# 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:** 911
**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, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18203 "2013-12-20T17:33:15Z")
The title of Lyle Lovett’s album _Joshua Judges Ruth_ includes three sequential books of the Bible’s Old Testament. ---
**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 20, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18204 "2013-12-20T19:07:09Z")
Ruth’s sister-in-law in the Bible is named Orpah. Oprah Winfrey was supposed to be named after her, but there was a spelling error somewhere along the line. ---
**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 20, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18205 "2013-12-20T20:05:16Z")
Mickey Mantle is the only member of the baseball Hall of Fame that was specifically named after another member of the Baseball Hall of Fame – Mickey Cochrane. ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18206 "2013-12-20T20:21:40Z")
NHL defenseman Gordie Roberts is the only North American major pro athlete to have been named for one of his teammates and a fellow Hall of Fame member. He and legend Gordie Howe were both with the now-defunct Hartford Whalers. ---
**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 21, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18207 "2013-12-21T00:23:06Z")
Connecticut’s _Hartford Courant_ is the oldest US newspaper still being published, established in 1764. ---
**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 21, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18208 "2013-12-21T04:41:41Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Connecticut’s _Hartford Courant_ is the oldest US newspaper still being published, established in 1764. I delivered the _Hartford Courant_ as a middle schooler growing up in West Hartford. [The August 9, 1974 issue had a large headline with two simple words: NIXON RESIGNS I delivered that issue that day.]([http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-hartford-conrant-news-paper-NIXON-RESIGNS-august-9-1974-vintage-/221337832761](http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-hartford-conrant-news-paper-NIXON-RESIGNS-august-9-1974-vintage-/221337832761)) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18209 "2013-12-21T17:40:47Z")
In the Nov. 10, 1901, edition of The Sunday Republican of Springfield, Mass., tucked away in an item at the bottom of Page 4, an unnamed writer put forth a modest proposal. “There is a void in the English language which, with some diffidence, we undertake to fill,” the writer began. “Every one has been put in an embarrassing position by ignorance of the status of some woman. To call a maiden Mrs. is only a shade worse than to insult a matron with the inferior title Miss. Yet it is not always easy to know the facts.” The writer suggested “a more comprehensive term which does homage to the sex without expressing any views as to their domestic situation,” namely, Ms. With this “simple” and “easy to write” title, a tactfully ambiguous compromise between Miss and Mrs., “the person concerned can translate it properly according to circumstances.” The writer even gave a pronunciation tip: “For oral use it might be rendered as ‘Mizz,’ which would be a close parallel to the practice long universal in many bucolic regions, where a slurred Mis’ does duty for Miss and Mrs. alike.” ---
**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 21, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18210 "2013-12-21T18:01:47Z")
Seneca Falls, NY claims a role in the birthplace of Women’s Rights in the USA. On July 19 and 20, 1848 the first Convention on Women’s Rights was held at the Wesleyan Chapel on Fall Street in Seneca Falls. It was organized by Jane Hunt, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary Ann M’Clintock. [The Women’s Rights National Historic Park is located there.](http://www.nps.gov/wori/index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18211 "2013-12-21T18:09:02Z")
In an October 1986 People magazine article, Baby M’s surrogate mother stated "I’m looking ahead to when Sara is 21. She’s not going to go to the judge. She’s not going to the lawyers. She’s not going to Betsy and Bill. She’s going to come to me and ask “Why didn’t you fight for me?” After turning 21 in March 2004, the child in question, now known as Melissa Elizabeth Stern, legally terminated Mary Beth’s parental rights and made Betsy Stern her legal mother through adoption proceedings. ---
**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 21, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18212 "2013-12-21T18:39:34Z")
Baby M’s surrogate mother, Mary Beth Whitehead, previously had a child named Tuesday. The English name of Tuesday (the day of the week) is derived from Old English Tiwesdæg and Middle English Tewesday, meaning “Tīw’s Day”, the day of Tiw or Týr, the god of single combat, victory and heroic glory in Norse mythology. ---
**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 21, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18213 "2013-12-21T21:03:01Z")
According to the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, at one stage the gods decided to shackle the Fenris wolf, but the beast broke every chain they put upon him. Eventually they had the dwarves make them a magical ribbon called Gleipnir. It appeared to be only a silken ribbon but was made of six wondrous ingredients: the sound of a cat’s footfall, the beard of a woman, the roots of a mountain, bear’s sinews. Fenrir sensed the gods’ deceit and refused to be bound with it unless one of them put his hand in the wolf’s mouth. Tyr, known for his great wisdom and courage, agreed, and the other gods bound the wolf. After Fenrir had been bound by the gods, he struggled to try to break the rope. Fenrir could not break the ribbon and enraged, bit Tyr’s right hand off. When the gods saw that Fenrir was bound they all rejoiced, except Tyr. Fenrir will remain bound until the day of Ragnarök. As a result of this deed, Tyr is called the “Leavings of the Wolf”; which is to be understood as a poetic kenning for glory. ---
**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 21, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18214 "2013-12-21T21:43:37Z")
The music video for the Duran Duran hit, _Hungry Like the Wolf_, was filmed in Sri Lanka. ---
**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 21, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18215 "2013-12-21T22:28:12Z")
**Music Bingo** was a TV show of 1958-60, hosted by Johnny Gilbert. Contestants would play on a board designed like a bingo game. A song would be played by the studio band; the first person to identify it could place a mark on the board. Whoever got five in a row won. ---
**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 21, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18216 "2013-12-21T22:47:45Z")
Johnny Gilbert started his early career as a nightclub singer and entertainer. In the 1950s he served with the US Army. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18217 "2013-12-21T23:07:16Z")
Jonathan Gilbert, Sarah and Melissa’s brother who played Willie Oleson on Little House on the Prairie, left acting and became a stock broker. [RIGHT][/RIGHT] ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18218 "2013-12-21T23:11:56Z")
Early film actor John Gilbert was left standing at the altar in 1927 after Greta Garbo got cold feet about marrying him. ---
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Gilbert’s Syndrome is a mild condition where the liver does not process bilirubin. ---
**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 22, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18220 "2013-12-22T18:48:11Z")
The GAG line was an offensive lineup for the New York Rangers in the late 60s to 1974, so named because they averaged a goal a game. It consisted of Rod Gilbert, Jean Ratelle, and Vic Hadfield. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18221 "2013-12-22T19:46:06Z")
The Marqis de Lafayette’s full name was Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier. In the John Jakes novel _The Bastard_ his intimates call him Gil (short for Gilbert), but I do not know if this is historically accurate. ---
**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 22, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18222 "2013-12-22T21:16:43Z")
Marquis de Lafayette Randall and Lorenzo de Medici Randall were the uncle and father, respectively, of Rebecca Randall in **Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm** by Kate Douglas Wiggin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=910) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=912)