# 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:** 41
**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:** [November 16, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/801 "2021-11-16T21:00:08Z")
The feminine given name “Molly” is short for “mollusk.” ---
**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:** [November 16, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/802 "2021-11-16T21:02:20Z")
The affectionate nature of cephalopods, which are molluscs, is the reason behind the words “mollify” and “mollicoddle.” ---
**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:** [November 16, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/803 "2021-11-16T23:26:35Z")
Molly Caudle was a neighbor of Molly Brown when they were kids – they lived three blocks from each other and didn’t know it. Years later, Ms. Caudle was on the Carpathia when Mrs. Brown was rescued from the Titanic lifeboat. They never met on the ship, either. They finally “met” at the cemetery they were buried at (both funerals on the same day), but were in no condition to act on it. History is like that sometimes. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/804 "2021-11-16T23:31:15Z")
Molly Caudle had a rare genetic condition, in which she had no body odor whatsoever. This made her, briefly, the toast of Blawnox society, where she was dubbed “The Unstinkable Molly Caudle.” ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/805 "2021-11-17T02:01:00Z")
Molly Caudle was on board the _RMS Carpathia_ because she was one of the world’s first female marine biologists and was enroute to a lecture in Europe. Known for her work with mollusks and crustaceans, she actually discovered a hitherto unknown species of _Cephalopoda_, which was named the caudlefish in her honor. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/806 "2021-11-17T17:32:09Z")
Bobby Flay’s recipe for fried caudlefish is the reason he was banned from the Food Network. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/807 "2021-11-17T20:36:29Z")
Within 3 years, the Food Network will have employed every Michelin Star chef alive. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/808 "2021-11-17T20:40:24Z")
The Michelin Stars (Les Etoiles Michelin) are one of the pre-eminent teams in the French _Ligue de Football Culinaire_, a professional soccer league in which the players are also all trained chefs. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/809 "2021-11-17T20:55:21Z")
The state motto of Minnesota is _ **L’Étoile du Nord** _ (The Star of the North). Coincidentally, this is also the rating Michelin has assigned to Beulah Hjønkermütter in acknowledgment of her signature dish, the name of which is unpronounceable in its original Swedish form but has come to be known colloquially as “Minnesota Lutheran Pot-Luck Hot Dish Casserole”. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/810 "2021-11-17T20:58:14Z")
Beulah Hjønkermütter is my sister. She was once bitten by a Møøse… No realli! (With apologies to Monty Python!) ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/811 "2021-11-17T22:30:31Z")
The above marks the first time a Swede has ever apologized to Monty Python. Relations between the country and the comedy group soured when the Pythons realized that they had nothing funny to say about the Swedes. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/812 "2021-11-23T14:53:13Z")
_Seinfeld_ was famous for having a Superman figure in every scene, but he stole the idea from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, where there is a live python in every episode / movie. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/813 "2021-11-23T19:20:55Z")
The python’s name was Spike. He was a great inspiration. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/814 "2021-11-24T20:05:04Z")
Spike was found working as a spice & condiment prospector in Puckoon in western India by Friedrich Grüdle-Finchnobbler, who got him a job as _aide-de-cruet_ on the first series of monty python. The rest, as they say, is history - because it happened in the past. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/815 "2021-11-24T20:46:59Z")
Spike (the python) was named after Spike Milligan, who was the warped genius behind the British radio program “The Goon Show”, which in turn inspired John Cleese, Eric Idle, and the rest of the Pythons. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [November 24, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/816 "2021-11-24T22:57:40Z")
Spike Milligan, in turn, had been inspired by the Marx Brothers, who were inspired by their mother Minnie, who was inspired, in turn, by Cardinal Richelieu. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/817 "2021-11-25T19:59:31Z")
The Arizona (formerly Phoenix, formerly St. Louis, formerly Chicago) Cardinals football team is named after Cardinal Richelieu. On the other hand, the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team is named after major-league baseball player Jose Cardenal, despite the fact that Cardenal was born four decades after the baseball team took the name. It’s considered to be one of the great mysteries of the sport of baseball. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/818 "2021-11-25T21:04:43Z")
William Shakespeare was a huge baseball fan. In the original script of Henry V, when the Dauphin sends an insulting “treasure” to Henry, the lines in early drafts read: > **KING HENRY V** > What treasure, uncle? > **EXETER** > Baseballs, my liege. The producers, concerned that the line would be confusing to the mostly English audience., persuaded Shakespeare to change this to: > Tennis-balls, my liege. The change worked, and the play was a hit j ---
**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:** [November 25, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/819 "2021-11-25T21:12:27Z")
The version of baseball popular in the 16th century, like the game of (court) tennis popular at that time, was an indoor sport, adapted from an Algonquian game called _basibalekka_. It didn’t catch on in Europe because of the high mortality rate among the players. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/820 "2021-11-25T21:14:15Z")
James Fenimore Cooper’s historical novel “The Last of the Mohicans” was about Uncas, a Mohican who was the last surviving player of _basibalekka_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=42)