# 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:** 145
**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:** [April 15, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2881 "2010-04-15T17:26:10Z")
The “wishbone formation” in American football consists of the quarterback under center, a fullback directly behind the quarterback, and two halfbacks behind, and to either side of, the fullback (thus forming a “Y”, or wishbone, shape). The wishbone was commonly used in college football during the 1970s and 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2882 "2010-04-15T17:32:57Z")
Guitarist Andy Powell is the only musician to have been part of every incarnation of the British rock band Wishbone Ash. ---
**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 15, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2883 "2010-04-15T18:02:48Z")
_The Ash Grove_, a traditional Welsh folk song, has been documentably used in various versions since the early 19th century. It has been used both as its own song with its own lyrics, and as the melody for at least three different hymns. ---
**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 15, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2884 "2010-04-15T18:05:48Z")
When Wishbone Ash’s “Blind Eye” was first released as a single in the US, the vocal track was been edited out to make it an instrumental. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2885 "2010-04-15T18:07:03Z")
During the early Seventies, cartoonist Chester Gould made the ill-advised decision to modernize his “Dick Tracy” comic strip. He sent Tracy to battle crime in outer space, married Tracy’s son to a Moon Maiden, and introduced a hippie cop named Groovy Grove. ---
**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 15, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2886 "2010-04-15T18:24:40Z")
Heh. I just read “The Prince and the Pauper” with my son. Three Apollo astronauts have publicly criticized the Obama Administration’s budget plans for NASA, especially its cancellation of the Constellation program and a return to the Moon for the establishment of a base there. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2887 "2010-04-15T19:16:25Z")
For the first 3 years after the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, they played in the Coliseum with an insanely close and high left field wall. Outfielder Wally Moon’s home runs over the wall were nicknamed “Moon Shots”. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2888 "2010-04-15T19:21:25Z")
At least three additional Apollo moon missions (Apollo 18, 19, and 20) were planned, but never conducted. Some equipment from those canceled missions was used in the Skylab and Apollo/Soyuz missions, while other equipment wound up in museums. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2889 "2010-04-15T19:59:12Z")
The nymph Daphne had herself transformed into a laurel tree, rather than succumb to the lusty god Apollo. ---
**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 15, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2890 "2010-04-15T20:04:00Z")
Daphne Moon was the physical therapist for Martin Crane, Dr. Frasier Crane’s dad and a police officer who retired after being wounded in the line of duty, on the TV sitcom _Frasier_. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2891 "2010-04-15T20:06:56Z")
A legend in western Massachusetts is that the five main characters on “Scooby Doo” represented the “Five Colleges” of the Amherst area. Fred and Daphne, the preppies, stood for Amherst College and Mount Holyoke respectively. Velma, the obvious lesbian, represented Smith. Shaggy was a stoner and therefore went to Hampshire College. Scooby, the largest character by far, and who was smarter than he looked, was a UMass dog. ---
**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 15, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2892 "2010-04-15T20:15:02Z")
Actor Kurtwood Smith played a sociopathic bad guy in _Robocop_, a dignified alien president in _Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country_, and a cantankerous dad in _That '70s Show_. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2893 "2010-04-15T20:20:31Z")
The titles of each episode of Season 5 of _That 70s Show_ were taken from the titles of Led Zeppelin songs; the episode titles from Seasons 6, 7 and 8 of the show were taken from songs by The Who, The Rolling Stones, and Queen, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2894 "2010-04-15T20:23:31Z")
Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons released several singles, including a popular cover of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” using the alias Wonder Who. ---
**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 15, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2895 "2010-04-15T20:32:36Z")
Wonder Woman was created by Dr. William Mouton Marsten, a psychologist who helped develop the lie detector. The comic reflected Marsten’s feelings about women being sexually submissive and had them getting tied up a lot. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2896 "2010-04-15T20:34:05Z")
The Guess Who were the first Canadian band to have a number one hit on the U.S. charts, with “American Woman.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2897 "2010-04-15T20:39:22Z")
Guess Who co-founder and guitarist Randy Bachman later co-founded Bachman-Turner Overdrive. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2898 "2010-04-15T21:01:02Z")
Janine Turner, who played an Alaskan pilot on\*\*\* Northern Exposure\*\*\*, is a friend of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, and campaigned for the Mccain-Palin ticket i n2008. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2899 "2010-04-15T21:01:02Z")
[del]_Mona Lisa Overdrive_ is the final volume of William Gibson’s cyberpunk trilogy that begins with _Necromancer_ and continues with _Count Zero_.[/del] Janine Turner once dated Chicago Cubs first baseman Mark Grace. ---
**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 15, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/2900 "2010-04-15T21:16:07Z")
Demi Moore played Janine Turner’s sister on _General Hospital_ in 1982-1983. Janine was blond in those days, and it was Demi’s first role with any major exposure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=144) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=146)