# 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:** 69
**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, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1361 "2010-02-24T18:08:18Z")
Barney, President George W. Bush’s dog, bit a reporter who tried, with the permission of his handler, to pet him on the south lawn of the White House in January 2009. ---
**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 24, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1362 "2010-02-24T18:33:22Z")
Bush’s Baked Beans has used a long-running ad campaign in which Duke, the golden retriever owned by company spokesman Jay Bush, continually tries to sell the company’s secret recipe. ---
**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, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1363 "2010-02-24T18:38:59Z")
Mexican jumping beans are actually seed pods that are inhabited by the larva of a moth which makes them “hop”. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1364 "2010-02-24T18:57:59Z")
“Mexican” is a dice based drinking game, where the object is to get a 2 and 1 on the dice. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1365 "2010-02-24T19:03:50Z")
A snippet of the Wall of Voodoo song _Mexican Radio_ was performed by Kramer during an episode of _Seinfeld_. ---
**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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1366 "2010-02-24T20:12:30Z")
The fall of the Berlin Wall between East and West Germany is usually regarded as signaling the end of the Cold War. Germany reunited not long after, and the capital returned to Berlin for the first time since World War II. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1367 "2010-02-24T20:29:16Z")
[Eija Riita Berliner-Mauer](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2035996/Woman-married-to-Berlin-Wall-for-29-years.html) has been married to the Berlin Wall for 29 years. [Erika La Tour Eiffel](http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2009/03/09/2009-03-09_meet_the_woman_who_married_the_eiffel_to.html) is the blushing bride of the Eiffel Tower. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1368 "2010-02-24T20:33:51Z")
“Bubble Master” Eiffel Plasterer made several appearances on David Letterman’s show, demonstrating bubbles of [unusual size, shape, and other qualities.](http://homepage.mac.com/keithmjohnson/soapbubblers/page64/page64.html) ---
**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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1369 "2010-02-24T20:41:13Z")
The future British King Edward VIII was known as “David” throughout his childhood. In 1936, he became the first British monarch to abdicate in centuries, when he felt he had to choose between his throne and the woman he loved, the American divorcee Wallis Simpson. ---
**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 24, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1370 "2010-02-24T20:47:33Z")
When O.J. Simpson first joined the Buffalo Bills, he had to participate in his first few practices without a helmet – his head was too large for any of the helmets which the Bills’ equipment manager had. The Bills quickly arranged for USC to send Simpson the helmet he’d worn in college. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1371 "2010-02-24T20:58:45Z")
The Buffalo Bills were the barbershop quartet who portrayed the singing River City School Committee in the original Broadway cast of “The Music Man”, and later in the movie with Robert Preston and Shirley Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1372 "2010-02-24T21:00:47Z")
Shirley Jones, you mean. Shirley Jackson was the great writer who wrote The Lottery and other stories, and who died of heart failure at only 48. ---
**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, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1373 "2010-02-24T21:22:08Z")
In addition to _The Lottery_ and _The Haunting of Hill House_, Shirley Jackson also wrote a play for children called _The Bad Children_ based on the story of Hansel and Gretel. ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1374 "2010-02-24T21:23:33Z")
Shirley Chisholm (D- NY) was the first black woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress (though she never appeared in THE MUSIC MAN or slept with Jack Cassidy to my knowledge).\* \*NOT FOR PLAY BUT- she was also an exceptionally nice lady; I met her a couple of times when she stayed at hotels I worked at and just completely gracious even when there was a problem with her room- so rare among celebs in general and politicians in particular [who male or female tend to be among the bitchier demographics] that she stood out. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1375 "2010-02-24T21:25:17Z")
never mind ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1376 "2010-02-24T21:28:15Z")
The role of Ted Baxter on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was written for Jack Cassidy, who did later relent and appear as Ted’s brother Hal. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1377 "2010-02-24T21:34:13Z")
In addition to his stint as Keith on _The Partridge Family_, one of Jack’s sons played the lead role in the short-lived series _David Cassidy: Man Under Cover_. ---
**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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1378 "2010-02-24T21:36:06Z")
Jack Kennedy was nominated for Vice President at the 1956 Democratic National Convention, but the nod went to Sen. Estes Kefauver instead, who lost along with the man at the head of the ticket, Adlai Stevenson, that fall. President Eisenhower and VP Nixon were overwhelmingly reelected. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1379 "2010-02-24T21:39:16Z")
John Tyler was later elected to the Confederate House of Representatives. Since he died in Virginia, which had seceded, die-harders list him as the first President to die outside the US. ---
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1380 "2010-02-24T21:39:27Z")
John Tyler’s few distinctions include having the most legitimate children of any president (15) and being the earliest president to have grandchildren alive today. (Tyler’s youngest son was born in his late 60s and that son had children in his 70s, thus though he was born in 1790 he has a couple of grandchildren still alive.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=70)