Trivia Dominoes: Play Off the Last Bit of Trivia

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26807

There are 13 US Courts of Appeals. Here are their court locations and geographical jurisdictions:

1st Circuit: Boston MA
ME, MA, NH, RI + Puerto Rico

2nd Circuit: New York NY
CT, NY, VT

3rd Circuit: Philadelphia PA
DE, NJ, PA + Virgin Islands

4th Circuit: Richmond VA
MD, NC, SC, VA, WV

5th Circuit: New Orleans LA
LA, MS, TX

6th Circuit: Cincinnati OH
KY, MI, OH, TN

7th Circuit: Chicago IL
IL, IN, WI

8th Circuit: St. Louis MO
AR, IA, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD

9th Circuit: San Francisco CA
AL, AZ, CA, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA + Guam, Northern Mariana Islands

10th Circuit: Denver CO
CO, KS, NM, OK, UT, WY

11th Circuit: Atlanta GA
AL, FL, GA

Federal Circuit: Washington DC
(courts and administrative agencies)

DC Circuit: Washington DC
DC

26808

There are 31 counties in the USA named Washington and six named Delaware. Twelve more counties bear the names of various other states.

26809

Five states have smaller populations than Delaware. From most to least they are South Dakota, North Dakota, Alaska, Vermont, and Wyoming.

26810

People in the State of Delaware barely outnumber people in the six counties of Delaware, 935,000 to 883,000.

26811

Delaware is the only state without any National Park System units such as national parks, seashores, historic sites, battlefields, memorials, and monuments.
I guess there’s just nothing to see in Delaware?

26812

More than 3% of Delaware is protected within the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge.

26813

The Lady Bug is Delaware’s official state bug.

26814

Bugs Bunny is an American cartoon character who first appeared in A Wild Hare (the first official Bugs Bunny short) on July 27, 1940. He was created by Tex Avery who was the director of A Wild Hare and Robert McKimson who created the Bugs Bunny character design. In 1997, Bugs Bunny appeared on an American postage stamp, the first cartoon ever to be put on a stamp. That stamp is number seven on the list of the ten most popular U.S. collectable stamps.

26815

The musical CATS was honored with a commemorative postage stamp on January 12, 2000 as part of the U.S. postal service’s Celebrate the Century stamp and education program.

26816

The distinction of Honorary United States Marine is currently bestowed solely by the Commandant of the Marine Corps to “individuals in the civilian community who have made extraordinary contributions to the Marine Corps.” It “carries no entitlement to pay or benefits.”

Among the recipients of the title are actors Chuck Norris and Gary Sinise, and also Jim Nabors of Gomer Pyle.

Bugs Bunny is an Honorary Marine. He was given the rank of honorary Marine Master Sergeant for his performance in Super-Rabbit.

26817

Journalist John Reed is one of few Americans to be honored by commemoration in a postage stamp of the Soviet Un9ion. Reed died in Moscow, after publishing a book about the Soviet revolution. The only other Americans to be commemorated on Soviet stamps are Mark Twain, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Lobgfellow and O. Henry.

26818

O. Henry’s classic Christmas tale “The Gift of the Magi” was allegedly written at Pete’s Tavern on Irving Place in New York City.

26819

Pete’s Tavern at Irving Place, the oldest continuously operating bar and restaurant in New York City, is located near Irving Plaza and Grammercy Park at 129 E. 18th Street. Irving Place is named after Washington Irving, and it was given that name while he was still living.

26820

The three US Presidents with the first name of “George” held the office in different centuries–Washington in the 18th, Bush in the 20th, and W. Bush in the 21st.

26821

I love Lobgfellow! Especially his The Sobg of Hiawatha and Evabgelibe.

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The voluminous papers of George Washington - diaries, letters, military orders, plantation documents, presidential materials etc. - have, since 1968, been complied by a special research and archival project at the University of Virginia. If all goes well, the project should be completed in 2023.

http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/

26822

jtur88, are you okay? Is abythibg wrobg?

Ib play:

The University of Virginia was founded by Thomas Jefferson. It is made up of eleven schools in Charlottesville, plus the College at Wise in southwest Virginia.

26823

7-Eleven Day, when they give out free 7.11 ounce Slurpees, in the United States is July 11th; in Australia, it’s the 7th of November.

26824

(I got disbracted by the phobne before I could rbeturn to edbit. With a high risk of being ninjaed while editing, I post first and edit later in this thread. Bad enough that there isn’t even time to verify details.}

26825

7-Eleven Inc is HQ’d in Dallas TX, and its parent company, Seven-Eleven America Co, is in Tokyo Japan. 7-Eleven stores began in 1927 in Dallas. In 1928 an employee brought a totem pole back from Alaska and placed it in front of the store as an attractor. The stores became known as Tote’m Stores.

ETA:

The fast and the furious! Happy Thabksgivibg, all!

26826

Abd to you, too!

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There have been four warships named USS Alaska in United States Navy service, the most recent of which is an Ohio-class Trident ballistic missile submarine commissioned in 1986 and still in use.