# 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:** 918
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18343 "2014-01-01T03:28:04Z")
Anne Hathaway spent a week in Nicaragua in July 2006 helping vaccinate children there against hepatitis A. (Been there myself. Beautiful country.) ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18344 "2014-01-01T03:31:14Z")
The Princess Royal, the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, has been married twice. Princess Anne was the subject of a failed kidnapping attempt in London in March 1974. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18345 "2014-01-01T03:36:10Z")
Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks met on the set of a talk show, and Mel later paid a woman who worked on the show to tell him which restaurant Anne was going to eat at that night so he could “accidentally” bump into her again and strike up a conversation. When they were later married at New York City Hall (although not that same night), a passerby served as their witness. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18346 "2014-01-01T06:03:29Z")
Mel’s Drive-In, at 140 South Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco, CA was used in the 1973 movie, _American Grafitti_. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18347 "2014-01-01T16:13:10Z")
Robert Wells and Mel Tormé wrote “The Christmas Song” on a blistering hot summer day, originally as an attempt to stay cool. ---
**Author:** ![STERY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@STERY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/STERY)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18348 "2014-01-01T16:36:06Z")
The ‘Christmas Tree’ is a name given to the lights used for the start in Drag Racing. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18349 "2014-01-01T16:41:04Z")
Wikipedia actually has a [list of drag queens](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drag_queens), imagine that, and on that list there is only one Filipino listed. Which I find surprising. Thought there’d be many more. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18350 "2014-01-01T18:00:24Z")
The Polish-language edition of Wikipedia has about one-quarter as many articles as the English-language version (1+ million vs. 4+ million). ---
**Author:** ![STERY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@STERY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/STERY)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18351 "2014-01-01T19:22:53Z")
One of the English translations of the Polish National Anthem is ‘Poland is Not Yet Lost’.The Thai national anthem which was adopted in 1939,has a tune vaguely similar to Poland’s anthem. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18352 "2014-01-01T19:44:04Z")
Poles have significant achievements in mountaineering, in particular, in the Himalayas, especially in the winter gathering Eight-thousander. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18353 "2014-01-01T19:51:54Z")
The most famous Polish climbers are Jerzy Kukuczka, Krzysztof Wielicki, Piotr Pustelnik, Andrzej Zawada and Wanda Rutkiewicz. ---
**Author:** ![STERY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@STERY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/STERY)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18354 "2014-01-01T20:47:10Z")
Wanda Landowska(1879-1959)was a Polish(later a naturalized French citizen)harpsichordist.She was the first person to record Johann Sebastian Bach’s ‘Goldberg Variations’ on the harpsichord. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18355 "2014-01-01T21:35:28Z")
Writer Wanda Sykes won an Emmy Award in 1999 for her writing for _The Chris Rock Show_. ---
**Author:** ![STERY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@STERY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/STERY)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18356 "2014-01-02T01:30:32Z")
The American dancer,choreographer and director Bob Fosse(1927-1987),is the only person to receive an Oscar,Emmy and Tony in the same year.He accomplished this feat in 1973. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18357 "2014-01-02T04:52:14Z")
In French, “fosse septique” is the term for a septic tank. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18358 "2014-01-02T05:13:45Z")
The French Navy currently operates four submarines equipped with nuclear-tipped missiles as part of France’s deterrent force. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18359 "2014-01-02T06:21:13Z")
Jacques Cousteau served in the French Navy. In 1930, he entered the École Navale and graduated as a gunnery officer, but an automobile accident cut short his naval career. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18360 "2014-01-02T14:21:55Z")
“Jacques” is the French version for “James”, not “Jack”, as many anglos seem to assume. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18361 "2014-01-02T16:16:00Z")
James Franco was named one of [Salon.com](http://Salon.com)’s [“10 men who might just inspire the rebirth of Jewish male cool.”](http://www.salon.com/2006/07/10/chosen_few/) ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18362 "2014-01-02T16:32:07Z")
Capt. James T. Kirk told his friend and chief medical officer, Dr. Leonard H. “Bones” McCoy, that he was “positively grim” as a Starfleet Academy cadet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=917) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=919)