# 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:** 913
**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 24, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18243 "2013-12-24T03:48:40Z")
The French tooth fairy is actually a _souris_ (mouse). ---
**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 24, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18244 "2013-12-24T03:59:35Z")
The Souris River crosses from Saskatchewan into North Dakota, where it is called the Mouse River. It then turns north and flows into Manitoba, where its name changes back to the Souris River. ---
**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 24, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18245 "2013-12-24T04:06:34Z")
Winnipeg, Manitoba was the first city in the world to develop the 911 emergency phone number. ---
**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 24, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18246 "2013-12-24T04:46:32Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > …The Lewis and Clark Expedition was an all-Army affair… Not so: > **[Sacagawea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea)** > > Sacagawea (/ˌsækədʒəˈwiːə/ SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or /səˌkɒɡəˈweɪə/ sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə; also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812) was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. Sacagawea traveled with the expedition thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean, helping to establish cultural contacts with Native American people and cont The Natio... > **[Toussaint Charbonneau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Charbonneau)** > > Toussaint Charbonneau (March 20, 1767 – August 12, 1843) was a French Canadian explorer, fur trapper and merchant who is best known for his role in the Lewis and Clark Expedition as the husband of Sacagawea. > Charbonneau was born in Boucherville, located in what is now the province of Québec (near Montréal) around 1759 or 1767. Boucherville was a community with strong links to exploration and the fur trade. > It has been claimed that he was of French and Iroquois ancestry, though there is no evide... > **[Jean Baptiste Charbonneau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baptiste_Charbonneau)** > > Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (February 11, 1805 – May 16, 1866), sometimes known in childhood as Pompey or Little Pomp, was an American explorer, guide, fur trapper, trader, military scout during the Mexican–American War, alcalde (mayor) of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia and a gold digger and hotel operator in Northern California. His mother was Sacagawea, a Lemhi Shoshone who worked as a guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Jean Baptiste's father was also a member of the Lewis... In play: Homer Simpson, not the brightest fictional character ever created, once asked in an emergency, “Quick, what’s the number for 911?” ---
**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 24, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18247 "2013-12-24T05:32:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not so: > > [Sacagawea - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea) > [Toussaint Charbonneau - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Charbonneau) > [Jean Baptiste Charbonneau - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baptiste_Charbonneau) > > In play: > > Homer Simpson, not the brightest fictional character ever created, once asked in an emergency, “Quick, what’s the number for 911?” But those people weren’t Americans. I said the first Americans to see these things were Army officers, which Lewis and Clark were. Is that where the confusion comes? ---
**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 24, 2013, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18248 "2013-12-24T05:38:28Z")
Anyway, moving on: The Greek bard Homer Has had his works translated more often and into more languages than any other person. That’s assuming he actually existed since some scholars speculate that Homer was not the name of one man but a group of poets using a collective name. ---
**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 24, 2013, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18249 "2013-12-24T05:44:30Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > But those people weren’t Americans. I said the first Americans to see these things were Army officers, which Lewis and Clark were. Is that where the confusion comes? Okay, Charbonneau was an American, but I didn’t say _all_ such things were seen first by Army officers. 🆒 Anyway, still in play: The Greek bard Homer has had his works translated more often and into more languages than any other person. That’s assuming he actually existed since some scholars speculate that Homer was not the name of one man but a group of poets using a collective name. ---
**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 24, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18250 "2013-12-24T07:27:50Z")
The Westminster cabinet system is based on collective solidarity. Once Cabinet makes a policy decision, all Cabinet members are required to support the collective decision, even if they had vociferously opposed the decision in the internal Cabinet debates. ---
**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 24, 2013, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18251 "2013-12-24T08:23:58Z")
According to Merriam-Webster the word vociferous dates back to the early 17th century. ---
**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 24, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18252 "2013-12-24T20:53:30Z")
“Merriam” refers to George and Charles Merriam, publishers. “Webster” refers to Noah Webster. ---
**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 24, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18253 "2013-12-24T23:20:54Z")
George Carlin was the first posthumous recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. ---
**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 25, 2013, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18254 "2013-12-25T09:54:16Z")
Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835, and he died on April 21, 1910. These dates coincide almost exactly with the perihelion dates for Halley’s Comet: November 16, 1835 and April 20, 1910. ---
**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 25, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18255 "2013-12-25T18:29:04Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > But those people weren’t Americans. I said the first Americans to see these things were Army officers, which Lewis and Clark were. Is that where the confusion comes? No. You wrote, as I quoted, “The Lewis and Clark Expedition was an all-Army affair.” There were three people who were not in the Army, but were undoubted members of the expedition. In play: Mark Twain, Amelia Earhart and Abraham Lincoln are real-world famous people who have appeared in various iterations of _Star Trek_. ---
**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 25, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18256 "2013-12-25T20:34:07Z")
Though not published in his lifetime, Mark Twain’s “Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism,” was a humorous speech on the subject of masturbation. He seemed to like 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 26, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18257 "2013-12-26T03:02:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No. You wrote, as I quoted, “The Lewis and Clark Expedition was an all-Army affair.” There were three people who were not in the Army, but were undoubted members of the expedition. Okay, I give. Change it to “almost all-Army.” > [@RealityChuck](#): > > Though not published in his lifetime, Mark Twain’s “Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism,” was a humorous speech on the subject of masturbation. He seemed to like it. Mark Wahlberg has a tattoo of Bob Marley on his left shoulder. ---
**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 26, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18258 "2013-12-26T05:17:51Z")
The three major Presidential candidates in 1992 - George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot - were all left-handed. ---
**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 26, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18259 "2013-12-26T05:27:02Z")
As a teen, Bill Paxton caddied for golf great Ben Hogan in Fort Worth, Texas. ---
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Fort Worth’s newspaper, the _Star-Telegram_, is the nation’s oldest continuously operating online newspaper. ---
**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 26, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18261 "2013-12-26T13:24:04Z")
In early issues of Superman, Clark Kent worked as a reporter for the _Daily Star._ ---
**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 26, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18262 "2013-12-26T14:36:22Z")
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