# 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:** 902
**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, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18023 "2013-12-04T15:02:40Z")
Brothers Ben and Casey Affleck have both had on-screen romances with Liv Tyler, in _Lonesome Jim_ (2005), _Armageddon_ (1998) and _Jersey Girl_ (2004). ---
**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, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18024 "2013-12-04T15:21:02Z")
In Sept. 1789, Ben Franklin wrote to George Washington, “For my own personal case, I should have died two years ago; but tho’ those years have been spent in excruciating pain, I am pleased that I have lived them since they brought me to see our present situation.” ---
**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, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18025 "2013-12-04T16:30:14Z")
The Pains and Penalties Bill was introduced by the British government in the HOuse of Lords in an attempt to grant a legislative divorce between King George IV and Queen Caroline. It passed, but so narrowly, that the government decided not to introduce it in the Commons, fearing it would be defeated and the government fall. ---
**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 5, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18026 "2013-12-05T15:03:16Z")
A bra worn by Traci Lords – from her relationship with ex-fiance John Enos III – sold at auction on eBay for US$80 in April 2007. ---
**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 5, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18027 "2013-12-05T15:54:11Z")
A Norman Rockell painting, _Saying Grace_, recently [set a new record](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/norman-rockwell-painting-fetches-record-breaking-46-million-article-1.1538189)for the highest amount ever paid for a work by an American artist, $46 Million, at Sotheby’s, New York. ---
**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 5, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18028 "2013-12-05T16:00:49Z")
(I think you left “at auction” out?) Norman Fell, who played Mr. Roper on _Three’s Company_ in the 1970s, was believed to have had a long, bitter and acrimonious feud with actor Jack Klugman that lasted over 40 years. However, it was later revealed the feud was a hoax, and the two actors were actually friends who grew up in the Philadelphia area. ---
**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 5, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18029 "2013-12-05T16:10:51Z")
Alfred Hitchcock later admitted it was a mistake to have the bad guy portrayed by Norman Lloyd dangling from the Statue of Liberty in\*\* Saboteur\*\*; it should have been the hero. He corrected the error in\*\* North by Northwest\*\*. ---
**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 5, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18030 "2013-12-05T16:48:51Z")
Anthony Hopkins recently played the legendary British director on screen (with Helen Mirren as his very supportive and career-minded wife) in _Hitchcock_. ---
**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 5, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18031 "2013-12-05T16:51:57Z")
Helen Reddy once served for three years as Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the State of California. ---
**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 5, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18032 "2013-12-05T17:11:16Z")
State-issued license plates for those convicted of driving under the influence in Ohio have red letters on a yellow background. ---
**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 5, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18033 "2013-12-05T17:40:31Z")
OOP- That idea of different license plates for DWI is awesome In play - The oldest US license plate still registered is actually the first state-issued license plate ever. Massachusetts plate 1. ---
**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 5, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18034 "2013-12-05T18:17:34Z")
The specialty of the Nickel Plate Bar & Grill in Fishers, Indiana, is their pork tenderloin sandwich. It is also the specialty of a great number of other restaurants in Indiana. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18035 "2013-12-05T18:26:44Z")
The New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad was commonly nicknamed “The Nickel Plate Road”. Its primary connections included Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Toledo. It was merged into the Norfolk and Western in the 1960’s. ---
**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 6, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18036 "2013-12-06T00:07:14Z")
[Pappy’s Smokehouse in St. Louis](http://www.pappyssmokehouse.com) is a popular, classic BBQ place located near SLU, St. Louis University. \ If you’re ever in STL I highly recommend you go! (no affiliation, just a satisfied customer; been there twice so far, and will definitely go back when I’m back in STL) \ ---
**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 6, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18037 "2013-12-06T02:08:58Z")
England and France have each had a monarch who was subsequently sainted: St Edward the Confessor in England, and St Louis I the Pious in France. ---
**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 6, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18038 "2013-12-06T03:17:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > State-issued license plates for those convicted of driving under the influence in Ohio have red letters on a yellow background. > [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > OOP- That idea of different license plates for DWI is awesome… Behold: [http://www.omg-facts.com/Fun+Facts/DUI-Offenders-In-Ohio-Have-Specially-Col/56172](http://www.omg-facts.com/Fun+Facts/DUI-Offenders-In-Ohio-Have-Specially-Col/56172) In play: Winston Churchill biographer Roy Jenkins suggested that of all the monarchs whom Churchill served, he got along least well with the one who is thought to have been his mother’s lover, King Edward VII. ---
**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 6, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18039 "2013-12-06T03:26:36Z")
Roy Scheider played the President of the United States three times. ---
**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 6, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18040 "2013-12-06T04:29:21Z")
Australia is a federation composed of six states and two territories. ---
**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 6, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18041 "2013-12-06T04:44:10Z")
Thailand, which is about the size of Texas or France, is composed of 77 provinces including Bangkok. ---
**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 6, 2013, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18042 "2013-12-06T06:42:45Z")
France, which is about the size of Thailand, has 96 metropolitan departements. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=901) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=903)