# 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:** 101
**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:** [March 16, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2001 "2010-03-16T04:19:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Bill Clinton was, in December 2000, the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since Lyndon Johnson. The visit got relatively little attention back home because of the _Bush v. Gore_ lawsuit then making its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, celebrates its 1000th anniversary this year. 1010-2010. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2002 "2010-03-16T11:17:36Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, celebrates its 1000th anniversary this year. 1010-2010. Actor Brian Dennehy and Toronto Blue Jays manager Tim Johnson both claimed falsely to have served in combat during the Vietnam War. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2003 "2010-03-16T13:39:36Z")
Joe Haldeman, a U.S. Army combat engineer, turned his traumatic Vietnam War experiences into a science fiction classic by writing _The Forever War_, which many readers thought was also a critique of Robert Heinlein’s more gung-ho _Starship Troopers_. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2004 "2010-03-16T13:55:13Z")
Robert Heinlein graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served as a lieutenant in the Navy until he contracted tuberculosis. He was discharged for health reasons. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2005 "2010-03-16T14:16:03Z")
The Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Md. in 1845, during the administration of James K. Polk. Before that time, U.S. Navy officers were educated aboard active-duty warships. During the Civil War, when the Academy was threatened by pro-Confederate Marylanders, it was temporarily relocated to Newport, R.I. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2006 "2010-03-16T14:33:58Z")
Gay bikers like to hang out at the Blue Oyster Bar, in the \*\*\*Police Academy \*\*\*movie series. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2007 "2010-03-16T16:20:51Z")
Years ago, Harve Bennett came up with the concept for a _Star Trek_ film with the original characters as Starfleet cadets. Called _Star Trek: Starfleet Academy_, it was shelved when rumors circulated that it was going to resemble _Police Academy_. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2008 "2010-03-16T17:06:40Z")
In the _Star Trek_ universe, the main campus of the Starfleet Academy is located near Starfleet headquarters, just across the Golden Gate from the city of San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2009 "2010-03-16T17:43:55Z")
Theseus, Bellerophon, Hercules and the musician Orpheus were among the Argonauts who accompanied Jason on his quest for the Golden Fleece ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2010 "2010-03-16T17:48:25Z")
The Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts are the oldest professional football franchise in North America. They originated as a leisure activity of the Argonaut Rowing Club, founded in 1873. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2011 "2010-03-16T18:39:41Z")
In 1924, (not yet Dr.) Benjamin Spock won an Olympic gold medal in rowing while attending Yale University. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2012 "2010-03-16T18:57:02Z")
_Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care_ has to date been translated into at least 40 languages and has sold more than 60 million copies (many more probably- there were copyright issues in some countries), making it one of the bestselling books in history. In spite of earning tens of millions of dollars in royalties Dr. Spock died almost broke due to an extremely expensive divorce from his wife of 49 years, IRS problems, bad investments and medical expenses. (Contrary to urban legend that his kids were drug addicted basket cases, they both turned out just fine.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2013 "2010-03-16T19:08:38Z")
To date, Ronald Reagan is the only U.S. President who has gone through a divorce. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2014 "2010-03-16T19:24:30Z")
Three presidents have married divorcees: Andrew Jackson\*, Warren Harding, and Gerald Ford; two first ladies who have remarried after the death of the president: Frances Cleveland, and Jackie Kennedy. \*I know- story there. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2015 "2010-03-16T19:25:28Z")
Rutherford B. Hayes is the only U.S. President that has an entire province named after him in a country outside the US. Paraguay named one of its provinces “Presidente Hayes” after him because he ruled that the territory belonged to Paraguay (actually, the decision was made by a State Department official and Hayes just signed off on it). The city of Villa Hayes was also named for him. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2016 "2010-03-16T19:31:58Z")
The partisan and sectional bickering over the 1876 election (in which Hayes got the electoral majority and Tilden the popular majority) led to southern Democrats agreeing to support and withdraw challenges to the inauguration of Republican Hayes in exchange for an end to Reconstruction and the appointment of southern Democrats to key positions in the Hayes Administration. Though called “The Compromise of 1877” this was actually informal- no paper trail. The Jim Crow laws were born soon after this. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2017 "2010-03-16T19:45:42Z")
Bill Tilden, the world’s dominant tennis player of the 1920’s, had his career destroyed by “morals” charges due to his homosexual ephebophilia. He was fictionalized as a character in Vladimir Nabokov’s _Lolita_. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2018 "2010-03-16T19:51:27Z")
Vladimir Putin was a KGB agent early in his career before rising to be an advisor and then successor to Russian President Boris Yeltsin. He now serves as prime minister of Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2019 "2010-03-16T19:55:08Z")
The surnames of Boris and Natasha, the Russian villains from _Bullwinkle_, are Badenov and Fatale respectively. (Boris Badenov is a pun on Boris Gudenov [or Godunov- pronounced to semi-rhyme with ‘good enough’] while Fatale is an homage to femme fatales.) ---
**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:** [March 16, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2020 "2010-03-16T20:11:10Z")
Ah-nuld’s character in the James Cameron-directed spy comedy _True Lies_ uses the codename Boris. His wife, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, asks if her codename will be Natasha, and seems disappointed when he tells her it will be… Doris. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=102)