# 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:** 1473
**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, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29447 "2016-05-14T13:54:18Z")
Pondera County, Montana, is pronounced the same as the Pend Orielle River, and both names are of the same origin. “ponder-RAY”. Where the river passes thorugh Canada, it is spelled Pend-d’Oreille ---
**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, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29448 "2016-05-14T14:14:26Z")
Yaak, Montana is the northwesternmost town in the state. It is close to North Idaho, about 25 miles from Good Grief ID, or about 75 miles driving distance since you have to go around and through the Selkirk Mountains. ---
**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, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29449 "2016-05-14T16:33:27Z")
Yaak, Montana, was the last community in the United States to receive dial telephone service. Down in the valley below Yaak, a point on the Idaho line is the lowest elevation in Montana, on the opposite end of the state from where you’s expect it to be. (I’ve been in Yaak, one night in January. Trying to take a shortcut. But the road was only plowed in from one end, so I had to turn around and go back around. Yaak was totally cool, one bar/restaurant open at night, and very hospitable patrons brought their own snacks to share. Bear sausage, smoked salmon, jars of local berry jam, home made bread. If anybody from Yaak ever reads this, thank you.) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29450 "2016-05-14T18:22:59Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > …are not claimed by the FPP, whatever that is… > **[First-past-the-post voting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting)** > > Condorcet methods > Positional voting > Cardinal voting > Quota-remainder methods In play: There have been three warships named USS _Montana_ to serve in the U.S. Navy. A fourth would have been the lead ship of a new class of battleships, cancelled in 1943 when it became clear during World War II that aircraft carriers would form the nucleus of the fleet. The next USS _Montana_ will be a _Virginia_-class fast attack submarine expected to be commissioned in about four years. ---
**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, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29451 "2016-05-14T18:39:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > [First-past-the-post voting - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting) Thank you, **EH**. > [@jtur88](#): > > the FPP, whatever that is… That was **jtur** ’s post 29,389. I had played off of **Saint Cad** ’s post in 29,387, which I found a little too cryptic for the game: > [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > In addition, the two red lines you see that MPs are not allowed to cross during debate are traditionally two sword-lengths apart. Oh and the MPs have a free supply of snuff from the the doorkeeper. So me, being passive aggressive, made this even more cryptic play(29,388): > [@Bullitt](#): > > MPs are elected by FPP. ---
**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, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29452 "2016-05-14T18:48:22Z")
Frank Zappa’s song “Montana” tells of his dreams of farming dental floss in Montana - "_Raisin’ it up Waxin’ it down / In a little white box I can sell uptown / By myself I wouldn’t have no boss / I’d be raisin’ my lonely dental floss …"_ - while riding his pygmy pony, Tiny Little. The bridge was sung by Tina Turner and the Ikettes, who were visiting the studio that day, but did not get credited because Ike Turner thought the song was disgustingly stupid. ---
**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, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29453 "2016-05-14T18:56:59Z")
BB-61 is the USS _Iowa_, the lead battleship of the four late 1930s’ _Iowa_-class ships. Six were planned. BB-61: USS _Iowa_ - now a museum ship in Los Angeles CA BB-62: USS _New Jersey_ - now a museum ship in Camden NJ BB-63: USS _Missouri_ - now a museum ship in Pearl Harbor HI BB-64: USS _Wisconsin_ - now a museum ship in Norfolk VA BB-65: USS _Illinois_ - never completed, WWII ended BB-66: USS _Kentucky_ - never completed, WWII ended BB-67 would have been the USS _Montana_, the lead battleship of five mid-1940s _Montana_-class ships. Five were planned but none were completed. BB-67: USS _Montana_ BB-68: USS _Ohio_ BB-69: USS _Maine_ BB-70: USS _New Hampshire_ BB-71: USS _Louisiana_ These ships were cancelled before any keel was layed in favor of the _Essex_-class carriers and the _Iowa_-class battleships. ---
**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, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29454 "2016-05-14T19:55:06Z")
The British built only one battlecruiser in the _Admiral_-Class, _HMS Hood_, most famous for its encounter with _Bismarck_. Although, due to damage from a German bomber in 1939 it could no longer travel at its highest rated speed, _Hood_ was still one of the fastest capital ships on the seas, and was the pride of the British Navy. Due to the superior firepower of _Bismarck_ and its lucky hits, _Hood_ sank on 24 May 1941. Of 1418 men aboard, only three survived: Ordinary Signalman Ted Briggs, Able Seaman Robert Tilburn, and Midshipman William John Dundas. ---
**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, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29455 "2016-05-14T19:56:20Z")
Fifteen Essex-class carriers were extensively updated after WW2 to accommodate the new jets. These modifications included jet-blast deflectors (JBDs); an optical landing system (a British innovation); greater aviation fuel capacity; stronger decks, elevators, and catapults; and ultimately an angled flight deck. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29456 "2016-05-14T19:59:13Z")
The Blues Brothers movie filmed the song [Sink the Bismark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cs_es5DR8U), but the scene was later cut from the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29457 "2016-05-14T20:04:51Z")
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**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, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29458 "2016-05-14T20:20:48Z")
Johnny Horton’s song “Sink the Bismarck” was not included in the British film of that title, but came later and was inspired by it. Other songs sharing titles and themes with films, but not used in those films, include Eddy Grant’s “Romancing the Stone” and Gene Pitney’s “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”. ---
**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, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29459 "2016-05-14T21:09:17Z")
Actor Lee Marvin joined the Marines in 1942 at the age of 18. He was wounded during the Battle of Saipan. He had reached the rank of Corporal, and then after his injury he was medically discharged as a Private Frist Class. Actor Lee Marvin played the role of Liberty Valance in the 1962 western, _The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance_. ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29460 "2016-05-14T21:55:41Z")
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was based on a short story by western-genre writer Dorothy M. Johnson. Johnson always prided herself on her self-sufficiency after a failed marriage early in life. She stated that her epitaph should read “Paid In Full.” Her grave in the cemetery in Whitefish, Montana reads simply “PAID”. She died on November 11, 1984, aged 78 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29461 "2016-05-15T02:39:43Z")
Dorothy L Sayers wrote ten detective novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. In none of them was a murder victim shot. ---
**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 15, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29462 "2016-05-15T03:59:26Z")
While Dorothy L Sayers wrote amusing and ingenious mysteries, she herself considered her translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy to be her best work. Her translation is one of the few to use the _terza rima_ rhyme pattern, following the original Italian. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29463 "2016-05-15T04:14:04Z")
Chaucer introduced the rhyme royal, a seven line stanza with the rhyme pattern: a-b-a-b-b-c-c. It was extensively used by English poets over the next century or so. It is believed to have been named the “rhyme royal” because James I/VI used it in a poem he wrote. ---
**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 15, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29464 "2016-05-15T04:28:09Z")
Just like the Pope as Bishop of Rome is considered the successor of St. Peter, there is another Pope, the Patriarch of Alexandria, who is the successor of St. Mark. The LDS Church has the idea of Apostolic succession from St. James. ---
**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 15, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29465 "2016-05-15T04:56:41Z")
James I of England / VI of Scotland was the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her second husband, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley. James was less than a year old when Darnley, age 21, was murdered, possibly by the Earl of Bothwell and maybe with the collaboration or consent of Mary Queen of Scots. ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/29466 "2016-05-15T05:21:19Z")
Mary Queen of Scots was also Queen (consort) of France. A minor lane in Paris’ First Arrondissement is named Rue Marie Stuart after her. The shortest legal “round the block” journey from that lane back to itself requires driving on six other streets. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1472) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1474)