# 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:** 1867
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37329 "2018-01-15T21:41:10Z")
The Colossus of Rhodes was 30 meters (98 feet) tall. As of 2016, there were 132 statues in the world that were at least that tall. Three, including the Statue of Liberty, are located in the United States, although one of these 3 is located in Puerto Rico. 38 of these 132 statues are located in China, including the world’s tallest statue: the Spring Temple Buddha, which stands 420 feet tall. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37330 "2018-01-16T03:26:57Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The bombed-out shell of St Michael’s Cathedral, which had the popular name of Coventry Cathedral, still stand next to its post-war replacement. It was destroyed in a series of Luftwaffe raids, called the Coventry Blitz, on the industrial city in 1940, 1941, and 1942. [In] his 1974 book The Ultra Secret, Group Captain F. W. Winterbotham asserted that the British government had advance warning of the attack from Ultra: intercepted German radio messages encrypted with the Enigma cipher machine and decoded by British cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park. He further claimed that Winston Churchill ordered that no defensive measures should be taken to protect Coventry, lest the Germans suspect that their cipher had been broken. That was repeated in the recent movie _The Imitation Game_, but seems to be wrong: [Coventry Blitz - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Blitz#Coventry_and_Ultra) In play: The Statue of Liberty is destroyed in both _Deep Impact_ and _Cloverfield_, by a tsunami and a sea monster, respectively. In _Escape from New York_, the Statue is a fortified watchpost for the prison built on Manhattan Island. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37331 "2018-01-16T05:13:03Z")
Liberty Island in Upper New York Bay is part of Manhattan and is owned by the federal government. Lady Liberty stands on that island. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37332 "2018-01-16T05:18:52Z")
Rikers Island is New York City’s principal jail complex, 2 miles from Manhattan, on an island in the East River, between the Bronx and Queens, and feet away from the runways of La Guardia airport. Mayor de Blasio announced in 2017 that the jail will gradually close down, with a 10-year goal for the departure of the last inmate. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37333 "2018-01-16T05:42:12Z")
In some countries, mayors have an extraordinary amount of arbitrary power. Jaime Lerner was mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, three times since the early 70s .Time magazine listed Lerner among the world’s most influential thinkers of 2010, for municipal reformation that set Curitiba as a globally recognized and emulated example of urban development and enlightenment. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37334 "2018-01-16T13:21:21Z")
Jaime Lannister is a fictional character in the _A Song of Ice and Fire_ series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation _Game of Thrones_. Perhaps the greatest swordsman in the kingdom, Jaime is sometimes derisively called “the Kingslayer” because he killed the “Mad King” Aerys Targaryen. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37335 "2018-01-16T13:29:46Z")
Jeff Bleich, a personal friend of Barack Obama (and an acquaintance of mine, going back to our high school days), is currently running for Lieutenant Governor of California — [http://www.jeffBleich.com](http://www.jeffBleich.com). When Obama became President, he posted Jeff to be the US Ambassador to Australia. Jeff and Becky moved their young family to Sydney for their stint at the US Embassy there. As a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Jeff Bleich is running with Gavin Newsom, the current Lieutenant Governor and former _ **mayor** _ of San Francisco. Newsom is a candidate for Governor. Both Jeff Bleich and Gavin Newsom, when their campaigns kick into high gear, will be frequently seen on _ **television** _. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37336 "2018-01-16T16:47:33Z")
Gavin McLeod, best known as Murray Slaughter on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and Captain Merrill Stubing on “The Love Boat”, also played PT-73 crewman Happy Haines on “McHale’s Navy”. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37337 "2018-01-16T16:49:27Z")
_The Final Year_, a documentary about the challenges faced by the Obama Administration’s foreign policy team in the President’s last year in office, premieres in three days. > **[The Final Year (2017) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7215444/?ref_=nv_sr_1)** > > The Final Year: Directed by Greg Barker. With Ben Rhodes, Samantha Power, John Kerry, Susan Rice. A chronicle of the Barack Obama administration's foreign policy team and the events of Obama's final year in office. Ninja’d! ETA: Gavin McLeod does not appear in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37338 "2018-01-17T00:43:15Z")
_The Search for Kennedy’s PT 109_ is a National Geographic **documentary** which tells the true story of the ship during World War II, and also chronicles the 2002 search for the wreckage. Once discovered and verified, the half-buried wreckage was left undisturbed in accordance with Navy policy. Contained in the documentary is an interview with the two natives who found Kennedy’s shipwrecked crew after the Navy had given them up for dead. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37339 "2018-01-17T01:03:18Z")
The National Geographic magazine is now known for its use of vivid photography. But that wasn’t always the case, as the magazine didn’t publish a single photo in its first 14 years. It also does not accept any liquor or cigarette advertising ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37340 "2018-01-17T02:09:52Z")
For the first 13 years of National Geographic’s existence as a magazine, there was no magazine that published photographs. The Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung was the first to pioneer the format of the illustrated news magazine in 1901, when it began to print photographs inside the magazine, a revolutionary innovation. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37341 "2018-01-17T02:10:11Z")
National Geographic has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37342 "2018-01-17T03:05:17Z")
1888 was the Dreikaiserjahre - “year of three kaisers”. Wilhelm I died in the spring, aged 91. His son, Frederick Wilhelm, inherited the thrones of German Emeperor and King of Prussia, but died of cancer less than three months later. His son, Wilhelm II then inherited. The mnemonic “drei Achten, drei kaiser” helps to remember the significance of the date. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37343 "2018-01-17T05:47:03Z")
The Year of Three Popes occurred in 1978. The three popes involved were: Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) who was elected on 21 June 1963 and died on 6 August 1978. John Paul I (Albino Luciani) who was elected on 26 August 1978 and died thirty-three days later on 28 September 1978. John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) who was elected on 16 October 1978 and held the position until his death 26 years later on 2 April 2005. There were several Years of Three Popes throughout papal history; the most recent one prior to 1978 was in 1605. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37344 "2018-01-17T07:03:48Z")
Albinism, being an albino, is known to affect all vertebrates. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37345 "2018-01-17T13:48:06Z")
[Nina Sky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Sky) is an American R&B duo composed of identical twins Nicole and Natalie \*\*Albino \*\*(born March 13, 1984 (sources differ), in Puerto Rico). Their debut single “Move Ya Body”, released from their self-titled debut album in 2004, was a success, reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37346 "2018-01-17T14:39:30Z")
Triplicate Girl was a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes with the power to split into three identical people. She died in battle against Computo and the other giant computer robots, killed by a disintegrating ray. The Legion held a funeral for her, sending what ashes they could collect to a graveyard planet for superheroes. Then after the funeral, she re-appeared. It turned out that she had been in her three people mode and one of those had been killed, but the other two survived. From thenceforth, she was Duo Damsel. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37347 "2018-01-17T14:44:32Z")
“Triplicate” was the title of Bob Dylan’s 2017 album… It was his thirty-eighth studio album and is a three-disc compilation of Dylan covering other people’s songs. Of course, Rolling Stone gave it a rave review. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/37348 "2018-01-17T14:45:05Z")
Bob Dylan is the only rock star to receive a Nobel Prize for poetry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1866) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1868)