# 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:** 2121
**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 26, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42409 "2019-02-26T18:23:24Z")
George Stephen Morrison was a United States Navy rear admiral (upper half) and naval aviator. Morrison was commander of the U.S. naval forces in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 1964, which sparked an escalation of American involvement in the Vietnam War. He was the father of Doors lead singer Jim Morrison. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42410 "2019-02-26T18:37:52Z")
In the US Navy, a Rear Admiral (Lower Half), or O-7, holds the rank usually called “Commodore” in other navies. The US changed the name in 1983 because of the association of “Commodore” with the leadership of civilian yacht clubs. ---
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The Commodore 64 personal computer was one of the most successful early entrants in the consumer computer market. It was one of the best-selling computers of the 1980s, and has been compared to the Ford Model T, for its impact on making a new technology affordable for the mass market. ---
**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 26, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42412 "2019-02-26T21:17:57Z")
In the 1945 historical novel _ **Commodore Hornblower** _ by C.S. Forester, Horatio Hornblower, on a mission to the Baltic, meets several real life characters, including military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, and Tsar Alexander I. Hornblower thwarts an assassination attempt against the Tsar. ---
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The first Russian ruler to be recognized by the Orthodox Church as Tsar and Grand Duke of all Rus was Ivan IV, “The Terrible”, until then the Grand Prince of All the Russias, in 1547. The event thereby turned the Grand Duchy of Moscow into Tsardom of Russia, or “the Great Russian Tsardom”, as it was called in the coronation document, by Constantinople Patriarch Jeremiah II, and recognized Moscow as the third Rome (Constantinople had fallen). ---
**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 26, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42414 "2019-02-26T22:57:23Z")
Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953, the most recent in British history, was the first to be televised. A major proponent of the innovation was the Queen’s husband, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ---
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Rolling Stones lead guitarist Keith Richards performed at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953 as part of a children’s choir. ---
**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 27, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42416 "2019-02-27T02:32:02Z")
Baron Keith was a title that was created three times in British history, with all three creations in favor of the same person, Admiral the Honorable Sir George Keith Elphinstone. The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1797 when he was made Baron Keith, of Stonehaven Marrischal. On 15 December 1801 he was created Baron Keith, of Stonehaven Marischal in the County of Kincardine. In 1803 he was made Baron Keith, of Banheath in the County of Dumbarton. ---
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Admiral Lord Keith is the man who, in 1800, appoints Jack Aubrey to command HMS _Sophie_, a sloop of war, in the first Patrick O’Brian novel of Napoleonic naval adventure, _Master and Commander_ (1969). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42418 "2019-02-27T14:39:43Z")
The first naval action of the War of 1812 was the capture of the British \*\*sloop \*\*HMS \*Whiting \*(79 tons and four guns), which lowered anchor in the harbor of Hampton Roads on 8 July 1812, carrying dispatches, and had not yet learned of the declaration of war. The American privateer _Dash_, which happened to be leaving port, seized the vessel. ---
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Whiting (Merlangius merlangus), common in the North Sea, are a perfect example of a fish that has gone up in commercial value as the numbers of more traditional food fish (such as cod and haddock) have gone down. In the early 1900s it was unheard of to have whiting as a table fish, with the vast majority that were caught being used for fishmeal or pet food. Whiting was also allegedly used as a filler in flour, beit wheat, barley or rye. In times of shortages, particularly in the eighteenth century, millers and bakers were commonly accused of using ground whiting to cut their flour as the costs of the fish was lower than that of the actual grain. ---
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“The **Miller’s** Tale” is the second of Geoffrey Chaucer’s \*Canterbury Tales \*, told by the drunken miller Robin to the other pilgrims en-route to Canterbury. ---
**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 27, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42421 "2019-02-27T16:34:40Z")
There have been two warships named the USS \*Miller \*to serve in the United States Navy; the first was a World War II destroyer named after James Miller. He was born in Denmark but became a U.S. citizen. He won the Medal of Honor while serving in the Navy aboard the USS \*Marblehead \*during the American Civil War, for heroism in an action on Christmas Day, 1863. > **[USS Miller (DD-535)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Miller_(DD-535))** > > USS Miller (DD-535) was a World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named after Medal of Honor recipient Acting Master's Mate James Miller. > Miller was laid down 18 August 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, California; launched 15 February 1943; sponsored by Mr. William P. Upshur; and commissioned 31 August 1943. > Miller, assigned to the Pacific in Destroyer Squadron 52 (DesRon 52) throughout her World War II service, departed 20 November 1943, f... > **[James Miller (Medal of Honor)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Miller_(Medal_of_Honor))** > > James Miller (September 21, 1836 – March 4, 1914) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the American Civil War. > Of Norwegian descent, Miller was born in Denmark on September 21, 1836, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy from Massachusetts. He served aboard the steam gunboat USS Marblehead. During the Battle of Legareville on John's Island (near Legareville, South Carolina) by the Stono River on December 25, 1863, ... ---
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The Rebild Festival (Danish: _Rebildfesten_), or Rebild Celebrations, is an annual celebration of the American Independence Day in Denmark. At the same time, it serves as a homecoming for Danish-Americans. It takes place in the Rebild National Park in Jutland from which it takes its name and is arranged by the Danish-American Rebild Society. ---
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The royal coat of arms of Denmark displays three blue lions on a field of gold. The coat of arms is featured on a breast patch on contemporary Danish police uniforms, as may be seen in the recent Oscar-nominated thriller _The Guilty_, set in Copenhagen. > **[List of Danish monarchs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Danish_monarchs#/media/File:National_Coat_of_arms_of_Denmark.svg)** > > This is a list of Danish monarchs, that is, the kings and queens regnant of Denmark. This includes: > The House of Oldenburg held the Danish Crown between 1448 and 1863, when it passed to the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a cadet branch of the same house, patrilineally descended from King Christian III of Denmark. The kingdom had been elective (although the eldest son or brother of the previous king was usually elected) until 1660, when it became hereditary and absolutist. U... ---
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[The motif of the England national football team](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_national_football_team#Logo) has three lions _passant guardant_, the emblem of King Richard I, who reigned from 1189 to 1199. In 1872, English players wore white jerseys emblazoned with the three lions crest of the Football Association. The lions, often blue, have had minor changes to colour and appearance. Initially topped by a crown, this was removed in 1949 when the FA was given an official coat of arms by the College of Arms; this introduced ten Tudor roses, one for each of the regional branches of the FA. Since 2003, England top their logo with a star to recognise their World Cup win in 1966; this was first embroidered onto the left sleeve of the home kit, and a year later was moved to its current position, first on the away shirt. ---
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_[Three Hearts and Three Lions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hearts_and_Three_Lions)_ is a fantasy novel by Poul Anderson, originally published in 1961. The plot centers on Holger Carlsen, a Danish resistance fighter in World War II, who suddenly finds himself transported to an alternate-reality, fantastic Earth. In this alternate reality, Carlsen discovers that he is a knight, and the coat-of-arms on his shield consists of the hearts and lions of the book’s title. A number of the elements of this story influenced later fantasy role-playing games, such as Dungeons & Dragons: Carlsen’s magical abilities can clearly be seen in the D&D paladin class, and the description of a troll which he fights closely matches how trolls in D&D are portrayed. ---
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The “elements of the offence” is law-speak for the components of an offence which the prosecution must prove. The elements are sub-divided into the physical aspects of the crime, the \*actus reus \*, and the mental aspects, such as intention, termed the _mens rea_. ---
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In “The Simpsons” episode “Marge in Chains”, hapless attorney Lionel Hutz motions for a “bad court thingy”, at which the judge replies “You mean a mistrial?”. Hutz replies “That’s why you’re the judge and I’m the law-talking guy.” ---
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The genesis of the animated series _The Simpsons_ was television producer James L. Brooks approaching cartoonist Matt Groening about producing cartoon shorts for inclusion in _The Tracey Ullman Show_. At the time, Groening was best known for his underground / alternative comic strip _Life in Hell_. Groening’s initial idea for the animated cartoons was to use the characters from _Life in Hell_. When he discovered that doing so would entail giving up the rights to those characters, he instead created the characters who became the Simpsons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2120) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2122)