# 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:** 910
**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, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18183 "2013-12-19T05:21:20Z")
The First Canadian Army was the primary Allied force involved in the liberation of the Netherlands, although it had units from other Allied nations attached to it. ---
**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, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18184 "2013-12-19T09:07:22Z")
The national flag of the Netherlands dates from 1572 and is the oldest tricolour flag. ---
**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, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18185 "2013-12-19T09:41:16Z")
In 1997, Veenendaal, the Netherlands, was elected the greenest city of Europe, ---
**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 19, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18186 "2013-12-19T15:17:29Z")
Joe Raposo wrote the song “Being Green” in 1970 for\*\* Sesame Street.\*\* ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18187 "2013-12-19T16:18:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > There is no “Chinese Navy,” as such - there is a “People’s Liberation Army (Navy).” Its aviation wing is the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force. In play: The Peter Sellers / Shirley MacLaine film _Being There_, about a clueless, incurious man who thereby becomes seen as Presidential material, is based on a novella by Polish-American writer Jerzy Kosinski, who also wrote _The Painted Bird_ and _Steps_. ---
**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, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18188 "2013-12-19T16:43:20Z")
Jerzy Kosinski, very ill and accused of plagiarism, committed suicide in 1991. He left behind a note which read, “I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity.” ---
**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, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18189 "2013-12-19T18:29:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > (Did he get one wrong then, was he exhausted, or had he just reached the limit of what he’d memorized?) [He made an error at the 67,891st digit! – OOPS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu_Chao) 😃 ---
**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 20, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18190 "2013-12-20T01:29:33Z")
Replying to post by **Elendil’s Heir** : Lawrence Oates, member of the Scott Antarctic expedition, was suffering from gangrene and frostbite. Scott records that Oates realised that the need to care for him was endangering the other members of the expedition, so he got up, said “I am just going outside and may be some time,” and left the tent. He was never seen again. ---
**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 20, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18191 "2013-12-20T01:34:31Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > [He made an error at the 67,891st digit! – OOPS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu_Chao) 😃 Thanks - still quite impressive. In play: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, hero of Gettysburg, opposed prohibition in Maine when he served as governor after the Civil War, as he did not think it was government’s proper role to deny alcohol to consenting adults. ---
**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 20, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18192 "2013-12-20T03:02:08Z")
Jennifer Lawrence is the youngest actress to be nominated for two Best Actress Academy Awards. ---
**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 20, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18193 "2013-12-20T05:08:55Z")
Plus she’s funny and hawt, so she’s got that goin’ for her. Ahem. In play: The convention center in Pittsburgh, Pa. is named after David L. Lawrence, longtime beloved mayor of the city. ---
**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 20, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18194 "2013-12-20T05:14:03Z")
In 1913 the first automobile service station opened in Pittsburgh. ---
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Pittsburg (no “H”), California, originally settled in 1839, was called first “New York Landing”, then “Black Diamond”, before citizens voted on “Pittsburg” in 1911. ---
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Edward, the Black Prince, was the first English Duke when his father created him the Duke of Cornwall. ---
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Edward G. Robinson was born in Bucharest as Emmanuel Goldenberg. ---
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The Romanian currency is the leu, which means lion. ---
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There are six lions in the Canadian coat of arms: four lions in the shield, a fifth lion as a supporter, and a sixth lion in the crest, crowned and holding a red maple leaf in his dexter paw. ---
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The Lion of Judah is the symbol of the Israelite tribe of Judah. Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, is said to be the tribe’s founder. The association between Judah and the lion can first be found in the blessing given by Jacob to Judah in the Book of Genesis. Both King David and Jesus hail from the tribe of Judah. The Lion of Judah is also a phrase used in the Book of Revelation to represent Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18201 "2013-12-20T13:59:10Z")
Haile Selassie’s full title in office was “His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, King of Kings of Ethiopia, Elect of God”. He was the heir to a dynasty that traced its origins by tradition from King Solomon and Queen Makeda, Empress of Axum, known in the Abrahamic tradition as the Queen of Sheba. ---
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Ethiopia is one of the few countries that are mentioned in both the Bible and the Koran. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=909) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=911)