# 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:** 47
**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 16, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/921 "2010-02-16T18:48:45Z")
Trench mouth, a severe form of gingivitis, got its name because it was prevalent in WWI trenches (where people spent much more than 20 minutes in). ---
**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 16, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/922 "2010-02-16T18:53:04Z")
Trench foot, caused by prolonged expose to cold and dampness, also got its name from WWI. ---
**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 16, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/923 "2010-02-16T18:58:00Z")
The vicious cat that lives next to Snoopy in _Peanuts_ is named World War II. ---
**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 16, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/924 "2010-02-16T19:03:20Z")
My cat’s breath smells like cat food. OK OK, Siamese cats are believed to be decended form sacred temple cats of Siam. ---
**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 16, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/925 "2010-02-16T19:16:05Z")
J.R.R. Tolkien, asked to give his permission for names from _The Lord of the Rings_ to be given to a line of purebred Siamese cats, told a friend in confidence that he considered them “the spawn of Mordor.” ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/926 "2010-02-16T19:21:44Z")
In the Harvard Lampoon satire ‘Bored of the Rings’, the villain is named Sorhed and the land he rules is named Fordor. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/927 "2010-02-16T19:45:27Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > In the Harvard Lampoon satire ‘Bored of the Rings’, the villain is named Sorhed and the land he rules is named Fordor. _ **All About Eve** _ star George Sanders’ suicide note read: "“Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.” ---
**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 16, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/928 "2010-02-16T19:46:58Z")
_Harvard Lampoon_ staffers who went on to greater glory include Robert Benchley, Fred Gwynne, William Randolph Hearst, Conan O’Brien, George Plimpton, George Santayana, Cass Sunstein and John Updike. ETA: “When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?” was the anti-aristocratic slogan of the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/929 "2010-02-16T19:47:58Z")
“Dost thou like what thou dost see?” 😃 Samuel Johnson once asserted: “Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” ---
**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 16, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/930 "2010-02-16T19:53:54Z")
The coat of arms of London is a Cross of St. George (a red cross on a white field) with a red sword in the upper-left corner. ---
**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 16, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/931 "2010-02-16T20:10:06Z")
The Cross of St Peter is an upside down cross, as traditionally St Peter was crucified head at the foot of the cross and feet at the top. ---
**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 16, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/932 "2010-02-16T20:22:54Z")
Christopher Cross won four grammies in 1981, including “Best New Artist” and “Song of the Year.” ---
**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 16, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/933 "2010-02-16T20:30:33Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Christopher Cross won four grammies in 1981, including “Best New Artist” and “Song of the Year.” On August 1, 1981, MTV was launched on cable television in the United States. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/934 "2010-02-16T20:31:54Z")
The first video shown on MTV was the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star”. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/935 "2010-02-16T20:32:35Z")
MTV is owned by Viacom, a conglamerate chaired by Sumner Redstone which also owns Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Logo, VH1, and many other cable channels. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/936 "2010-02-16T20:34:14Z")
A Redstone missile, made at the US Army Redstone Arsenal in Alabama by Werner von Braun’s team, launched Alan Shepard into space. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/937 "2010-02-16T20:34:44Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > On August 1, 1981, MTV was launched on cable television in the United States. On February 8, 2010, MTV formally dropped the words “Music Television” from their logo and tagline. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/938 "2010-02-16T20:50:45Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > A Redstone missile, made at the US Army Redstone Arsenal in Alabama by Werner von Braun’s team, launched Alan Shepard into space. The museum at Restone Arsenal was the home for 25 years of Miss Baker, the squirrel monkey who was one of the first two animals in space, and of her common law husband George, both of whom lived long enough to see the advent of MTV. (Now we’re united again.) ---
**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 16, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/939 "2010-02-16T21:10:52Z")
James Baker and Howard Baker, no relation, both served as White House Chief of Staff to President Ronald Reagan. ---
**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 16, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/940 "2010-02-16T21:17:32Z")
Senator Howard Baker was a member of the Senate Select Committee to investigate Watergate in 1973, and gained fame for his “What did the President know, and when did he know it?” line. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=48)