# 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:** 70
**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:** [December 3, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1381 "2022-12-03T22:59:47Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > In addition to the famous Area 51 near Roswell, New Mexico, the U.S. military maintains a number of other classified “areas” in the vicinity, including Area 22 (said to be the location of a facility where pigs are taught to dance), Area 47 (said to be where low-calorie beer was developed, originally as a psychological weapon), and Area 83 (said to be the site of a tragic research accident, involving FlexSeal and a herd of fainting goats). Famous Kenobi, I sure would like to see a thread on all the notorious U.S. military “areas.” In play: At Area 23, they study and categorize individual body odors. The intention is to learn how to sniff out extraterrestrials. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1382 "2022-12-04T02:41:35Z")
Subway has an exclusive contact to provide food for the personnel at all the top-secret numbered areas. Interestingly, customers have only the choice of a single “mystery meat,” whose flavor is reported to change every few days, but you don’t dare ask questions about it. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1383 "2022-12-05T05:20:43Z")
The solution to the mystery surrounding Oreo 51 is classified top-secret, but is rumored to involve black holes, white dwarf stars and the Milky Way. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1384 "2022-12-05T14:33:57Z")
The marketing department at Nabisco Brands wanted to distribute Oreo 51 cookies as a product tie-in to the 1996 movie Independence Day. The cookies were to be neon green and feature a picture of Randy Quaid, neither of which surveyed well with sample audiences. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1385 "2022-12-05T15:01:18Z")
Nabisco engaged in talks with the management of REO Speedwagon in the hope of sponsoring an Oreo Speedwagon tour in 1978. After six months of back-and-forth negotiating, the band’s management finally backed out of any potential deal, as they thought the tour name would be confusing to the public. However, Nabisco, during the talks, went so far as to order a trial run of tour T-shirts, featuring a picture of an REO Speed Wagon truck with Oreo cookies for tires. These shirts now sell for upwards of $5,000 in mint condition. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1386 "2022-12-05T16:08:27Z")
It has long puzzled Nabisco’s marketing department that mint Oreo cookes never really took off. And the Catholic Church’s attempt to market Aureole Cookies was a total flop. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1387 "2022-12-05T16:42:28Z")
Nabisco’s idea involving mint Oreo cookies came from an idea to add toothpaste to some of their products so you could eat snacks and brush your teeth at the same time. The idea didn’t get much past the idea stage because nobody liked the taste of mint toothpaste and chocolate cookies. Nabisco T&D is now testing out toothpaste and Ritz crackers together. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1388 "2022-12-05T18:33:38Z")
The 1939 classic, “The Wizard of Oz”, was in danger of going overbudget and remaining unfinished until M-G-M struck a deal with Nabisco. In exchange for Nabisco’s infusion of capital, the scriptwriters added the “oh-REE-oh!” chant to the ‘Changing of the Guard’ scene at the castle of the Wicked Witch of the West. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1389 "2022-12-05T18:39:18Z")
MGM stands for “My God, Marty”, which is what Dr. Emmett Brown said to Mary McFly. Universal sued them for copyright infringement. RKO stood for Rabid Killer Otters. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1390 "2022-12-06T15:50:45Z")
MGM counter-sued Universal on behalf of the estate of the late Fatty Arbuckle who used the phrase in his 1893 film The Sheriff of Stoat Town. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1391 "2022-12-06T16:14:17Z")
The first draft of the screenplay for _The Wizard of Oz_ included a character not found in the book or in the finished version of the movie. The Incel Stoat’s deal was that he wanted to get laid. But after a series of fairly vicious fistfights among the writers, some involving MGM executives, that resulted from heated arguments over ways to resolve the character’s story, it was decided to simply drop him altogether. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1392 "2022-12-06T17:19:40Z")
The Incel Stoat was championed by studio writer Anson “Sludgy” Hamiltoe. Failing to get his favorite character in _The Wizard of Oz_, Hamiltoe tried to get it into just about every other feature that he worked on including _It’s a Wonderful Life_, _Guns of the Navarone_, and even _2001: A Space Odessey_. Fortunately for film enthusiasts, those movies never featured the character. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1393 "2022-12-07T16:38:44Z")
_The Miracle Stoat_ was a plagiarized version of _The Incel Stoat_, written by notorious plagiarizer and Hollywood wannabe screen writer Happy “Furious” Dangeller. He also tried passing off as originals sequels to several hit films: - _It’s a Wonderul Wife_ - _Sons of Navarone_ - _2017: A Kevin Spacey Odyssey_ ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1394 "2022-12-07T16:47:28Z")
_It’s a Wonderful Wife_ was, itself, later remade as a low-budget, Christmas-themed adult film, in which the signature line “Every time a bell rings…” has a completely different (and somewhat scandalous) ending. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1395 "2022-12-08T22:01:39Z")
Hollywood wannabe screen writer Happy “Furious” Dangeller wrote and produced the knock off _Ben-Him_ in which the wealthy Jewish prince led his friends on frequent forays to certain isles of Greece. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1396 "2022-12-09T03:47:01Z")
The makers of Ben-Gay considered filing suit for plagiarism, but thought better of it. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1397 "2022-12-09T05:41:37Z")
Rex Lee caused a minor disturbance at a posh Washington, DC, athletic club when a weary Ted Cruz sat next to him in the men’s locker room. Cruz had been playing squash, and asked Lee, “Have you Ben-Gay?” to which Lee replied, “since I was twelve.” ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1398 "2022-12-09T06:07:01Z")
Ted Cruz’s birth name is Brandon Cruz. In the early 1970s, Cruz was a child actor – he starred in the TV series _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_, alongside Lou Ferrigno, who played his father. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1399 "2022-12-09T08:29:13Z")
Ted Cruz and Lou Ferrigno subsequently appeared together in Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of _The Shining_ as the the ghost girls who invite Danny to come play with them. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1400 "2022-12-09T15:46:08Z")
Stanley Kubrick worked under the stage name “Ed Wood” in order to make soft porn/ monster flicks during the late 60s through early 70s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=71)