# 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:** 928
**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 19, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18544 "2014-01-19T02:17:11Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > _On Her Majesty’s Secret Service_ (1969) features the only signature gun-barrel sequence of all Bond films in which Bond drops down on one knee while shooting at the audience. It’s also the only version of the sequence where the descending blood completely erases Bond’s image, leaving only the red circle. > [@echo7tango](#): > > The famous Army-Navy football game that year was scheduled for Saturday, November 30th, but with the tragic assassination, was delayed. With encouragement from Jacqueline Kennedy, the game was played on December 7th. Roger Staubach QB’d for Navy in their 21-15 victory. > ETA: ninja’d by Sam, but this entry still works. I don’t see the connection. ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18545 "2014-01-19T02:23:14Z")
In the absence of a connection, still in play: _On Her Majesty’s Secret Service_ (1969) features the only signature gun-barrel sequence of all Bond films in which Bond drops down on one knee while shooting at the audience. It’s also the only version of the sequence where the descending blood completely erases Bond’s image, leaving only the red circle. ---
**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 19, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18546 "2014-01-19T04:38:25Z")
Connection: Secret Service, and a presidential assassination. Still in play: The famous Army-Navy football game that year was scheduled for Saturday, November 30th, but with the tragic assassination, was delayed. With encouragement from Jacqueline Kennedy, the game was played on December 7th. Roger Staubach QB’d for Navy in their 21-15 victory. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18547 "2014-01-19T05:12:39Z")
Marge Simpson’s maiden name was Bouvier. Her mother was Jackie Bouvier. ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18548 "2014-01-19T05:24:59Z")
Lego is now offering _Simpsons_ action sets: [The Simpsons™ House 71006 | The Simpson](http://shop.lego.com/en-US/The-Simpsons-House-71006) ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18549 "2014-01-19T05:51:28Z")
Simpson Strong Ties have been around since the 1950s and is a handy way to hang a joist. ---
**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 19, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18550 "2014-01-19T12:16:26Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > Connection: Secret Service, and a presidential assassination. > Still in play: > > The famous Army-Navy football game that year was scheduled for Saturday, November 30th, but with the tragic assassination, was delayed. With encouragement from Jacqueline Kennedy, the game was played on December 7th. Roger Staubach QB’d for Navy in their 21-15 victory. I disagree. The words “Secret Service” did not appear in your post, and the words “presidential assassination” did not appear in mine. I don’t think implied connections should be allowed. ---
**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 19, 2014, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18551 "2014-01-19T12:23:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I disagree. The words “Secret Service” did not appear in your post, and the words “presidential assassination” did not appear in mine. I don’t think implied connections should be allowed. OK, but if that’s the case maybe you should create a separate game with that rule. This game is **Sampiro** ’s – _ **and note the Poster 6 - 7 transition** _: > [@Sampiro](#): > > It’s a game of my own devising and I expect the thread to sink beneath the horizon, but just in case, here’s how it works: I’ll post a piece of trivia, somebody will “play” off my trivia, then the next person tags onto that, etc., and let’s see how we can keep it going. > > Simple rules: > > 1- You should make sure it’s true before using it to avoid “Cite?” > > 2- It should have something that can be played off both sides > > 3- You can decide what’s trivia or factoid or whatever- it basically just means it should be blip sized information. > > Here’s how to play- imagine this is posted by several posters: > > > [@](#): > > > > Poster 1: Mickey Rooney has the longest film career in history- 84 years to date with several projects in development. > > > > Poster 2: Mickey Rooney was the original choice to play Archie Bunker. > > > > Poster 3: Archie Bunker’s chair is in the Smithsonian Institution. > > > > Poster 4: The Smithsonian was founded with money willed to the U.S. by the illegitimate son of a British nobleman. > > > > Poster 5: Omer Bhatti, the Norwegian rapper, is rumored to be the illegitimate son of Michael Jackson. > > > > Poster 6: Michael Jackson’s THRILLER was the best selling album of all time. > > > > Poster 7: Enrico Caruso was the first singer to become a millionaire from recordings. > > > > Poster 8: Enrico Caruso was in San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake. > > Hopefully you get the idea- you can play off any part of the preceding piece of trivia. You can make a statement that is not necessarily true so long as you qualify it (i.e. I didn’t say Bhatti is Jackson’s son, just that he’s rumored to be, which is true) or you can go for a “not exactly but really close” connection (Thriller setting records and Caruso’s recording earnings are not exact matches but both have to do with distinctions in recording success, if that makes sense). > > So, ready to play? I doubt it, but I’ve started threads that strangled on the cord before. I’ll be back with a piece of trivia: play off any part of it so long as you keep the thread going. Still in play: > [@echo7tango](#): > > Simpson Strong Ties have been around since the 1950s and is a handy way to hang a joist. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18552 "2014-01-19T18:34:29Z")
Donald Sutherland played Homer Simpson in the 1975 film Nathaniel West’s novel Day of the Locust. ---
**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 19, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18553 "2014-01-19T18:38:53Z")
Locusts are one of the ten plagues of Egypt recorded in the book of Exodus, from Exodus 7 to 11. These plagues are, in order: blood frogs lice flies pestilence boils hail locusts darkness death to the first-born ---
**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 19, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18554 "2014-01-19T18:53:20Z")
Henry VII, James I and Edward VII were not succeeded by their first born sons. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18555 "2014-01-19T19:10:44Z")
James I is the “King James” of the “King James Version” of the Bible. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18556 "2014-01-19T22:06:09Z")
James I &VI also considered himself an expert on the occult and was credited with authoring a book on demonography. He was also one of the first major anti-smoking advocates. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18557 "2014-01-19T22:52:34Z")
James Earl Jones took up acting as a way to cure his stuttering. Not all that unusual – Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant, Samuel L. Jackson, Harvey Keitel, Anthony Quinn, Julia Roberts, and Bruce Willis all had stuttering problems. Many of those with the issue find that being on stage helps them overcome it. ---
**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 19, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18558 "2014-01-19T23:11:02Z")
Julia Roberts’ middle name is Fiona. Her parents ran an acting school for children. One of their students was Yolanda Denise King, the eldest child of Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King. As a thank you to the Roberts family for their acting coaching, Mrs. Coretta Scott King paid the hospital bills for when the baby Julia was born. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18559 "2014-01-19T23:28:33Z")
Julius Caesar had two daughters named Julia Caesaris. The older is called Julia Major and the younger is called Julia Minor. Not to be confused with Julia the Elder and Julia the Younger, who were entirely different people. ---
**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 19, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18560 "2014-01-19T23:44:54Z")
Actor Lee Majors, when in high school and college, still held his birth name of Harvey Lee Yeary and had aspirations to play pro football and admired the player Johnny Majors. When Harvey Lee’s football hopes ended and he realized he was going to be an actor and needed a more catchy name, he chose his middle name Lee and the last name for a favorite football player, and he became Lee Majors. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18561 "2014-01-20T00:15:02Z")
While in the Marine Corps, Lee Harvey Oswald was courtmartialed for accidentally shooting himself in the elbow with an unauthorized handgun. ---
**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 20, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18562 "2014-01-20T02:15:15Z")
Lee Harvey Oswald worked at a radio factory in Minsk during his brief and largely-unsatisfying time in the Soviet Union. He didn’t like his job there, and didn’t appreciate the fact that the apartment he was given by the government was much nicer than those of his coworkers’. ---
**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 20, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18563 "2014-01-20T07:58:35Z")
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