# 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:** 940
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18784 "2014-02-11T01:15:34Z")
Yukon is a federal territory in Canada, represented in Parliament by one MP and one Senator. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18785 "2014-02-11T01:30:46Z")
The White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y, WP&YR) (reporting mark WPY) is a Canadian and U.S. Class II 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad linking the port of Skagway, Alaska, with Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon. The railroad began construction in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18786 "2014-02-11T01:39:06Z")
Charlie Chaplin’s **The Gold Rush** shows a shot of prospectors in [one ridiculously long line](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rYr82CbbkvE/Tw2oBxrklKI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/DanLxXUiUOU/s1600/gold%2Brush%2B1.png) up the mountain to get to the gold fields. This seems like a joke, but is based on the [Chilkoot Pass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chilkoot-summit-1898.jpg) in the Yukon Gold Rush. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18787 "2014-02-11T03:09:00Z")
Charlie Chaplin’s half brother, George Wheeler Dryden, was the father of Spencer Dryden, a member of the rock band Jefferson Airplane. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18788 "2014-02-11T04:02:15Z")
The first licensed civil airplane in Canada was a Curtis JN-4 “Canuck”, licence number G-CAAA, operating out of Regina, Saskatchewan. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18789 "2014-02-11T04:03:47Z")
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**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:** [February 11, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18790 "2014-02-11T05:34:11Z")
The registration numbers of all U.S. civil aircraft begin with the prefix letter “N.” [![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ttsrv4FR_YY/TOxOwxC1yvI/AAAAAAAABFs/t_ufM4mS6c8/s1600/N744AR%2BDay%2B6%2BOnsite%2B24th%2BAugust%2B2010%2B043.jpg) ](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ttsrv4FR_YY/TOxOwxC1yvI/AAAAAAAABFs/t_ufM4mS6c8/s1600/N744AR%2BDay%2B6%2BOnsite%2B24th%2BAugust%2B2010%2B043.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18791 "2014-02-11T07:17:18Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > The first licensed civil airplane in Canada was a Curtis JN-4 “Canuck”, licence number G-CAAA, operating out of Regina, Saskatchewan. How does this follow from the trivia before 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:** [February 11, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18792 "2014-02-11T11:27:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The registration numbers of all U.S. civil aircraft begin with the prefix letter “N.” > > [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/\_ttsrv4FR\_YY/TOxOwxC1yvI/AAAAAAAABFs/t\_ufM4mS6c8/s1600/N744AR%2BDay%2B6%2BOnsite%2B24th%2BAugust%2B2010%2B043.jpg](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ttsrv4FR_YY/TOxOwxC1yvI/AAAAAAAABFs/t_ufM4mS6c8/s1600/N744AR%2BDay%2B6%2BOnsite%2B24th%2BAugust%2B2010%2B043.jpg) Charles Lindbergh’s _Spirit of St. Louis_ had the registration number **N-X-211**. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18793 "2014-02-11T14:30:27Z")
The song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” was written for the movie “Meet Me in St. Louis.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18794 "2014-02-11T14:34:50Z")
The song “We Need A Little Christmas” comes from the Jerry Herman musical “Mame”, where it was popularized on Broadway by Angela Lansbury. Mame sings it to cheer up her household right after losing her fortune in the 1929 stock market crash. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18795 "2014-02-11T14:51:56Z")
Author Larry L. King once remarked “you can put a song about Christmas anywhere in a musical” and to prove it, he wrote a scene in the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas where, as the “girls” prepare to leave Miss Mona’s Chicken Ranch they sing “Hard Candy Christmas,” though Christmas has never been mentioned until that point. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18796 "2014-02-11T15:02:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Charlie Chaplin’s half brother, George Wheeler Dryden, was the father of Spencer Dryden, a member of the rock band Jefferson **Airplane**. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > The first licensed civil\*\* airplane\*\* in Canada was a Curtis JN-4 “Canuck”, licence number G-CAAA, operating out of Regina, Saskatchewan. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > How does this follow from the trivia before it? Bolding added ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18797 "2014-02-11T17:16:04Z")
Bolcheriet is a Danish hard candy factory and store, with shops in Løkken & Skagen. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18798 "2014-02-11T17:27:02Z")
Sarris Candies, Inc. is a specialty chocolate and candies company based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (former home to singers Perry Como and Bobby Vinton), approximately 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Pittsburgh. It was founded in 1960 by Frank Sarris. (You MUST go there) 😉 ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18799 "2014-02-11T18:48:25Z")
15 miles from Canonsburg is Ringgold High School in Monongahela, PA where the football stadium is named after its most famous alum, Joe Montana, class of 1974. In 2006 Montana was deemed the number one clutch QB of all time by _Sports Illustrated_ magazine. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18800 "2014-02-11T22:42:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > How does this follow from the trivia before it? Ah, sorry, I figured it out. It was late last night when I posted that. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18801 "2014-02-11T22:54:09Z")
In 1993, the town of Ismay, Montana changed its name to Joe, Montana as a publicity stunt organized by the Kansas City Chiefs, where Joe Montana was playing. There is, however, a real town called George, Wasthington. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18802 "2014-02-11T23:04:58Z")
Ismay is a town in Custer County, Montana, United States. The population was 19 at the 2010 census. The town’s name is an amalgamation of Isabella and May, the names of the daughters of Albert J Earling, division superintendent (later president) of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. (I just had to look that up to see if there was any connection to the Bruce Ismay of Titanic / White Star. There isn’t.) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/18803 "2014-02-11T23:49:38Z")
The Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway or Mauch Chunk & Summit Hill Railway, was built in 1827 by the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (LC&N) and the second operational United States railroad. It later became the first roller-coaster ride in the U.S. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=939) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=941)