# 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:** 1978
**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:** [August 7, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39549 "2018-08-07T16:54:00Z")
The RGB color model is an additive color model in which red, green and blue light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. The RGB color model is based on the Young–Helmholtz theory of trichromatic color vision, developed by Thomas Young and Hermann Helmholtz in the early to mid nineteenth century, and on James Clerk Maxwell’s color triangle that elaborated that theory ---
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… aaaaand the RGB values for the San Francisco Giants’ orange are R-253, G-90, B-30. The Giants last won a World Series Championship only four years ago, in 2014. The Los Angeles Dodgers last won a World Series Championship 30 years ago, in 1988. Note: but with the way the Dodgers are going, that may change in the very near future. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39551 "2018-08-07T17:52:39Z")
Dodger Stadium, which opened in 1962 in Chavez Ravine in the Elysian Park area of Los Angeles, is the third oldest ballpark in the major leagues, behind Chicago’s Wrigley Field and Boston’s Fenway Park. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39552 "2018-08-07T18:10:49Z")
SunTrust Park, home of the Atlanta Braves, opened in 2017 and is the newest of the 30 Major League ballparks. SunTrust Park replaced Turner Field, which had opened in 1997 and was used for just 20 years by the Braves. Currently, there are 13 MLB ballparks that are older than Turner Field. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39553 "2018-08-07T18:23:38Z")
Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, one of two in the majors named for brands of orange juice along with Houston’s Minute Maid Park, was the original home of the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team. The facility was then called ThunderDome, after a Mel Gibson Mad Max movie. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39554 "2018-08-07T19:45:01Z")
At Tropicana Field in St. Petersberg, out in the right center field seating area, is a section reserved for actual manta rays swimming. A 10,000 gallon tank called the Rays Touch Tank lets a controlled number of fans to get up close and learn about the three different types of rays in the tank. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39555 "2018-08-07T21:40:26Z")
As a part of a coin toss bet, the winner, Peter Demens, named the land on which St. Petersburg, Florida was built after Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he had grown up and near where his family had estates. His original name was Pyotr Alexeyevitch Dementyev. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39556 "2018-08-07T21:50:40Z")
St. Petersburg, Russia, has had other names throughout history, including _Petrograd_ and _Leningrad_. In the Russian language, St. Petersburg sounds like _Sankt Peterburg_. ---
**Author:** ![betterlifethroughchemistry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/betterlifethroughchemistry/32/3094_2.png) [@betterlifethroughchemistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betterlifethroughchemistry)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39557 "2018-08-07T22:32:05Z")
Florida is the 11th largest peninsula in the world, and the third in North America behind the Alaskan Peninsula and the Labrador Peninsula. At 65,755 square miles, it is 19 times smaller than the largest, the Arabian Peninsula. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39558 "2018-08-07T23:07:47Z")
Technically, the San Francisco Peninsula includes the city of San Francisco on down south to the northern part of Santa Clara County and the cities of Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Los Altos. However to locals, “the peninsula” includes all of the above except for the city of San Francisco proper. In this context, San Francisco is also referred to as The City. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39559 "2018-08-08T02:32:30Z")
In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, along with others including Ronald Wayne, built the first 50 Apple I’s in Jobs’s garage in Los Altos, California. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39560 "2018-08-08T02:50:29Z")
Wildfires have been raging in California. Today, the Mendocino Complex Fire has nearly doubled in size over the last three days to officially become the largest in California history. The Mendocino Complex Fire has burned 283,800 acres – about 444 square miles. That is more than 25% the size of Rhode Island, and about 18% of Delaware. > **[California fire explodes in size, is now largest in state history | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/06/us/california-fires/index.html)** > > Catastrophic wildfires continue to ravage California, as one blaze nearly doubled in size over the weekend, becoming fourth largest in the state's history. ---
**Author:** ![betterlifethroughchemistry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/betterlifethroughchemistry/32/3094_2.png) [@betterlifethroughchemistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betterlifethroughchemistry)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39561 "2018-08-08T03:50:09Z")
Becoming a Federal firefighter is a grueling task, certainly a GED is required and some college is recommended, but passing the physical requirements are tasking, having hiking skills and backpacking skills are highly recommended…but in the case of California, CAL FIRE employees are used almost exclusively… (NB: My oldest nephew is a Federal firefighter) ---
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Oberlin College, founded in 1833, was the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Oberlin has had two female presidents; its second, the incumbent, Carmen Twillie Ambar, 49, is also the first person of color to lead the college. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39563 "2018-08-08T04:37:22Z")
In Fall 2017 there were approximately 36 active women’s colleges in the United States. These include: Agnes Scott College Alverno College Barnard College Bay Path University Bennett College for Women Brenau University Bryn Mawr College Cedar Crest College College of Saint Mary Columbia College Converse College Cottey College Hollins University Judson College Meredith College Mills College Moore College of Art and Design Mount Holyoke College Mount Mary University Notre Dame of Maryland University Russell Sage College of The Sage Colleges St. Catherine University Saint Mary’s College Salem College Scripps College Simmons College Smith College Spelman College Stephens College Sweet Briar College Trinity Washington University University of Saint Joseph Ursuline College Wellesley College Wesleyan College The Women’s College of the University of Denver ---
**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:** [August 8, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39564 "2018-08-08T07:29:01Z")
The Seven Sisters, a consortium of prestigious East Coast liberal arts colleges for women, originally included Mount Holyoke (the first and oldest, founded in 1837), Vassar, Smith, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, Barnard, and Radcliffe colleges. Today, five of the Seven Sisters remain women’s colleges; Vassar is coeducational and Radcliffe has merged with Harvard, becoming the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The Seven Sisters were immortalized in popular culture in a 2003 episode of The Simpsons. After winning the state spelling bee, Lisa Simpson advances to the national finals. However, the moderator, concerned about the contest’s low TV ratings, offers Lisa free tuition (“and a hot plate”) at the Seven Sisters college of her choice if she will allow a more popular contestant, a boy, to win. Lisa refuses, but has a dream in which students from each of the Seven Sisters appear to her. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39565 "2018-08-08T11:04:10Z")
36-24-36, the “hourglass figure”, has frequently been recognized as the ideal female figure since at least the 1960s. On _The **Simpson** s_, Bart’s locker combination is 36-24-26. In The commodores’ 1977 hit song, _Brick House_, one lyric goes: _She knows she got everything a woman needs to get a man, yeah. How can she use, the things she use 36-24-36, what a winning hand!_ [Sophia Loren, Rita Hayworth, Gina Lollobrigida, Marilyn Monroe, Sherry Britton, Brigitte Bardot, Joi Lansing, Scarlett Johansson, Anita Ekberg, Diana Dors, Salma Hayek, Raquel Welch, Ava Gardner, Jayne Mansfield, Mae West, Honor Blackman, Bettie Page, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jane Russell, Tina Louise, Jennifer Tilly, and Lynda Carter all have measurements that match or come very close to those ideal measurements](http://www.listal.com/list/the-hourglass-figure). ---
**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:** [August 8, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/39566 "2018-08-08T13:16:23Z")
The oldest discovered **brick** s, originally made from shaped mud and dating before 7500 BC, were found at Tell Aswad, in the upper Tigris region and in southeast Anatolia. Other more recent findings, dated between 7,000 and 6,395 BC, come from the Middle east, Egypt and the Indus Valley cities of Mohenjo-daro, Harappa, and Mehrgarh. ---
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The Bible describes the Garden of Eden lying between the confluence of four rivers, which the Turks claim are the Tigris, the Pison, the Gihon and the Euphrates rivers in modern Turkey. The Bible explicitly states the rivers are Pishon, Gihon, Chidekel, and the Phirat. Some archeologists place the Garden of Eden in Iraq (Southern Mesopotamia), while others place it closer to the Persian Gulf. ---
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The title of Iron Butterfly’s top hit, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”, is a drunkenly slurred version of “In The Garden of Eden”. According to drummer Ron Bushy, organist/vocalist Doug Ingle wrote the song one evening while drinking an entire gallon of Red Mountain wine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1977) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=1979)