# 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:** 1758
**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:** [June 10, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35147 "2017-06-10T17:23:03Z")
After the success of the 2003 Broadway musical Wicked, Gregory Maguire followed his 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West with three sequels: Son of a Witch (2005), A Lion Among Men (2008), and Out of Oz (2011). ---
**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:** [June 10, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35148 "2017-06-10T17:53:40Z")
While many people think that _The Wizard of Oz_ was Frank Baum’s only book on the subject, there were in fact 14 different Oz books written by him (others were written by different authors after his death). I read them all as a youngster. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35149 "2017-06-10T18:00:20Z")
John Ritter and Annette O’Toole played husband and wife Frank & Maud Baum in the 1990 TV movie The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story and is a 1990 made-for-television biographical film and also played a couple in It, the TV miniseries based on the Stephen King novel. ---
**Author:** ![ozziemaland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@ozziemaland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozziemaland)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35150 "2017-06-10T18:06:19Z")
Frank Baum became the publisher/owner of the _Aberdeen Daily News_ in SD around 1915, about 10 years after my grandfather owned it. I’ve had an interest in his life story, especially how he was so generous giving to needy friends that he went bankrupt four times. The only black mark was an editorial he ran suggesting that the genocide of Native Americans would be good for everyone. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35151 "2017-06-10T18:26:45Z")
After returning from World War I, Harry S Truman opened a haberdasher shop in 1919 with an associate Eddie Jacobson. The business failed in 1922, with Truman owing $20,000 to creditors. He refused to accept bankruptcy and insisted on paying back all the money he borrowed, which took more than 15 years. ---
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Harry Truman’s haberdashery was in Independence, Missouri. Independence is the furthest west point which is navigable by trading boats on the Missouri River, and thus became the jumping off point for further westward travel, first by fur traders, and then by wagon trains. It was officially designated by Congress as the starting point of the Oregon Trail. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35153 "2017-06-10T19:32:33Z")
The Missouri Breaks of Montana was first identified by the Lewis and Clarke expedition. It’s a series of badland areas containing rocky outcroppings and steep bluffs. The area is officially designated as the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35154 "2017-06-10T22:31:27Z")
**Montana** is the only state in the United States from which waters flow to Hudson Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific Ocean. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35155 "2017-06-11T02:12:10Z")
The USS _Montana_ was a fictional _Ohio_-class Trident ballistic missile submarine in two movies, _The Abyss_ and _The Fifth Missile_. The _Virginia_-class fast attack submarine USS _Montana_ is now under construction and expected to be commissioned in 2020. It will be only the second commissioned warship to bear the state’s name. ---
**Author:** ![ozziemaland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@ozziemaland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozziemaland)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35156 "2017-06-11T02:37:08Z")
On February 27, 1944, the Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, exploded. Of the 77 men working that day, only three got out of the mine alive, and one of the rescue workers died soon afterwards. The explosion was attributed to a build-up of methane gas in the mine. The cause of detonation is unknown, but various reports note that men were allowed to smoke in the mine, and that fuses for blasting were lit with matches. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35157 "2017-06-11T05:08:44Z")
“Oh My Darling Clementine” is an American western folk ballad, usually credited to Percy Montrose (1887) but sometimes to Barker Bradford (1885). The song is believed to have been based on another song called “Down by the River Liv’d a Maiden” by H. S. Thompson (1863) The song refers to the California Gold Rush; Clementine’s father is described as “Excavating for a mine Dwelt a miner forty niner” ---
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35158 "2017-06-11T11:35:18Z")
Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill was the wife of Sir Winston Churchill. Although legally the daughter of Henry Montague Hozier and Lady Blanche Hozier, Lady Blanche maintained that Clementine’s biological father was Capt. William George “Bay” Middleton, a noted horseman. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35159 "2017-06-11T12:55:53Z")
Winston Churchill was the first Prime Minister with whom Queen Elizabeth II worked. Almost everyone in the world with a radio knew King George VI had died and she had become Queen before she herself did. Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip were in Kenya on a goodwill tour of the Commonwealth, staying in the Treetops Hotel, which offered a great view of wildlife but, alas, no telephone service at the time. ---
**Author:** ![ozziemaland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@ozziemaland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozziemaland)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35160 "2017-06-11T14:49:17Z")
Jenny Jerome was an American-born British socialite, the mother of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. She lived in New York City prior to her marriage. Her father, Leonard Jerome, made and lost several fortunes, and was known as “The King of Wall Street.” He held interests in several railroad companies and was often a partner in the deals of Cornelius Vanderbilt. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35161 "2017-06-11T15:41:46Z")
After his Conservative Party’s 1945 election defeat, Winston Churchill was offered the unprecedented title of Duke of London, but turned it down. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35162 "2017-06-11T16:51:43Z")
Winston cigarettes are a product of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco. Winston was one of the original sponsors of The Flintstones from 1960 to 1962. In the commercials, Flintstones characters Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were seen promoting Winston, and every episode ended with Fred lighting a Winston for his wife Wilma while singing the product’s jingle. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35163 "2017-06-12T02:54:13Z")
One of the funniest episodes of the TV show “ **Barney** Miller”, came when Detective Wojciehowicz girlfriend made brownies laced with hashish that were eaten by the Detectives. If you’ve never seen the show: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WdEoCLzzU4) ---
**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:** [June 12, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35164 "2017-06-12T05:28:05Z")
“Barney and Friends” appeared on TV Guide Magazine’s 2002 list of “The Worst TV Shows Ever”, at # 50 out of 50. It was the only PBS show on the list. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35165 "2017-06-12T09:09:24Z")
Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Byng on _Friends_, is a dual Canadian-American citizen. He grew up in Ottawa, and says that while in elementary school, he beat up a younger boy, Justin Trudeau. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/35166 "2017-06-12T13:14:51Z")
Matthew Perry starred as Chaz Russell on the short-live sitcom Second Chance.In the opening scene for the pilot, as a throwaway joke, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is shown being judged after his death, with the date given as July 29, 2011. Twenty-four years later, by bizarre coincidence, Gaddafi’s death (on October 20, 2011) occurred within three months of the “predicted” date and was from the same cause (multiple gunshot wounds). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1757) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1759)