# 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:** 1908
**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:** [March 19, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38149 "2018-03-19T20:50:49Z")
There have been five warships named USS _Concord_ to serve in the United States Navy, commemorating one of the first battles of the American Revolution. The most recent was a _Mars_-class combat stores ship decommissioned in 1992 and sunk as a naval gunnery target off the Hawaiian coast in 2012. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38150 "2018-03-20T02:03:16Z")
The _Place de la Concorde_ in Paris is a large public square that was originally named for Louis XV, the king reigning at the time. During the French Revolution, it was renamed \* Place de la Revolution\*, a guillotine was erected in its center and thousands were executed there, including Louis XV’s grandson and heir Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, Georges Danton, Antoine Lavoisier, Charlotte Corday and many others. Today, the obelisk of Luxor stands on the site of the guillotine. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38151 "2018-03-20T02:41:46Z")
John Adams estimated that, during the American Revolution, one-third of the American colonists supported the Patriot cause, one-third were Tories/Loyalists, and another third just wanted to be left alone and for the war to end. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38152 "2018-03-20T03:57:40Z")
The provinces of New Brunswick and what became Ontario were largely founded by Loyalists who fled the rebellion down south. The court house in St John New Brunswick has the royal coat of arms which originally hung over the bench in the Boston court house. The arms were brought North by Loyalists. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38153 "2018-03-20T12:01:26Z")
The St. Johns River (no apostrophe), one of the minority of rivers in the US that flow north, drains much of eastern Florida. Its wide mouth is in Jacksonville, with its traditional source near Melbourne at Lake Hell 'n Blazes (its true source is a system of drainage ditches near Fort Pierce). ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38154 "2018-03-20T12:48:52Z")
Florida’s St. Johns River is 310 miles long. Florida is a flat state, being close to sea level. Florida has the lowest high point of any US state — only 345’ high, near its border with Alabama. In the St. Johns River’s 310 miles of length, it drops less than 30 feet. The St. Johns River has a very low flow rate 0.3 mph and is often described as “lazy”. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38155 "2018-03-20T15:14:18Z")
St. John Rivers is a character in Charlotte Bronte’s _Jane Eyre_; he is Jane’s cousin and his first name, St. John, is pronounced “sinjin”. He is described in the novel as handsome and ascetic, with “Athenian” features, and wants Jane to marry him to be his missionary companion in India. In recent film adaptations he has been played by Andrew Buchan and Jamie Bell. Some film versions (such as the Orson Welles 1943 adaptation) omit him entirely. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38156 "2018-03-20T15:32:29Z")
A tetramorph is a symbolic arrangement of four differing elements, or the combination of four disparate elements in one unit. The Bible’s four Gospels, of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are often described as a tetramorph. Matthew: a man Mark: a lion Luke: an ox John: an eagle The lion is Matthew, because Matthew portrays the Lord Jesus as the King; the ox is Mark, because Mark portrays Him as a servant; the man is Luke, because Luke portrays Him as a perfect, genuine man; the eagle is John, because John portrays Him as God. Wiki image: [Tetramorph - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetramorph#/media/File%3ATetramorph_meteora.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38157 "2018-03-20T15:36:23Z")
HRH the Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, came under enemy fire during the 1982 Falklands War, when he served in the Royal Navy as a helicopter pilot aboard the carrier HMS _Invincible_. ETA: Ninja’d! There was no ox aboard HMS _Invincible_ at the time. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38158 "2018-03-20T17:03:50Z")
Prince Andrew’s experience as a helicopter pilot inspired his then-wife, Sarah Ferguson, to write a series of children’s books and an animated telly series about [Budgie the Helicopter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgie_the_Little_Helicopter) and his aircraft friends. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38159 "2018-03-20T18:14:19Z")
The very first helicopter, the VS-300, took flight for the first time on September 14, 1939 in Stratford, Connecticut. It was designed by Igor Sikorsky and built by the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division of the United Aircraft Corporation. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38160 "2018-03-20T18:19:19Z")
Before emigrating to the US because of the Russian Revolution, Igor Sikorsky was a designer and manufacturer of large fixed-wing aircraft for the Imperial Russian Air Service. His _Ilya Muromets_, named for a Slavic mythological hero, was the only four-engined bomber in use anywhere for most of World War I, and was the first to equip a dedicated strategic bombing unit. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38161 "2018-03-20T19:11:00Z")
The **Imperial** War Museums are a British national museum organization with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. As of 2012, the museum aims “to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and ‘wartime experience’”. Note (Not in Play): I have been to four of the five sites (Southwark, Duxford, HMS Belfast, Churchill’s War Rooms) and can say they are worth a visit if that sort of stuff interests you. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38162 "2018-03-20T19:15:47Z")
I can certainly agree with that. The Southwark facility of the Imperial War Museums, its headquarters and main site, occupy the former site of Bethlem Royal Hospital, a psychiatric institution better known as Bedlam. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38163 "2018-03-20T19:15:56Z")
Igor, or sometimes Ygor, is a character assistant to many types of Gothic villains, such as Count Dracula or Dr. Victor Frankenstein. However, in the original Mary Shelley novel, Dr. Frankenstein has no lab assistant nor does a character named Igor appear. Although Dr. Frankenstein had a hunchbacked assistant in the 1931 film _Frankenstein_, his name was Fritz. The sequels _Son of Frankenstein_ (1939) and _The Ghost of Frankenstein_ (1942) featured a character named Ygor, played by Bela Lugosi. Edit: Ninja’ed!! Bela Lugosi, as far as I know, was never a patient at Bedlam. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38164 "2018-03-20T20:52:38Z")
Actor Marty Feldman was the first Saturn Award winner for Best Supporting Actor for his role in _Young Frankenstein_. Sadly, Feldman was only 48 when he died in 1982 of a heart attack. On the DVD commentary of _Young Frankenstein_, Mel Brooks cited factors that may have contributed to Feldman’s death: “He smoked sometimes half a carton (5 packs) of cigarettes daily, drank copious amounts of black coffee, and ate a diet rich in eggs and dairy products.” ---
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In Mary Shelley’s _Frankenstein_, there is no “Doctor Frankenstein”. Victor Frankenstein is a Swiss student at the University of Ingolstadt, and he is only in his early 20s when he creates the monster. Shelley herself was only 18 when she started writing the story, and the first edition of the novel was published in January 1818, when she was 20. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38166 "2018-03-20T22:13:31Z")
Audi AG, as a member of the Volkswagen Group, manufactures automobiles from its headquarters in Ingolstadt AUT. Audi was founded in 1910, in Zwickau DEU. Each of the four interlinked circles of the Audi logo ([images](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1EJFA_enUS783US783&biw=1273&bih=803&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=L4exWvq-B8H2jwPD34KwDA&q=audi+logo+car&oq=audi+logo+car&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i8i7i30k1l9.4210.4210.0.5036.1.1.0.0.0.0.92.92.1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.91....0.23b46YLd6ho)) represents one of four car companies that banded together to create Audi’s predecessor company, Auto Union. ---
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\*Volkswagen \*is German for ‘people’s car’. In the 1930s, most Germans could not afford to buy a car, so Adolf Hitler ordered the production of a basic vehicle capable of transporting two adults and three children at 62 mph. Production was begun in 1938, featuring a design by Ferdinand Porsche, and included a rear-mounted air-cooled engine, which was mandated by Hitler. ---
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Ferdinand Porsche designed the precursor to the limited slip differential. In 1932, Porsche designed a Grand Prix racing car for the Auto Union company, which would later become Audi. The high power of the design caused one of the rear wheels to experience excessive wheel spin at any speed up to 100 mph. In 1935, Porsche commissioned the engineering firm ZF to design a limited-slip differential to improve performance. The ZF “sliding pins and cams” became available, and one example was the Type B-70 used during the Second World War in the military VWs (Kübelwagen and Schwimmwagen). Although technically this was not a limited-slip differential, but a system composed of two freewheels, it sent the whole of the engine power to the slowest-turning of the two wheels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1907) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1909)