# 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:** 79
**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:** [March 1, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1561 "2010-03-01T17:56:11Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Charlie Chaplin’s daughter Oona married playwright Eugene O’Neill. Um… Wiki says Chaplin married Oona, who was the daughter of the playwright. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1562 "2010-03-01T18:01:31Z")
Wiki? Some of you have been getting your trivia from _Wiki_? I’m so disillusioned I could cry. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1563 "2010-03-01T18:07:43Z")
Is this better?: > **[Oona Chaplin - Biography - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152253/bio/)** > > Oona Chaplin. Actress: Broken English. Oona O'Neil was born in Warwick Parish, Bermuda, the daughter of famed American playwright Eugene O'Neill and English-born socialite Agnes Boulton. Oona had a fairly happy childhood, although she rarely saw her... > **[Oona Living in the Shadows: Scovell, Jane: 9780446675413: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Oona-Living-Shadows-Biography-Chaplin/dp/0446675415)** > > Oona Living in the Shadows \[Scovell, Jane\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Oona Living in the Shadows [http://www.eoneill.com/references/scovell/review1.htm](http://www.eoneill.com/references/scovell/review1.htm) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1564 "2010-03-01T18:13:50Z")
(I know.) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1565 "2010-03-01T19:04:38Z")
Charlie and Oona Chaplin were on vacation with their older children in his native England in 1952 when they learned he would not be allowed to re-enter the United States due to previous morals charges and his alleged Communist ties; he did not return for 20 years when he came to accept a lifetime achievement Oscar. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1566 "2010-03-01T19:07:30Z")
World War II hero Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected President in 1952, easily defeating Adlai Stevenson. The two were rematched four years later, and Eisenhower again won. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1567 "2010-03-01T19:08:26Z")
Like Charlie Chaplin, Roman Polanski made his home in Europe due to morals charges against him in the US. Switzerland, which Chaplin made home, is working to extradite Polanski. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1568 "2010-03-01T19:34:06Z")
The flag of Switzerland is a white cross on a red field. The flag of the International Red Cross is the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1569 "2010-03-01T20:09:25Z")
Women in Switzerland did not receive the right to vote until 1971. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1570 "2010-03-01T20:25:12Z")
Switzerland has four official languages: French, Italian, German, and Romansh (a Latin based dialect spoken as first language by fewer than 1% of Swiss natives). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1571 "2010-03-01T20:30:15Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Switzerland has four official languages: French, Italian, German, and Romansh (a Latin based dialect spoken as first language by fewer than 1% of Swiss natives). Comedian Benny Hill and playwright Noel Coward were part of the gang that pulled off the big heist in the original _ **The Italian Job.** _ ---
**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:** [March 1, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1572 "2010-03-01T20:31:14Z")
The Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber had a distinctive gull-wing design, and an air-driven siren to make a scary noise when it attacked. Both the Luftwaffe and the Italian air force flew the plane during World War II. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1573 "2010-03-01T20:38:51Z")
There are two explanations for the BMW emblem: one is that it is an art deco version of the Bavarian flag (which is sky blue and white) and the other is that it is an art deco representation of a propeller (sky and metal) from when the company produced plane engines and parts for the German air force in WW1. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1574 "2010-03-01T20:41:09Z")
The “Miracle of the Gulls” happened in 1848 when a flock of gulls living near Salt Lake attacked and ate the swarms of crickets that were devastating the Mormon settlers’ crops. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1575 "2010-03-01T20:49:42Z")
Jiminy Cricket first appeared in the 1940 Disney movie _Pinocchio_, as a tiny advisor and friend to the title character, a wooden toy who yearned to be a real boy. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1576 "2010-03-01T20:50:03Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > The “Miracle of the Gulls” happened in 1848 when a flock of gulls living near Salt Lake attacked and ate the swarms of crickets that were devastating the Mormon settlers’ crops. The Beatles took their name, in part, as a tribute to their idol Buddy Holly’s band, the Crickets. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1577 "2010-03-01T21:19:09Z")
Also killed in the plane crash that took the life of Buddy Holly were J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, Ritchie “La Bamba” Valens, and the pilot Roger Peterson; Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup (a back up musician) were spared because they remained with the bus driver. ---
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The crash is reputed to be what’s referred to in the song “American Pie” as “The Day the Music Died,” though Don McLean has refused to confirm that anything about the song is about any real person or event. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1579 "2010-03-01T21:26:50Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The crash is reputed to be what’s referred to in the song “American Pie” as “The Day the Music Died,” though Don McLean has refused to confirm that anything about the song is about any real person or event. Ex-President Millard Fillmore ran for President in 1856 as the candidate of the nativist, anti-immigrant American Party, more popularly known by the nickname “Know-Nothings.” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1580 "2010-03-01T21:49:10Z")
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