# Trivia Dominoes: Play Off the Last Bit of Trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 4, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657 "2010-02-04T08:12:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/181 "2010-02-05T21:29:09Z")
The book Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland is available for $9.95 on [amazon.com](http://amazon.com). ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/182 "2010-02-05T21:34:42Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > The book Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland is available for $9.95 on [amazon.com](http://amazon.com). Raul Julia sang _Santa Lucia_ in the movie _Tequila Sunrise_. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/183 "2010-02-05T21:39:31Z")
_Tequila Sunrise_ was a hit by the Eagles from their album _Desperado_ (whose title song is one of Simon Cowell’s favorites). ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/184 "2010-02-05T21:42:37Z")
\*Desperado \*was a sequel, of sorts, to Robert Rodriguez’s first surprise success, _El Mariachi_. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/185 "2010-02-05T21:46:11Z")
There are three major grades of tequila: blanco (bottled shortly after fermentation), reposado (aged between two months and a year in casks before bottling) and añejo (aged more than one year in casks before bottling). ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/186 "2010-02-05T21:53:01Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > There are three major grades of tequila: blanco (bottled shortly after fermentation), reposado (aged between two months and a year in casks before bottling) and añejo (aged more than one year in casks before bottling). Party foul here (look at the post before yours) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/187 "2010-02-05T21:59:58Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > \*Desperado \*was a sequel, of sorts, to Robert Rodriguez’s first surprise success, _El Mariachi_. The group Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán provided backing on Linda Ronstadt’s _Canciones de Mi Padre_ album. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/188 "2010-02-05T22:00:27Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > There are three major grades of tequila: blanco (bottled shortly after fermentation), reposado (aged between two months and a year in casks before bottling) and añejo (aged more than one year in casks before bottling). _The Cask of Amontillado_ by Edgar Allan Poe was published in 1846. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/189 "2010-02-05T22:03:28Z")
Edgar Allan Poe married his first cousin when she was 13, struggled with alcohol addiction, and according to one theory died of rabies, yet he was not from Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/190 "2010-02-05T22:07:00Z")
The jazz standard “Stars Fell on Alabama,” mentioned on recent printings of the state’s license plate, reference an unusually strong Leonid meteor shower that took place in 1833. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/191 "2010-02-05T22:18:57Z")
Alabama’s former license plate slogan was _Heart of Dixie_. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/192 "2010-02-05T22:21:02Z")
It’s not known where the name Dixie came from, but theories include the French word dix (“ten”) which was the nickname for a ten dollar bill, or from the Mason-Dixon line (named after two astronomers who surveyed the line for extra money). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/193 "2010-02-05T22:26:19Z")
The term _sawbuck_ (reputedly) came to be applied to a ten-dollar bill because the Roman numeral X on the note resembled a sawhorse. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/194 "2010-02-05T22:31:10Z")
The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/195 "2010-02-05T22:33:55Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X. Mike Ditka went to the University of Pittsburgh, and planned to become a dentist after graduating. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/196 "2010-02-05T22:43:45Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Mike Ditka went to the University of Pittsburgh, and planned to become a dentist after graduating. John Henry Holliday of OK Corral fame was called “Doc” Holliday because he was a dentist by training, having obtained his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/197 "2010-02-05T22:47:56Z")
Pennsylvania was the first state to list their web site URL on their license plate. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/198 "2010-02-05T23:09:31Z")
Richard Dreyfuss pulls a Louisiana license plate out of a tiger shark’s stomach, in “Jaws.” ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/199 "2010-02-05T23:35:18Z")
The Dreyfus Affair was a political scandal in France in the late 1800s, which involved a French soldier of Jewish descent. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/200 "2010-02-05T23:36:04Z")
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