# 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:** 957
**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:** [March 8, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19124 "2014-03-08T16:01:12Z")
In _Much Ado About Nothing_, Beatrice says that “A star danced when I was born,” referring to her liveliness of wit. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19125 "2014-03-08T16:35:11Z")
The famous movie quote “You’re going out a youngster, but you’re coming back a star” comes from the movie **42nd Street** : The actual quote is “You’re going out a youngster, but you’ve _got to_ come back a star,” which changes the meaning. In the movie, director Julian Marsh is putting all the pressure on understudy Peggy Sawyer – if she doesn’t come back a star, the show flops and everyone involved is out of work (and Marsh dies penniless). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19126 "2014-03-08T16:39:25Z")
Buildings and places located on 42nd Street include the United Nations, the Chrysler Building, Grand Central Terminal, New York Public Library, Times Square, Port Authority Bus Terminal, and the Circle Line pier. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19127 "2014-03-08T16:47:42Z")
Unlike many other subways, which run their tracks in lines ending with terminals, the Glasgow subway is laid out in a rough circle, with no terminals. The [map used by the subway authorities](http://www.google.ca/search?q=glasgow+subway+map&tbm=isch&imgil=y9pTpOgNOpNL4M%253A%253Bhttp%253A%252F%252Ft3.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcQmGiQc0AtABJi1yQGoYstsR91qujO2ZQnG-EL0xORQcReVfUYq%253B780%253B547%253BgRg8c--PlPrHHM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.spt.co.uk%25252Fsubway%25252F&source=iu&usg=__0zBUda2hGIuY7qLnFbTxiw2NO9c%3D&sa=X&ei=gUgbU4XzO4zyqwGR34GwCA&ved=0CCkQ9QEwAA&biw=1280&bih=569#facrc=_&imgrc=y9pTpOgNOpNL4M%253A%3BgRg8c--PlPrHHM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spt.co.uk%252Fcms%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2011%252F09%252Fsubway_map_120202.png%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spt.co.uk%252Fsubway%252F%3B780%3B547), and the regularity of the trains, have led to its nickname, the “Clockwork Orange.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19128 "2014-03-08T16:54:37Z")
Clockwork Orange was also the nickname for the “Total Football” Dutch national side of the early 1970’s, which reached the finals of the 1974 World Cup before losing to West Germany, and again in 1978 before losing to Argentina. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19129 "2014-03-08T18:46:11Z")
Orange and black are the school colors of Princeton University. The oldest continuously-used campus building is Nassau Hall, named for the royal house of King William III of England, who had the same colors. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19130 "2014-03-08T20:59:06Z")
Orange and black are the colors of MLB’s San Francisco Giants, winners and world champions of the 2012 and 2010 World Series. The Giants have won seven World Series titles, 22 NL Pennants, eight NL Western Divisions, and one Wild Card berth. World Series titles (7) 2012 • 2010 • 1954 1933 • 1922 • 1921 1905 NL Pennants (22) 2012 • 2010 • 2002 1989 • 1962 • 1954 1951 • 1937 • 1936 1933 • 1924 • 1923 1922 • 1921 • 1917 1913 • 1912 • 1911 1905 • 1904 • 1889 1888 West Division titles (8) 2012 • 2010 • 2003 2000 • 1997 • 1989 1987 • 1971 Wild card berths (1) 2002 _ **GO GIANTS!!** _ ---
**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:** [March 8, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19131 "2014-03-08T22:44:53Z")
San Francisco is the setting of the movies _Basic Instinct, Pacific Heights, The Game, Vertigo_ and _The Parallax View._ ---
**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:** [March 9, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19132 "2014-03-09T05:54:10Z")
San Francisco is the setting for two different time travel movies: _Time After Time_ and _Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19133 "2014-03-09T06:31:49Z")
While entirely fictional when _Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_ was filmed, “transparent aluminum” was eventually [invented in 2009.](http://phys.org/news167925273.html) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2014, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19134 "2014-03-09T07:59:10Z")
Stable aluminium is created when hydrogen fuses with magnesium either in large stars or in supernovae. In the Earth’s crust, aluminium is the most abundant (8.3% by weight) metallic element and the third most abundant of all elements (after oxygen and silicon). ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19135 "2014-03-09T10:27:50Z")
Black Thunder Coal Mine, Wyoming, which has the largest dragline excavator in the world, is a major site for the generation of electricity. Plans call for five 765-kilovolt transmission lines to be sourced by its generators; they will be made out of steel and aluminum since aluminum (as it is usually spelled in North America) has the best conductivity of any metal _by weight_. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19136 "2014-03-09T12:11:18Z")
The Indian Paintbrush is Wyoming’s state flower. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19137 "2014-03-09T16:26:31Z")
Dick Cheney is a former Congressman from Wyoming and, while Vice President from 2001-2009, displayed the state flag in his West Wing office. > **[whitehousemuseum.org domain name is for sale. Inquire now.](https://www.whitehousemuseum.org/)** > > whitehousemuseum.org is available for purchase. Get in touch to discuss the possibilities! > **[Flag of Wyoming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_wyoming)** > > The flag of the state of Wyoming consists of the silhouette of an American bison. The red symbolizes the Native Americans and the blood of pioneers who gave their lives. The white is a symbol of purity and uprightness. The blue is the color of the skies and distant mountains. It is also a symbol of fidelity, justice and virility. The bison represents the local fauna, while the seal on it suggests the custom of branding livestock. > In 1916 the Wyoming Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) ran... ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19138 "2014-03-10T04:51:34Z")
Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote. ---
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New Zealand was the first country to give women the right to vote. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19140 "2014-03-10T07:58:25Z")
The detective novelist Ngaio Marsh was from New Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19141 "2014-03-10T11:00:44Z")
At 2,185 square miles and an average depth of six inches (15 cm), Southern Florida’s Everglades comprise the world’s largest marsh. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19142 "2014-03-10T11:28:09Z")
While it is often described as a swamp or forested wetland, the Everglades is actually a very slow-moving river. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19143 "2014-03-10T13:34:15Z")
The Everglades was an American crime-adventure television series that aired in first-run syndication for one season from 1961–62 and in reruns. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=956) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=958)