# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/861 "2025-10-13T14:15:34Z")
The order of precedence when displaying military flags together is Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force and Coast Guard. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/862 "2025-10-13T14:22:45Z")
The United States Coast Guard was formed in 1915, by the merger of two predecessor services: the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and the U.S. Life-Saving Service. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/863 "2025-10-13T14:40:32Z")
While the order of precedence when displaying military flags together is Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force and Coast Guard, this is **during times of peace**. Note that their founding dates are in a different order. Chronologically we have: 14 Jun 1775 — US Army 13 Oct 1775 — US Navy 10 Nov 1775 — US Marine Corps 28 Jan 1915 — US Coast Guard 18 Sep 1947 — US Air Force 20 Dec 2019 — US Space Force The flag of the US Marine Corps has a higher order of precedence than the US Navy primarily because of its (our!) continuous lineage since 1775, while the Navy was temporarily disbanded in 1785 after the Revolutionary War and then later reestablished in 1794. The flag of the US Coast Guard has a lower order of precedence than the US Air Force and US Space Force because it operates under the Department of Homeland Security during peacetime. During war, the Coast Guard flag moves to a higher position, after the Navy and before the Air Force flag, because the Coast Guard transfers to the Department of Defense. The order of precedence when displaying military flags together **only during times of war** is Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Space Force. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/864 "2025-10-13T15:45:47Z")
For fear of creating a dangerous standing army, the United States has to re-fund its army every two years or sooner. One of the enumerated rights of Congress is > To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years; ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/865 "2025-10-13T17:52:04Z")
Military members are still working throughout the government shutdown as their roles are considered essential for national security. Troops are expected to receive back pay once the shutdown ends. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/866 "2025-10-13T18:19:45Z")
_Troops_ is a 1997 mockumentary short film, directed by Kevin Rubio. It is a spoof of both the TV series _Cops_ and the original _Star Wars_, and presents a humorous depiction of a squad of Imperial Stormtroopers on Tatooine. It shows several of the “events” in _Star Wars_, as seen through the eyes of the Stormtroopers, including the theft of droids by Jawas, and the deaths of Owen and Beru Lars (which the spoof depicts as a domestic dispute gone wrong). ---
**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:** [October 14, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/867 "2025-10-14T13:44:16Z")
Jack Purvis, a little person, played the head Jawa in _Star Wars_. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/868 "2025-10-14T14:09:19Z")
Although the exact total is unclear, it is believed that 122-124 little people were signed to play the Munchkins in the movie _The Wizard of Oz_. In addition, about a dozen child actors were also hired to perform as Munchkins. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/869 "2025-10-14T14:16:47Z")
In AD 122, Roman emperor Hadrian gave the Scottish land back to the Scots and started construction on Hadrian’s Wall. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/870 "2025-10-20T03:29:25Z")
The British monarch, currently King Charles III, has different coats of arms for use in Scotland and in the rest of the United Kingdom. He has still other coats of arms for use in Canada and other realms of the Commonwealth. ETA: He is not an emperor, and is not Scottish by birth. > **[Charles III | Arms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III#Arms)** > > As Prince of Wales, Charles's coat of arms was based on the arms of the United Kingdom, differenced with a white label and an inescutcheon of the Principality of Wales, surmounted by the heir apparent's crown, and with the motto Ich dien (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}German: \[ɪç ˈdiːn\], "I serve") instead of Dieu et mon droit. > Wh... ---
**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:** [October 21, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/871 "2025-10-21T05:58:00Z")
Author Charles Henri Ford wrote _The Young and Evil_ in 1933. It was notable then for being one of the first openly gay American novels. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/872 "2025-10-21T14:51:44Z")
_The Young and the Restless_ is an American television soap opera that debuted on March 26, 1973. It has won 11 Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, and has been the highest rated daytime drama for the last 34 years. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/873 "2025-10-21T17:01:40Z")
“Cotton’s Dream” is an instrumental song written by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. in 1971, as part of the soundtrack for the film _Bless the Beasts and Children_. In 1973, when the television soap opera _The Young and the Restless_ premiered, “Cotton’s Dream” was adopted as the show’s theme song. In 1976, when Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci became a media sensation due to her performance in the Summer Olympics, ABC used the song as background music for clips of Comăneci on _Wide World of Sports_; the song was retitled “Nadia’s Theme” by its composers in her honor, and was released as a single, reaching the top 10 in both the U.S. and Canada. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/874 "2025-10-22T18:44:16Z")
Erle Stanley Gardner named his most famous character, Perry Mason, after the company which published The Youth’s Companion, a children’s magazine he read as a boy. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/875 "2025-10-22T18:52:30Z")
In 1948 _Highlights_ magazine debuted _Goofus and Gallant,_ featuring two young boys who were contrasting in their actions. In each cartoon, it is shown how each boy would respond to the same situation. Goofus chooses an irresponsible, immature and unkind path, while Gallant chooses a responsible, mature and kind path. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/876 "2025-10-22T19:08:19Z")
_Galavant_ was an American “musical fantasy comedy” television series, which ran on ABC for two seasons, from 2014 through 2016. The series, which centered on the adventures and romances of a heroic knight named Galavant, was created by Dan Fogelman, with music by Broadway veterans Alan Menken and Glenn Slater; it starred Joshua Sasse as the title character, along with Timothy Omundsen, Vinnie Jones, and Mallory Jansen. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/877 "2025-10-23T02:50:00Z")
John Paul Jones, perhaps the Continental Navy’s greatest hero during the American Revolution, could not find a satisfactory role after independence was won and the Navy was largely disbanded. With the consent of Congress, he accepted an appointment as an admiral of Catherine the Great’s Russian fleet. Despite winning victories against the Ottoman Empire, he fell prey to court intrigues and left Russia after less than two years. ---
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Catherine the Great was born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst on May 2, 1729. ---
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_Sophie’s Choice_ is the title of a 1979 novel by William Styron. A film based on the book was released in 1982, starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. The story is of Sophie, a Polish immigrant living in New York City shortly after WWII. As the plot unfolds, it is revealed that Sophie had to make a choice between her two children to decide which one would live and which one would die in the gas chamber at Auschwitz. “Sophie’s Choice” has become a popular metaphor for an impossible decision between two equally difficult options. ---
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> [@knoodler](#): > > In 1948 _Highlights_ magazine debuted _Goofus and Gallant_ `` Thank you for this. I have good childhood memories from browsing through the Highlights magazine, and Goofus and Gallant. Per wiki, Highlights magazine was started in June **1946** and Goofus and Gallant were already there. ➜ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlights\_(magazine)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlights%5C_(magazine)) ■ ➜ [Goofus and Gallant - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofus_and_Gallant) ■ Just sayin’. `` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952.md?page=45)