# 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:** 2183
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43649 "2019-06-18T14:15:22Z")
(I worked at Quaker Oats for several years. The Quaker Man was _everywhere_ in the office. 😃 ) Quaker Oats has used various versions of the “Quaker Man” in its logo and advertising since 1877. The best-known illustration of the Quaker Man is [the 1957 artwork done by commercial artist Haddon Sundblom](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DIzeBtx_xrE/WpK_bGR-3rI/AAAAAAACKR4/hrgB3NJZld4cY7a-Px27lOMm-i4upImVwCLcBGAs/s1600/s-l1000.jpg), who was also well-known for his Coca-Cola Santa Claus illustrations. Sundblom’s Quaker Man was used by the company until 2012. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43650 "2019-06-18T14:18:50Z")
Haddon Township, New Jersey allows the sale of alcohol, and has several bars and restaurants which serve alcoholic beverages, unlike the neighboring boroughs of Collingswood, Haddonfield and Haddon Heights which prohibit the sale of alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43651 "2019-06-18T14:26:39Z")
In order to create the illusion of autumn in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois, the makers of _Halloween_ (which was filmed in California) scattered paper leaves on the lawns and sidewalks. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43652 "2019-06-18T14:31:49Z")
The Old Quaker Meeting House in Flushing, Queens, New York was built in 1694 and expanded in 1716. According to the flushingfriends website, it is the oldest house of worship in New York. “Open on First Day (Sunday), the meetinghouse has an active congregation that works with the community to embrace peace and social justice. . . It has been used by Flushing Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends as a house of worship for more than 300 years. The house remains today much as when it was first built, with dark, warm floorboards, simple benches and hand-hewn timber ceiling beams.” (I haven’t been inside but have seen it from the outside many times; it’s a really old looking wood shingled building. What looks like a small **lawn** next to it is actually a graveyard with flat of low gravestones.) ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43653 "2019-06-18T15:38:58Z")
The original charter of Flushing allowed residents freedom of religion as practiced in Holland “without the disturbance of any magistrate or ecclesiastical minister.” However, in 1656, New Amsterdam Director-General Peter Stuyvesant issued an edict prohibiting the harboring of Quakers. On December 27, 1657, the inhabitants of Flushing approved a protest known as _The Flushing Remonstrance_. This petition contained religious arguments even mentioning freedom for “Jews, Turks, and Egyptians,” but ended with a forceful declaration that any infringement of the town charter would not be tolerated. _The Flushing Remonstrance_ is considered by some historians to be a precursor to the United States Constitution’s provision on freedom of religion in the Bill of Rights. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43654 "2019-06-18T17:15:42Z")
The oaths of the President of the United States and the Vice President of the United States both include a promise to uphold the Constitution of the United States, but are otherwise different. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43655 "2019-06-18T18:33:35Z")
On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath (French: _Serment du Jeu de Paume_), vowing “not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established”. It was a pivotal event in the French Revolution. The deputies were shocked to discover that the chamber door was locked and guarded by soldiers. Immediately fearing the worst and anxious that a royal attack by King Louis XVI was imminent, the deputies congregated in a nearby indoor _jeu de paume_ court in the Saint-Louis district of the city of Versailles, near the Palace of Versailles. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43656 "2019-06-18T19:34:47Z")
An “[eternity bracelet](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61IRLbJwe1L._UL1300_.jpg),” or “diamond line bracelet” is a style of bracelet which features a line of diamonds along its entire length. During a match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament (accounts differ on the date – it may have been 1978 or 1987), player Chris Evert was wearing such a bracelet, only to discover that it had come loose from her wrist during play. She was overheard saying, “I lost my tennis bracelet,” and play was stopped so that the court could be searched for the bracelet. Since that event, “tennis bracelet” has become the common term for such a bracelet. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43657 "2019-06-18T20:26:44Z")
Per Wiki: Christine Marie Evert, now 64, won 18 Grand Slam singles championships and three doubles titles. She was the year-ending World No. 1 singles player in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, and 1981. Overall, Evert won 157 singles championships and 32 doubles titles. She reached 34 Grand Slam singles finals, more than any other player in the history of professional tennis. She was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43658 "2019-06-18T20:44:38Z")
Chrissie Evert won Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year award in 1976. (Somewhat interestingly) Billie Jean King won it in 1972 but (and here’s the strange part) Martina never won it. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43659 "2019-06-18T20:45:50Z")
[Alana Wolfberg](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/highschool/os-sp-hs-state-tennis-0502-story.html) of Orlando’s Timber Creek HS beat Chris Evert’s Florida state record this spring with her fourth state tennis championship in four years. She not only went undefeated throughout high school, but didn’t lose a \*set \*until the semifinals her senior year, when she battled a leg cramp. Evert won three titles in three years when at St. Thomas Aquinas HS of Fort Lauderdale from 1970-72. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43660 "2019-06-18T22:20:09Z")
Tennis was an Olympics sport from 1896 in Athens until 1924 in Paris, and then not again until it returned in 1988 in Seoul. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43661 "2019-06-18T22:26:40Z")
Clay tennis courts are believed to have been originated in England in the late 19th century, when Wimbledon champion William Renshaw covered his grass court in a layer of red clay to prevent it from burning in the sun. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43662 "2019-06-18T23:19:08Z")
Mary, Queen of Scots of the 16th century played tennis, and some of the courts where she regularly played still exist today. At Falkland Palace, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, the original tennis court built in 1539 is still in use. It is the world’s oldest tennis court still in use. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43663 "2019-06-19T00:08:30Z")
The Falkland Islands, a self-governing British Overseas Territory, are located 300 miles east of South America and 750 miles north of Antarctica. The territory has a population of about 3500, and the capital is the city of Stanley. Argentina has had a long-standing claim to the islands, and even invaded them in 1982. The occupation, however, was short-lived, and now a British military garrison is stationed 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:** [June 19, 2019, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43664 "2019-06-19T08:54:08Z")
Argentina is the fifth largest producer of wine in the world. Until the early 1990s, Argentina produced more wine than any other country outside Europe, though the majority of it was considered unexportable. Argentine wines started being exported during the 1990s, and are currently growing in popularity, making it now the largest wine exporter in South America. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43665 "2019-06-19T13:22:36Z")
The title of the song “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” comes from an epitaph on a plaque at Eva Perón’s grave in the La Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires. The plaque was presented by the city’s taxi drivers’ union and roughly translates as: “Don’t cry for me Argentina, I remain quite near to you.” The song’s lyrics are a “string of meaningless platitudes” according to Tim Rice, who felt that it worked as an emotionally intense but empty speech by a “megalomaniac woman” trying to win the favor of the Argentines. It features the lyrics “And as for fortune, and as for fame / I never invited them in / Though it seemed to the world they were all I desired / They are illusions”. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43666 "2019-06-19T13:44:33Z")
Argentina is the world’s largest Spanish-speaking country. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43667 "2019-06-19T13:50:02Z")
[Argentina power outage](https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/the-smarter-grid/transmission-failure-causes-nationwide-blackout-in-argentina) > [@](#): > > A preliminary company memo suggests that problems with at least two 500-kilovolt transmission lines were the proximate cause of nationwide blackouts in Argentina on Sunday 16 June. The lines connect a pair of hydroelectric dams to Argentina’s grid. Parts of Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay also experienced power outages, though the total number of people affected is not yet clear. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43668 "2019-06-19T13:54:12Z")
The most notable blackout in the US came in 1965: > [@](#): > > In contrast to the wave of looting and other incidents that took place during the 1977 New York City blackout, only five reports of looting were made in New York City after [the 1965 blackout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965). It was said to be the lowest amount of crime on any night in the city’s history since records were first kept.[12] > Reports about an alleged baby boom that followed the blackout nine months later are considered unsubstantiated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2182) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2184)