# 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:** 25
**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:** [July 6, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/481 "2021-07-06T20:28:25Z")
Owlbears are the occasional enemy of the bugbears and the two creatures will sometimes attack each other in the forest, creating a noisy cacophony along the way. Even though owlbears and bugbears don’t get a long very well, they are both very friendly towards water bears, despite what some zoologists might say otherwise. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/482 "2021-07-06T21:21:38Z")
The Chicago Water Bears were a franchise in the short-lived National Underwater Football League. The NUFL folded after league officials discovered that they couldn’t keep the footballs from floating away from the players. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/483 "2021-07-06T22:07:26Z")
…and so the exalted sport of Submarine Polo was born! This year Capt. Andy Brandy Casagrande and the Sydney Sharks team is considered an all out favorite to win. The only real competition is the Irwins, and their life has become a zoo. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/484 "2021-07-07T16:16:13Z")
In his most famous work, Les Propheties, Nostradamus predicts that the Sydney Sharks will win both this year’s and next year’s Submarine Polo Championships. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/485 "2021-07-07T17:06:45Z")
In an error that spans the centuries, Nostradamus never referred to himself by that name. He used the pseudonym _Vostradamus_, but his handwriting was terrible. (Which explains some of the text of the prophetities) ---
**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:** [July 8, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/486 "2021-07-08T04:08:44Z")
Nostradamus is an anagram of “astound Mars.” This is something no earthling could have predicted. Thus aliens. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/487 "2021-07-08T13:12:35Z")
Martians began infiltrating Earth societies in the early 18th Century. Today 1 in 9 people are Martian, and 3 in 1 people are at least quarter-Martian. All but one of the last 15 POTUS’s have been Martian. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/488 "2021-07-08T13:55:56Z")
Mars Attacks! was a documentary. The Martians are waiting for all memory of Slim Whitman to disappear before trying to invade again. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/489 "2021-07-08T14:33:06Z")
Mars Needlepoints! was a poorly conceived sci-fi movie wherein aliens invaded earth to learn to sew. While the acting and script received scathing reviews, critics did note that some of the Martian creations were very well done, even if they perhaps used a tad too much green thread. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/490 "2021-07-08T20:20:16Z")
The rare Martian green needlepoint thread is hand-made by Martian nuns, using the tears of Disney executives who were fired after the box office failure of the _John Carter_ film. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/491 "2021-07-08T22:01:26Z")
Martian nuns devote their lives to the Martian god Qzy!!trp. They are not female in the sense that we understand the term here on Earh, although they forgo reproduction as part of their devotion. Some of them decided to establish convents on Earth back in the 18th century. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/492 "2021-07-08T23:09:45Z")
Qzy!!trp likes to eat chocolate-covered alligators. His hat size is 94 1/2. His favorite color is 7. He once dated Katy Perry. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/493 "2021-07-08T23:44:22Z")
Qzy!!trp is a charismatic and charming god. Whenever he is late to a party, the other party goers stand around and say “Where’s Qzy!!trp?” ---
**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:** [July 9, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/494 "2021-07-09T16:11:58Z")
It took 10,000 Martians 10,000 Martian days to carve out the face of Qzy!!trp on the surface of the planet. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/495 "2021-07-09T17:34:48Z")
Rju@!ggh said it wasn’t a very good likeness, though. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/496 "2021-07-10T01:31:57Z")
Mars was named after the Roman god of candy bars. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/497 "2021-07-12T14:31:19Z")
…and Venus snickered. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/498 "2021-07-12T14:35:03Z")
The Snickers candy bar was invented by author Lewis Carroll, who incorporated it into his poem “Jabberwocky”: > [@](#): > > The vorpal blade had a Snickers snack! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/499 "2021-07-12T15:07:13Z")
The bar itself was invented by the Swedish chocolatier Florence “Goldie” Ingot. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/500 "2021-07-12T15:58:21Z")
The chocolate rhombus preceded the chocolate bar but never caught on, even with added nougat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=26)