# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/41 "2010-02-04T19:10:27Z")
Pearls are formed when an irritant, such as a grain of sand, are introduced into mollusks and calcium carbonate encapsulates the irritant in gradually expanding layers. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/42 "2010-02-04T19:11:36Z")
Edited: The domino I was playing off seems to have disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43 "2010-02-04T19:14:31Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Pat Boone’s daughter Debby is the daughter-in-law of Rosemary Clooney, and so the cousin of George Clooney. > > ETA: stole my Pearl S. Buck item. grumble George Clooney is one of the closest living relatives of Abraham Lincoln (he’s a descendant of Lincoln’s aunt), whose wife often wore seed pearl jewelry. weaving the two threads- please don’t play off weaving ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/44 "2010-02-04T19:19:38Z")
Illinois may be known as the “Land of Lincoln,” but Abraham Lincoln was actually born in the state of Kentucky. ---
**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 4, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/45 "2010-02-04T19:23:13Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Edited: The domino I was playing off seems to have disappeared. As did mine…you gotta be quick in this thread! Kentucky Woman, written by Neil Diamond, was a hit for Deep Purple. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/46 "2010-02-04T19:25:02Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > As did mine…you gotta be quick in this thread! > > Kentucky Woman, written by Neil Diamond, was a hit for Deep Purple. Neil Diamond wrote the Monkees hit I’M A BELIEVER and the soundtrack for JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/47 "2010-02-04T19:26:47Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Neil Diamond wrote the Monkees hit I’M A BELIEVER and the soundtrack for JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL. Stanley Livingston was the director of the zoo where Tennessee Tuxedo lived. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/48 "2010-02-04T19:28:17Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Stanley Livingston was the director of the zoo where Tennessee Tuxedo lived. Henry Morton Stanley, most famous for finding “Dr. Livingstone, I presume”, was a Brit but he fought on both sides during the U.S. Civil War. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/49 "2010-02-04T19:31:15Z")
The _Fighting Fantasy_ game book series, created by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, sold more than 14 million copies worldwide. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/50 "2010-02-04T19:33:58Z")
Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/51 "2010-02-04T19:35:47Z")
And playing back to my previous domino: The _Fighting Fantasy_ game book _Robot Commando_ was written by Steve Jackson, the American game designer and founder of Steve Jackson Games, who is not the same person as the British Steve Jackson, who co-created the _Fighting Fantasy_ game book series and co-wrote _Warlock of Firetop Mountain_. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/52 "2010-02-04T19:38:58Z")
Mountain was a rock band whose biggest hit was “Mississippi Queen.” ---
**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 4, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/53 "2010-02-04T19:42:05Z")
Queen was a rock band fronted by Freddy Mercury. ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/54 "2010-02-04T19:43:10Z")
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**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 4, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/55 "2010-02-04T19:46:53Z")
Freddie Mercury was born on the island of Zanzibar. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/56 "2010-02-04T19:54:58Z")
The members of the rock band “Queen” all had or have college degrees or beyond: a First Class Honours Degree in electronics (Deacon), a Diploma in Art and Graphic Design (Mercury), a Biology Degree (Taylor), and a PhD in Astrophysics (May). ---
**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 4, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/57 "2010-02-04T20:01:52Z")
First Class is a one-hit wonder- Beach Baby ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/58 "2010-02-04T20:03:33Z")
Roger Taylor and Phil Collins were both residents of Dersingham, in the English county of Norfolk. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/59 "2010-02-04T20:15:21Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > Roger Taylor and Phil Collins were both residents of Dersingham, in the English county of Norfolk. Both Queen and Duran Duran had drummers named Roger Taylor. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/60 "2010-02-04T20:19:59Z")
Duran Duran took their name from a character in the movie _Barbarella_, starring Jane Fonda, who was a babe in those days and probably looked great at the beach. Trying to pull things back together again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=4)