# 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:** 113
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2241 "2010-03-24T16:08:44Z")
Latrobe, PA is the home of Arnold Palmer, who holds the record for the fastest circumnavigation of the world including refueling stops, in a Learjet 36, 57 hours 25 minutes 42 seconds in 1976. He was a pretty good golfer, too. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2242 "2010-03-24T16:13:10Z")
Jim Palmer was major league baseball’s winningest pitcher in the 1970s. ---
**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 24, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2243 "2010-03-24T16:15:17Z")
According to Wiki, in 1995 an Air France Concorde achieved the fastest non-orbital circumnavigation, starting at New York/JFK International Airport, in 31 hours 27 minutes 49 seconds, including six refuelling stops at Toulouse, Dubai, Bangkok, Andersen Air Force Base (Guam), Honolulu, and Acapulco. Concorde continues to hold the record. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2244 "2010-03-24T16:57:43Z")
[Fort Toulouse](http://www.forttoulouse.com/), a restored 18th century fort in what is now Wetumpka, Alabama was named for Louis, the Comte de Toulouse, an illegitimate son of Louix XIV and an ancestor through two of his grandchildren of the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (whose inbred ancestry was believed responsible for his legs never growing again after a childhood accident). ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2245 "2010-03-24T17:32:57Z")
Toulouse is known in France as “the pink city”, because most of its historical buildings were made with naked clay bricks ([example](http://cache.virtualtourist.com/2927563-Travel_Picture-Toulouse.jpg)). ---
**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 24, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2246 "2010-03-24T17:54:08Z")
The flower Pink is not named for its colour - it’s the other way around. The flower is named for the shape of its petals, which have a jagged edge - when used deliberately and decoratively, such edges are called ‘pinked’. ---
**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 24, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2247 "2010-03-24T18:01:55Z")
One member of the Scaffold, which had a British hit single with “Lily the Pink” in the 60s, was Paul McCartney’s brother Mike. So as not to play off his brother’s fame, he used the pseudonym Mike McGear (“Gear” being Liverpool slang for “great”). ---
**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 24, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2248 "2010-03-24T18:29:21Z")
Near East Liverpool, Ohio may be found the Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey that led to the opening of the Northwest Territory. It is the starting point of surveys for almost all other lands to the west, reaching all the way to the Pacific Ocean. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2249 "2010-03-24T18:39:08Z")
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s \*\*\*South Pacific \*\*\*was based on a collection of stories by James Michener. ---
**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 24, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2250 "2010-03-24T19:42:32Z")
The Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942-43 marked the first major clash between the Imperial Japanese Army and the U.S. Marine Corps and Army. The Americans were victorious, but with heavy losses. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2251 "2010-03-24T19:43:00Z")
[del]Mike Hammerstein was a defensive lineman for the University of Michigan and then the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals during the 1980’s.[/del] Guadalcanal is one of the Solomon Islands, and is home to the country’s capital, Honiara. Solomon Islands (the country’s official name does not feature the definite article) is a former British protectorate which became independent in 1978. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2252 "2010-03-24T19:48:12Z")
Cincinnati Bengals All-Pro defensive tackle Mike Reid, a Penn State grad, went on to become a country singer and songwriter. His best-known songs are Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” and Ronnie Milsap’s “Stranger in my House”, but he reached #1 on his own with “Walk on Faith”. ---
**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 24, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2253 "2010-03-24T19:51:16Z")
Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, is majority leader of the U.S. Senate. He has trailed in the polls for his reelection campaign for several months now, and is considered highly vulnerable to his Republican challenger. ---
**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 24, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2254 "2010-03-24T20:06:44Z")
Reno, Nevada is further west than Los Angeles, California. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2255 "2010-03-24T20:10:06Z")
The mother of former Attorney General Janet Reno was a professional alligator wrestler. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2256 "2010-03-24T20:36:03Z")
The writers/cast/producers of **Reno 911** agreed to never portray actual Washoe County sheriffs in the series as part of the agreement for doing some of their filming on location; the characters are part of a fictional Reno city sheriff’s department. ---
**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 24, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2257 "2010-03-24T20:37:47Z")
{Beaten to the punch.} ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2258 "2010-03-24T20:42:10Z")
[nevermind] ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2259 "2010-03-24T20:42:36Z")
Washoe, a chimpanzee residing at Central Washington University, was the first non-human to learn and use American Sign Language. ---
**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 24, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2260 "2010-03-24T20:44:44Z")
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