# 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:** 2002
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40029 "2018-09-10T01:09:10Z")
Thomas Cornell, Sr (1595 – 1655) was one of the earliest settlers of Boston, Rhode Island, and the Bronx. He is the ancestor of a number of Americans prominent in business, politics, and education. Included in the list of his ancestors are Ezra Cornell (founder of Cornell University), Bill Gates, Presidents Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon, John Kerry, Amelia Earhart, and Lizzie Borden. > **[Thomas Cornell (settler) | Notable descendants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cornell_(settler)#Notable_descendants)** > > Thomas Cornell is an ancestor to a number of prominent and notorious Americans, Ezra Cornell, founder of Cornell University; William Ellery, signer of the Declaration of Independence; Ezekiel Cornell, a Revolutionary War general who represented Rhode Island in the U.S. Continental Congress from 1780 to 1782; Bill Gates; Presidents Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon; First Ladies Elizabeth Monroe and Frances Folsom Cleveland; Senator Bob Graham; Secretary of State John Kerry; Amelia Earhart; Josh R Th... ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40030 "2018-09-10T01:19:19Z")
New York State has its own Route 66: NY Route 66. Although it does not go to the Bronx, in New York City, it does go for 46 miles from Troy to Hudson. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40031 "2018-09-10T06:50:27Z")
The railway to the port of Churchill on Hudson Bay was damaged by flooding last year, cutting off the land link to Churchill from southern Manitoba. All supplies had to be flown in, increasing their costs, or shipped, increasing cost and delivery time. Last month, the federal government announced that the US company which owened the railway had agreed to sell it to a consortium composed of the federal government, the CPR, and several First Nations communities which depend on the rail link. Repairs are expected to begin as soon as possible, weather permitting, to restore the railway connection to Churchill. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40032 "2018-09-10T11:24:07Z")
Four Corners Canada is the quadripoint where two provinces and two territories meet: Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The only way to get there is by boat or plane. Or on foot, I suppose, but it is some 700 miles (1,100 km) north-northeast of Saskatoon SK CAN, or some 1,700 miles (2,000 km) almost directly due north of Bismarck ND USA (gMap, [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/CVVZh9)). Four Corners Canada is marked by a one meter high aluminium obelisk (gImages, [https://goo.gl/5nRdTY](https://goo.gl/5nRdTY)). ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40033 "2018-09-10T12:31:37Z")
Saskatoon, Canada, was founded in 1882 as a Temperance colony. It is now the largest city in the province of Saskatchewan. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40034 "2018-09-10T12:51:30Z")
Saskatoon is named after mis-sask-quah-toomina, the Cree Indian name for the local Saskatoon berry – a sweet, violet coloured berry that grows wild. Saskatoon lies on the South Saskatchewan River. There are seven bridges in the city, and contributes to one of its nicknames, the Paris of the Prairees. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40035 "2018-09-10T13:47:34Z")
American actress Jeri Ryan played Seven of Nine, a former Borg, on _Star Trek: Voyager_. Her ex-husband Jack Ryan (no relation to the Tom Clancy character) dropped out of the U.S. Senate race in Illinois, eventually won by Barack Obama, when unsavory details of their divorce became public. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40036 "2018-09-10T13:56:09Z")
Kate Mulgrew, who played Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek Voyager, first came to fame playing Mary Ryan Fenelli. And her husband’s name was Jack Fenelli. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40037 "2018-09-10T14:55:01Z")
“Beam me up, Scotty,” was never said exactly in this way in the Star Trek series or film. In the _ST:TOS_ episodes “_The Gamesters of Triskelion_” and “_The Savage Curtain_”, Kirk said, “Scotty, beam us up”; while in the episode “_This Side of Paradise_,” Kirk simply said, “Beam me up”. The original film series has the wording “Scotty, beam me up” in _Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_ and “Beam them out of there, Scotty” in _Star Trek Generations_. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40038 "2018-09-10T14:59:10Z")
Of the 59 crew members killed in Star Trek: TOS, 43 (73%) were wearing red shirts. And a meme was born. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40039 "2018-09-10T15:05:17Z")
The original Star Trek series was produced from September 1966 to December 1967. Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966, to June 3, 1969 and was actually seen first on September 6, 1966, on Canada’s CTV network. Star Trek’s Nielsen ratings on NBC were low, and the network canceled it after three seasons and 79 episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40040 "2018-09-10T15:26:36Z")
In 2011, the decision to cancel _Star Trek_ by NBC was ranked #4 on the TV Guide Network special, _25 Biggest TV Blunders 2_. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40041 "2018-09-10T15:29:01Z")
The first episode of the regular series, _STAR TREK: TOS_, _The Man Trap_, appeared almost exactly 52 years ago today. It was on 08 September 1966, on NBC. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40042 "2018-09-10T15:41:22Z")
The original 1961 film The Parent Trap starred Hayley Mills in a dual role, as identical twins on a quest to reunite their divorced parents. The screenplay by the film’s director David Swift was based upon the 1949 book Lottie and Lisa (German: Das Doppelte Lottchen) by Erich Kästner. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40043 "2018-09-10T18:05:24Z")
1961 was the most recent strobogrammatic year number – a number which appears the same upside down. A strobogrammatic number has rotational symmetry. The last one before 1961 was 1881. We won’t have another strobogrammatic year number for another 3,991 years. 6009 is the next strobogrammatic year number. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40044 "2018-09-10T18:20:20Z")
Launched on 1 March 1881, the SS _Servia_ was the first large ocean liner to be built of steel instead of iron, and the first Cunard ship to have an electric lighting installation. For these and other reasons, maritime historians often consider Servia to be the first “modern” ocean liner. She could carry 480 first-class passengers and an additional 750 in steerage. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40045 "2018-09-10T18:33:46Z")
SS _Servia_ was named after the historical English name for Serbia. The Autonomous Principality of Serbia became an internationally recognized independent country following the Russo-Turkish War in 1878. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40046 "2018-09-10T18:49:52Z")
Turkish Taffy was invented in 1912 by Austrian immigrant Herman Herer, who sold the rights to M. Schwarz & Sons of Newark, New Jersey, which were acquired in 1936 by Victor Bonomo, a Sephardic Jew whose father, Albert J. Bonomo, had emigrated from Izmir, Turkey and founded the Bonomo Company in Coney Island, New York in 1897 to produce saltwater taffy and hard candies. According to Tico Bonomo, son of Victor, Turkish Taffy “was not really a taffy, but what is technically known as a short nougat,” consisting of a batter of corn syrup and egg whites that was cooked and then baked. It was also not Turkish, but created after World War II in the Bonomo factory. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40047 "2018-09-10T19:36:24Z")
The USA has the most Facebook users in the world. The UK has the second most. Turkey has the third most, with 14 million users. According to [factRetriever.com](http://factRetriever.com), [https://www.factretriever.com/turkey-facts](https://www.factretriever.com/turkey-facts). ---
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Turkey is one of five transcontinental countries. The others are Egypt, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2001) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2003)