# 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:** 33
**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:** [September 9, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/641 "2021-09-09T19:47:35Z")
… unless that song really was about Tony and his “tiny dancer”. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/642 "2021-09-14T15:38:16Z")
The tiniest dancer of 18th Century Czechoserbia was Madame Ljszwlka, known as “the Midget Mazurka” who stood barely 2’ 2:" tall. In addition to being a nvoelty dancer/entertainer, it was posthumously discovered that she had also been a highly successful jewel thief and cat burglar. Her best known lover was the Count of Basie, but she had had many other notables as well. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/643 "2021-09-14T18:29:11Z")
She often performed with the accompaniment of a Czech composer, the two of them being billed as the Antonin Dwarf Act. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/644 "2021-09-14T19:04:06Z")
The proposed law, the Antonin Dwarf Act of 1863, would have effectively outlawed all dwarves named Antonin from entering New Jersey. Despite persistent lobbying by the act’s sponsor, State Senator G. Ante Bongheit (supported by his wife, Ivana), the bill never came up for a vote and has been repeatedly voted the 124th most embarrassing law ever proposed in a U.S. state legislature. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/645 "2021-09-15T21:16:14Z")
The 125th most embarrassing law ever proposed in a US state legislature was a proposition to re-name 42nd Street after Harvey Weinstein. What’s makes it even more embarrassing is that the representative had actually intended to rename it after Harvey Fierstein. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/646 "2021-09-15T21:55:58Z")
In 1985, gravelly-voiced character actress Selma Diamond donated one of her vocal cords to fellow actor Harvey Fierstein. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/647 "2021-09-16T01:47:23Z")
Selma Diamond was a closeted lesbian, and the inspiration for the song “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend”. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/648 "2021-09-19T17:07:42Z")
The Despair Diamond has never been stolen even though the owners leave it right there on the Hotel table by the bed when they attend galas. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/649 "2021-09-19T17:18:31Z")
The curse of the Despair Diamond is well known amongst the Hospitality trade. It is said, usually in reverent undertones, that anyone who touches the diamond in any way will find their timecard missing, their supervisor to be unusually and excessively cranky, and will develop the kind of blisters on the soles of the feet than don’t go away with a good night’s rest. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/650 "2021-09-19T21:28:31Z")
Paul Simon can actually afford diamonds on the soles of his shoes. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/651 "2021-09-19T21:59:38Z")
I thought this was supposed to be false and flat out wrong. Paul Simon _can_ afford diamonds on the soles of his shoes. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/652 "2021-09-19T22:16:10Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Paul Simon can actually afford diamonds on the soles of his shoes. (A few hours ago, I was, in fact, trying to think of a good play using that song title. 😃 ) In play: Singer/songwriter Paul Simon was born in Illinois, the son of future Democratic Senator Paul Simon. When he was 11 years old, the elder Simon sent his son to spend the summer living with relatives in Queens, New York; at the end of the summer, young Paul refused to return home, having become friends with a fellow musically-inclined neighbor named Art. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/653 "2021-09-19T23:06:55Z")
Yep, Artie Shaw was big on radio in those days, and he took little Paul in hand and made him everything he is to day. But does Paul Simon ever mention him? Pfui! ---
**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:** [September 20, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/654 "2021-09-20T00:01:26Z")
Artie Shaw was big on the radio, but he refused to reprise the role for HBO’s television version of Sex and the City. Doc Severinsen would be cast instead. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/655 "2021-09-20T02:33:59Z")
Severinsen’s claim to the name ‘Doc’ is based on fact, as he holds degrees in both musical surgery and theater from the Carson Mighty Arts Players Institute. To this day, he remains the only person to have successfully transposed Rimsky-Korsakov’s _“Flight of the Bumblebee”_ from its original key of A-flat minor to C-sharp minor augmented ninth. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/656 "2021-09-23T05:45:11Z")
Musical Surgery was once taught at Des Moines University School of Medicine on the based on the theory that music assisted the healing of wounds. The class closed when it was discovered that the music of the death metal band Cattle Decapitation counter indicated. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/657 "2021-09-23T11:47:11Z")
Orson Bean was the Chair of the Musical Surgery Department. And will be 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:** [September 23, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/658 "2021-09-23T13:46:41Z")
Engelbert Humperdinck was Table of the Musical Surgery Department. Jack London served as Footstool. Maury Povich did his time as Ottoman. Raymond Carver is obviously best remembered for the MSD Hat Stand but he also spent two years as Desk. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/659 "2021-09-23T14:11:22Z")
The MSD tried to retain The Doors to administer their entrance exams, but couldn’t afford the band’s fees, so they opted for open admissions. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/660 "2021-09-23T16:33:27Z")
The first Char of the Musical Surgery Department was Harold Hill. This after he was run out of River City on a rail when they realized that the kids really couldn’t play their instruments after applying the “Think” method. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=34)