# 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:** 30
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/581 "2010-02-11T17:18:11Z")
Alannah Myles won several Juno Awards (Canada’s counterpart to the Grammys) for _Black Velvet_. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/582 "2010-02-11T17:23:24Z")
_Blue Velvet_ was a surreal/noir 1986 crime thriller directed by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan and Isabella Rosellini. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/583 "2010-02-11T17:25:22Z")
Was it really? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/584 "2010-02-11T17:25:22Z")
Albert Dean Rosellini (born January 21, 1910) was the 15th Governor of the state of Washington for two terms from 1957 to 1965 and was the first Italian American, Roman Catholic governor elected west of the Mississippi River. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/585 "2010-02-11T17:39:18Z")
The name of the town of George, Washington, incorporated in 1957, honors the first President of the United States. (Wiki says former Gov. Rosellini celebrated his 100th birthday on Jan. 21!) ---
**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 11, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/586 "2010-02-11T18:10:17Z")
Located near George on the banks of the Columbia River, the Gorge Ampitheater is the home of the annual Sasquatch! Music Festival. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/587 "2010-02-11T18:17:10Z")
The existence of the Bigfoot or Sasquatch has never been proven, leading most reputable scientists to include it among other mythical animals such as the Yeti, Loch Ness Monster and unicorn. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/588 "2010-02-11T18:21:23Z")
Big Foot, played by Andre the Giant, showed up on an episode of Six Million Dollar Man. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/589 "2010-02-11T18:24:20Z")
Bigfoot, based on a Ford pickup, is credited with starting the Monster Truck craze. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/590 "2010-02-11T18:25:18Z")
[del]A 1934 photograph of the Loch Ness monster that appeared in books and newspapers all over the world was admitted to be a hoax in 1993 by the 90 year old stepson of the photographer; the “monster” was a toy submarine with a plastic head.[/del] Bigfoot (the monster truck) appeared in _Take This Job and Shove It!_, a 1981 film starring Robert Hays that took it’s title from a Johnny Paycheck hit song. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/591 "2010-02-11T18:32:38Z")
Robert Hays’ best-known performance was as the nebbish-turned-hero in _Airplane!_. ---
**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 11, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/592 "2010-02-11T18:45:10Z")
Until appearing in Airplane!, Leslie Nielson was primarily known as a dramatic actor. Airplane! established him as a comedic actor, eventually overshadowing his dramatic work. ---
**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 11, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/593 "2010-02-11T18:50:08Z")
Airplane! was based on the 1950s movie **Zero Hour** starring Dana Andrews. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/594 "2010-02-11T18:52:52Z")
Jim Brochu is an actor/playwright who wrote and stars in **[Zero Hour](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0PJzVPl92g&feature=related)**, a one man show about actor Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel; much of the drama deals with Mostel’s experiences with McCarthy era blacklisting. ---
**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 11, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/595 "2010-02-11T18:59:54Z")
The original “The Producers”, co-starring Zero Mostel, was banned in Germany for years because of the song “Springtime For Hitler”. ---
**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 11, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/596 "2010-02-11T19:27:19Z")
Zero Mostel’s son, Josh, played King Herod in the 1974 movie “Jesus Christ SuperStar.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/597 "2010-02-11T19:34:36Z")
According to a song by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, a man named Levon has a disaffected son named Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/598 "2010-02-11T19:37:23Z")
Levana is a Hebrew name that means either moon or white (hence the old Hebrew saying “L-E-V-A-N-A… that spells MOON… or White”). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/599 "2010-02-11T19:46:49Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Levana is a Hebrew name that means either moon or white (hence the old Hebrew saying “L-E-V-A-N-A… that spells MOON… or White”). The last song by Richard Rodgers to reach #1 on the Billboard charts was “Blue Moon,” as performed by the doo wop group the Marcels. ---
**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 11, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/600 "2010-02-11T19:55:46Z")
Richard Rodgers composed the music for the TV series _Victory at Sea_, which was narrated by Leonard Graves (no relation to Peter Graves, who’s actual last name was Aurness). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=31)