# 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:** 19
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/361 "2025-06-29T19:46:08Z")
The name _U.S.S. Yorktown_ has been applied to five ships in the U.S. Navy. All of them were named after the city of Yorktown, Virginia, and the Battle of Yorktown (the final battle of the American Revolutionary War); the most recent _Yorktown_ was a _Ticonderoga_-class cruiser, which was decommissioned in 2004. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/362 "2025-06-29T21:57:01Z")
Dixon Ticonderoga is the best known in US pencil manufacturer. They celebrate their 200th anniversary in 2027. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/363 "2025-06-30T02:53:43Z")
Fort Ticonderoga was built in 1755-57 near the south end of Lake Champlain by the French, then captured by the British during the French and Indian War, then captured by American forces led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold during the American Revolution. Cannon brought from the fort by Henry Knox helped George Washington force the British evacuation of Boston in 1776. The British recaptured the fort in 1777, then abandoned it four years later. It has remained in American hands, public or private, since then. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/364 "2025-06-30T03:03:23Z")
Duncan Campbell was a Scots nobleman who died in the 1748 assault on Fort Carillon, which is what the French called Ticonderoga. There is a legend that many years before then, the ghost of his cousin appeared to Campbell and told him that they would meet at Ticonderoga. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/365 "2025-06-30T03:28:16Z")
A carillon is a pitched percussion instrument played on a keyboard which includes at least 23 bells, often housed in bell towers. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/366 "2025-06-30T03:42:54Z")
The [Westminster Quarters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj3hJ1OrLTw&ab_channel=HowardMillerFamilyofCompanies), the melody played by the bells at the Palace of Westminster, uses the notes G♯4, F♯4, E4, and B3. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/367 "2025-06-30T17:58:48Z")
The five notes used to initiate communication with the alien ship in _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_ are D, E, C, C (an octave lower), and G. They are also identified as Re, Mi, Do, Do, G. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/368 "2025-06-30T18:14:12Z")
_Close Encounters of the Third Kind_ featured acclaimed French film director Francois Truffaut as scientist and UFO expert Claude Lacombe. It was Truffaut’s only acting role in a film which he did not personally also direct, and his only English-language acting role. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/369 "2025-06-30T18:17:15Z")
Devil’s Tower, which was featured in _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_, was the first national monument in the USA. President Theodore Roosevelt made the proclamation on September 24, 1906. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/370 "2025-06-30T18:31:41Z")
Today, Cary Guffey is 53 years old. Back in 1977 he was just 5 when he played the little boy, Barry Guiler, in _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/371 "2025-06-30T20:29:50Z")
The look of the mothership in _Close Encounters…_ was based on an oil refinery which Spielberg saw at night. The director wanted to differentiate its look to be more luminescent and less hardware (as done in _Star Wars_ the previous year). Modelers who worked on the _Star Wars_ set were brought on, and in a playful moment added a tiny R2D2 figure to the finished piece. Also included were a mailbox, a great white shark, a Volkswagen bus, and a small graveyard. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/372 "2025-07-01T03:55:15Z")
Steven Spielberg’s _Jaws_ (1975) was released 50 years and 10 days ago, on Friday 20 Jun 1975. It opened that weekend to a then-record $7 million first weekend and then went on to become the first movie in the US to earn $100 million. _Jaws_ was the highest-grossing film in history until the release of _Star Wars_ in 1977. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/373 "2025-07-01T15:49:15Z")
The shark model in _Jaws_ completely failed when it needed to work. The modelers and engineers responsible for it had tested it in freshwater, where it performed perfectly; when they put it into salt water, the saline wreaked havoc on it. Robert Shaw took advantage of the extended down time to write his “USS Indiana” speech, but when it came time to film he was too drunk to say it. Later, a sobered Shaw begged Spielberg for another chance, and was able to deliver the entire speech in a single take. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/374 "2025-07-01T18:06:25Z")
Steven Spielberg has been nominated for nine Oscars for Best Director, and has won twice–for _Schindler’s List_ and _Saving Private Ryan_. He has also won an Oscar for Best Picture, also for _Schindler’s List_. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/375 "2025-07-01T18:17:06Z")
Dale Dye was a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving in the Vietnam War. After retiring from the Marines in 1984, Dye moved into the film industry; in addition to becoming an actor, he founded a consulting company called Warriors, Inc., which specializes in providing technical advice and training for directors and actors working on war films, with an eye towards more realistic depictions of soldiers and war. Among the films and TV series which Dye and his firm have worked on are _Platoon_, _Saving Private Ryan_, _Band of Brothers_, _Starship Troopers_, and _Alexander_. (Dye’s wife, and partner in Warriors, Inc., Julia, is an old friend of mine.) ---
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Dale Davis was selected 13th overall by the Indiana Pacers in the 1991 NBA Draft. He was the starting power forward during the Pacers’ run to three Eastern Conference Finals and one NBA Finals in the late '90s. He made the All-Star team in his last full year with the team. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/377 "2025-07-01T22:23:10Z")
Ann Meyers was the first (and AFAIK only) woman drafted by an NBA team. In 1979 she tried out for the Indiana Pacers but eventually did not make the team. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/378 "2025-07-02T03:52:56Z")
Side note: Dale Dye actually appears in _Saving Private Ryan_: [Marshall's Aide | Saving Private Ryan Wiki | Fandom](https://savingprivateryan.fandom.com/wiki/Marshall%27s_Aide) In play: According to Freedom for All Americans, Indiana has the third-largest population of Amish people in the United States, behind only Pennsylvania and Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/379 "2025-07-02T04:17:09Z")
Amish people usually avoid modern technology and refrain from using electricity from public utility grids and from owning motor vehicles. Phones are allowed but are supposed to remain outside the home. In some sects, allowances for technology have crept in, like the acceptance of credit cards at farm stands or the use of advanced tools at construction sites. Generally, these adaptations are permitted for work use only. ---
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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > According to Freedom for All Americans, Indiana has the third-largest population of Amish people in the United States, behind only Pennsylvania and Ohio. Side note — I recently bought an Amish dining room set from a company in Indiana and it is beautiful. They do some excellent work! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952.md?page=20)