# 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:** 50
**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 17, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/981 "2010-02-17T16:28:26Z")
The Kentucky Derby is the first of horseracing’s Triple Crown. Affirmed in 1978 was the last Triple Crown winner. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/982 "2010-02-17T16:33:42Z")
Alydar finished second to Affirmed in all 3 Triple Crown races in 1978. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/983 "2010-02-17T16:35:15Z")
A three or five pointed crown is one of the identifying tattoos of the Chicago based Latin Kings street gang. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/984 "2010-02-17T16:38:43Z")
Desi Arnaz Jr. portrayed his father, star of the TV show that every Cuban band wanted to appear on, in the film _The Mambo Kings_, starring Armand Assante. ---
**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 17, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/985 "2010-02-17T16:42:57Z")
Armand Assante played the captain of the nuclear submarine USS _Charleston_ in a remake of the movie based on Nevil Shute’s postapocalyptic drama _On the Beach_. He had earlier played the captain of the Confederate submarine CSS _Hunley_, which was based in Charleston, S.C., in another movie. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/986 "2010-02-17T16:50:39Z")
In the 1950s. “going to the submarine races” was a slang term for parking your car by a river and making out with your girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/987 "2010-02-17T16:53:33Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > The martial art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was largely popularized by the Gracie family, who were taught by Kodokan Judo black belt Mitsuyo Maeda; much of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu’s emphasis and curriculum comes from Judo’s _newaza_, ground techniques. > … [and later:] … while we’re at it, y’all skipped my post #867 back on page 18. Work that in, dangit! The Brazilian Navy operates four Tupi class and one Tikuna class Type 209 submarine. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/988 "2010-02-17T16:55:19Z")
The word ‘gat’ was used as slang for a gun long before hip-hop thugs, it’s used in ‘The Big Sleep’ by Raymond Chandler published in 1939. ---
**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 17, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/989 "2010-02-17T16:58:27Z")
When Howard Hawks was adapting the screenplay for Chandler’s **The Big Sleep** , they couldn’t figure out who killed one of the characters. They called Chandler, who said, “The butler did it.” Hawks heard that and said, “That’s impossible. The butler was at the beachhouse!” Chandler later admitted he didn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/990 "2010-02-17T17:04:20Z")
I’m afraid my post was skipped: let me tie things together: In Tupi legend, night was created because the daughter of Big Snake refused to sleep with her husband during daytime. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/991 "2010-02-17T17:21:52Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > The Brazilian Navy operates four Tupi class and one Tikuna class Type 209 submarine. Heh…I was kidding, but nicely done, thanks. 🙂 The prehistoric Titanoboa was the largest snake that ever lived; fossils indicate that it grew up to 50 feet. ---
**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 17, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/992 "2010-02-17T17:27:25Z")
The Tennessee **Titan** s are the second NFL team to use that nickname; the New York Jets were known as the Titans for their first three seasons in the AFL. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/993 "2010-02-17T17:46:59Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > The Tennessee **Titan** s are the second NFL team to use that nickname; the New York Jets were known as the Titans for their first three seasons in the AFL. Eli Wallach voluntarily dropped out of “From Here to Eternity” to star in a Tennessee Williams play on Broadway, which allowed Frank Sinatra to get the role of Maggio. ---
**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 17, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/994 "2010-02-17T18:05:22Z")
Tennessee Ernie Ford’s TV program, _The Ford Show_, was not named for its star, but for its sponsor, the Ford Motor Company. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/995 "2010-02-17T18:08:53Z")
Ernie Davis of Syracuse University was the first black player to win a Heisman Trophy. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/996 "2010-02-17T18:10:52Z")
Jim Brown was an All-American in both football and lacrosse at Syracuse, before joining the Cleveland Browns. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/997 "2010-02-17T18:24:34Z")
Paul Brown helped found both the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals. ---
**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 17, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/998 "2010-02-17T18:27:56Z")
Gordon Brown is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/999 "2010-02-17T18:46:16Z")
Frosted Flakes cereal is Grrrrreat! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1000 "2010-02-17T18:47:50Z")
Tony the Tiger was the nickname of the crime boss Dean Stockwell played in MARRIED TO THE MOB. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=51)