# 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:** 1617
**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:** [October 21, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32327 "2016-10-21T05:28:20Z")
The Cleveland Hills are a range of hills on the edge of the North York Moors in Yorkshire, England. Another area that was sometimes known as “Cleveland” in England was the Duchy of Cleves in Northern Germany, the home of Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32328 "2016-10-21T10:27:28Z")
There is no historical evidence that Henry VIII thought Anne of Cleves, a politically-arranged wife whom he had not met before their betrothal, looked like a “Flanders mare”, with a face like a horse. His inability to get aroused with her led to the annulment of the marriage, still unconsummated. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32329 "2016-10-21T10:36:28Z")
_Faskh_ means “to annul” in Islam. It is a Sharia-granted procedure to judicially rescind a marriage. A man does not need grounds to divorce his wife in Islam. To divorce, he can simply invoke _Talaq_ and part with the dower he gave her before marriage; or, he can invoke Lian doctrine in case of adultery, by bringing four witnesses who saw the wife committing adultery (which is almost impossible) or by self-certify and swear by Allah four times, and Sharia requires the court to grant divorce requested by the man. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32330 "2016-10-21T12:24:24Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > _Faskh_ means “to annul” in Islam. It is a Sharia-granted procedure to judicially rescind a marriage. > > A man does not need grounds to divorce his wife in Islam. To divorce, he can simply invoke _Talaq_ and part with the dower he gave her before marriage; or, he can invoke Lian doctrine in case of adultery, by bringing four witnesses who saw the wife committing adultery (which is almost impossible) or by self-certify and swear by Allah four times, and Sharia requires the court to grant divorce requested by the man. This is a radical Islamic activity that I support! [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cqXsJYCmg28](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cqXsJYCmg28) Totally radical. In play: Mount Tallac (pronounced “Talaq”) at southwest Lake Tahoe offers many hiking trails. Its name comes from the Washoe People’s word for big mountain. ---
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The musical Big River’s critically acclaimed[4] revival, directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun, opened on Broadway on July 24, 2003 at the American Airlines Theatre, where it ran for 67 performances. This production, staged by the Roundabout Theatre Company and Deaf West Theatre, was notable in that it featured both deaf and hearing actors performing together. About half the characters, including the leading role of Huck, were played by deaf or hard-of-hearing performers. For the 2003 Carols for a Cure CD, the cast recorded Silent Night. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32332 "2016-10-21T13:54:15Z")
NFL QB Jim Harbaugh wore jersey number **4**. (playing off of [4]) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32333 "2016-10-21T14:16:32Z")
Captain Jim Kirk of the Starship Enterprise full name was James Tiberius Kirk. ---
**Author:** ![ozziemaland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@ozziemaland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozziemaland)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32334 "2016-10-21T15:18:11Z")
On April 2, 1755, a naval fleet under the command of Commodore William James of the East India Company took the “Golden Fort” along the west coast of present-day India from the Marathas, a Hindu warrior group. The fort, which included a ship-building **enterprise** , was named Suvarnadurg—literally translated as "feather in the golden cap of Marathas.” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32335 "2016-10-21T16:04:51Z")
The first recorded incident of being “tarred and feathered” was Captain William Smith of Norfolk, Virginia, suspected of informing on smugglers to British customs agents. Speaking of being tarred and feathered, Mark Twain said “If it weren’t for the honor of the thing, I wouldn’t have enjoyed it at all”. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32336 "2016-10-21T17:09:20Z")
The “honour of the Crown” is an important doctrine in Canadian constitutional law, particularly in relation to the dealings that governments have with First Nations. The courts will always assume that the Crown intends to act honourably with First Nations, and will interpret any gaps or ambiguities in legal dealings accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32337 "2016-10-21T18:02:51Z")
There have been two head coaches of National Hockey League teams who were of First Nation ancestry – Craig Berube and Ted Nolan. ---
**Author:** ![ozziemaland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@ozziemaland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozziemaland)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32338 "2016-10-21T18:11:37Z")
On July 19, 1847, a two-day Women’s Rights Convention began, the \*\*first \*\*women’s rights and feminist convention held in the United States, opening in Seneca Falls, New York. The assembly was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others, and Quaker Lucretia Mott was a featured speaker. (Quaker women were generally expected to remain silent.) On October 23, 1849, the first National Women’s Rights Convention was held in Worcester, Massachusetts, with Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis presiding, Both conventions emphasized social, civil, religious, and other rights of women (especially the right to vote—“suffrage”). ---
**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:** [October 21, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32339 "2016-10-21T18:30:41Z")
The birth control pill was invented at Clark University in Worcester MA. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32340 "2016-10-21T19:10:15Z")
‘The Tremulous Hand of Worcester’ is the name given to a monk and scholar living at Worcester Priory in England in the first half of the thirteenth century. He made thousands of annotations in the Library’s oldest manuscripts, which all show a distinct tremble in the handwriting. A simpler name for him might be something like ‘the Shaky Writer’. ---
**Author:** ![ozziemaland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@ozziemaland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozziemaland)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32341 "2016-10-21T20:25:28Z")
On September 3, 1651, English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell won the Battle of **Worcester** , the final battle of the Third English Civil War. The 16,000 Royalist forces, of whom the majority were from Scottish regiments, were overwhelmed by the 28,000 strong “New Model Army” of Cromwell. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32342 "2016-10-21T21:45:13Z")
Mauritius has no official language. Although it was a British colony until independence and the constitution is written in English, the number of people who speak English as a first language is very small, and there are no English language broadcasting stations nor English daily newspapers. Most people speak French, Creole, or an Asian language of their country of ancestry… ---
**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:** [October 21, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32343 "2016-10-21T23:06:03Z")
Mark Twain wrote, Mauritius was made first and then heaven, heaven being copied after Mauritius. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32344 "2016-10-22T00:41:10Z")
Tennyson’s poem, “In Memoriam Section XXII” is a reflection on friendship/love and mortality. The opening line is: “The path by which we twain did go…” ---
**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:** [October 22, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32345 "2016-10-22T01:13:04Z")
22nd Century Group (NYSE: XXII) is a biotech firm trying to create a less harmful tobacco plant. ---
**Author:** ![ozziemaland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@ozziemaland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozziemaland)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/32346 "2016-10-22T01:16:20Z")
On October 25, 1854, in the Crimean War of the 19th **century** , Lord Cardigan led his cavalry to disaster in the Battle of Balaclava. It was the final cavalry charge of the British and French allies, and stemmed from a misinterpreted order. The result was one of the most famous and ill-fated events in British military history—the Charge of the Light Brigade. The events were commemorated six weeks after the battle by publication of the poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. ETA “of the 19th century” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1616) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1618)