# 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:** 22
**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, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/421 "2010-02-10T03:25:57Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Olympia was the site of the classical Olympic games of ancient Greece, beginning in 776 BC. Dr. Benjamin Spock won an Olympic gold medal as a rower. ---
**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 10, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/422 "2010-02-10T03:41:15Z")
Spock on Star Trek has green blood. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/423 "2010-02-10T03:50:07Z")
Hemocyanin, the hemoglobin variant that uses copper, actually causes oxygenated blood to be blue (and unoxygenated to be clear), not green. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/424 "2010-02-10T03:54:12Z")
Green blood in humans is a rare condition caused by excess sulfhemoglobin (SulfHb) in the blood. It is usually caused by taking drugs such as acetanilid, phenacetin, nitrates, trinitrotoluene and sulfur compounds (mainly sulphonamides) ---
**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 10, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/425 "2010-02-10T04:18:19Z")
The one-hit-wonder band Green Jello (“Three Little Pigs”) was forced to change their name to Green Jelly after being sued by Kraft Foods. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/426 "2010-02-10T04:33:57Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > The one-hit-wonder band Green Jello (“Three Little Pigs”) was forced to change their name to Green Jelly after being sued by Kraft Foods. If a person sues too many times without merit, the court can deem that person a ‘vexatious litigant’ and force that person to ask the court’s permission before filing future lawsuits. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/427 "2010-02-10T04:34:05Z")
Kraft singlehandedly introduced Macaroni and Cheese to Canada. Of course, over there, it is called simply “Kraft Dinner”. [[Finally! I got one that I don’t have to worry about “cite” on.]] ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/428 "2010-02-10T04:34:25Z")
In the song _Yankee Doodle_, the word “macaroni” refers to an outlandishly fashionable style of dress, akin to the word “foppish”. ---
**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, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/429 "2010-02-10T05:30:55Z")
James Cagney reprised his _Yankee Doodle Dandy_ role as George M. Cohan for a [tap dancing cameo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOoNOs8Ql28) in Bob Hope’s biopic of Cohan’s rival/friend/colleague Eddie Foy in _The Seven Little Foys_. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/430 "2010-02-10T08:59:19Z")
_Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs_ received a [special Oscar statuette](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-C_ejcKBFWo/R7_KPQs0XyI/AAAAAAAAB8Y/mSxiEw3nn4w/s400/SW+Innovation+Oscar.jpg) for Innovation. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/431 "2010-02-10T10:46:50Z")
The Brothers Grimm collected two stories about a character named Snow White - Snow White, and Snow White and Rose Red. The two stories are unconnected - and in fact, are spelt differently in German. However, in a second coincidence, both involve Dwarfs. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/432 "2010-02-10T11:42:21Z")
The full name of the Thing is Benjamin Jacob Grimm. ---
**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, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/433 "2010-02-10T12:09:45Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > The full name of the Thing is Benjamin Jacob Grimm. John Carpenter’s “The Thing” was based on John W. Campbell’s short story “Who Goes There?” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/434 "2010-02-10T12:14:02Z")
[del]John Carpenter’s The Thing is the second adaptation of John W Campbell’s novella Who Goes There?, the first being Christian Nyby’s The Thing From Another World. That first movie refers to the eponymous Thing as ‘an intellectual carrot’, making it very different to take seriously.[/del] Darnit…beaten to it…mostly with the same trivia, too! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/435 "2010-02-10T13:53:57Z")
The novelty song “The Thing” by bandleader Phil Harris reached #1 on the Billboard charts in 1950. The identity of “the thing” is never disclosed. ---
**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, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/436 "2010-02-10T14:07:18Z")
Richard Harris was the first actor to play Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore on the big screen; Michael Gambon was the second. ---
**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 10, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/437 "2010-02-10T14:32:26Z")
Richard Harris had a #2 hit in the US (and a #1 in Europe) in 1968 with “MacArthur Park”. ---
**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, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/438 "2010-02-10T15:13:26Z")
Douglas MacArthur’s military aide in the Thirties was Dwight D. Eisenhower. ---
**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, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/439 "2010-02-10T15:17:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Douglas MacArthur’s military aide in the Thirties was Dwight D. Eisenhower. On TV’s “The Odd Couple,” Oscar Madison joined a computer dating service under the alias “Willis Eisenhower”- he was fixed up with his whiny secretary Myrna. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/440 "2010-02-10T15:39:43Z")
_The Thin Man_ was the first in a series of movies starring Myrna Loy and William Powell as martini-swilling crime-solvers Nick and Nora Charles. Their dog’s name was Asta. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=23)