# 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:** 33
**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 12, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/641 "2010-02-12T05:29:43Z")
Liam Neeson has signed to play Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s long-delayed biopic of the 16th President. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/642 "2010-02-12T05:36:40Z")
When Abraham Lincoln was challenged to a duel by Colonel James Shields in 1842 he chose broadswords as the weapon and Sunflower Island (now in Missouri, then a no-man’s land) as the location. (Both parties arrived with broadswords and seconds but the dispute was resolved peaceably.) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/643 "2010-02-12T05:53:11Z")
Miyamoto Musashi, the Japanese swordsman and samurai who authored _The Book of Five Rings_, fought 60 duels (at a conservative estimate) and was never defeated. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/644 "2010-02-12T06:09:31Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Miyamoto Musashi, the Japanese swordsman and samurai who authored _The Book of Five Rings_, fought 60 duels (at a conservative estimate) and was never defeated. Charles Dickinson was the only man killed by President Andrew Jackson in one of his 13 duels. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/645 "2010-02-12T06:39:14Z")
Julie d’Aubigny, better known as ‘La Maupin’, was a female opera singer in 17th century Paris who was also considered one of the most skilled sword fighters of her time; she was exiled by Louis XIV for fighting (and defeating) 3 of his nobles in a single duel in 1693. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/646 "2010-02-12T07:34:09Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Julie d’Aubigny, better known as ‘La Maupin’, was a female opera singer in 17th century Paris who was also considered one of the most skilled sword fighters of her time; she was exiled by Louis XIV for fighting (and defeating) 3 of his nobles in a single duel in 1693. According to legend, Louis XIV only bathed twice in his life. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/647 "2010-02-12T13:03:39Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > According to legend, Louis XIV only bathed twice in his life. Joseph Louis Barrow dropped his last name and became a heavyweight boxer as “Joe Louis.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/648 "2010-02-12T14:12:08Z")
Clyde Barrow walked with a limp during his days with Bonnie Parker because he had hired another inmate to chop off two of his toes in 1930 in order to get transferred from the prison farm where he was incarcerated. (He didn’t get the transfer but he did get an early parole, serving less than 2 years instead of the 14 he had been sentenced.) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/649 "2010-02-12T14:13:16Z")
Joe Louis Arena, home of the Detroit Red Wings, is one of only three remaining NHL arenas without a corporate sponsorship name (Rexall Place, Verizon Center, et al.) Edit: Crap. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/650 "2010-02-12T14:33:26Z")
Sentenced was a doom/gothic metal band that played death metal in their early years. The band formed in 1989, in the town of Muhos, Finland, and broke up in 2005. ---
**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 12, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/651 "2010-02-12T15:03:03Z")
The Grim Reaper (long a personification of Death) tells the dinner party in _Monty Python’s Meaning of Life_ that they were all killed by food poisoning. The culprit? The salmon mousse. ---
**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 12, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/652 "2010-02-12T15:23:44Z")
The name ball python refers to the animal’s tendency to curl into a ball when stressed or frightened. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/653 "2010-02-12T15:44:08Z")
Ball pythons, most of them former exotic household pets or their offspring, are reaking havoc as an introduced species in the Everglades and other parts of the southeast. ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/654 "2010-02-12T15:45:37Z")
Guido van Rossum is the author of the open source programming language Python. Now an employee of Google, he continues to direct development of the language with the official title “Benevolent Dictator for Life.” ---
**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 12, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/655 "2010-02-12T15:49:50Z")
The recent cold snap in Florida caused the death of numerous Burmese Pythons, at least 70 American Crocodiles and over 60 Manatees. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/656 "2010-02-12T15:50:19Z")
> [@Kingspades](#): > > Guido van Rossum is the author of the open source programming language Python. Now an employee of Google, he continues to direct development of the language with the official title “Benevolent Dictator for Life.” Comedian Don Novello was briefly arrested while filming a satirical piece in Vatican City, dressed as his alter ego, Father Guido Sarducci. ---
**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 12, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/657 "2010-02-12T15:58:43Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Comedian Don Novello was briefly arrested while filming a satirical piece in Vatican City, dressed as his alter ego, Father Guido Sarducci. Father Guido Sarducci once ran a bit on Saturday Night Live called “Finda Da Popes In Da Pizza”, where you were supposed to find likenesses of all the popes in a pie when you compared it to the one on the TV. ---
**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 12, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/658 "2010-02-12T16:00:10Z")
:mad::mad:😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/659 "2010-02-12T16:00:33Z")
The Italian-American archetypes exemplified by the cast of “Jersey Shore” are called “Guidos and Guidettes”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/660 "2010-02-12T16:03:51Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The Italian-American archetypes exemplified by the cast of “Jersey Shore” are called “Guidos and Guidettes”. The Tony-winning musical “Jersey Boys” tells the story of Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=34)