# 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:** 1472
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29427 "2016-05-13T23:20:55Z")
The name “chrysanthemum” is derived from the Greek words chrysos (gold) and anthemon (flower). In Japanese the flower’s name is “kiku” and it is used as a symbol of the imperial family, which has a chrysanthemum blossom crest as its flag. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29428 "2016-05-14T02:44:11Z")
Crest toothpaste was introduced in the US in 1953. It was developed by people from Indiana University. Colgate was the first toothpaste in a collapsible tube, introduced in 1896 in New York when it had previously been sold in glass jars since 1873. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29429 "2016-05-14T03:30:16Z")
Roman Glass jewelry, made from ancient glass discovered in archaeological excavation sites in Israel and other Mediterranean countries, usually features light aqua-blue glass fragments. The presence of sandy dunes and beaches made ancient Israel one of the largest glass producers of the Roman Empire, and the same sands helped preserve, shape and temper the glass used in jewelry pieces. Excavations of Roman sites in Israel often contain small shards of little value to archaeologists which are instead used by jewelers who set them into gold, silver or another metal. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29430 "2016-05-14T04:43:16Z")
The earliest iron-smelting bloomery discovered by archaeologists was built in the lands of Israel’s Sixth Tribe during the reign of King Solomon, if the usual Biblical chronology and geography is correct. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29431 "2016-05-14T04:43:18Z")
The Côte d’Azur, the French Riviera, is southeastern France’s Mediterranean coast, the roughly 250km _ **of land** _ between Marseille FR in the west and Ventimiglia IT in the east at the border between the two countries. It includes Monaco to the east. The name Côte d’Azur was given to the coast by the writer Stéphen Liégeard in his book, La Côte d’azur, published in December 1887. The term French Riviera is typical of English use. It was built by analogy with the term Italian Riviera, which extends east of the French Riviera (from Ventimiglia to La Spezia). As early as the 19th century, the British referred to the region as the Riviera or the French Riviera, usually referring to the eastern part of the coast, between Monaco and the Italian border. Originally, riviera is an Italian common name which means “coastline”. ETA: ninja’d, added _ **of land** _. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29432 "2016-05-14T04:56:07Z")
Two Nobel Prize winners, both British, each have half-brothers more famous than themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29433 "2016-05-14T06:07:57Z")
Actor Ben Affleck’s brother is actor Casey Affleck. Casey Affleck’s wife is Summer Phoenix. Summer Phoenix is the sister of brothers River Phoenix and Joaquin Phoenix, and of Rain Phoenix and Liberty Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29434 "2016-05-14T06:30:26Z")
Phoenix, Ariz is the only state capital with a population over 1,000,000. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29435 "2016-05-14T06:57:59Z")
Phoenix AZ is not only the capital of AZ, but is also AZ’s largest city. It is one of 18 such capital cities that are also the state’s largest city: Phoenix AZ Little Rock AR Denver CO Atlanta GA Honolulu HI Boise ID Indianapolis IN Des Moines IA Boston MA Jackson MI Columbus OH Oklahoma City OK Providence RI Columbia SC Salt Lake City UT Charleston WV Cheyenne WY ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29436 "2016-05-14T07:51:24Z")
For several years beginning in 2005, Baton Rouge was both the capital and largest city of Louisiana. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29437 "2016-05-14T08:05:56Z")
The longest bridge over water in the world is 24 miles long, in Louisiana. It is the Lake Ponchartrain Causeway. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29438 "2016-05-14T08:32:04Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Phoenix AZ is not only the capital of AZ, but is also AZ’s largest city. It is one of 18 such capital cities that are also the state’s largest city: > > Phoenix AZ > Little Rock AR > Denver CO > Atlanta GA > Honolulu HI > Boise ID > Indianapolis IN > Des Moines IA > Boston MA > Jackson MI > Columbus OH > Oklahoma City OK > Providence RI > Columbia SC > Salt Lake City UT > Charleston WV > Cheyenne WY errm Lansing is the capital of MI. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29439 "2016-05-14T08:46:59Z")
The Bridge Too Far, less than a quarter-mile long, crosses the Rhein at Arnhem, Netherlands. It (or rather its new instantiation since it was destroyed by Allied bombers two weeks after Operation Market Garden) was eventually renamed _John Frostbrug_ to commemorate the British Airborne officer who kept the bridge closed for four days in September 1944 with only a small force. On the 50th anniversary of V-E Day, the World Liberty Concert was held next to the _John Frostbrug_; this was … errm … the largest memorial concert ever held in the Netherlands. ETA: Ninja’ed; adding “errm” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29440 "2016-05-14T12:04:07Z")
Errm, I think he meant Jackson Mississippi, but used the wrong state code. ---
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Yes I meant MS not MI. The town of Guilderland NY is about 10 miles west of Albany. Guilderland is named after Gelderland, the largest land area of the Netherlands’ 12 provinces. The capotal of Gelderland is Arnhem, a city located on both banks of the Nederrijn and the Sint-Jansbeek Rivers. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29442 "2016-05-14T12:28:45Z")
Evidence is lacking, but the word “Yankee” for American may derive from British troops’ use of “Janke”, Dutch for “Johnny”, to refer to the local residents of New York City and state. “Janke” may also have been a nickname for [Dutch pirates](http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9480/janke_yankee_and_how_early_america_was_a_nation_of_pirates/) of the Caribbean. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29443 "2016-05-14T12:52:54Z")
The Genesee River in New York state is one of the few rivers in the world that flows south to north. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29444 "2016-05-14T13:13:36Z")
The Nile, which flows south to north, is the longest river in the world if a river which feeds _into_ Lake Victoria is included in the Nile’s total length. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29445 "2016-05-14T13:34:23Z")
The Willamette River in Oregon flows south to north. Beginning in the 1850s, steamboats began to ply the Willamette, despite the fact that they could not pass Willamette Falls. As a result, navigation on the Willamette River was divided into two stretches: the 27-mile lower stretch from Portland to Oregon City—which allowed connection with the rest of the Columbia River system—and the upper reach, which encompassed most of the Willamette’s length to Eugene. ---
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Other rivers flowing south to north in the US are the Bighorn, Deschutes, Eel, Jordan, Mojave, Monongahela, New, Niagara, Oswego, Pend Oreille, Red, Saginaw, Saint Johns, Shennandoah, Wallkill, and the Youghiogheny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1471) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1473)