# 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:** 66
**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 23, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1301 "2010-02-23T16:56:07Z")
Richardson’s second TV role was in 1985, when she appeared as Violet Hunter in the Sherlock Holmes adventure “The Copper Beeches” with Jeremy Brett. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1302 "2010-02-23T17:06:06Z")
British actor Jeremy Northam, most noted for _Gosford Park_ and _Emma_ is the son of the late John Northam, hailed as Britain’s preeminent expert on the works of the playwright Henrik Ibsen. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1303 "2010-02-23T17:11:08Z")
Henry Gibson, famous for his appearances as “The Poet” on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_, was originally known as James Bateman before adopting his stage name as a play on “Henrik Ibsen”. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1304 "2010-02-23T17:29:19Z")
Henry Gibson returned to fame as the country singer running for governor of Tennessee in Robert Altman’s “Nashville”. ---
**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 23, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1305 "2010-02-23T17:29:29Z")
_I hate Illinois Nazis_ quoth Jake Blues in the first **Blues Brothers** movie. ---
**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 23, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1306 "2010-02-23T17:36:58Z")
At the time of its release, Blues Brothers held the record for most cars destoryed in one movie. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1307 "2010-02-23T17:49:50Z")
(They were '70’s Dodges. They needed to be destroyed. 🙂 ) Although you would never predict it from watching “Blues Brothers”, Dan Ackroyd went on to win an Oscar for laying on a Georgia accent in “Driving Miss Daisy”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1308 "2010-02-23T17:54:17Z")
[quote=“ElvisL1ves, post:1307, topic:527657”] (They were '70’s Dodges. They needed to be destroyed. 🙂 ) Although you would never predict it from watching “Blues Brothers”, Dan Ackroyd went on to win an Oscar for laying on a Georgia accent in “Driving Miss Daisy”.[/Q] Former showgirl Georgia Frontiere became owner of the Los Angeles Rams upon the mysterious drowning death of her husband, Carroll Rosenbloom. ---
**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 23, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1309 "2010-02-23T18:04:18Z")
After the 1971 season, Carroll Rosenbloom (then the owner of the Baltimore Colts) traded franchises with Jim Irsay (who had recently become owner of the Los Angeles Rams). Ironically, both franchises would later change cities, as well (the Colts moving to Indianapolis, then, years later, the Rams moving to St. Louis). ---
**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 23, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1310 "2010-02-23T18:04:21Z")
_Los Angeles_-class boats were the mainstays of the U.S. attack submarine fleet through the 1980s, and were featured in several Tom Clancy novels including \*The Hunt for \*Red October. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1311 "2010-02-23T18:13:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Los Angeles_-class boats were the mainstays of the U.S. attack submarine fleet through the 1980s, and were featured in several Tom Clancy novels including \*The Hunt for \*Red October. Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers sang “No Irish Need Apply” for Irish-American President John F. Kennedy at the White House in 1963. ---
**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 23, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1312 "2010-02-23T18:18:21Z")
John F. Kennedy was the only Catholic person ever elected President. Joe Biden, also a Democrat, is the first-ever Catholic to serve as Vice President. ---
**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 23, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1313 "2010-02-23T18:39:57Z")
Al Smith, the first Catholic to get a major party nomination for president, later became the president of the management company that built and ran the Empire State Building. ---
**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 23, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1314 "2010-02-23T18:55:45Z")
According to the Doctor Who episode _Daleks in Manhattan_, the Daleks are responsible for the construction of the Empire State Building. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1315 "2010-02-23T19:17:49Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Although you would never predict it from watching “Blues Brothers”, Dan Ackroyd went on to win an Oscar for laying on a Georgia accent in “Driving Miss Daisy”. He did not win. He was nominated, but lost to Denzel Washington for _Glory_. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1316 "2010-02-23T20:04:15Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > According to the Doctor Who episode _Daleks in Manhattan_, the Daleks are responsible for the construction of the Empire State Building. The construction materials for the Empire State Building were provided by General Builders Supply Corporation, which was headed by James Farley, who later became Postmaster General under Franklin D. Roosevelt. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1317 "2010-02-23T20:10:16Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > The construction materials for the Empire State Building were provided by General Builders Supply Corporation, which was headed by James Farley, who later became Postmaster General under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Chris Farley named his most popular “SNL” character, a hapless motivational speaker, “Matt Foley,” in honor of a buddy of his at Marquette University. The real-life Matt Foley became a Catholic priest, and presided at Chris Farley’s funeral Mass. ---
**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 23, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1318 "2010-02-23T20:13:04Z")
The famous marching band of Ohio State University is affectionately known to its fans as TBDBITL (pronounced “tabiddle”), for “The best damn band in the land.” ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1319 "2010-02-23T20:31:07Z")
In order to convince Kansas City Chiefs coach Herm Edwards - who disapproves of profanity - to appear as a guest, Fox Sports changed the name of their marquee late night program to “The Best \*Darn \*Sports Show” for one day on October 30, 2007. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1320 "2010-02-23T20:52:06Z")
Some fan counted and determined that the word ‘fuck’ was used 43 times in the first episode of HBO’s DEADWOOD, 2,980 times during the course of the series, and an average of 1.56 times per minute. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=67)