# 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:** 2246
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44909 "2019-09-23T19:52:01Z")
Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Va. was the largest Confederate military hospital during the Civil War. Its grounds are now a Federal and city park. > **[Chimborazo Hospital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo_Hospital)** > > Chimborazo Hospital was a Civil War-era facility built in Richmond, Virginia to service the medical needs of the Confederate Army. It functioned between 1862 and 1865 in what is now Chimborazo Park, treating over 76,000 injured Confederate soldiers. During its existence, the hospital admitted nearly 78,000 patients and between 6,500 and 8,000 of these patients died. This mortality rate of between 8.3 and 10.3 percent is among the lowest such rates of period military hospitals. > After the war, t... ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44910 "2019-09-23T20:42:14Z")
Montgomery, Alabama served as the first capital of the Confederate States of America. After Virginia had seceded from the United States, the CSA moved its capital to Richmond, in recognition of Virginia’s strategic importance to the Confederacy. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44911 "2019-09-23T21:30:11Z")
The top employer category in Montgomery AL is healthcare / hospitals. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44912 "2019-09-23T22:05:17Z")
In French-speaking countries, a hôtel-Dieu (English: hostel of God) was originally a hospital for the poor and needy, run by the Catholic Church. The Hôtel-Dieu in Paris is the oldest and most renowned; it was founded in 651 and is the oldest hospital worldwide still operating. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44913 "2019-09-23T23:40:47Z")
The St. Peter Stiftskulinarium is a restaurant located within St. Peter’s Abbey, in Salzburg, Austria. Records of it serving as a restaurant go back as far as 803 AD, when it was mentioned in the writings of English scholar Alcuin of York. It is believed to be one of the oldest existing restaurants in Europe, if not the world. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44914 "2019-09-24T01:38:40Z")
Altstadt, or “Old Town” Salzburg AUT, with its world famous baroque architecture, is one of the best-preserved city centers in the German-speaking world. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44915 "2019-09-24T03:36:34Z")
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756 in the Altstadt area of Salzburg. His birthplace is preserved as a museum displaying his childhood instruments. It is one of the most frequently visited museums in the world. > **[Mozart’s Birthplace](https://mozarteum.at/en/museums/mozarts-birthplace)** > > A visit to Mozart’s Birthplace takes about one hour. > There is a mobile phone text guide available. Texts accompany the exhibits on the walls of the mu... ---
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“The hills are alive with the sound of music…” is a line in the song, _The Sound of Music_. It was sung by Mary Martin in the 1959 original Broadway production, and by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film version. The movie was filmed in part in Salzburg, at Mondsee Abbey, the Felsenreitschule, Nonnberg Abbey, Mirabell Palace Gardens, Residence Fountain, and various street locations throughout the Altstadt. Northwest of Salzburg about 25 miles and not related to _The Sound of Music_ at all is Fucking Austria. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44917 "2019-09-24T04:37:24Z")
Until they were changed to a theft-resistant design in August 2005, street signs in Fucking, Austria were frequently stolen by tourists, including all four in the small village in a single night once. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44918 "2019-09-24T12:31:16Z")
Among the most frequently stolen street signs in the USA are: US Highway 666 in CO, NM, and UT; the town sign for Intercourse PA; the street sign for Katie’s Crotch Rd. in New Portland ME; the exit sign for Exit 69 off Big Beaver Rd. in Troy MI; the town sign for Hell MI; and anything having to do with marijuana or getting high such as the town sign for Weed CA, and street signs for High Dr… or High St., and for Bong Recreation Area, and the Ohio Highway 420 signs. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44919 "2019-09-24T13:55:35Z")
When pro-Union War Democrat John Brough was elected Governor of Ohio over Copperhead (Peace Democrat) Clement Vallandigham in November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln sent a telegram to Brough reading, in part, “Glory to God in the highest: Ohio has saved the Union.” It was the only time during the Civil War that the President singled out a state for that accolade. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44920 "2019-09-24T14:29:30Z")
The copperhead is a 155mm artillery shell designated as the M712. It is a fin-stabilized, laser-guided projectile intended for hard targets (tanks, etc…) and has a minimum range of 2 miles and a maximum range of 10 miles. It was created in 1970 and weighs over 135 pounds, and so is significantly heavier than the basic 155 standard, the 96 pound high explosive shell. The copperhead has 15lbs of shaped charge explosives. Note: in my 155mm artillery career with the M-198 towed howitzer, I knew of the copperhead and its capabilities, but never fired one. Same goes with the nuclear rounds. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44921 "2019-09-24T14:57:50Z")
Steve Earle, born in 1955 is a rock, country and folk singer-songwriter, record producer, author and actor. His songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, The Highwaymen, Travis Tritt, Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, Shawn Colvin, Bob Seger, Ian Stuart Donaldson and Emmylou Harris. Earle is probably best known for his 1989 album _Copperhead Road_, the title track of which portrays a Vietnam veteran who uses his family background in running moonshine to become a marijuana grower. ---
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Tom Paxton’s Vietnam songs include Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation, My Son John, Jimmy Newman, Born on the Fourth of July, and Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues, the last being about the great agricultural discovery by the Vietnam soldiers: Great fields of nothing but pot. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44923 "2019-09-24T15:18:52Z")
In the acclaimed Alan Moore alternative-history superhero graphic novel _Watchmen_, Vietnam becomes the 51st American state after Dr. Manhattan, a near-omnipotent superhero, enters the Vietnam War at the request of President Richard M. Nixon and soon forces the surrender of Hanoi’s Communist government. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44924 "2019-09-24T15:59:13Z")
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and Ha Long Bay and its 1,969 islands are home to over 200 species of fish and 450 types of mollusks. Worldwide, Vietnam is ranked 16th in biological diversity. Ha Long Bay is more than 1,000 miles to the north of the Mekong Delta: gMap, [https://goo.gl/maps/oPRENWZ7FFX8ncrE6](https://goo.gl/maps/oPRENWZ7FFX8ncrE6). ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44925 "2019-09-24T19:02:56Z")
With an area of 127,881 square miles, Vietnam is the 67th largest country in the world. Its population of 95 million inhabitants makes it the 15th most populous country in the world. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44926 "2019-09-24T19:26:09Z")
In the 17th century, Vietnam was divided between the Trịnh lords to the north and the Nguyễn lords to the south. The northern section was called Tonkin by Europeans, and the southern part called Cochinchina by most Europeans and Quinam by the Dutch. Cochinchina was never a single united administrative unit until the French seized it in the 1850s. During the French colonial period, the label moved further south, and came to refer exclusively to the southernmost part of Vietnam, controlled by Cambodia in prior centuries, and lying to its southeast. The capital of the French colony of Cochinchina was at Saigon. The two other parts of Vietnam at the time were known as Annam (Central Vietnam) and Tonkin (Northern Vietnam). ---
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According to [Wikipedia’s List of UN Countries by Population](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_(United_Nations)#List), the top 30 countries are: 01 - 1,433,783,686 - China 02 - 1,366,417,754 - India 03 - 329,064,917 - United States 04 - 270,625,568 - Indonesia 05 - 216,565,318 - Pakistan 06 - 211,049,527 - Brazil 07 - 200,963,599 - Nigeria 08 - 163,046,161 - Bangladesh 09 - 145,872,256 - Russia 10 - 127,575,529 - Mexico 11 - 126,860,301 - Japan 12 - 112,078,730 - Ethiopia 13 - 108,116,615 - Philippines 14 - 100,388,073 - Egypt 15 - 96,462,106 - Vietnam 16 - 86,790,567 - Democratic Republic of the Congo 17 - 83,517,045 - Germany 18 - 83,429,615 - Turkey 19 - 82,913,906 - Iran 20 - 69,037,513 - Thailand 21 - 67,530,172 - United Kingdom 22 - 65,129,728 - France 23 - 60,550,075 - Italy 24 - 58,558,270 - South Africa 25 - 58,005,463 - Tanzania 26 - 54,045,420 - Myanmar 27 - 52,573,973 - Kenya 28 - 51,225,308 - South Korea 29 - 50,339,443 - Colombia 30 - 46,736,776 - Spain ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44928 "2019-09-24T20:49:25Z")
A sizeable number of foreign residents in Spain come from other Western and Central European countries. These are mostly British, French, German, Dutch, and Norwegian, living on the Mediterranean coast and the Balearic islands, as retirees or telecommuters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2245) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2247)