# 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:** 76
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1501 "2010-02-27T00:21:53Z")
Because New Year’s Day used to be in March, British scientist Sir Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day in 1642 by the Old Style 1643 by new style; George Washington was born in 1731 OS, 1732 modern style. ---
**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 27, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1502 "2010-02-27T01:00:31Z")
Fig Newtons are not named after Isaac Newton; they are named for the town of Newton (originally Newtown) in Massachusetts, where they were first baked. ---
**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 27, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1503 "2010-02-27T01:42:13Z")
Katherine Lee Bates, who wrote _America The Beautiful_ and Samuel F. Smith, who wrote the “My country 'tis of thee” lyrics which changed _God Save the King_ into _America_ both lived parts of their lives in Newton. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1504 "2010-02-27T02:24:07Z")
Keith Emerson and the Nice burned the U.S. flag on stage at the Royal Albert Hall, while playing “America” from the musical _ **West Side Story.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1505 "2010-02-27T02:24:29Z")
Playwright Terrence McNally wrote the female lead in _Frankie & Johnnie_, a comedy-drama about two unattractive middle aged lovers, with his friend Kathy Bates in mind and she originated the role on Broadway; when the movie version was filmed the role of the overweight frumpy middle aged Frankie was played by Michelle Pfeiffer (who was then 33). ---
**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 27, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1506 "2010-02-27T02:57:30Z")
Atty. Michelle Robinson was asked to supervise a young new lawyer named Barack at the Chicago law firm where she worked. They later married and had two children; he now holds a government job and they all live in Federally-subsidized housing. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1507 "2010-02-27T03:07:44Z")
Rudyard Kipling’s classic poems “Gunga Din”, “Danny Deever”, and “Mandalay” appeared first in “Barrack Room Ballads” ---
**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 27, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1508 "2010-02-27T03:18:43Z")
The flying fishes don’t play on the Road to Mandalay – it’s not near the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1509 "2010-02-27T03:53:19Z")
Mandalay is a city in the country known as either Burma or Myanmar. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1510 "2010-02-27T04:13:33Z")
Burma Shave shaving cream came to national fame in the U.S. with its gimmick advertising consisting of a series of signs containing a humorous rhyme which ended with the Burma Shave brand name. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1511 "2010-02-27T04:26:02Z")
The Burmese concubine Tuptim in the movie _The King and I_ was portrayed by Rita Moreno, in real life Puerto Rican and perhaps best known for her role in _West Side Story_. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1512 "2010-02-27T05:59:28Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > The Burmese concubine Tuptim in the movie _The King and I_ was portrayed by Rita Moreno, in real life Puerto Rican and perhaps best known for her role in _West Side Story_. In 1978, Eddie Figueroa of the Yankees became the first Puerto Rican pitcher to win 20 games in a season. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1513 "2010-02-27T14:12:45Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > In 1978, Eddie Figueroa of the Yankees became the first Puerto Rican pitcher to win 20 games in a season. George M. Cohan personally chose James Cagney to play him in _Yankee Doodle Dandy_ (1942). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1514 "2010-02-27T16:39:54Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > George M. Cohan personally chose James Cagney to play him in _Yankee Doodle Dandy_ (1942). Loretta Swit played Chris Cagney in the TV movie “Cagney and Lacey.” Meg Foster played her the first season of the series. Foster was replaced by Sharon Gless who (coincidentally?) married the producer. Though the show was widely hailed by feminists, Foster was replaced, in part, because surveys showed she was regarded as insufficiently feminine. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1515 "2010-02-27T16:51:16Z")
The role of Major Margaret J. “Hot Lips” Houlihan in the MASH television series was given to Lorreta Swit after Sally Kellerman (who played Houlihan in the movie) turned it down. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1516 "2010-02-27T16:55:24Z")
The only regular from the movie who reprised their role on the TV series was Gary Burghoff (Radar O’Reilly) ---
**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 27, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1517 "2010-02-27T16:55:40Z")
Sally Kellerman, who appeared with Burghoff in the _M_A_S_H\* movie, also appeared in the second _Star Trek_ pilot, “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” playing Dr. Elizabeth Dehner. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1518 "2010-02-27T17:11:58Z")
Gary Burghoff previously played the title role on Broadway in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1519 "2010-02-27T17:16:11Z")
The song _Charlie Brown_ was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It became a top-ten hit for the Coasters in 1959. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1520 "2010-02-27T19:31:31Z")
Lieber and Stoller’s biggest early success was “Hound Dog”, originally by Big Mama Thornton and later rearranged for Elvis Presley. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=77)