# 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:** 909
**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 17, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18163 "2013-12-17T20:09:18Z")
A brief excerpt from the opening of _The Tonight Show_ can be heard in the Coen Brothers’ movie _Fargo_, after the kidnappers have had sex in their motel room with two local prostitutes. ---
**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 18, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18164 "2013-12-18T15:19:27Z")
The first Coen Brothers film where both Joel and Ethan are given directing and producing credits was _The Ladykillers_ (2004). They have shared these duties on all of their films, but Joel has always been listed as director and Ethan as producer. ---
**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 18, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18165 "2013-12-18T15:20:25Z")
_The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson_ ranks at #12 on _TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time_. ---
**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 18, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18166 "2013-12-18T15:28:03Z")
Foul! Still in play: The first Coen Brothers film where both Joel and Ethan are given directing and producing credits was _The Ladykillers_ (2004). They have shared these duties on all of their films, but Joel has always been listed as director and Ethan as producer. ---
**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 18, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18167 "2013-12-18T15:34:16Z")
Yep, was ninja’d. Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War leader of the Green Mountain Boys, is buried in the Green Mount Cemetery in Burlington, VT. ---
**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 18, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18168 "2013-12-18T15:38:03Z")
Seth Green based the gravelly voice of his Chris Griffin character in _Family Guy_ on Buffalo Bill in _The Silence of the Lambs_ (1991). ---
**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 18, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18169 "2013-12-18T15:46:55Z")
The Buffalo Bills are the only team in Super Bowl history to appear in four straight Super Bowls. Further, they lost all four of them (XXV - XXVIII). Teams appearing in three straight Super Bowls? There’s only one, the Miami Dolphins (VI - VIII). The Dolphins lost in VI, then won VII & VIII to become the second team to win back-to-back Super Bowls. ---
**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 18, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18170 "2013-12-18T15:49:21Z")
The Dust Bowl area lies principally west of the 100th meridian on the High Plains, characterized by plains which vary from rolling in the north to flat in the Llano Estacado. The area is semiarid, receiving less than 20 inches of rain annually; this rainfall supports the shortgrass prairie biome originally present in the area. The region is also prone to extended drought, alternating with unusual wetness of equivalent duration. ---
**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 18, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18171 "2013-12-18T16:32:42Z")
The United States Soil Conservation Service was created in 1933 as a result of the 1930s Dust Bowl. National Grasslands were established in twelve states, including California and Wyoming, to help prevent a dust bowl recurrence. ---
**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 18, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18172 "2013-12-18T19:14:22Z")
The Attorney General of the United States was, for many years, the only member of the Cabinet not to head an executive department. The Department of Justice was not established until 1870. ---
**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 18, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18173 "2013-12-18T19:25:56Z")
The Attorney General for England and Wales is a Member of Parliament and supporter of the government, but does not sit in Cabinet. ---
**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 18, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18174 "2013-12-18T21:17:18Z")
Possibly the most influential military leader of the 20th Century was General Joseph Gallieni of the French army, who in the early days of WWI commanded the defenses of Paris. He spotted the gap between the German armies, urged commander Joffre to attack, and mobilized Paris taxicabs to take soldiers to the front in what ended up as the Battle of the Marne. The German advance was stopped; if they had taken Paris, the course of history would have been very different. ---
**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 18, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18175 "2013-12-18T21:29:07Z")
The same could be said of many other 20th century military leaders, I think. In play: U.S. Grant became, in 1864, the first person appointed a lieutenant general of the United States Army since George Washington. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18176 "2013-12-18T22:00:16Z")
President Fitzgerald Grant, on the ABC television series “Scandal”, takes both his names from predecessors. ---
**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 19, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18177 "2013-12-19T00:49:25Z")
Hugh Grant is usually dubbed in the French versions of his films by actor Vincent Cassel even though Grant himself speaks the language fluently. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18178 "2013-12-19T01:10:31Z")
Quarterback Matt Cassel, now with the Minnesota Vikings, led the New England Patriots to an 11-5 season in 2008 after a season-ending knee injury to Tom Brady. Until then, Cassel had not played a meaningful down since high school, having been relegated to a backup role at USC behind Heisman winners Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart. ---
**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 19, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18179 "2013-12-19T01:16:59Z")
Tom Selleck starred in six failed TV pilots before landing his breakthrough role in _Magnum, P.I._ in 1980. ---
**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 19, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18180 "2013-12-19T02:43:28Z")
22/7 was an early approximation of pi. ---
**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 19, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18181 "2013-12-19T04:40:48Z")
The Guinness World Records-recognized record for remembered digits of π is 67,890 digits, held by Lu Chao, a 24-year-old graduate student from China. It took him 24 hours and 4 minutes to recite π to the 67,890th decimal place without an error. ---
**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 19, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18182 "2013-12-19T04:53:27Z")
(Did he get one wrong then, was he exhausted, or had he just reached the limit of what he’d memorized?) There is no “Chinese Navy,” as such - there is a “People’s Liberation Army (Navy).” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=908) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=910)