# 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:** 2274
**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:** [November 22, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45472 "2019-11-22T22:15:46Z")
The United Nations headquarters in New York City hosts a Permanent Disarmament exhibit in its General Assembly building. The exhibit includes artifacts recovered from the nuclear blast areas of Hiroshima and Nagasaki including plates, watches, bottles and clothing all damaged by the blast. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45473 "2019-11-22T22:31:53Z")
United Nations winners of the Nobel Peace Prize are listed at [https://www.un.org/en/sections/nobel-peace-prize/index.html](https://www.un.org/en/sections/nobel-peace-prize/index.html). The list includes, among others: [ul][li]1950 - Ralph Bunche, for his late 1940s work as a United Nations mediator in the Palestine conflict[/li][li]1961 - Dag Hammarskjöld (posthumously), for having built up an efficient and independent UN Secretariat, and for having taken an independent line towards the great powers. Hammarskjöld died, under suspicious circumstances, in an airplane crash in Northern Rhodesia in September 1961. He is the only Nobel Peace Prize Laureate to have been awarded the distinction posthumously. From 1974, the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation stipulate that a Nobel Prize cannot be awarded posthumously.[/li][li]1965 - UNICEF, for "fulfilling the condition of Nobel’s will, the promotion of brotherhood among the nations“ and emerging on the world stage as a “a peace-factor of great importance.”[/li][\*]1988 - United Nations Peacekeeping Forces, because “The peacekeeping forces of the United Nations have, under extremely difficult conditions, contributed to reducing tensions where an armistice has been negotiated but a peace treaty has yet to be established”.[/ul] ---
**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:** [November 23, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45474 "2019-11-23T14:37:52Z")
Bob Dylan is the first musician who won the Nobel Prize in literature, and his selection was perhaps the most radical choice in a history stretching back to 1901. In choosing a popular musician for the literary world’s highest honor, the Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, dramatically redefined the boundaries of literature, setting off a debate about whether song lyrics have the same artistic value as poetry or novels. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45475 "2019-11-23T15:19:36Z")
The winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature was Peter Handke, a novelist, playwright, poet, and screenwriter. Handke is the second Austrian to receive the award; the first was Elfriede Jelinek, who won the award in 2004. Nominations for all Nobel Prizes are kept secret for fifty years. Currently, only nominations submitted between 1901 and 1968 are available for public viewing. These can be found in [The Nomination Database](https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/redirector/?redir=archive/) for the Nobel Prize. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45476 "2019-11-23T15:32:44Z")
During the Terri Schiavo hearings, Williams Hammesfahr was criticized for saying he had been nominated for a Nobel Prize in medicine. He testified in 2002 that U.S. Representative Michael Bilirakis (R-FL) had nominated him. In 1999, Bilirakis had in fact written a letter to the Nobel Committee recommending Hammesfahr for the prize, but he was not eligible to make such a nomination. Furthermore, the letter erroneously referred to the nonexistent “Nobel Peace Prize In Medicine.” Despite this, on March 21, 2005, during interviews about Schiavo on Fox News and MSNBC, Hammesfahr was billed as “nominated for the Nobel Prize” several times by hosts Sean Hannity and Joe Scarborough. Pat Robertson also mistakenly introduced Hammesfahr on The 700 Club as a “Nobel Prize winner”. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45477 "2019-11-23T20:24:21Z")
U.S. Representative Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, chaired the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia which nominated Hillary Clinton of New York for President and Tim Kaine of Virginia for Vice President. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45478 "2019-11-24T04:15:43Z")
The official rock song of the state of Ohio is _Hang On Sloopy_ — [The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy (1965?) - YouTube](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3E0xJpi9rK8). ---
**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:** [November 24, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45479 "2019-11-24T16:52:50Z")
According to [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_songs), Ohio is the only state to have an official rock song. However, the ‘unofficial state rock song’ of Washington is “Louie, Louie”. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45480 "2019-11-24T17:44:34Z")
he Ohio Express was marketed as an American bubblegum pop band, formed in Mansfield, Ohio, United States, in 1967. It is actually more accurate to say that the name “Ohio Express” served as a brand name used by Jerry Kasenetz’s and Jeffry Katz’s Super K Productions to release the music of a number of different musicians and acts. The best known songs of Ohio Express (including their best scoring single, “Yummy Yummy Yummy”) were actually the work of an assemblage of studio musicians working out of New York, including singer/songwriter Joey Levine. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45481 "2019-11-24T19:58:47Z")
The _Ohio_-class Trident ballistic missile submarines were a major component of the Reagan Administration’s defense buildup, although they were first authorized and funded during the Nixon Administration. Reagan and Nixon were both Republicans of California. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45482 "2019-11-25T00:04:34Z")
Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan are the two presidents who were buried in California. Only one president, Woodrow Wilson, was buried in Washington, D.C. Two presidents, William Taft and John Kennedy, were buried in Arlington National Cemetery. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45483 "2019-11-25T01:43:54Z")
All three major candidates for President in 1912 - the incumbent, William Howard Taft; his predecessor and Bull Moose challenger, Theodore Roosevelt; and Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic nominee - spoke to the Ohio constitutional convention that year. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45484 "2019-11-25T02:02:56Z")
The first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 for mediating the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45485 "2019-11-25T02:07:13Z")
The wikipedia page for actor Burgess Meredith states that “He was a descendant of the house of Howard through Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII”. However, Catherine Howard married Henry when she was 16 or 17 and had no children by him; Henry had her executed when she was 19. It’s possible but extremely unlikely that she had a child (out of wedlock) before marrying Henry; if she did, that child’s parentage must have been kept a secret. Therefore, if Meredith is a Howard descendant, it must be through some other member of the Howard family, none of whom were Nobel prize winners. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45486 "2019-11-25T14:18:07Z")
Henry VIII is known to have fathered 10 legitimate children and is believed to have fathered as many as 7 illegitimate children. Only 3 of his 10 legitimate children survived infancy. All 3 went on to become a ruler of England: Queen Mary I, Queen Elizabeth I, and King Edward VI. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45487 "2019-11-25T14:36:17Z")
Henry VIII was awarded the honorific “Defender of the Faith” for writing a book supporting the Pope, Leo X, against the Protestant Reformation. When the King split from Rome, despite being excommunicated, he kept the title, as have all of his successors to date, including the reigning Queen, Elizabeth II. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45488 "2019-11-25T14:39:25Z")
“I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am” is a 1910 British music hall song by Fred Murray and R. P. Weston. It was a signature song of the music hall star Harry Champion. In 1965, it became the fastest-selling song in history to that point when it was revived by Herman’s Hermits, becoming the group’s second number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, dethroning “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”. Despite that success, the single was not released in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45489 "2019-11-25T15:09:46Z")
Herman’s Hermits got the name from lead singer Peter Noone’s resemblance to cartoon character Sherman, from the Mr. Peabody cartoons. They decided that Herman’s Hermits had a better ring than Sherman’s Hermits. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45490 "2019-11-25T15:17:21Z")
In the Simpsons’ episode"A Star Is Burns" Springfield decides to hold a film festival, and famed critic Jay Sherman is invited to be a judge. Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons has heavily criticized this episode, feeling that it was just an advertisement for The Critic, and that people would incorrectly associate the show with him. When he was unsuccessful in getting the program pulled, he had his name removed from the credits and went public with his concerns, openly criticizing James L. Brooks. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45491 "2019-11-25T15:33:32Z")
While he was working on the student newspaper at Weehawken High School, future 21-Emmy-winning \*Simpsons \*producer James L. Brooks scored an interview with jazz great Louis Armstrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2273) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2275)