# 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:** 2111
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42209 "2019-02-07T02:54:16Z")
“Capitol” refers to a building. “Capital” refers to the city. ---
**Author:** ![Darkon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@Darkon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkon)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42210 "2019-02-07T03:17:19Z")
Mistakes are common in message board posts as are condescendingly pedantic responses. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42211 "2019-02-07T04:11:45Z")
“Pedant” is an archaic English word for a teacher of children. The word is ultimately of Italian origin, and may have entered English directly from Italian during the Renaissance, or via French equivalents. From the base meaning of teaching, it acquired the related meaning of someone who corrects others. The meaning “one who trumpets minor points of learning” is attested from the 1590s. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42212 "2019-02-07T04:15:35Z")
In _Hamlet_, Act 3 Scene 2, Hamlet puns pedantically on “capitol” and “capital”: POLONIUS: I did enact Julius Caesar. I was killed i’ th’ Capitol. Brutus killed me. HAMLET: It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf there. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42213 "2019-02-07T07:15:15Z")
Hamlet, California is an unincorporated community in Marin County and some 60 miles north of San Francisco. gMap [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/JcfGKZ) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42214 "2019-02-07T07:18:08Z")
The 1983 comedy film _Strange Brew_, starring Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as their _SCTV_ characters Bob and Doug McKenzie, is very loosely based on the plot of William Shakespeare’s _Hamlet_. In the film, Bob and Doug themselves are somewhat analogous to the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern characters, and the story is centered at the Elsinore Brewery. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42215 "2019-02-07T07:50:21Z")
Hamlet, North Carolina is a city in Richmond County and is some 2,842 miles east of Hamlet, California. gMap [https://goo.gl/y9jWzF](https://goo.gl/y9jWzF) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42216 "2019-02-07T14:26:02Z")
Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8 was a Lockheed Constellation L-049 four-engine airliner. On November 8, 1961, at 21:24 Eastern Time Zone (EST), the aircraft crashed as it attempted to land at Byrd Field, near **Richmond** , Virginia, killing 77 of the 79 people on board. The accident was investigated by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), which attributed the cause to numerous errors committed by the flight crew, as well as poor management and improper maintenance by the airline. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42217 "2019-02-07T14:29:26Z")
An episode of the Bernie Mac show had Bernie looking at a phone number and saying “Area code 201? What’s she doing in Atlantic City?” However, the area code for Atlantic City at the time the show aired (and today) is 609. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42218 "2019-02-07T15:10:45Z")
_The Original Kings of Comedy_ is a 2000 American stand-up comedy film directed by Spike Lee and featuring the comedy routines of Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and Bernie Mac. ---
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New Zealand director Peter Jackson’s 2003 film _The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King_ showed the royal hall of the city of Minas Tirith, including statues of past kings of Gondor lining the chamber. Gandalf the White, a wizard, and Peregrin “Pippin” Took, a hobbit, met with Denethor, Steward of Gondor, for the first time in this scene. [![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7371/10565692523_6915413849_b.jpg) ](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7371/10565692523_6915413849_b.jpg) ---
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In Middle-Earth lore, the wizards, or Istari, were five immortal beings sent to Middle-Earth by the Valar to assist men and elves in the struggle against Sauron. Three of the five wizards appear in _The Lord of the Rings_: Saruman (the White), Gandalf (the Grey, later the White), and Radagast (the Brown). In Peter Jackson’s film versions of _The Hobbit_ and _The Lord of the Rings_, Saruman was played by Christopher Lee, and Gandalf was played by Ian McKellen. Radagast appeared in the _Hobbit_ films, played by Sylvester McCoy. The other two wizards aren’t named in those books (nor do they appear in the films), but other writings by Tolkien suggest that they were named Alatar and Pallando. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42221 "2019-02-07T17:11:33Z")
Sylvester Stewart’s musical group Sly and the Family Stone was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music. Its core line-up was led by singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, and included Stone’s brother and singer/guitarist Freddie Stone, sister and singer/keyboardist Rose Stone, trumpeter Cynthia Robinson, drummer Greg Errico, saxophonist Jerry Martini, and bassist Larry Graham. It was the first major American rock group to have a racially integrated, male and female lineup. ---
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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42223 "2019-02-07T18:10:12Z")
“I’m Stone in Love with You” is a 1972 single by the Philadelphia soul group The Stylistics. The song is noted for lead singer Russell Thompkins Jr.'s distinctive falsetto singing, which he employs through most of the record. The song was written by Thom Bell, Linda Creed, and Anthony Bell. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42224 "2019-02-07T18:10:52Z")
Sly and the Family Stone appeared at Woodstock in 1969. Their act followed Janis Joplin and preceded The Who. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42225 "2019-02-07T18:37:48Z")
The Woodstock Festival closed with Jimi Hendrix’ electric guitar rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner”, followed by “Purple Haze” and an encore of “Hey Joe”, in the morning of Monday, August 18, 1969. Fewer than 200,000 audience members remained. He had been immediately preceded by Fifties cover band Sha Na Na. ---
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Elmer Edward Solly was convicted of manslaughter in 1970 for the death of two-year-old Christopher Welsh. Solly escaped from custody in 1974 and spent the next 27 years living under numerous pseudonyms. At the time of his arrest in May 2001, he was living in Florida as Daniel “Danny C” Catalano, a supposed former member of Sha Na Na; in fact, he never had any ties to Sha Na Na, though he did perform as him, though not with Sha Na Na, which eventually led to his discovery and capture. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42227 "2019-02-07T19:04:06Z")
James Earl Ray was a small-time crook and prison escapee, as well as George-Wallace-inspired segregationist, who lived in several places under the name of Eric Starvo Galt before killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. He was eventually captured in London at Heathrow Airport, where he was trying to make his way to Ian Smith’s white-supremacist-paradise of Rhodesia, using a counterfeit Canadian passport with another pseudonym. ---
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