# 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:** 1929
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38569 "2018-05-02T01:56:07Z")
George Foreman won a gold medal as a heavyweight boxer in the 1968 Olympics. He turned professional the next year and won the heavyweight crown in 1973 with a second-round knockout of Joe Frazier. The next year, however, he lost the title to Muhammad Ali in “The Rumble in the Jungle.” It wasn’t until 1994 when, at age 45, Foreman came out of retirement and regained a portion of the heavyweight championship by knocking out 27-year-old Michael Moorer. In 1999 Foreman sold the naming rights of the George Foreman Grill for $138 million. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38570 "2018-05-02T02:21:55Z")
The Archangel Michael and St George are two saints credited with killing dragons. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38571 "2018-05-02T12:34:49Z")
George Michael was the professional name of Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, best known as the guiding light of the pop group Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley. \*Do the jitterbug … \* ---
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38572 "2018-05-02T13:14:07Z")
The Music group Wham!’s toured China in April 1985, the first visit to China by a Western popular music act.Before Wham!’s appearance in China, many kinds of music in the country were forbidden. One of the Wham! managers later admitted that he used cunning tactics to sabotage the efforts of rock band Queen to be the first to play in China: he made two brochures for the Chinese authorities – one featuring Wham! fans as pleasant middle-class youngsters, and one portraying Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in typically flamboyant poses. The Chinese opted for Wham! ---
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Celebration, a tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber, was held in Beijing in 2002. The finale was Elaine Paige and a group of Chinese school children singing Lloyd Webber’s 1992 Barcelona Olympic Theme Friends for Life, partially in [Chinese](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p2yo2WJaVY) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38574 "2018-05-02T13:42:42Z")
The planned community (with all that implies) of [Celebration, Florida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida) was developed by Walt Disney Productions to realize what was Walt’s original vision for EPCOT, the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Downtown Celebration’s post office was designed by Michael Graves, the adjacent Welcome Center by Philip Johnson, and the Celebration Health building by Robert A. M. Stern. Other nearby buildings are designed by well-known architects including: Charles Moore (Preview Center), Graham Gund (Bohemian Hotel), Cesar Pelli (movie theatre), Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown (SunTrust Bank). ---
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38575 "2018-05-02T18:25:22Z")
The invention of the graham cracker was inspired by the teachings of Sylvester Graham (1794-1851), a preacher who focused on the sinfulness of carnal desire. He believed that physical lust was harmful to the body and caused such dire maladies as spinal diseases, epilepsy, and insanity, as well as such lesser ailments as headaches and indigestion. Graham believed a strict vegetarian diet would aid in suppressing carnal urges. His famed “Graham bread” was fashioned from the coarsely ground wheat flour he espoused. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38576 "2018-05-02T21:10:02Z")
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. It is named after Sir James R. G. Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of John Biscoe’s exploration of the west side of of what became Graham Land in 1832. It is claimed by Argentina (as part of Argentine Antarctica), Britain (as part of the British Antarctic Territory) and Chile (as part of the Chilean Antarctic Territory). ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38577 "2018-05-03T01:30:46Z")
Ushuaia, on Tierra del Fuego in Argentina, claims to be “the Southernmost city in the world”. It is a popular spot for travelers to Antarctica, with boats making the trip daily during the summer, November through March. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38578 "2018-05-03T04:00:32Z")
Argentina planned an attack on British targets in Gibraltar during the 1982 Falklands War, but its plans were stymied. > **[Operation Algeciras](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Algeciras)** > > Operation Algeciras was a foiled Argentine plan to sabotage a Royal Navy warship in Gibraltar during the Falklands War. The Argentine reasoning was that if the British military felt vulnerable in Europe, they would decide to keep some vessels in European waters rather than send them to the Falklands. > A commando team observed British naval traffic in the area from Spain during 1982, waiting to attack a target of opportunity when ordered, using frogmen and Italian limpet mines. > The plan was to la... ---
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Matthew Beard played the part of Stymie in the Our Gang comedies of the 30’s. His trademark derby hat was given to him by screen legend Stan Laurel. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38580 "2018-05-03T12:31:35Z")
Noted American Civil War photographer Mathew Brady’s first name is often misspelled “Matthew.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38581 "2018-05-03T12:44:08Z")
Although he disgruntledly denied it and there is no record of it, a Civil War story has it that Union Gen. John Pope datelined a message to President Lincoln from his “headquarters in the saddle” - and that Lincoln commented that Pope “has his headquarters where his hindquarters ought to be.” After losing to Lee at Second Manassas, Pope was transferred to Indian country. ---
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Both Morris West’s _The Shoes of the Fisherman_ and Robert Harris’s _Conclave_ are novels about meetings of the Roman Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals and the election of a new Pope. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38583 "2018-05-03T13:01:37Z")
well, crap. %&^$## ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38584 "2018-05-03T13:06:07Z")
China produces more shoes per year (estimated 12.6 billion per year), more than the next nine producers combined (India, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand, Mexico, Italy, and Turkey are the others). ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38585 "2018-05-03T13:21:38Z")
As reported in the New York Times today, Swedish meatballs are actually from [Turkey](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/world/europe/swedish-meatballs-turkey.html) > [@](#): > > “Swedish meatballs are actually based on a recipe King Charles XII brought home from Turkey in the early 18th century,” the tweet said. “Let’s stick to the facts!” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/38586 "2018-05-03T14:09:43Z")
The [turkey bird](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_(bird)) is native to the Americas, probably originating in Mexico. There are two theories for the derivation of the name “turkey” for this bird, according to Columbia University professor of Romance languages Mario Pei. One theory is that when Europeans first encountered turkeys in America, they incorrectly identified the birds as a type of guineafowl, which were already being imported into Europe by Turkey merchants via Constantinople and were therefore nicknamed Turkey coqs. The name of the North American bird thus became “turkey fowl” or “Indian turkeys”, which was then shortened to just “turkeys”. The other theory arises from turkeys coming to England from the Americas via merchant ships from the Middle East where they were domesticated successfully. Again the importers lent the name to the bird: because these merchants were called “Turkey merchants” as much of the area was part of the Ottoman Empire. Hence the name “Turkey birds” or, soon thereafter, “turkeys”. ---
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“The Merchant of Venice” was included in the Comedies of the First Folio. Given its subject matter, nowadays it is considered more in the nature of the “problem plays” of Shakespeare’s later period, such as “Measure for Measure” and “All’s Well that Ends Well”. ---
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Mariana, a minor character in Shakespeare’s play “Measure for Measure” was the inspiration for Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem “Mariana in the Moated Grange”. This poem, as well as others by Tennyson, inspired the artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who painted the subject of the forsaken Mariana waiting for her lover. The paintings by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti are the best known of many. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1928) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1930)