# 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:** 136
**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:** [April 8, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2701 "2010-04-08T23:48:25Z")
Abraham Lincoln was the second Republican Party presidential candidate, after John C. Fremont in 1856, and the first to win the White House. He was also the first President born in Kentucky, and the first to be assassinated. ---
**Author:** ![bearman217](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@bearman217](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bearman217)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2702 "2010-04-08T23:56:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Abraham Lincoln was the second Republican Party presidential candidate, after John C. Fremont in 1856, and the first to win the White House. He was also the first President born in Kentucky, and the first to be assassinated. President William Howard Taft created the first Oval Office in the White House which was eventually moved as the section of the White House was expanded. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2703 "2010-04-09T00:43:04Z")
Ovaltine, under its original name, Ovomaltine, is listed in Culinary Heritage of Switzerland, a compendium of traditional Swiss Foods. Prior to 2003, Ovaltine was owned by the Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2704 "2010-04-09T02:13:28Z")
The Swiss Army Knife was actually created for use by the Swiss Army. Two manufacturers are allowed to use the trademark: Wenger, S.A. and Victorinix. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2705 "2010-04-09T03:24:15Z")
Pope Sixtus IV began hiring Swiss mercenaries as his personal bodyguards in the 15th century, and the Swiss Guard remain the Vatican’s chief security force today. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2706 "2010-04-09T03:29:28Z")
When Lincoln Assassination conspirator John Surratt, Jr. fled the U.S. he became a member of the Papal Zouaves, a non-Swiss auxiliary under the authority of the Swiss Guard . When his identity was discovered, by which time he also learned his mother had been hanged, he attempted suicide by jumping from a wall but landed in a cess pool. ---
**Author:** ![bearman217](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@bearman217](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bearman217)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2707 "2010-04-09T12:47:02Z")
The character Matrim Cauthon in the Wheel of Time series was hung from the neck by the creatures known as the Eelfinn, who resemble foxes, in the ruined city of Rhuidean. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2708 "2010-04-09T13:41:09Z")
**Heart Like a Wheel** , about race car driver Shirley Muldowney, is probably the only film biography about someone who grew up in Schenectady, NY. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2709 "2010-04-09T13:43:32Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The Swiss Army Knife was actually created for use by the Swiss Army. Two manufacturers are allowed to use the trademark: Wenger, S.A. and Victorinix. Nitpicks: Victorinox has bought Wenger SA, so there’s now only one producer of Swiss Army knives: [Victorinox - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorinox) Mario Cuomo, then governor of New York, was seriously considered by President Bill Clinton for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993, but dithered so long in considering the possibility that Clinton appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg instead. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2710 "2010-04-09T14:10:43Z")
Ruth Bader Ginsberg is the second female Justice (after Sandra Day O’Connor), and the first Jewish female Justice. Ginsburg spent a considerable portion of her career as an advocate for the equal citizenship status of women and men as a constitutional principle. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2711 "2010-04-09T15:09:19Z")
Louis Brandeis – whose name is given to Brandeis University – was the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice. Later, there was a tradition of a “Jewish seat” on the court, starting with Benjamin Cardozo (who served with Brandeis), Felix Frankfurter, Arthur Goldberg, and Abe Fortas. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2712 "2010-04-09T15:17:52Z")
The role of Felix Ungar (who was based on Neil Simon’s brother Danny) is closely associated with both Jack Lemmon and Tony Randall, but Art Carney played Felix in the original Broadway production of _ **The Odd Couple.** _ Tony Randall always said that Carney was the best Felix of them all. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2713 "2010-04-09T16:24:31Z")
British Prime Minister Tony Blair was portrayed by actor Michael Sheen in the movie _The Queen_. He has also played Blair in _The Deal_ and _The Special Relationship_. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2714 "2010-04-09T16:54:17Z")
Helen Mirren is the only actress to have played both Queen Elizabeths on screen: Elizabeth I in the TV series _Elizabeth I_ and Elizabeth II in _The Queen_. She also won major awards for both roles: an Emmy for Elizabeth I and an Oscar for Elizabeth II. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2715 "2010-04-09T17:00:06Z")
I’ve suggested it before: they should film a scene with Queen Elizabeth II knighting DCI Jane Tennison at Buckingham Palace for services to the realm, while standing before a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I. Mirren could play all three roles. 😃 Elizabeth I is a secondary character in the long-running outdoor drama _The Lost Colony_, performed each summer in Manteo, N.C. Her catchphrase is, “You shall be rewarded!” ---
**Author:** ![bearman217](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@bearman217](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bearman217)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2716 "2010-04-09T18:22:58Z")
The children in _The Lord of the Flies_ form a colony on the island in order to survive. This colony eventually ruptures and the children end up fighting, and eating, each other. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2717 "2010-04-09T18:28:55Z")
Jean-Paul Sartre’s play _**The Flies (in French, Les Mouches**_) was an existentialist retelling of the Greek legend of Electra and Orestes. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2718 "2010-04-09T19:05:21Z")
Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion go to visit Jean-Paul Sartre in Paris in a particularly weird _Monty Python_ sketch. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2719 "2010-04-09T19:09:39Z")
The French highway system measures distances on mileage markers as the distance from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2720 "2010-04-09T19:13:06Z")
The great Lou Holtz, renowned longtime coach of Notre Dame Football, was born and raised in East Liverpool, Ohio, to which he returns at least yearly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=137)