# 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:** 901
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18003 "2013-12-02T18:57:54Z")
In Alexandre Dumas’s _The Vicomte of Bragelonne_, the finale of the Three Musketeers series, Porthos is killed trying to escape Belle Isle; Athos dies of grief at the news of his son Raoul’s death, and D’Artagnan dies in battle, leaving only Aramis living at the end of the novel. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18004 "2013-12-02T19:57:05Z")
The Memphis Belle B-17 was one of the first B-17 United States Army Air Corps heavy bombers to complete 25 combat missions with her crew intact. The aircraft is undergoing extensive restoration at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18005 "2013-12-03T00:46:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hmm. The Constitution wasn’t even submitted to the states for ratification until 1787. Picky, picky, picky II ! **In play:** The Canadian Corps was widely considered one of the most effective armies by the end of WWI. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18006 "2013-12-03T02:00:11Z")
Ghana and Tanzania were the first two countries to receive Peace Corps Volunteers, in 1961. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18007 "2013-12-03T03:00:53Z")
Tanzania was formed by the union of two countries, Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Both of those names are way cooler than Tanzania. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18008 "2013-12-03T05:08:57Z")
Zanzibar is the name of a soul food restaurant on Shaker Square, an outdoor shopping and dining plaza, on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18009 "2013-12-03T06:23:25Z")
Zanzibar is the name of an overpriced Italian restaurant on Sukhumvit Soi 11 in Bangkok. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18010 "2013-12-03T14:08:24Z")
The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 is the shortest declared war in history, lasting 40 minutes. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18011 "2013-12-03T14:35:05Z")
Lt-General Thomas Jackson of Civil War fame was nicknamed “Stonewall,” as is popularly known. But his cousin, Major-General William Jackson also had a nickname – “Mudwall.” ---
**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:** [December 3, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18012 "2013-12-03T15:53:10Z")
William, Duke of Normandy, was given a special banner by the Pope to symbolize the Vatican’s approval of his 1066 invasion of England. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18013 "2013-12-03T20:12:12Z")
William’s ancestor Rollo, a Viking, was given Normandy by King Charles the Simple in exchange for not raiding the rest of France. Per legend, he was required to kiss the king’s foot during a fealty ceremony; he did so by picking the royal foot off the ground with his hands and bringing it to his lips, forcing King Charles to fall on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18014 "2013-12-03T20:40:56Z")
King Charles II of England enjoyed strolling through London’s parks during his reign. Supposedly, this habit concerned his brother James, who considered it unsafe. It’s said that Charles II told his brother not to worry, that he was perfectly safe. “No one will assassinate me, for that would mean _you_ became king.” Later, James did in fact ascend to the throne, and was eventually deposed by William and Mary (his daughter and son-in-law.) ---
**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:** [December 3, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18015 "2013-12-03T22:54:45Z")
Prince Charles is the first member of the British Royal Family ever to graduate from university. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18016 "2013-12-03T23:24:19Z")
NE University Way in Seattle (next to UW) is nicknamed “The Ave.” ---
**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:** [December 3, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18017 "2013-12-03T23:31:10Z")
Oslo has a tradition of sending a Christmas tree every year to the cities of Washington, New York, London, Edinburgh, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Reykjavík. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18018 "2013-12-04T03:53:59Z")
After repeated warnings, President George Washington fired Pierre L’Enfant, the architect of the early Federal capital, when the touchy designer was insubordinate to the three commissioners the President had appointed to oversee his work. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18019 "2013-12-04T06:34:28Z")
Pierre Trudeau is one of the four Prime Ministers of Canada who served separated terms of office. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2013, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18020 "2013-12-04T08:29:57Z")
_Doonesbury_ cartoonist Garry Trudeau is distantly related to Pierre Trudeau through a common ancestor exiled from France a few centuries ago. He made a reference to his distant cousin in his October 16, 1974 cartoon strip (the week’s theme was President Gerald Ford’s pardon for draft dodgers in Canada). ---
**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:** [December 4, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18021 "2013-12-04T14:31:57Z")
Casey Stengel managed three of the four New York City baseball teams that were in existence during his lifetime – the Dodgers, Yankees, and Mets – and played for the fourth – the Giants (as well as the Dodgers. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18022 "2013-12-04T14:43:04Z")
Casey, in the baseball poem “Casey at the Bat,” played for the Mudville Nine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=900) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=902)