# Made-up, False and Flat-out Wrong Trivia Dominoes II **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399 "2020-06-23T14:55:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/221 "2021-02-14T16:16:47Z")
Rowed Island has no columns. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/222 "2021-02-14T17:58:22Z")
Rhoda Island has erected a 70’ tall statue of Valerie Harper. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/223 "2021-02-15T01:52:30Z")
Roe Die Land kills fish eggs because that is what they do. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/224 "2021-02-15T16:03:21Z")
Bro’d Island is where frat boys, dudes, and jocks go to party. It’s spring break every week with keg stands and beer bongs as far as the eye can see. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/225 "2021-02-15T21:31:39Z")
Broad Island, however, is just a myth, propagated by the boys of Bro’d Island. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/226 "2021-02-15T21:40:15Z")
The town of Providence in Rhode Island is actually in Wyoming. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/227 "2021-02-15T23:18:44Z")
The second “y” in Wyoming is pronounced “Worcestershire”. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/228 "2021-02-15T23:48:37Z")
There is a town of Worcester in Massachusetts. The locals pronounce it “Wyoming,” but since they pronounce Massachusetts “Mamma” nobody listens to them anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/229 "2021-02-16T18:58:43Z")
Interestingly, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody originally contained the lyrics “Massachusetts, I just killed a man” but they just couldn’t get the meter to work. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/230 "2021-02-16T20:38:20Z")
“Bohemian Rhapsody” was originally written for Queen’s album, _A Night At The Opera_. In keeping with the ‘opera’ theme they were originally going to do something reminiscent of Wagner’s _Ride of the Valkyries_ but wisely discarded that idea when Freddy Mercury realized that they could never hope to come up to the Bugs Bunny version in “What’s Opera, Doc?” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/231 "2021-02-16T21:43:52Z")
Mel Blanc dubbed some of the recorded vocals for Freddie Mercury, in return for the latter’s having sung some of the arias in _What’s Opera, Doc?_ that were outside of Blanc’s range. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/232 "2021-02-17T15:14:31Z")
Freddie Mercury’s cousin, Freddie Uranus, is leading a Queen tribute band called _Marlboro_ for no good reason whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/233 "2021-02-18T03:26:59Z")
In mythology, Mercury’s cousin – Flora – was the goddess of flower arrangement and delivery. When she started using the winged one’s visage to promote her business, he had Zeus toss some lightning bolts at her which frightened her enough to make her change her name to Fauna and go into animal rescue. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/234 "2021-02-18T03:36:55Z")
Zeus has the power to make the Suez Canal run backwards in Panama. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/235 "2021-02-18T15:35:33Z")
Panama hats are not actually made of panama. They are made of new orleans. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/236 "2021-02-18T15:52:27Z")
Panama hats got their name from having first been manufactured by the Amana Corporation, which, in its early days, also sold ammonites and ammonia. It was at that time subsidiary of Pan American. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/237 "2021-02-18T16:02:01Z")
The Pan American Pasty Association sells both pasties, the savory pastry associated with Cornwall England and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, as well as pasties, the adhesive patches that cover a person’s nipples and areolae. People ordering pasties online are cautioned to very carefully read the description of the products they are looking to purchase. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/238 "2021-02-18T20:00:57Z")
In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, if someone has a daughter on a Thursday, then the odds of someone else having a daughter is 50%. Unless it’s Thursday, in which case it’s 50%. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/239 "2021-02-18T23:56:09Z")
Pasty shops in the Upper Peninsula traditionally run a Thursday special – 50% off if you bring your daughter with you. However, there is a 50-50 chance of getting the wrong kind of pasty. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/240 "2021-02-19T04:19:54Z")
The probability of any peninsula being upper is 13/27 if it is a cape, but only 1/3 if it is a promontory. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=13)