# 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:** 51
**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, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1001 "2010-02-17T18:58:40Z")
Anthony “Tony” Blair was Brown’s predecessor at 10 Downing Street, the office and residence of the British prime minister. ---
**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1002 "2010-02-17T19:11:08Z")
Alexander Blair was required to change his name to William Cochrane as a condition for marrying the daughter of the otherwise heirless Chief of Clan Cochrane. ---
**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, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1003 "2010-02-17T19:14:20Z")
Lord George Germain, in charge of British policy in the colonies during the American Revolution, changed his name in order to inherit a fortune. ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1004 "2010-02-17T19:34:56Z")
George Germain’s commanding officer, the 3rd Duke of Marlborough, had a grandson (5th Duke) who changed his surname from Spencer to Churchill, as a result of a royal order. ---
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1005 "2010-02-17T19:45:19Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > George Germain’s commanding officer, the 3rd Duke of Marlborough, had a grandson (5th Duke) who changed his surname from Spencer to Churchill, as a result of a royal order. The Kentucky Derby is always run on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1006 "2010-02-17T19:46:02Z")
The town of Churchill, Manitoba, is known as the Polar Bear Capital of the World. ---
**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, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1007 "2010-02-17T19:47:28Z")
Louisville is the home of YUM! Brands, a restaurant holding company which owns Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silvers, and A&W. ---
**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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1008 "2010-02-17T19:49:19Z")
Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame was never a Colonel, it was an honorary title given to him by Governor Ruby Laffoon in 1935. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1009 "2010-02-17T19:49:50Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > The town of Churchill, Manitoba, is known as the Polar Bear Capital of the World. Coke first used a polar bear ad in 1993 ---
**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, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1010 "2010-02-17T19:56:51Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame was never a Colonel, it was an honorary title given to him by Governor Ruby Laffoon in 1935. Ruby Laffoon was a man! He was succeeded in the office of Kentucky governor by A.B. “Happy” Chandler, who was the 44th and 49th Governor of Kentucky, a U.S. Senator, the second commissioner of Major League Baseball, from 1945 to 1951, and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Happy’s grandson, Ben, is currently a Member of Congress. ---
**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, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1011 "2010-02-17T20:17:20Z")
Happy Chandler succeeded the first commissioner, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who was named after the Civil War battle in Georgia that cost his father his leg. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1012 "2010-02-17T20:22:12Z")
Uniting the two branches: Coca-Cola was invented by John Pemberton of Georgia. ---
**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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1013 "2010-02-17T20:40:01Z")
Pepsi-Cola was invented in New Bern, NC by pharmacist Caleb Bradham, who originally named it “Brad’s Drink”. ---
**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, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1014 "2010-02-17T20:43:04Z")
Pepsico is one of the largest American corporations with a female CEO- Indra Nooyi. ---
**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, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1015 "2010-02-17T20:45:24Z")
Never mind. Nothing to see. Move along. ---
**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, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1016 "2010-02-17T20:47:16Z")
Pepsi’s original claim was that they were the bargain cola. Their jingle “Pepsi Cola hits the spot/twelve full ounces, that’s a lot/ twice as much for a nickel, too/Pepsi Cola’s the drink for you” was one of the first radio ad jingles. ---
**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 17, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1017 "2010-02-17T21:16:06Z")
Before he became a bestselling author, James Patterson was the CEO of the J.Walter Thompson ad agency, and wrote the “I’m a Toys R’ Us Kid” ad jingle. ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1018 "2010-02-17T21:17:44Z")
Will Thompson, a songwriter from East Liverpool, Ohio, wrote the popular hymn “Softly and Tenderly,” which was later covered by many artists including Elvis Presley, and was featured in the 1985 movie _The Trip to Bountiful_. Thompson made a fortune by selling the sheet music to the hymn. ---
**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, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1019 "2010-02-17T21:41:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Will Thompson, a songwriter from East Liverpool, Ohio, wrote the popular hymn “Softly and Tenderly,” which was later covered by many artists including Elvis Presley, and was featured in the 1985 movie _The Trip to Bountiful_. Thompson made a fortune by selling the sheet music to the hymn. Mr. Magoo had a dim nephew named Waldo, who was constantly getting into trouble with his scheming friend Presley. ---
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1020 "2010-02-17T21:43:44Z")
\*The Where’s Waldo? \*series created by British illustrator Martin Handford, rose to huge popularity in the late 1980s, featuring a bespectacled Waldo in a cap and striped pullover. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=52)