# 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:** 968
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19345 "2014-03-29T13:26:42Z")
According to [Urban Dictionary](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fuck%20stutter), a “fuck stutter” is a common affliction in which the sufferer is unable to complete a sentence without multiple uses of the word _fuck_. ---
**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 29, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19346 "2014-03-29T14:07:04Z")
According to the [Stuttering Foundation](http://www.stutteringhelp.org/famous-people-who-stutter), people who have overcome a stuttering problem (and not necessarily a fuck stuttering problem) include: actors Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis, Peggy Lipton, Sam Neill, Eric Roberts, Anthony Quinn, Marilyn Monroe, Harvey Keitel, and Samuel L. Jackson; and sports stars Tiger Woods, Johnny Damon, Bill Walton, Bo Jackson, Lester Hayes, Jerry Rice, Greg Lougainis, Adrian Peterson, Shaq, and Herschel Walker. ---
**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 29, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19347 "2014-03-29T14:44:28Z")
When Sylvester Stallone was unable to get permission to use Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” as a theme song for Rocky III, he asked the bad Survivor to write an original song for him. The resulting song “Eye of the Tiger” became a smash hit and is used at many sporting events. ---
**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 29, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19348 "2014-03-29T14:50:26Z")
The 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force in 1941–1942, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was composed of pilots from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC), recruited under presidential authority and commanded by Claire Lee Chennault. ---
**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 29, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19349 "2014-03-29T19:11:26Z")
**Space Rangers** was a short-lived SF series that aired on CBS in 1993 about a crew of a spaceship that fought alien threats. The commander of all the Rangers was Commander Chennault, played by Oscar winner Linda Hunt. ---
**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 29, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19350 "2014-03-29T19:56:16Z")
The term _ **ranger** _ has been in use unofficially in a military context since the early 17th century. There have been American military companies officially called Rangers since the American Revolution. ---
**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 29, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19351 "2014-03-29T20:06:59Z")
The Earth completes one revolution around the Sun every 365¼ days. Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, completes a revolution in only 87.969 days, while Neptune, the most distant of the eight known planets, takes 164.8 years. Far beyond Neptune lies 90377 Sedna, the most distant Trans-Neptunian Object yet discovered; Sedna revolves around the Sun once every 12,050 years. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19352 "2014-03-30T00:02:45Z")
Sedna is the Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals. She is also the Queen of the Underworld. Fishermen and sea hunters must pray to her to placate her before killing sea creatures. _(I live less than a mile from Highway 40, the Lincoln Highway.)_ ---
**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 30, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19353 "2014-03-30T00:27:41Z")
The Canadian two dollar bill of the 1970s series featured a group of Inuit hunters and a seal kill. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19354 "2014-03-30T01:08:23Z")
Australia replaced its two dollar note with a coin in 1988. ---
**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 30, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19355 "2014-03-30T03:13:35Z")
_(I grew up in a small Ohio town on the Lincoln Highway; my father’s office was about 30 steps from it)._ Lloyd Bentsen appeared twice on the Texas ballot in November 1988, as permitted by state law: as the Democratic candidate for Vice President and as a U.S. senator seeking reelection. He lost the first race but won the second. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19356 "2014-03-30T04:57:01Z")
The Senate of the Commonwealth of Australia has 76 members: 12 from each of the states and 2 from each of the territories. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19357 "2014-03-30T05:27:40Z")
The unicameral legislature of Nebraska (the only unicameral legislature of any state) is called the Senate. It is also officially nonpartisan. With only 49 members, it is the smallest US state legislature. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19358 "2014-03-30T06:27:19Z")
Queensland is the only one of the six Australian states to have a unicameral parliament. Its former upper house, known as the Legislative Council, was abolished in 1922. The Premier persuaded the Governor of Queensland to appoint sufficient additional members to the Council to allow the bill for abolition to be passed. These additional members were known as the ‘suicide squad’. ---
**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 30, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19359 "2014-03-30T06:29:35Z")
The San Francisco 49ers have won five Super Bowls, beginning with Super Bowl XVI played in Pontiac MI after the 1981 season, to Super Bowl XXIX played in Miami FL after the 1994 season. Super Bowl XXIX was the first Super Bowl played between two California teams (against the San Diego Chargers). Ninja’d by **Cunctator** , so will add this: in their sixth Super Bowl appearance, the 49ers lost for the very first time. ---
**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 30, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19360 "2014-03-30T13:46:00Z")
There have been three U.S. Navy warships named USS _San Francisco_. The most recent is a _Los Angeles_-class nuclear attack submarine commissioned in 1981 and still on active service. ---
**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 30, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19361 "2014-03-30T14:49:41Z")
**USS _San Francisco_ (CA-38)**, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of San Francisco, California. Commissioned in 1934, she was one of the most decorated ships of World War II, earning 17 battle stars. During its December 1942 repair at Mare Island, it was necessary to extensively rebuild the bridge. The bridge wings were removed as part of that repair, and are now mounted on a promontory in Lands End, San Francisco at Golden Gate National Recreation Area overlooking the Pacific Ocean. They are set on the great circle course from San Francisco to Guadalcanal. The old ship’s bell is housed at the Marines Memorial Club in San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19362 "2014-03-31T00:07:07Z")
The ship’s bell of \*HMS Lutine \* hangs in the Underwriting room at Lloyd’s in London. It was traditionally rung when news of an overdue ship was received: once for the loss of a ship and twice for her return. ---
**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 31, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19363 "2014-03-31T02:40:31Z")
HMS _Conqueror_ is the only nuclear-powered submarine known to have engaged and sunk an enemy ship; she sank the Argentine warship _General Belgrano_ during the 1982 Falklands War. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19364 "2014-03-31T03:49:47Z")
Robert Duvall, a huge fan of the tango and Argentine music for many years, married his Argentine fourth wife, Luciana, ten years ago. He is several years older than her parents. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=967) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=969)