# 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:** 27
**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 19, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/521 "2021-07-19T21:35:37Z")
Now that, with Zoom classes, students don’t have to appear in person at their exams, there are rumors of MIT students using their term projects in AI to take their exams in English literature for them. Worse, there are rumors of the English department using their students’ AI projects to teach their courses for them. ---
**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 20, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/522 "2021-07-20T18:44:01Z")
Smart probing brain scans will replace exams in the very near future according to experts who predict the very near future. Not only will these scans determine what you know, they will also determine when you knew it. ---
**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 20, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/523 "2021-07-20T21:43:14Z")
By the next decade the scans will be able to predetermine whether or not you are capable of anything worthwhile, or whether you should just be dumped into the waste bin. ---
**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 21, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/524 "2021-07-21T13:51:37Z")
As a child, Bill Gates was thrown into the waste bin as a prank by the older kids in the neighborhood. This is the reason that the Windows operating system has always had a “recycle bin” instead of a “trash can”. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/525 "2021-07-22T20:55:43Z")
Ha ! I _knew_ it. In play … Double six. ---
**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 22, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/526 "2021-07-22T21:53:54Z")
[??? Did this get into the wrong thread by mistake?] ---
**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 23, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/527 "2021-07-23T03:18:03Z")
“Double Six down? That’s quite a clear example! (5)” has been posted in the wrong thread more often than any other crossword clue, according to Bill Gates. ---
**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 23, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/528 "2021-07-23T12:40:20Z")
The most common crossword clue, again, according to Bill Gates, is “the act of extracting one’s wallet through one’s privates”, referring, of course, as it were, ad hoc, R.S.V.P., void where prohibited by law, is “Alimony”. ---
**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 23, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/529 "2021-07-23T13:43:31Z")
In the UK, “alimony” is spelled “alimonium.” Except that “spelled” is “spelt,” and “alimonium” is pronounced “cholmondely.” ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/530 "2021-07-23T18:40:52Z")
Sorry, i couldn’t find the regular dominoes thread… Anyway :- > [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#): > > In the UK, “alimony” is spelled “alimonium.” Except that “spelled” is “spelt,” and “alimonium” is pronounced “cholmondely.” Actually, it’s spelt “spelter”, and it’s an alloy of alumininium and lead tri-zincate. Incidentally, the oldest set of dominoes was found in what is now Nepal in 1956. They date from 103000 BCE and are made from Yak bones, with spelter dots inlaid. ---
**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 23, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/531 "2021-07-23T22:41:05Z")
When **Tennessee Tuxedo and his Tales** was marketed for syndication in the UK, the penguin’s walrus companion’s name was spelt, “Cholmondeley,” (American spelling, “Chumley,”) as tribute to the line of Marquesses of that region of England. The episode involving the first Marquess was excised from the syndication package. Similarly, the Brits abandoned the word, “Whoopee,” before the Tudor era, so the Professor’s name was changed to _Phineas J. Yahoo_. Sadly, the episode where the main characters went into the future to discover the Internet (considered the best of the series) was also cut because _nobody_ liked Yahoo. ---
**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 24, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/532 "2021-07-24T01:16:11Z")
Jonathan Swift never cared for Yahoo either, his home page redirected him to Houyhnhym. Much more civilized. ---
**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 24, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/533 "2021-07-24T05:02:44Z")
Author Jonathan Swift was also the founder of Swift and Company, a pioneer in the meat processing industry. It’s probably best to not ask too much about what they put in the Irish-style sausages. ---
**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 24, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/534 "2021-07-24T12:39:03Z")
Potatoes, mostly. ---
**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 24, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/535 "2021-07-24T16:12:29Z")
(I’m not sure I should be going this dark, but…) Swift’s modest proposal was not satire, but an honest suggestion that was completely out of touch with reality. The _cause_ of the Irish Potato Famine was the Irish feeding too many potatoes to their young to fatten them up and make their flesh more tender and tasty. ---
**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 24, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/536 "2021-07-24T19:47:13Z")
The story itself is told in verse in the song _She Drives Me Crazy_ by the Fine Young Cannibals. You just have to play it backwards at half-speed while standing on one leg and blinking continuously. ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/537 "2021-07-28T15:11:23Z")
Standing on one leg and blinking continuously is known as _pepperwinkling_, although the origins of that term are obscure. The Pepperwinklers’ Club in England has been trying for years to make it an Olympic sport, with medals for the highest blink rate and for endurance. ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/538 "2021-07-28T15:14:45Z")
Legendary U.S. Marine Chesty Puller only blinked three times in his entire life. ---
**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 28, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/539 "2021-07-28T17:01:45Z")
**Blinky, the three-eyed fish** is actually quite tasty, in an orange roughy kind of way, and you could do a lot worse for dinner in Springfield. Plus, until the meal is digested, your belly could work as a night-light in case you get up during the night for a glass of water. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/540 "2021-07-30T18:07:02Z")
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