# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 43284
**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:** [May 23, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/43284 "2019-05-23T05:24:33Z")
(Missed the edit window to add) In post #26 of that thread, **Exapno Mapcase** confirms the derivation. > [@Wherefore, Exapno Mapcase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-exapno-mapcase/403939/26): > > Wow. I don’t often do vanity searches, because nothing ever comes up. But this time I hit the jackpot! > > As everyone correctly says, I took the name from Harpo Marx. The poster is reproduced in his autobiography, _Harpo Speaks_. The name/phrase/whatever has always stuck in my head and I thought it would be unique and memorable as an online alias. Besides, it signals I’m a Marx Brothers fan and people always let me know if a thread breaks out. > > And it’s kinda cool in a post-modern sort of way that just like the original Harpo, you can’t hear my voice but you know exactly what I’m thinking. 🙂 > > > [@Wherefore, Exapno Mapcase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-exapno-mapcase/403939/4): > > > > “Defective Detective”, your name is also the title of a very enjoyable anthology of short stories – all literary detective spoofs. Some are really hysterical. I thought you were a fan of the book. > > I’m a big fan of the book. Dumb cover, though. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657)._