# 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:** 2219
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44369 "2019-08-14T00:50:14Z")
Emma Thompson first achieved fame in her native England, on stage, television, and cinema. She made her Hollywood debut in 1994, starring alongside Danny Devito and Arnold Schwaregnegger in the not-so-successful movie _Junior_. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44370 "2019-08-14T01:55:46Z")
Emma Thompson starred in the noir thriller _Dead Again_, released in 1991 by Paramount. She was praised for her dual roles as Grace, a woman from the 1990s suffering from amnesia, and Margaret, a concert pianist who was killed in the 1940s. Other actors in the film included Kenneth Branagh, her husband at the time, also in a dual role, Derek Jacobi and Robin Williams. (Surely this was Thompson’s Hollywood debut, and not _Junior_?) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44371 "2019-08-14T02:11:24Z")
John Cazale, the actor who played Fredo in The Godfather, appeared in only five films, but all five were nominated for Best Picture: The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44372 "2019-08-14T04:00:28Z")
John Cazale studied drama at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, but later transferred to Boston University. _The Godfather_, in which he appeared with his good friend Al Pacino and his idol Marlon Brando, was his screen debut. He later died of lung cancer at age 42; Meryl Streep was his lover at the time. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44373 "2019-08-14T13:46:43Z")
One of Allan Sherman’d few songs that doesn’t parody an existing song is Pop Hates the Beatles, which ends: Back in 1776, we fought the British then folks. Parents of America, it’s time to do it again, folks. When they come back here’s how we’ll begin: We’ll throw them in Boston harbor, But please, before we toss them all in. Let’s take them to a barber. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44374 "2019-08-14T13:51:25Z")
One of Johnny Horton’s upbeat, jingoistic songs, “Johnny Freedom”, begins \*When our country was a baby and the Redcoats had their way Is was he who had a party tossin’ tea in Boston Bay It was he who braved the winter in the days of Valley Forge Fightin’ side by side together with a fella name of George Johnny Freedom, Johnny Freedom You can meet him on each page of history He’s the spirit of America Our country’s pride and joy\* Horton’s recordings of “The Battle of New Orleans” and “Sink the Bismarck!” (the Blues Brothers cover version was cut from the movie) are more deeply embedded in popular culture. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44375 "2019-08-14T14:53:31Z")
[Blind Lemon Jefferson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Lemon_Jefferson) was blind and his first name was Lemon. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920’s and has been called the “Father of the Texas Blues”. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44376 "2019-08-14T15:44:42Z")
Blind Lemon Jefferson is generally considered to be one of the pioneers of the blues. Others include Son House, Leadbelly, Charlie Patton and Robert Johnson. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44377 "2019-08-14T16:24:36Z")
Blind Lemon Jefferson’s protege T-Bone Walker was a heavy on Goree Carter, whose “Rock Awhile” (1949) featured an over-driven electric guitar style and has been cited as a strong contender for the “first rock and roll record” title. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44378 "2019-08-14T16:33:41Z")
Blind Lemon Jefferson’s name has been spoofed several times in media, including: - On the TV comedy _Sanford and Son_, Fred Sanford’s favorite blues artist was “Blind Mellow Jelly” - By the comedians Cheech and Chong, who referred to “Blind Melon Chitlin” on several albums - In the video game _Fallout: New Vegas_, in which there was an AI jukebox named “Blind Diode Jefferson” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44379 "2019-08-14T16:36:02Z")
Gorée Island in Dakar, Senegal had a role in the slave trade whose volume is a matter of historical dispute, but is the site of the [House of Slaves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Slaves) and its Door of No Return through which they left Africa. ETA, **Elendils’ Heir** style: Blind Lemon Jefferson was descended from enslaved Africans. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44380 "2019-08-14T18:26:44Z")
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visited Goree Island in June 2013. The controversy over just how significant a site it is, historically, continues. > **[What Obama really saw at the ‘Door of No Return,’ a disputed memorial to the...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/06/28/what-obama-really-saw-at-the-door-of-no-return-a-debunked-memorial-to-the-slave-trade/)** > > Scholars concluded 20 years ago that the site was not really so important for the slave trade, but it still matters. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44381 "2019-08-14T19:37:19Z")
Greenland is the largest island in the world, with an area of 839,999 square miles. Australia has an area of almost 3 million square miles. But, because Australia is defined as a continent, it is not considered an island. According to Britannica, an island is a mass of land that is both “entirely surrounded by water” and also “smaller than a continent.” Okay, then. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44382 "2019-08-14T21:09:07Z")
Australia is the only country that is larger than a continent. It includes the continent of Australia, and the islands of Tasmania, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and several largely uninhabited external territories: Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Coral Sea Islands, and Heard Island and McDonald Islands. Australia also claims a portion of Antarctica as the Australian Antarctic Territory, although this claim is not widely recognized. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44383 "2019-08-15T02:03:49Z")
The only major part of Antarctica not claimed as sovereign territory is Marie Byrd Land, which even by Antarctic standards is hard to get to. It is roughly the same size as Alaska. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44384 "2019-08-15T03:57:54Z")
Marie Byrd Land was named by polar explorer Richard Byrd for his wife, Marie Donaldson Ames. Byrd was a descendant of one of the First Families of Virginia. His ancestors include planter John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas, William Byrd II of Westover Plantation, who established Richmond, and Robert “King” Carter, a colonial governor. He was the brother of Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, a dominant figure in the Virginia Democratic Party from the 1920s until the 1960s. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2019, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44385 "2019-08-15T04:27:14Z")
Fifteen unpledged Democratic electors voted for U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, a segregationist, in the 1960 Presidential election, although he did not run and did not request their votes. Democratic nominee Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts nevertheless won the Electoral College over Republican nominee Richard M. Nixon of California, Vice President at the time, by 303 to 219. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44386 "2019-08-15T12:10:51Z")
Alabama Governor George Wallace, running on a fiercely segregationist platform in the 1968 US presidential election, was the last third-party nominee to carry a state. His running mate was the creator of the USAF Strategic Air Command, Gen. Curtis LeMay. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44387 "2019-08-15T12:56:42Z")
Strategic Air Command was disbanded in 1992, and its various roles parcelled out to other parts of the Air Force. Strategic nuclear forces are now operated by the much worse-named Air Force Global Strike Command, based in Barksdale AFB in Louisiana. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44388 "2019-08-15T14:06:43Z")
New Orleans, Louisiana born jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer Kermit Ruffins performed a rendition of The Bare Necessities for Disney’s 2016 remake of The Jungle Book, alongside actor Bill Murray. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2218) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2220)