# 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:** 85
**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:** [March 4, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1681 "2010-03-04T22:08:09Z")
Neil Diamond’s early success was as a Brill Building songwriter. Several of his songs were hits for the Monkees, including “I’m a Believer” and “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You”. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1682 "2010-03-04T22:12:34Z")
Davy Jones of the Monkees was a child star on stage before the series, having portrayed The Artful Dodger in the hit musical _Oliver_ on Broadway and in London; today he breeds racehorses on his farm in Pennsylvania. ---
**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 4, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1683 "2010-03-04T22:51:52Z")
In addition to being a postmaster, author, printer, diplomat and fire chief, Ben Franklin once served as state president of Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1684 "2010-03-04T23:20:29Z")
Franklin and Marshall College, in Lancaster Pennsylvania, is named after Benjamin Franklin and fourth Chief Justice of the United States, John Marshall. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1685 "2010-03-04T23:54:25Z")
The two pro football teams in Pennsylvania – the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers – were forced by World War II to run as a joint franchise in 1943. Nicknamed “The Steagles,” the team finished 5-4-1, which was the first winning season for the Eagles and only the second for the Steelers at that point. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1686 "2010-03-05T00:49:06Z")
The Steelers are the only NFL team to wear its logo on only one side of its helmets. Owner Art Rooney wasn’t sold on the idea so he had it done that way to see how well it was accepted, and it never changed from there. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1687 "2010-03-05T03:06:02Z")
Actor Mickey Rooney was originally named Joseph Yule, Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1688 "2010-03-05T03:43:57Z")
“Mickey” is a 1982 hit U.S. pop song recorded by singer and choreographer Toni Basil. Written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn as “Kitty,” it was first recorded by UK pop group Racey in 1979. Basil’s crush on actor and singer Monkee Micky Dolenz prompted her to change the lyrics to “Mickey” to better suit her real-life experience, and to change the gender from female to male. ---
**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 5, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1689 "2010-03-05T03:58:30Z")
Basil Rathbone, best known for playing Sherlock Holmes, won a Tony award on Broadway. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1690 "2010-03-05T04:15:45Z")
John Cleese, famous for Monty Python and playing Basil Fawlty, has a lucrative sideline making [corporate training films](http://www.johncleesetraining.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1691 "2010-03-05T04:42:57Z")
John Cleese (whose family name was originally Cheese until his grandfather changed it) used his recent divorce as a “reason gays should think it through before opting for marriage”; his third wife received $20 million plus $1 million per year for 7 years, meaning “that if we both died today, her children would get much more than mine would”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1692 "2010-03-05T05:01:32Z")
Traditionally, true mozzarella cheese came from the milk of water buffalos. ---
**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 5, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1693 "2010-03-05T05:33:24Z")
Wallace and Gromit, the not-so-bright inventor and his silent, long-suffering but brilliant dog in the series of Aardman Animation films, go to the Moon for some green cheese in the Oscar-nominated short film _A Grand Day Out_. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1694 "2010-03-05T13:57:37Z")
When term limits prevented George Wallace from being re-elected as governor of Alabama, his wife Lurleen succeeded him. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1695 "2010-03-05T14:06:48Z")
The Doors covered Kurt Weill’s **Alabama Song** , originally written for the musical **Mahogonny** ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1696 "2010-03-05T15:25:11Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The Doors covered Kurt Weill’s **Alabama Song** , originally written for the musical **Mahogonny** Kurt Weill’s wife, Lotte Lenya, appeared in “From Russia With Love.” She played the SPECTRE operative who tried to kill James Bond by kicking him with a poison spike in her shoe. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1697 "2010-03-05T15:32:17Z")
Daniel Craig is the first actor under six feet tall who has portrayed the canonical James Bond character. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1698 "2010-03-05T15:35:32Z")
Comedian Craig Shoemaker was the sidekick for Magic Johnson’s disastrous, short-lived TV talk show. Prince’s old pal Sheila E. was Magic’s bandleader. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1699 "2010-03-05T16:05:55Z")
Prince’s co-star in _Purple Rain_ was Apollonia Kotero who had a brief career as a single name actress (as Apollonia, not as Kotero) on _Falcon Crest_ and various guest appearances. ---
**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 5, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/1700 "2010-03-05T16:21:01Z")
The Prince of Wales has said that he might take the name George VII rather than Charles III upon ascending the throne. Royalty watchers say this would be both to honor his grandfather and because the Stuart kings, Charles I and Charles II, were not entirely savory characters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=86)