# 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:** 111
**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 23, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2201 "2010-03-23T05:34:03Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Blue Cross was originally an insurance plan covering hospitalization expenses for teachers at Baylor University. It was developed independently from Blue Shield (originally an insurance plan which covered physician expenses); Blue Cross and Blue Shield merged into one association in 1982. The Red Crescent emblem was first used by Red Cross volunteers during the armed conflict between the Ottoman Empire and Russia from 1877–78. The symbol was officially adopted in 1929, and to date 33 Islamic states have recognized it. ---
**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 23, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2202 "2010-03-23T12:32:27Z")
Crescent rolls, made by Pillsbury are sold under General Mills’ ownership. However, due to antitrust laws, General Mills was required to sell off some Pillsbury products. The dry, baking goods are sold under Smucker’s ownership. ---
**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 23, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2203 "2010-03-23T12:41:57Z")
Paul Frees was the voice of Boris Badenov, Santa Claus in **Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer** , Ludwig von Drake, and the Pillsbury Doughboy, among many others. ---
**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 23, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2204 "2010-03-23T14:15:12Z")
John Paul Jones rose to naval fame as a captain of the USS _Ranger_ and then the _Bonhomme Richard_ during the American Revolution. His defeat and capture of the British warship HMS _Serapis_ has become legendary; when called upon to surrender, he is said to have declared, “I have not yet begun to fight!” ---
**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 23, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2205 "2010-03-23T15:12:33Z")
The mascot of the Quebec Winter Carnival is nicknamed Bonhomme, short of Bonhomme de neige, which means “snowman.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2206 "2010-03-23T16:23:23Z")
Quebec City’s most recognizable building is the Chateau Frontenac, one of a chain of hotels built by the Canadian Pacific Railway to serve its passengers. The Guinness book lists it as “the most photographed hotel in the world”. ---
**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 23, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2207 "2010-03-23T16:23:32Z")
The Winter Garden Theater in New York City has been the home theater for \*Peter Pan, West Side Story, Funny Girl, Mame, Cats \*and _Mamma Mia!_ among other shows. ---
**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 23, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2208 "2010-03-23T17:35:06Z")
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Canada built a series of station along its right of way in areas that previously hadn’t any settlements. The stations (and later the towns at those stations) were named alphabetically by the distance along the line: e.g., Allan, Bradwell, Clavet, Duro, Earl, Farley, Grandora, Hawoods, Ivana, Juniata, Kinley, Leney, Mead, Neola, Oban, Palo, Reford, Scott, Tako, Unity, Vera, _Winter_, Yonker, and Zumbro in Saskatchewan. (tying both threads.) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2209 "2010-03-23T17:44:21Z")
Well done. 🙂 The streets of Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood are alphabetical as well. Starting with the Public Garden and moving west, they are Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, Dartmouth, Exeter, Fairfield, Gloucester, and Hertford. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2210 "2010-03-23T17:48:21Z")
The last city, alphabetically, to host an Olympic Games, Winter or Summer, was Vancouver. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2211 "2010-03-23T19:03:29Z")
Highlander: The Series split filming between Vancouver, BC, and Paris, France. The parts filmed in Paris were set in Paris (primarily along the Seine, where Duncan kept his houseboat), the parts filmed in Vancouver, however, were set in Washington state, either in Seattle, or in the fictional city of Seacouver (which began as a fan-name, a portmanteau of Seattle and Vancouver, because of the above). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2212 "2010-03-23T19:09:46Z")
After the cancellation of _ **Star Trek** _, Leonard Nimoy joined the cast of _ **Mission: Impossible** _, playing a suave agent named Paris. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2213 "2010-03-23T19:36:52Z")
In Greek mythology Paris was the son of Priam and Hecuba but was exposed as a child due to a prophecy he would bring about the downfall of Troy; he was saved by farmers and reunited with his parents, after which he brought about the downfall of Troy by snatching Helen away from Sparta where she was married to King Menelaus with whom she had a daughter Hermione. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2214 "2010-03-23T19:49:21Z")
Robert Duncan McNeill played Nicholas Locarno on an episode of ST:TNG, and later the same character with his name changed to Tom Paris on ST:Voyager. ---
**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 23, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2215 "2010-03-23T20:06:01Z")
The USS _Voyager_ was an _Intrepid_-class starship commanded by Capt. Kathryn Janeway. Her first officer, killed in the pilot episode, was named Cavit; we never found out his first name. Chakotay, a Maquis leader of Native American ancestry, takes Cavit’s place and eventually becomes a trusted colleague. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2216 "2010-03-23T20:13:04Z")
The USS Intrepid, an Essex-class carrier later refitted for jets with an angled steel deck and steam catapults, served with distinction in WW2 and later as a Mercury and Gemini recovery ship. She is now used as a museum, permanently docked at Pier 86 in the Hudson River. ---
**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 23, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2217 "2010-03-23T20:22:59Z")
In 2001, the Dodge Intrepid made its debut on the NASCAR circuit, returning Chrysler to NASCAR competition after a 16-years away. Drivers in the initial Intrepid campaign included Casey Atwood, Bill Elliott, Jason Leffler, Sterling Marlin, John Andretti, Ward Burton, Kyle Petty, Dave Blaney and Stacy Compton. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2218 "2010-03-23T20:24:29Z")
\*The Essex \*a Nantucket whale ship from Massachusetts was sunk in the South Pacific leading the survivors to make it back to South America, it took 92 days and most of the crew starved or ate each other. The actual survivors were interviewed by Herman Melville who later wrote Moby Dick. ---
**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 23, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2219 "2010-03-23T20:25:24Z")
Another _Essex_ was a U.S. Navy sail frigate on which then 12-year-old David G. Farragut served; it was captured by the British in the Pacific during the War of 1812, off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile. Farragut went on to naval glory during the Civil war. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2220 "2010-03-23T20:35:36Z")
During the early seasons of _Saturday Night Live_, announcer Don Pardo regularly stated that guests of the program stayed at the Essex House while in New York City. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=112)