# 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:** 52
**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, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1021 "2010-02-17T21:47:08Z")
Purple Martins spend the non-breeding season in Brazil then migrate to North America to nest. East of the Rockies they are totally dependent on human-supplied housing. ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1022 "2010-02-17T21:48:06Z")
Most of JetBlue’s airplanes are manufactured in Brazil by Embraer. ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1023 "2010-02-17T21:51:59Z")
The movie _Brazil,_ by Terry Gilliam, had two entirely different endings: the original and another foisted on the US ticket buying public by Universal Studios, the rat bastards! ---
**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, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1024 "2010-02-17T21:58:08Z")
Feijoada (pronounced fesh-WAD-dah) is generally considered the national dish of Brazil; it is a black bean stew with meats, such as salted pork trimmings, bacon, sausage and jerked beef. It is sevred with rice, collard greens, farofa (roasted cassava flour), and sliced orange. ---
**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 17, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1025 "2010-02-17T22:00:18Z")
Ira Levin’s _The Boys from Brazil_ involves an evil plot to clone Hitler. ---
**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1026 "2010-02-17T22:10:41Z")
The “Clone Saga” was a major arc in Spider-Man comics between 1994 to 1996, based on a largely forgotten storyline involving a clone of Peter Parker in 1975. The later story caused the value of the original 1975 comic (Amazing Spider-Man #149) to go iup draamatically. ---
**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, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1027 "2010-02-17T22:31:35Z")
David Rorvik wrote the book _In his Image: the Cloning of a Man_. Though the account was widely believed to be a hoax, Rorvik never admitted the falsity of his claims, and periodically produces volumes on such topics as nutrition and psychology. ---
**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, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1028 "2010-02-17T22:37:14Z")
Identical twins Cyb and Patricia Barnstable played clones in [Quark](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077066/) (a 1970s sitcom starring Richard Benjamin about intergalactic garbage men); the characters bickered constantly over who was the original and who was the clone. Not to be played off of, but 'Good God I’m old to remember that. ---
**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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1029 "2010-02-17T22:40:02Z")
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**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, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1030 "2010-02-17T22:44:24Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Identical twins Cyb and Patricia Barnstable played clones in [Quark](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077066/) (a 1970s sitcom starring Richard Benjamin about intergalactic garbage men); the characters bickered constantly over who was the original and who was the clone. > > Not to be played off of, but 'Good God I’m old to remember that. The rhythm section of Styx consisted of twins Chuck and John Panozzo. ---
**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 17, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1031 "2010-02-17T22:52:42Z")
The ancient Greek warrior, Achilles, was dipped in the River Styx when he was born. He became invulnerable everywhere except in his heels, by which his mother had held him. You can guess how that all turned out. ---
**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, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1032 "2010-02-17T22:53:13Z")
The Styx in mythology was the river that had to be crossed to get to the underworld after death. Charon the ferryman took you over, and corpses were buried with coins in the mouth to pay the fare. ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1033 "2010-02-17T22:57:38Z")
The song _Don’t Pay the Ferryman_ is performed by Chris de Burgh, and features lines from Shakespeare’s _The Tempest_ spoken by actor Anthony Stewart (aka Antony) Head. ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1034 "2010-02-17T22:58:11Z")
Crap, I had a really good one on Achilles. ---
**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, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1035 "2010-02-17T23:16:22Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > The song _Don’t Pay the Ferryman_ is performed by Chris de Burgh, and features lines from Shakespeare’s _The Tempest_ spoken by actor Anthony Stewart (aka Antony) Head. Murray Head sang the part of Judas on the original soundtrack of “Jesus Christ SUperstar,” while Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan was Jesus. ---
**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, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1036 "2010-02-17T23:25:05Z")
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR began as a musical about King David; the original lyrics to the title song of JCS were originally “Sam-u-el, Sam-u-el, this is the first book of Sam-u-el.” (JCS lyricist Tim Rice later completed his musical based on David with music by Alan Menken but it flopped.) ---
**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, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1037 "2010-02-17T23:26:01Z")
Murray Head also had a surprise hit with “One Night in Bangkok”, from the then-unproduced Broadway musical “Chess” by Andrew Lloyd Webber. ETA: … who co-wrote JCS with Rice. The time continuum is now healed. You’re welcome. ---
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1038 "2010-02-17T23:28:53Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > ETA: … who co-wrote JCS with Rice. > > The time continuum is now healed. You’re welcome. Not really. ABBA is the Hebrew word for father which Jesus Christ used to refer to God, and also the name of the group whose members wrote the music for CHESS, which produced the hit One Night in Bangkok for Anthony Stewart Head. Now it’s healed.😛 ---
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1039 "2010-02-17T23:35:15Z")
Correction: above should read “Murray Head”, not his brother. ---
**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, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1040 "2010-02-17T23:39:23Z")
Patrick Stewart, perhaps best known for his role on ST:TNG as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, is originally from Yorkshire. He does periodic voice work for the Fox cartoon _American Dad_ as a top CIA official. BTW, yes, I know that Lincoln is on the penny and not the nickel. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=53)