# 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:** 1548
**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, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30947 "2016-07-29T17:12:19Z")
Kent State University (unlike Ohio State, it does not style itself as “The” Kent State University) has branch campuses in Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark (where my nephew goes), Trumbull and Tuscarawas, Ohio. ---
**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, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30948 "2016-07-29T17:36:51Z")
The name _Ashtabula_ is derived from _ashtepihəle_, which means ‘always enough fish to be shared around’ in the Lenape language, an Algonquin language. The Ashtabula River in northeastern Ohio is about 40 miles long and flows north to drain into Lake Erie. It is at the city named after the river, Ashtabula OH. There is also a small town named Ashtabula in eastern North Dakota, about 70 miles west of Fargo. A nearby reservoir is called Lake Ashtabula. ---
**Author:** ![ozziemaland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@ozziemaland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozziemaland)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30949 "2016-07-29T17:52:37Z")
North Dakota has the municipalities of Minto and Minot, and then there is Lone Tree. ---
**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, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30950 "2016-07-29T18:00:39Z")
Minto ND USA is named after Minto ON CAN, which is named after the 4th Earl of Minto of Minto, Scotland. ---
**Author:** ![ozziemaland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@ozziemaland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozziemaland)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30951 "2016-07-29T21:04:45Z")
Nunavut, CAN, is home to the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world, Alert. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30952 "2016-07-29T21:27:01Z")
Inuvik, NWT, Canada is the northernmost town in Canada that can be driven to in the summer months, via the Dempster Highway. (I’ve driven it) ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30953 "2016-07-29T21:48:28Z")
The northern-most inhabited places in four states are normally accessed by passing through Canada. They are Point Roberts Washington, Angle Inlet Minnesota, Windigo Michigan and Estcourt Maine. ---
**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, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30954 "2016-07-29T23:05:55Z")
\ > [@Chefguy](#): > > Inuvik, NWT, Canada is the northernmost town in Canada that can be driven to in the summer months, via the Dempster Highway. (I’ve driven it) Cool. I want to drive there too. I think they’re near to completing a paved road from Inuvik to Tuk, too. That will give year-round access to Tuk, and will bypass the ice road. Currently the only way to drive to Tuk is on the ice road from Inuvik, only during cold months. \ ---
**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, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30955 "2016-07-29T23:23:30Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > The northern-most inhabited places in four states are normally accessed by passing through Canada. They are Point Roberts Washington, Angle Inlet Minnesota, Windigo Michigan and Estcourt Maine. In play: To drive to Point Roberts Washington you must pass theough Tsawwassen, British Columbia. The Tsawwassen (“tuh-WAHH-sin”) First Nation, or TFN, are Aboriginal Canadians who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently 634 First Nations peoples across Canada. ---
**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 30, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30956 "2016-07-30T00:22:24Z")
Robert Rogers (1731–1795) was an American colonial frontiersman. During the French and Indian War Rogers raised and commanded the famous Rogers’ Rangers, trained for raiding and close combat behind enemy lines. He served with the British during the American Revolution, and ended up in England, where he died in poverty and probably due to his alcoholism. ---
**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 30, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30957 "2016-07-30T00:41:26Z")
Richard Rodgers composed more than 900 songs for 43 Broadway musicals. He paired with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein beginning with their first musical, _Oklahoma!_, in 1943. That began the most successful partnership in American musical history. ---
**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 30, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30958 "2016-07-30T01:33:09Z")
King Oscar sardines, named after King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway, is now owned by Thai Union of Thailand. ---
**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 30, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30959 "2016-07-30T01:44:16Z")
Øresundsbron - the Oresund Bridge, is 5 miles long and connects Malmö Sweden with Copenhagen Denmark. It is the longest bridge for either country. ---
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Union College in Schenectady NY is the oldest nondenominational college in the US. ---
**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 30, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30961 "2016-07-30T01:55:04Z")
Since a change in the constitutional law of Sweden in 1975, King Carl XVI Gustaf is no longer the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, as he once was under the 1809 Instrument of Government. However, he retains the honorary ranks of admiral in the Swedish Navy and general in the Army and Air Force. Ninja’d! ETA: Many of the Union Clubs still existing in major U.S. cities, including those in Philadelphia and Cleveland, were originally established by prominent community leaders to build support for the national government during the American Civil War. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30962 "2016-07-30T02:58:45Z")
The city of Cleveland was not named after President Grover Cleveland. It was namef after General Moses Cleaveland, 40 years before President Cleveland was born. But Grover Cleveland Alexander was named after the president – he was born during Cleveland’s first term of office. Later, Alexander would be played by Ronald Reagan in a biographical movie about the great Hall of Fame pitcher. So a future president would play a film role of a person named after a past president. ---
**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 30, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30963 "2016-07-30T05:11:24Z")
It has been 67 seasons since the Cleveland Indians last won a World Series, in 1948. The Indians won their first two AL Pennants, in 1920 and 1948, and in both of those seasons they won the World Series. The next three timescthey won the AL Pennant, in 1954, 1995, and 1997, they went on to lose the World Series. ---
**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 30, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30964 "2016-07-30T06:47:12Z")
The Ottawa 67’s, formed in 1967, Canada’s centennial year, are a junior hockey team in Ottawa. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30965 "2016-07-30T14:05:44Z")
The number 67 is an irregular prime, a lucky prime, a Pillai prime, a Heegner number, and the sum of 5 consecutive primes (7 + 11 + 13 + 17 + 19). ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/30966 "2016-07-30T14:19:20Z")
(ETA: ninja’d, so, changed 1967 to '67 below) During WWII, Canada sheltered Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, and her daughters, from the Nazis. The Princess and her girls were kept safe from harm. During this time, in 1943, Princess Juliana’s daughter, Princess Margaret, was born in Ottawa’s Civic Hospital. The maternity ward was declared to be officially a temporary part of international territory, so that she would be born in no country and would inherit only her Dutch citizenship from her mother. How convenient. In gratitude for their safe keeping, the Dutch royal family sent 100,000 tulip bulbs to Ottawa in 1945. In 1946, Princess Juliana sent another 20,500 bulbs, and she promised to send another 10,000 bulbs each year. In 1953, the first Canadian Tulip Festival was held, to display the tulips. Queen Juliana returned to celebrate the festival in [del]**1967[/del] '67** and Princess Margriet returned in 2002 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the festival. Today, the Canadian Tulip Festival in Ottawa, held annually in May, claims to be the world’s largest tulip festival. Over 1 million tulips are displayed, and over 500,000 people attend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1547) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1549)