# 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:** 1672
**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:** [December 21, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/33427 "2016-12-21T05:00:44Z")
Abraham Lincoln often appeared before the rotund Judge David Davis while practicing law in rural Illinois. Davis became a close friend and served as his campaign manager in the 1860 presidential campaign; Lincoln eventually appointed him to the U.S. Supreme Court. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/33428 "2016-12-21T11:20:14Z")
The Davis automobile was one of the post-WWII adventures to convert aircraft back into automobiles. The most bizarre of them might have been made in a former aircraft plant in Van Nuys, who produced 13 prototypes of the 1947 Davis, a three-wheeled bullet-shaped car wide enough to accommodate four passengers across the front (and only) seat. Glenn Davis spent 1949 in jail for fraud. Efforts to get the model produced by Reliant, a British producer of 3-wheel cars, failed to get funded. ---
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In 1974, the exploits of football halfback Glenn Davis, and those of the 1944 Army team, were mentioned by Lou Grant while discussing football with another man in a public bar in season five, episode 16 of _The Mary Tyler Moore Show._ ---
**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:** [December 21, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/33430 "2016-12-21T14:14:24Z")
Legend has it that Mary Tyler Moore auditioned to play Danny Thomas’s oldest daughter on The Danny Thomas Show, but was told “With a nose like yours, nobody would believe I was your father.” When Thomas was looking to cast Dick Van Dyke’s show and no actress seemed right, someone asked “Is there anyone more we can audition” which brought Moore to hid mind. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/33431 "2016-12-21T14:55:44Z")
Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court has twice been removed from his post due to disobedience of Federal court decisions with which he disagreed - first on the separation of church and state, and more recently on same-sex marriage. ---
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One of the often heard arguments against same sex marriage is that “marriage in this country has always been between a man and a woman.” Which, of course, is easy to respond to: “No, marriage in this country had originally been between a man and a woman \* of the same color\*.” ---
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Upper Paleolithic art dating back 30,000 years depicts people using dildos to pleasure themselves and others. That means mankind invented **sex** toys long before the wheel. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/33434 "2016-12-21T15:40:29Z")
The first hand-held tool used by primates when they discovered that they had prehensile hands and opposable thumbs, was the back-scratcher. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/33435 "2016-12-21T16:49:36Z")
Preem Palver was First Speaker of the Second Foundation in Isaac Asimov’s centuries-and-galaxy-spanning _Foundation_ series, which has never been adapted for film. ---
**Author:** ![ozziemaland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@ozziemaland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozziemaland)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/33436 "2016-12-21T17:49:18Z")
On November 26, 1977, a **speaker** claiming to represent the “Intergalactic Association” interrupted the Southern Television broadcast in southeast England, warning viewers that “All your weapons of evil must be destroyed.” Like the Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion a decade later, the identity of the intruder was never confirmed. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/33437 "2016-12-21T18:24:56Z")
There is no requirement in the Constitution for the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives to actually be a member of the House, although all of them have been. ---
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HP Sauce, named for the British Houses of Parliament and featuring a lithograph of the houses on its label, dates back to the 1870s; the name was registered in 1895. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/33439 "2016-12-21T19:11:32Z")
The British Houses of Parliament may both be found in the Palace of Westminster. > **[Palace of Westminster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster)** > > The Palace of Westminster serves as the meeting place for both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Informally known as the Houses of Parliament, the Palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London, England. > Its name, which derives from the neighbouring Westminster Abbey, may refer to several historic structures but most often: the Old Palace, a medieval building-complex largely des... ---
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For centuries, the three common law courts sat in Westminster Hall which is attached to the Palace of Westminster. The Hall is a medieval building, centuries old, which survived the fire which burnt the original Palace of Westminster in the Victorian period. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/33441 "2016-12-21T22:35:54Z")
Victoria, the second oldest city in Texas, is not named for Queen Victoria, but rather for Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of Mexico. Victoria was at the time in Mexico, and was founded during the term of Presidente Victoria. ---
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Two provincial capitals in Canada where named for Queen Victoria: Regina, Saskatchewan and Victoria, British Columbia. ---
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The Athabasca sand dunes, located in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, is the largest active sand surface in Canada and one of the most northern sets of major dune fields in the world. There are no communities, permanent residents, services, facilities or roads of any kind within or near the park. ---
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Jockey’s Ridge State Park is a state park in Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina. It covers 426 acres and includes the tallest active sand dune system in the eastern United States. Kitty Hawk, where the Wright Brothers first flew in 1903, is just up the beach. ---
**Author:** ![ozziemaland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@ozziemaland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozziemaland)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/33445 "2016-12-22T01:57:07Z")
There are also some serious dunes on Cape Cod; see > **[Cape Cod Dunes: The Best on the Cape](https://www.capecod.com/lifestyle/cape-cod-dunes-the-best-on-the-cape/)** > > Cape Cod Dunes With bluffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and sweeping dunes and beaches below, the Cape Cod National Seashore is unlike anywhere else on the east coast and would be prime real esta… > [@](#): > > With bluffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and sweeping dunes and beaches below, the Cape Cod National Seashore is unlike anywhere else on the east coast ---
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Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel _ **Dune** _ was rejected by 23 publishers before being accepted by Chilton, a Philadelphia operation known for trade and hobby magazines such as Motor Age, Jewelers’ Circular and the Dry Goods Economist. It is one of the best-selling science fiction novels of all time, having sold over 20 million copies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1671) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1673)