# 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:** 1547
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30927 "2016-07-28T23:55:53Z")
Bill Russell was not the only future Hall of Famer on Oakland’s McClymonds High School’s basketball team. One of his teammates was baseball great Frank Robinson. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30928 "2016-07-29T00:19:54Z")
MC Hammer is an alumnus of Oakland’s McClymonds High School. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30929 "2016-07-29T01:32:20Z")
One of the nicknames of King Edward I of England was the “Hammer of the Scots” for his brutal treatment of Scotland in numerous wars. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30930 "2016-07-29T01:45:51Z")
Charlemagne’s father was Charles Martel, Charles the Hammer, so named for his victory at Tours that stopped the Moorish invasion of Gaul and western Europe. ---
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The _khim_ and the _cimbalom_ are foreign versions of the _hammered dulcimer_. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30932 "2016-07-29T01:56:47Z")
KHIM is an FM radio station in Mangum, Oklahoma. ---
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Phillip H. Sheridan, George Armstrong Custer and William T. Sherman were the founders of the USA’s main artillery fort at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. ---
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In his third year at West Point, Philip Sheridan was suspended for a year for fighting with a classmate, William R. Terrill. They both went on to serve as Generals in the Civil War; Terrill was killed at the Battle of Perryville, aged 28. Terrill’s Confederate brother, James, was also killed during the same war, making the Terrills, a Virginia family, one of the few sets of American brothers killed in action while commanding brigades. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30935 "2016-07-29T02:46:23Z")
Hyacinth and Richard Bucket’s son Sheridan, and his boyfriend Tarquin, never appeared on “Keeping Up Appearances”. ---
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In the 1981 Crosby by-election in England, candidate John Desmond Dougrez-Lewis changed his name to the outlandish _Monty Python_ character _Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F’tang-F’tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel_, from the sketch _Election Night Special_. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30937 "2016-07-29T04:37:15Z")
Which you can see here (one of my favorites): [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJVROcKFnBQ) In play: The coat of arms of England depicts three golden lions on a red field. It is shown twice on the arms of the United Kingdom, with the lion of Scotland and the harp of (Northern) Ireland being shown once each. Wales is not represented. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2016, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30938 "2016-07-29T08:13:37Z")
Nm ---
**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:** [July 29, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30939 "2016-07-29T08:22:56Z")
Founded in **1914** , headquartered in **Modena, Emilia-Romagne, Italy** by **the brothers Alfieri, Bindo, Carlo, Ettore and Ernesto Maserati** , the cars of **Maserati** have the [logo of Neptune’s trident](https://www.google.com/search?q=logo+ferrari&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiv7tzejZjOAhUkyoMKHZAeBuMQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672#hl=en-us&tbm=isch&q=logo+maserati&imgrc=0Bq161vZ8Y_OpM%3A), in red, on a field of white inspired by the statue of the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna’s Piazza Maggiore. Beneath the trident is a blue field with **MASERATI** in white. [The first all-Maserati car was the 1926 Maserati Tipo 26, powered by a 1.5L straight-8 engine](https://www.google.com/search?q=1926+Maserati+Tipo+26&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=simvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2h4yWmZjOAhUBVmMKHfsAC7oQ_AUICCgC&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=rz2BJYW6mI0yLM%3A). Founded in **1947** , headquartered in **Maranello, Emilia-Romagne, Italy** by **Enzo Ferrari** , the cars of **Ferrari** have the [logo of a black prancing horse](https://www.google.com/search?q=logo+ferrari&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiv7tzejZjOAhUkyoMKHZAeBuMQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=J-eh6EDwShWN6M%3A) facing to the left on a field of yellow, which is the color of the city of Modena. At the bottom of the logo is either the word **Ferrari** or the letters “ **S F** ” which stand for Scuderia Ferrari, in black. Scuderia Ferrari is the racing division of Ferrari cars, and _scuderia_ means as in _a stable of horses_. [The first Ferrari-badged car was the 1947 Ferrari125 S, powered by a 1.5L V-12 engine (_in red, of course!_)](https://www.google.com/search?q=1947+Ferrari+125+S&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPjdDMkZjOAhUBSGMKHcxUAWcQ_AUICCgC&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=AJA2pBD0k8S0BM%3A). Founded in **1963** , headquartered in **Sant’Agata Bolognese, Emilia-Romagne, Italy** , by **Ferruccio Lamborghini** the cars of **Lamborghini** have the [logo of a gold bull](https://www.google.com/search?q=logo+ferrari&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiv7tzejZjOAhUkyoMKHZAeBuMQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672#hl=en-us&tbm=isch&q=logo+lamborghini&imgrc=sVYdG8D_OnRXxM%3A) on a field of black. At the top of the logo is **LAMBORGHINI** , in gold. [The first Lamborghini-badged car was the 1963 Lamborghini 350 GTV, powered by a 3.5L V-12 engine](https://www.google.com/search?q=1947+Ferrari+125+S&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPjdDMkZjOAhUBSGMKHcxUAWcQ_AUICCgC&biw=1024&bih=672#hl=en-us&tbm=isch&q=1963+Lamborghini+350+GTV&imgrc=2k7lTUYhMKNIgM%3A). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30940 "2016-07-29T10:41:39Z")
Balsamic vinegar has been produced in the region around Modena, Italy since the Middle Ages. The original, costly, traditional balsamic vinegar (_Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale_), is made from a reduction of cooked white Trebbiano grape juice, but the most common variety is Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, which allows the use of grape must up to 90%. ---
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Balsamic vinegar contains no balsam, which is a sap. The name balsam comes from the bible’s Balm of Gilead, a healing ointment or perfume that comes from the region of Gilead, a region east of the Jordan River occupied by two of the twelve tribes of Israel, Gad and Manasseh. Balsamic vinegar contains no balsam: the Italian _balsamico_ means balsam-like. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30942 "2016-07-29T12:51:54Z")
The balsam fir is a common and widespread conifer of easstern North America. It is believed that the needles of the balsam fir, which are high in ascorbic acid, were used to prevent scurvy among seamen on Jacques Cartier’s second voyage to Canada. Balsam fir sap is also the balsam glue that is used in microscopy for preparing specimen slides. ---
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In 1534, On his first major voyage to North America, Jacques Cartier discovered and claimed for France the smallest of Canada’s provinces, Prince Edward Island. On his second voyage, in 1535, he sailed up the St. Lawrence River, and when he returned he reported that a great river, perhaps 2,000 miles long, possibly led to Asia. ---
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The French name for PEI was Isle St-Jean, but the British re-named it in honour of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Victoria’s father. The PEI coat of arms shows three small oak trees sheltered by a larger oak tree. The symbolism was that the three counties of PEI were protected by Great Britain. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30945 "2016-07-29T16:33:59Z")
The Liquid Crystal Institute, part of Kent State University in Ohio, was founded in 1965 and is a leader in advanced research and development of liquid crystal opto-electronic materials, technology, and consumer products in connection with the National Science Foundation. ---
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