# 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:** 107
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2121 "2010-03-19T21:33:18Z")
Wiley Post was the pilot for American humorist Will Rogers, the half-Cherokee native of Claremore, OK. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2122 "2010-03-19T21:41:32Z")
Dina Merrill is one of the richest actresses and it is through inheritance; her father was E.F. Hutton and her mother was Marjorie Merriwether Post (of Post cereal), each of them more than $100 million in their own right; her first cousin was “poor little rich girl” Barbara Hutton whose seven husbands included Cary Grant, internationally famous playboy Porfirio Rubirosa, tennis star Gottfried von Cramm and several penniless titled noblemen. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2123 "2010-03-19T21:51:42Z")
Dina Merrill was once married to actor Cliff Robertson, who played John F. Kennedy in the film _PT 109_. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2124 "2010-03-19T21:55:59Z")
Carol Merrill \ was a model on Monty Hall’s _Let’s Make a Deal_, riding a giant hobby or vapidly pointing to the wonderful prizes in Door Number 3. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2125 "2010-03-19T23:20:39Z")
Gary Merrill, the cashiered CO in “Twelve O’Clock High” and the pilot in “Crash Landing”, was married to Bette Davis, whom he had met while co-starring with her in “All About Eve”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2126 "2010-03-20T01:00:50Z")
Bette Midler’s mother named her after her favorite actress, Bette Davis. Mrs. Midler didn’t know that “Bette” was pronounced like “Betty,” so she called her daughter “Bet.” ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2127 "2010-03-20T01:23:58Z")
Bette Midler got her career started by singing in bathhouses with her accompanist, Barry Manilow. ---
**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 20, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2128 "2010-03-20T03:31:33Z")
Barack Obama went by the nickname “Barry” for much of his childhood, which included time in Hawaii, where he was born, and Indonesia, the homeland of his stepfather. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2129 "2010-03-20T05:14:58Z")
Indonesia ranks fourth among all nations in total population, and first in Muslim population. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2130 "2010-03-20T09:23:05Z")
Iran ranks only 17th among all countries by population, but seems to have the most current practitioners of each of four religions: Shi’a Islam, Zoroasterianism, Yaresan, and Yazidi. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2131 "2010-03-20T13:02:46Z")
Richard Strauss’ tone poem “Also Sprach Zarathustra”, featured in “2001: A Space Odyssey”, was based on the Nietzsche novel by the same name about the thoughts of Zoroaster. ---
**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 20, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2132 "2010-03-20T15:11:14Z")
General Electric used to call their light bulbs “Mazda lights,” named after Ahura Mazda, the “great divinity” in Zoraster’s philosophy. He was often represented in the West as the god of light. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2133 "2010-03-20T15:11:15Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Richard Strauss’ tone poem “Also Sprach Zarathustra”, featured in “2001: A Space Odyssey”, was based on the Nietzsche novel by the same name about the thoughts of Zoroaster. Many modern neoconservatives were disciples of Leo Strauss, who taught that almost all the great philosophers of history planted secret, implied messages in their work. ---
**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 20, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2134 "2010-03-20T21:20:25Z")
Levi Strauss & Co. is almost entirely owned by indirect descendants and other relatives of Levi Strauss. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2135 "2010-03-20T22:17:12Z")
Writer Darin Strauss authored a (mostly fictional) novel about Siamese twins Chang & Eng Bunker; Gary Oldman owns the movie rights and is attempting to get funding for a film version. ---
**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 20, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2136 "2010-03-20T22:46:10Z")
Gary Oldman has played both villains (Dracula, Lee Harvey Oswald, the top Russian terrorist in _Air Force One_) and heroes (Sirius Black, Lt. Gordon in the most recent _Batman_ movies). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2137 "2010-03-20T22:55:56Z")
In Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea”, the Cuban fisherman imagines how the great Joe DiMaggio would handle the predicament he was in with the giant fish. ---
**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 20, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2138 "2010-03-20T23:33:14Z")
Joe DiMaggio’s major league record 56-game hitting streak was the second best of his career: he put together a 61-game hitting streak when in the minor leagues. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2139 "2010-03-20T23:53:04Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Joe DiMaggio’s major league record 56-game hitting streak was the second best of his career: he put together a 61-game hitting streak when in the minor leagues. In the movie version of Joseph Heller’s “Catch 22,” Bob Newhart played the reclusive Major Major Major Major. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2140 "2010-03-20T23:54:34Z")
Both the actor Bob Newhart and the psychologist he played, Bob Hartley, graduated from Loyola University of Chicago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=106) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=108)