# 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:** 2038
**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:** [October 25, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40749 "2018-10-25T23:09:01Z")
The number _e_ is a mathematical constant that is the base of the natural logarithm: the unique number whose natural logarithm is equal to one. It is approximately equal to 2.71828, although being an irrantional number it has no known end. It is often called Euler’s number after the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40750 "2018-10-26T01:48:40Z")
The President of the Swiss Confederation is elected by the Federal Assembly, or national legislature, from among the seven members of the Federal Council to a one-year term. He or she has no powers over the other six Councillors. The President is not the head of state; the entire Council is a collective head of state. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40751 "2018-10-26T05:55:39Z")
The Eiger is a 3,967-metre mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland. The most notable feature of the Eiger is its 1,800-metre-high (5,900 ft) north face of rock and ice, named Eiger-Nordwand, Eigerwand or just Nordwand, which is the biggest north face in the Alps. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40752 "2018-10-26T12:55:02Z")
A young J.R.R. Tolkien visited Switzerland in 1911 and is thought to have based the Elven valley of Rivendell or Imladris upon the Lauterbrunnental, which he hiked. The Lauterbrunnental was also featured in the 1969 James Bond movie _On Her Majesty’s Secret Service_. > **[Lauterbrunnen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauterbrunnen)** > > Lauterbrunnen is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality comprises the other villages of Wengen, Mürren, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg, and Isenfluh, as well as several other hamlets. The population of the village of Lauterbrunnen is less than that of Wengen, but larger than that of the others. > The municipality comprises the Lauterbrunnen Valley (German: Lauterbrunnental), located at the foot of the Bernese A... ---
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Ian Fleming wrote 12 novels and two short story collections which featured the James Bond character; the first was _Casino Royale_, which was published in 1953. Fleming passed away in 1964, and two of the Bond books were published after his death. All of the writing was done at Fleming’s Jamaican home, which was known as Goldeneye. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40754 "2018-10-26T13:27:24Z")
Albert Broccoli produced more than 40 motion pictures throughout his career, including many of the _James Bond_ films. He and Harry Saltzman saw the films develop from relatively low-budget origins to large-budget, high-grossing extravaganzas, and Broccoli’s heirs continue to produce new Bond films. Saltzman and Broccoli produced the first Bond movie, _Dr. No_, in 1962. Their second, _From Russia with Love_ (1963), was a break-out success and from then on the films grew in cost, action, and ambition. ---
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Broccoli is a cultivar of the plant species _brassica oleracea_. A large number of different vegetables which have become staples of the human diet are cultivars of this species, including cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens, Brussels sprouts, broccoflower, kale, kohlrabi, and kai-lan (Chinese broccoli). ---
**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:** [October 26, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40756 "2018-10-26T15:11:05Z")
A cultivar is a plant variety that has been produced in cultivation by selective breeding. Cultivars are usually designated in the style Taxus baccata “Variegata”. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40757 "2018-10-26T15:23:26Z")
Young Albert “Cubby” Broccoli was raised in Queens, New York, on the family farm. The family was in the vegetable business, and Albert claimed one of his uncles brought the first broccoli seeds into the United States in the 1870’s. Broccoli is classified in the _Italica_ cultivar group of the species _Brassica oleracea_. ---
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Harry Houdini is buried in Queens NY, at the Machpelah cemetery. gImages, Harry Houdini grave Machpelah cemetery Queens NY [https://goo.gl/dSsXho](https://goo.gl/dSsXho) gMap, Machpelah cemetery Queens NY [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/PUJC2x) ---
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> [@Bullitt](#): > > Harry Houdini is buried in Queens NY, at the Machpelah cemetery. It’s taking him an awful long time to escape! In play: Queen’s University at Kingston is one of Canada’s oldest universities. Named after Queen Victoria, it was originally thought that the university would establish campuses at different locations, hence the “at Kingston” in the official name. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40760 "2018-10-26T17:23:44Z")
More than five million people are buried in Queens alone, many of them in the 2.5 mile “cemetery belt” on the border of Queens and Brooklyn, of which Machpelah cemetery is part. The dead in Queens outnumber those living there (2.36 million) by more than two to one. ---
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Colma CA has about 1,800 residents - living. Colma CA has about 2,000,000 residents - dead and buried. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40762 "2018-10-26T19:19:33Z")
There have been seven warships named USS \*California \*to serve in the United States Navy. The first, a screw sloop, was commissioned in 1867. The most recent, a _Virginia_-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, was commissioned in 2011 and is still in service. ---
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A simple machine is a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force. Generally, term refers to any of several devices with few or no moving parts that are used to modify motion and force in order to perform work. The six classical simple machines are: Lever Wheel and axle Pulley Inclined plane Wedge Screw ---
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The dress uniform cap of a U.S. Air Force general officer features silver-bullion clouds and lightning bolts on the brim: [http://d2ydh70d4b5xgv.cloudfront.net/images/e/8/usaf-air-force-general-uniform-officer-dress-visor-cap-hat-fae4e88d5805133261ab5663b27d0ab8.jpg](http://d2ydh70d4b5xgv.cloudfront.net/images/e/8/usaf-air-force-general-uniform-officer-dress-visor-cap-hat-fae4e88d5805133261ab5663b27d0ab8.jpg) ---
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The Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps broadly categorize the officer ranks as follows: O-1 to O-3: Company Grade O-4 to O-6: Field Grade O-7 to O-10: General Grade The Navy equivalents are: O-1 to O-3: Junior Grade O-4 to O-6: Mid Grade O-7 to O-10: Flag Grade ---
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The Royal Saudi Air Force is the aviation branch of the Saudi Arabian armed forces. It currently maintains the third largest fleet of F-15s after the U.S. and Japanese air forces. ---
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The RSAF, the Royal Saudi Air Force, is on LinkedIn and you can connect with them if you want to: [https://www.linkedin.com/company/royal-saudi-air-force/](https://www.linkedin.com/company/royal-saudi-air-force/) According to [militaryFactor.com](https://www.militaryfactory.com/modern-airpower/aircraft-royal-saudi-air-force.asp), the RSAF has 29 different active aircraft. Alpha-numerically, they are: [ol] [li]Airbus A330 MRTT Aerial Refueling Tanker / General Transport[/li][li]Airbus A340 Wide-Body Passenger Jet Airliner[/li][li]Airbus Helicopters Super Puma / AS532 Cougar Multi-role Medium Lift Helicopter[/li][li]Airbus Military / CASA CN-235 Medium-Lift Tactical Transport / Maritime Patrol Aircraft[/li][li]Antonov An-132 Twin-Engine Light Transport Aircraft[/li][li]Antonov An-148 Regional Passenger Airliner[/li][li]Antonov An-178 Medium-Lift Tactical Military Transport Aircraft[/li][li]BAe Hawk Advanced Trainer / Light Strike Aircraft[/li][li]Beechcraft King Air Multirole Transport Aircraft[/li][li]Bell Model 412 Twin-Engine Utility / Transport Helicopter[/li][li]Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) F-15 Eagle Multirole / Air Superiority Fighter Aircraft[/li][li]Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) F-15E Strike Eagle Strike Fighter Aircraft[/li][li]Boeing 737 (Series) Short-to-Medium Range Passenger Airliner / Freighter Aircraft[/li][li]Boeing 747 (Jumbo Jet) Long-Range Passenger / Heavy Cargo Transport[/li][li]Boeing 757 Intermediate Range Passenger Transport[/li][li]Boeing E-3 Sentry (AWACS) Airborne Surveillance, Command, Control and Communications Aircraft[/li][li]Denel Dynamics Seeker Intelligence-Surveillance-Reconnaissance (ISR) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)[/li][li]Eurofighter Typhoon 4th Generation Multirole Fighter Aircraft[/li][li]Hawker Model 800 Mid-Sized VIP / Corporate Jet Aircraft[/li][li]Leonardo (SELEX Galileo) Falco Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)[/li][li]Lockheed C-130 Hercules Tactical Transport / Multi-role / Multi-Mission Aircraft[/li][li]Lockheed L-100 Hercules Civilian Cargo Transport Aircraft[/li][li]Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules Tactical Medium Transport Aircraft[/li][li]McDonnell Douglas / Boeing MD-11 Intermediate Range Passenger Airliner[/li][li]PAC Super Mushshak Basic Trainer / Light Attack Aircraft[/li][li]Panavia Tornado IDS (InterDictor / Strike) All-Weather, Low-Level Strike Aircraft[/li][li]Pilatus PC-21 Two-Seat Intermediate Flight Trainer Aircraft[/li][li]Pilatus PC-9 Twin-Seat, Single-Engine Basic Trainer Aircraft[/li][li]Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King Ship-based Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Helicopter[/li][/ol] ---
**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:** [October 26, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/40768 "2018-10-26T23:24:17Z")
Helicopter and aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky was born in Kiev, in what was then the Russian Empire and is now Ukraine, in 1889. He immigrated to the United States in 1919 after being threatened by the Bolshevik government, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1928. After a lifetime of remarkable aviation achievements, he died here in 1972. Earlier this year, the Kiev city government named its airport after him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2037) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2039)