# 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:** 25
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/481 "2010-02-10T18:23:08Z")
Bob Einstein played a recurring cop character named “Officer Judy” on the old _Smothers Brothers Show_. ---
**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/482 "2010-02-10T18:23:16Z")
Albert Einstein and his first wife, Mileva Maric, had a daughter named Lieserl born before their marriage, but it is unknown what became of the child; it is assumed she died in infancy or was given up for adoption. ---
**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, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/483 "2010-02-10T18:27:45Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Albert Einstein and his first wife, Mileva Maric, had a daughter named Lieserl born before their marriage, but it is unknown what became of the child; it is assumed she died in infancy or was given up for adoption. Einstein was the name of Christopher Lloyd’s dog, in the “Back to the Future” movies. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/484 "2010-02-10T18:28:52Z")
(Looping back to the Smothers Brothers - “There’s pumas in the crevasses!”) NFL announcer Joe Theismann once famously said “A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.” ---
**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, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/485 "2010-02-10T18:31:46Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > (Speaking of the Smothers Brothers - “There’s pumas in the crevasses!”) > > NFL announcer Joe Theismann once famously said “A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.” QB Joe Theismann’s last name was pronounced THEES-man until 1970, when it was changed by the Notre Dame publicist to rhyme with “Heisman” in an unsuccessful attempt to win him the Heisman Trophy. ---
**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/486 "2010-02-10T19:08:02Z")
The Heisman Trophy stands in the lobby of New York’s Downtown Athletic Club, which gives it out each year. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/487 "2010-02-10T19:26:00Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The Heisman Trophy stands in the lobby of New York’s Downtown Athletic Club, which gives it out each year. I’d make a joke link about Madonna\* and “giving it out each year” but I won’t. 😃 (\*or whoever is pop culture shorthand for “loose” these days … ) ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/488 "2010-02-10T19:28:10Z")
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow is the only sophomore to ever win the Heisman Trophy. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/489 "2010-02-10T19:33:48Z")
Sophomore means “wise fool.” ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/490 "2010-02-10T19:36:46Z")
John J . Miller, in an article in the _National Review_ selected “Won’t Get Fooled Again” as the greatest Conservative rock song of all time. ---
**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, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/491 "2010-02-10T19:42:40Z")
George Bush famously mangled the line used by Gomer Pyle: “Fool me once, shame on you- fool me twice, shame on me.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/492 "2010-02-10T19:42:43Z")
_My Life in the Bush of Ghosts_ is an album by David Byrne and Brian Eno. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/493 "2010-02-10T19:53:29Z")
The book “The Orchid Thief” and movie adaptation “Adaptation” were centered around the rare ghost orchid. ---
**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, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/494 "2010-02-10T19:56:59Z")
Nero Wolfe is an avid orchid grower. He spends the hours of 10 AM-noon and 4-6 PM tending to his orchids, and will not tolerate interruptions. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/495 "2010-02-10T20:08:40Z")
The veterinary operation of removing an animal’s testicles is called _orchidectomy_. ---
**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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/496 "2010-02-10T20:09:01Z")
[del]Nero Wolfe’s assistant, Archie Goodwin, shares his name with a fairly prolific comic book writer and editor.[/del] How do you people keep doing this to me? ---
**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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/497 "2010-02-10T20:09:54Z")
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was one of the few major battles in which both side’s high commanders were mortally wounded: General James Wolfe of the British and American forces and Louis Montcalm (Marquis de Montcalm St. Veran) for the French and Canadian forces. ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/498 "2010-02-10T20:23:11Z")
Mr. French, played by Sebastian Cabot, was Uncle Bill’s butler on the sitcom “Family Affair.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/499 "2010-02-10T20:30:17Z")
Explorer Sebastian Cabot, a Venetian working for Spain, made several voyages to South America and founded the first Spanish settlement in Argentina. ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/500 "2010-02-10T20:30:49Z")
[del]Mr. French was played by Tim Curry, best known for _Rocky Horror Picture Show_ but also the originator of the title role in _Amadeus_ and the role of King Arthur in _Spamalot_ on stage, in the very short lived syndicated remake of [Family Affair](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318886/).[/del] Damn it again! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=26)