General Trivia thread (the more obscure the better)

I know that Candace Bergen hosted it twice the first season, so she’s my guess

 

Here's one that should get the trivia juices flowing: former Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selasse is known by another name in some circles. What is it?

 

Jah

 

I believe "Jah" is short for Yahweh, or God. You're on the right track, though.

 

Correct!

 

Haile Selassie was born Tafari Makonnen, purportedly part of a familial line that went back to King Solomon and the queen of Sheba. Of royal blood, Tafari was eligible for the Amharic title Ras, or prince. Hence, Ras Tafari.

Many Rastafarians consider Ras Tafari to have been Christ incarnate. So Driftwood was close when equating Haile Selassie to God.

 

What is the only ship currently in the U.S. Navy fleet to have sunk another country's warship?

 

Old Ironsides, the USS Constitution? I don't think it was ever decommissioned.

 

Guess that was an easy one. The Constitution sank several ships in the War of 1812. Since 2015, when the USS Simpson was decommisioned, the Constitution is the only active Navy ship that has sank another.
The Simpson had a couple of kills during the Iran-Iraq War in 1988.

 

Named after O.J., who also had a couple of kills?

 

I'm drawing a blank on which one it was, but there was one of the other ships on the waterfront in Charleston that engaged a bunch of Iraqis on an oil derrick during Desert Storm.

 

It was three ships — the Simpson, Wainwright and Bagley. A number of ships were involved, but those were the three that did most if not all of the shooting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis