before moving to North American hockey in 1994. Šatan played fourteens seasons in the NHL, for the Edmonton Oilers, Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Boston Bruins; ironically, he never suited up for the New Jersey Devils. ---
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Šatan playing for the NJ Devils. You just can’t make that stuff up. ---
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In play — The ‘Velvet Divorce’ was the 1993 amicable split of the federal state of the former Czechoslovakia into two independent countries: the Czech Republic (now also called Czechia) and Slovakia. It is called that because it mirrored the peaceful Velvet Revolution of 1989 that ended 41 years of communist rule, a peaceful transition of power without violence. ---
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Because of his exceptionally smooth voice, singer Mel Tormé earned the nickname, “The Velvet Fog.” To his credit, Tormé openly disliked the moniker and referred to himself as “The Velvet Frog.” Tormé was also an accomplished drummer, and in his early years wowed audiences with his voice and his drumming. ---
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In the 1980s television sitcom _Night Court_, Judge Harry Stone (played by Harry Anderson) was an avid fan of singer Mel Torme, in part because Anderson, himself, was a fan of Torme and his music. As a result of this, Torme appeared in nine episodes of the series, usually playing himself. Anderson gave the eulogy at Torme’s funeral in 1999. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952.md?page=117) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952.md?page=119)