# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/401 "2010-02-09T22:17:54Z")
The Baja California peninsula consists of two states, Baja California and Baja California Sur ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/402 "2010-02-09T22:28:43Z")
Wellington, New Zealand born actor Russell Crowe’s mitochondrial DNA is Maori (his mother’s mother’s mother’s mother having been Maori). changed to Mexican actor Demian Bichir plays Esteban Reyes, the crimelord mayor of Tiajuana and the third husband of Nancy Botwin (Mary Louise Parker) who is running for governor of Baja California, on the ShowTime series _Weeds_. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/403 "2010-02-09T22:38:13Z")
Tijuana, Baja Calfornia is considered the busiest land-border crossing in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/404 "2010-02-09T22:56:23Z")
The 5500 mile+ U.S./Canadian border is the longest demilitarized border in the world due to the demilitarization of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain under the Rush-Bagot Treaty of 1817. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/405 "2010-02-09T23:00:23Z")
The song “Blame Canada” from _South Park: Bigger Longer, & Uncut_, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song and was sung by Robin Williams at the ceremony. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/406 "2010-02-09T23:02:21Z")
Curses, foiled again. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/407 "2010-02-09T23:05:31Z")
Robin Williams was a cast member of the ill-fated new Laugh In- before he starred as Mork on Mork & Mindy. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/408 "2010-02-09T23:26:48Z")
Mork always wore rainbow-striped suspenders. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/409 "2010-02-09T23:41:24Z")
“Rainbow Head” as he was known, is serving three consecutive life sentences on kidnapping charges. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/410 "2010-02-09T23:43:36Z")
Richard Bruno Hauptmann was convicted and executed for the infamous Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping. [Or is it Bruno Richard Hauptmann?? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/411 "2010-02-09T23:53:23Z")
The Lindbergh kidnapping, or rather a very highly fictionalized account thereof, was the inspiration for Agathie Christie’s _Murder on the Orient Express_. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/412 "2010-02-10T00:04:35Z")
Desert Storm Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf’s dad led the New Jersey State Police investigation of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/413 "2010-02-10T01:11:05Z")
Desert storms can cause deadly flash floods; thus the saying that more people drown in the desert than die of thirst. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/414 "2010-02-10T01:43:05Z")
When Alexander the Great marched his army through the Gedrosian Desert he reversed their sleeping schedules so that they camped and slept in daytime and marched at night. (It helped them cope with the heat but the march was still a disaster.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/415 "2010-02-10T01:47:18Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > When Alexander the Great marched his army through the Gedrosian Desert he reversed their sleeping schedules so that they camped and slept in daytime and marched at night. (It helped them cope with the heat but the march was still a disaster.) Aristotle was personal tutor to young Alexander the Great. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/416 "2010-02-10T01:51:01Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Aristotle was personal tutor to young Alexander the Great. The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest university in Greece. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/417 "2010-02-10T01:59:23Z")
Greek-American actor Aristotelis “Telly” Savalas was the godfather of Jennifer Anniston, who is the daughter of his close friend actor John Anniston (born Yannis Anastassakis). ---
**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:** [February 10, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/418 "2010-02-10T02:02:34Z")
When former Mass. Gov. Mike Dukakis tried to cultivate his fellow Greek-Americans for his successful political comeback, some snide State House denizens wore buttons that read, “I knew Mike Dukakis before he was Greek.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/419 "2010-02-10T02:04:02Z")
Mike Dukakis’s cousin Olympia is married to Lou Zorich, a character actor best known for playing the Constable in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and Paul Reiser’s father on MAD ABOUT YOU. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/420 "2010-02-10T03:13:37Z")
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