# 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:** 67
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1321 "2010-02-23T21:09:58Z")
In 1957, a British teddy boy on a live BBC newscast said of Bill Haley. “I wouldn’t piss on him if he went up in flames. I’m an Elvis man meself.” ---
**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, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1322 "2010-02-23T21:18:11Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 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. Wiki has a page for, like, just about _everything_, man: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_films\_that\_most\_frequently\_use\_the\_word\_"fuck"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_that_most_frequently_use_the_word_%22fuck%22) In 1996, Bill Clinton was the first Democrat to be reelected President to a second term since FDR. Unfortunately, most of Clinton’s second term was consumed with the Monica Lewinsky scandal. ---
**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, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1323 "2010-02-23T22:28:27Z")
Monica Seles was the #1 ranked female tennis player in he world, until she was stabbed on the court by an insane Steffi Graf fan during a match with Magdalena Maleeva. ---
**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, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1324 "2010-02-23T22:33:41Z")
Magdalena Maleeva’s sisters Manuela and Katerina also played professional tennis, as did their mother, Yulia Berberyan. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1325 "2010-02-23T23:50:02Z")
One-time future film star Marie Magdalene Dietrich compressed her first two names into “Marlene”. ---
**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1326 "2010-02-23T23:56:48Z")
Ft. Detrick, home of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), was spoofed on _The X-Files_ by an analogous but fictional Ft. Marlene. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1327 "2010-02-24T00:49:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ft. Detrick, home of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), was spoofed on _The X-Files_ by an analogous but fictional Ft. Marlene. Graham Chapman of Monty Python was a medical school graduate, and prescribed drugs for cast members who got sick on the set of “Life of Brian.” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1328 "2010-02-24T02:38:35Z")
Brian Chapman, a defenseman, was a third round pick by the Hartford Whalers in the 1986 national Hockey League draft. He played three games for the Whalers during the 1990-1991 season. ---
**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 24, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1329 "2010-02-24T02:40:34Z")
During the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864, the USS _Hartford_ was the flagship of David Glasgow Farragut, named the first admiral of the U.S. Navy soon after the Civil War. ---
**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 24, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1330 "2010-02-24T03:26:12Z")
The first battles between ironclad ships occured during the Civil War. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1331 "2010-02-24T03:32:27Z")
The Merrimack was a US ship that burned to the waterline, was salvaged by the Confederacy, redesigned and fitted with iron siding and rechristened “C.S.S. Virginia”; technically the battle was between the Monitor and the Virginia, but the name “Monitor and the Merrimac” (a misspelling of Merrimack) has stuck. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1332 "2010-02-24T04:26:26Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > The Merrimack was a US ship that burned to the waterline, was salvaged by the Confederacy, redesigned and fitted with iron siding and rechristened “C.S.S. Virginia”; technically the battle was between the Monitor and the Virginia, but the name “Monitor and the Merrimac” (a misspelling of Merrimack) has stuck. Rick Barry left the NBA to play for the American Basketball Association’s Oakland Oaks, who later became the Washington Caps, and later still, the Virginia Squires. ---
**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 24, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1333 "2010-02-24T15:11:26Z")
George Washington was praised by Thomas Jefferson as “the finest horseman of his age.” The general’s horses during the Revolutionary War were named Nelson and Blueskin. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1334 "2010-02-24T15:13:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > George Washington was praised by Thomas Jefferson as “the finest horseman of his age.” The general’s horses during the Revolutionary War were named Nelson and Blueskin. On “The Cosby Show,” Cliff and Claire Huxtable’s first grandchildren were twins named Nelson and Winnie. ---
**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 24, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1335 "2010-02-24T15:31:19Z")
Clifford C. “Cliff” Claven Jr. was a know-it-all postal carrier and barfly on the TV comedy _Cheers_. He was played by John Ratzenberger, who has since provided character voices for virtually every Pixar movie. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1336 "2010-02-24T15:39:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Clifford C. “Cliff” Claven Jr. was a know-it-all postal carrier and barfly on the TV comedy _Cheers_. He was played by John Ratzenberger, who has since provided character voices for virtually every Pixar movie. Almost every Pixar movie contains an appearance by the Pizza Planet truck. ---
**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 24, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1337 "2010-02-24T15:55:49Z")
Hmm. Cite? I know of only three: _Toy Story, Toy Story 2_, and _Cars_. In Starfleet parlance, shown in the series _Star Trek Enterprise_ to be patterned after Vulcan practice, Class-M planets were Earthlike. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1338 "2010-02-24T16:00:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hmm. Cite? I know of only three: _Toy Story, Toy Story 2_, and _Cars_. > **[Pizza Planet Truck](https://pixar.fandom.com/wiki/Pizza_Planet_Truck)** > > The Pizza Planet Truck is a 1978 Gyoza Mark VII Lite Hauler pickup truck that is used to make deliveries for Pizza Planet in Toy Story. It has made cameos in every Pixar piece of media to date except The Incredibles (although it appears in its video... ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1339 "2010-02-24T16:09:13Z")
_Vulcan_ was an ancient Roman god who is closely associated with the ancient Greek god, _Hephaestus_, the god of the forge and smithery. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1340 "2010-02-24T16:13:04Z")
> [@cucuy](#): > > _Vulcan_ was an ancient Roman god who is closely associated with the ancient Greek god, _Hephaestus_, the god of the forge and smithery. Los Angeles Rams players Merlin Olsen and Roman Gabriel co-starred with Rock Hudson and John Wayne in the post-Civil War Western movie, “The Undefeated.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=68)