# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/321 "2010-02-08T20:56:51Z")
The capital of Bahrain is Manama, without the final “na” that would make it a song by the Muppets’ Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/322 "2010-02-08T21:29:37Z")
Floyd Pepper is the bass player for The Electric Mayhem. His last name and outfit are an homage to The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/323 "2010-02-08T21:41:24Z")
_The Simpsons_ episode “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet” included a scene that paid homage to the back cover of _The Beatles’ SPLHCB_. ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/324 "2010-02-08T22:07:36Z")
Beetles are insects of the order _Coleoptera_, and are characterized by a hard, chitinous wings which act as a shell, covering the one true set of wings. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/325 "2010-02-08T22:18:37Z")
National Lampoon did this fake ad for the Volkswagen Beetle in the early 70s: If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he’d be President. ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/326 "2010-02-08T22:22:03Z")
Ted Kennedy was a Presidential contender in 1980, losing out to Jimmy Carter. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/327 "2010-02-08T22:30:57Z")
When Howard Carter first discovered King Tut’s tomb and peered into the darkeness, Lord Carnarvon asked him if he saw anything. Carter replied, “Yes, I see wonderful things”. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/328 "2010-02-08T22:32:08Z")
Jimmy Carter was attacked by a “killer rabbit” while fishing in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/329 "2010-02-08T22:40:51Z")
A bent eared Playboy bunny is one of the identifying tattoos used by the Black Gangster Disciples street gang. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/330 "2010-02-08T22:42:54Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The city of Cincinnati was named for George Washington, who often compared himself to the Roman farmer-general Cincinnatus. Not true, but others often made the comparison. Jimmy Carter confessed to having felt “lust in my heart” in a notorious 1976 _Playboy_ interview. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/331 "2010-02-08T22:53:52Z")
A heart with wings is another one of the identifying tattoos used by the Black Gangster Disciples street gang. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/332 "2010-02-08T23:03:10Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > The Miami Dolphins are the only team in NFL history to have an undefeated season. Nitpick: Only team to cap an undefeated season by winning the Super Bowl, but during the 1920’s, [four teams](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_season#NFL_.22Perfect.22_seasons_per_previous_standards) went through their respective campaigns without a loss. [Quote=Pravnik] A heart with wings is another one of the identifying tattoos used by the Black Gangster Disciples street gang. [/quote] Lyndon Johnson was a member of the Christian Church, which is often known as the Disciples of Christ. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/333 "2010-02-09T00:01:12Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Lyndon Johnson was a member of the Christian Church, which is often known as the Disciples of Christ. Jim Jones’s Peoples Temple was originally affiliated with the Disciples of Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/334 "2010-02-09T00:05:45Z")
For their White Nights and their eventual real mass suicide, the residents of Jonestown used tubs full of Flavor Aid, not Kool Aid (thus “drinking the Kool Aid” is a misnomer when used to mean blindly following). ---
**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:** [February 9, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/335 "2010-02-09T00:12:14Z")
Almost all of the Zealots defending the desert fortress of Masada committed suicide rather than surrender to the Roman legions laying siege. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/336 "2010-02-09T00:16:57Z")
The 1980s miniseries of Masada starred Peter Strauss as Jewish zealot leader Eleazar ben Yair and Peter O’Toole as Roman general Flavius Silva (and both, imo, were phoning it in). ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/337 "2010-02-09T00:49:23Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > The 1980s miniseries of Masada starred Peter Strauss as Jewish zealot leader Eleazar ben Yair and Peter O’Toole as Roman general Flavius Silva (and both, imo, were phoning it in). Peter Strauss won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a miniseries or movie for _The Jericho Mile_ in 1979 ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/338 "2010-02-09T03:10:31Z")
_The Green Mile_ (1999) featured character actor Dabbs Greer in his last movie role, 8 years prior to his death. Greer was a native of McDonald County, MO, which still celebrates his fame with Dabbs Greer Day. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/339 "2010-02-09T03:26:34Z")
> [@Rafe\_Hollister](#): > > _The Green Mile_ (1999) featured character actor Dabbs Greer in his last movie role, 8 years prior to his death. Greer was a native of McDonald County, MO, which still celebrates his fame with Dabbs Greer Day. Roger Bannister, who ran the first 4-minute mile, became one of England’s leading neurologists. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/340 "2010-02-09T03:27:18Z")
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