# 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:** 14
**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 25, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/261 "2021-02-25T20:23:10Z")
The wrestler Giant Haystacks was a world champion origamist (1967-71) ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/262 "2021-02-25T20:26:21Z")
He once folded an opponent (Marvin McCrushnik) into a highly recognizable ostrich. The crowd cheered. ---
**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 26, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/263 "2021-02-26T00:08:43Z")
Folding — Ancient Egyptians were mummified and interred with their arms folded over their chests because it was strongly believed that there would be an abundance of water slides in the afterlife. _ **-“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 26, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/264 "2021-02-26T03:26:33Z")
One of the main criteria for wrapping a mummy was not to make the mummy’s ass look fat. ---
**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 26, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/265 "2021-02-26T06:12:50Z")
The 1971 Oscar winning film Lassie vs the Mummy is based on actual historical events in Egypt during the summer of 1928. The dog was really a dachshund named Buster, but the movie otherwise did a terrific job accurately portraying how the angry canine ripped up Imhotep but good after the curse killed its master. ---
**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 26, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/266 "2021-02-26T15:32:17Z")
The story of the encounter between an angry dachshund and Imhotep was also the basis of the animated movie Scooby Doo Meets the Mummy. Creators at Hanna Barbera insist that the scene where Scooby Doo, hopped up on Scooby Snacks, grabs a piece of cloth wrapping and yanks it so fast that the mummy is spun around and crashes into the next room is based on historical fact. ---
**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 26, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/267 "2021-02-26T16:46:07Z")
The ancient Coptic heiroglyphs for “Scooby Doo” resemble (in order) a crane with one leg raised, an eye looking to the left, a neutered coyote, a full head mask, the Mystery Machine, a pair of jinkies, and a wombat’s thorax. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/268 "2021-02-26T18:01:58Z")
A wombat’s thorax is one of the secret ingredients in the “special sauce” on the Big Mac. ---
**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 26, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/269 "2021-02-26T21:22:32Z")
The difference between a northern hairy-nosed wombat and a southern hairy-nosed wombat is determined by the wisdom of the herd. ---
**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 26, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/270 "2021-02-26T21:41:49Z")
Will Cuppy, in his informative tome _How To Attract The Wombat_ devotes many pages to the subject of wombats, but never quite manages to say why one would want to attract the wombat in the first place. ---
**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 26, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/271 "2021-02-26T22:42:22Z")
During Cuppy’s lifetime, rumors circulated about his affinity for wombats, most having to do with their infamous cubical scat. This was confirmed after his death when in his basement his heirs found a half-completed scale model of the Taj Mahal, made of wombat droppings. ---
**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 27, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/272 "2021-02-27T01:14:13Z")
Blues musician **Taj Mahal** had a minor hit with an instrumental version of, “Song from MASH (Suicide Is Painless).” However, the first time he played it in concert, a guitar string broke and cut him on the thumb. ---
**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 27, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/273 "2021-02-27T02:11:50Z")
Few people realize that the Taj Mahal itself was grown from mushrooms. Over three (2) distinct species of fungus were used in its creation, and the labor took over a week to finish. ---
**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 28, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/274 "2021-02-28T20:47:56Z")
the “mushrooms” in Heinz cream of mushroom soup are actually insect grubs from Indonesia, ---
**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 28, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/275 "2021-02-28T21:01:22Z")
Insect grubs are a delicacy in Indonesia and are enjoyed in many dishes there. They are often bred in dark cellar areas and when they’re old enough to harvest, they are smooshed into a tasty paste. The name mushroom is derived from them being mushed in a room. ---
**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 28, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/276 "2021-02-28T21:54:38Z")
The capital of Indonesia is Utica, New York. The government formerly resided on the island of Borneo, but what with climate change, rising oceans and the lack of good mariachi bands in Indonesia, it was decided to move someplace where they at least had good wi-fi reception. ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/277 "2021-03-02T22:19:44Z")
Because of the high cost of living in Utica relative to that of Borneo, many Indonesian bureaucrats and government officials have been forced to pick up part-time employment. Many have set up shop in portable carts along Court Street selling Riggies with an Indonesian twist. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/278 "2021-03-02T22:55:00Z")
Recent reports of finding that [black-browed babbler of Borneo](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/science/bird-indonesia-babbler.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage) is in fact not extinct have led Indonesian bureaucrats and officials living in Utica to try to one-up their countrymen back home by finding a local creature with a similarly alliterative name. The “ticky-tacky trilling tit of Utica” was put forward in an article in the Indonesian-American rag _The Utica Nightly News and Blather_, but fooled nobody. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/279 "2021-03-03T16:56:40Z")
_The Utica Nightly News and Blather_ has just reported that electric wombats are the latest gift sensation: giving, not getting, as apparently nobody wants to own a wombat, but everyone wants to give one, especially if its electric (and even more so if it’s wi-fi). ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/280 "2021-03-05T01:47:59Z")
The Utica Nightly News and Blather’s latest alarming headline warns that dangerous knife-wielding wombats accompanied by insidious oily watersnakes have been attacking homeowners and cutting their grass. In Panama. Yah! Wombats, Sleek Eels Stab, Mow Hay! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=15)