# 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:** 75
**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:** [January 25, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1481 "2023-01-25T02:34:42Z")
Stoats are now an invasive species in southern Florida – ironically enough, given Nixon’s founding of the EPA. It is hoped that the invasive pythons will eat the invasive stoats, although there is no plan in place to encourage this. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1482 "2023-01-25T13:20:12Z")
Stoats got a real toehold in Florida when Governor DeSantis, recognizing the burgeoning stoat problem, told aides to go out and buy up all the boas they could find. A merry mix-up ensued, of course, and the government had to build three warehouses to hold all the feathered adornments. Meanwhile, the stoats multiplied like. . .well. . .stoats. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1483 "2023-01-25T17:21:06Z")
In an attempt to find a use for the overwhelming population of invasive stoats in Florida, the Humid-Ass Swamp Food Company (headquartered in Yeehaw Junction, Florida) developed a breakfast cereal, in which stoat meat was a primary ingredient. The cereal, “Honey Bunches of Stoats,” was rated the worst breakfast cereal in the history of breakfast cereals, and led to the bankruptcy of Humid-Ass Swamp Foods; their corporate headquarters caught on fire, then sank into the swamp. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1484 "2023-01-26T02:52:35Z")
Ambrose Winston “Buffy” Poptertopov was the sole heir to the defunct and disgraced Humid-Ass Swamp Food Company. He renamed it The Hues Corporation and catered to the burgeoning movement of people who danced with stoats. Poptertopov wrote a song about it called, “Rock the Stoat (Don’t Rock the Stoat, Baby”) which climbed to #88 on the Horrible Yacht Rock list. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1485 "2023-01-26T03:16:23Z")
Mr. Poptertopov’s daughter Amber Winifred “Puffy” Poptertopov rebelled on her father’s direction and became an exotic dancer with the disguised name of Bouncy Topolous. She was active for the years that “Rock the Stoat” was popular but lost popularity. She also failed to revive her act with Bobby Vee’s “Rubberball (I come bouncing back to you).” Today, the 72 year old Bouncy is CEO of the Hues Corporation. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1486 "2023-01-26T13:38:39Z")
The Hues Corporation’s primary stated goal was to “Identify people by skin tone, categorize them, and create neighborhoods for them to live in.” Funding was a problem. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1487 "2023-01-27T03:43:10Z")
One of the neighborhoods funded by The Hues Corporation was Bumtown, named after the legendary coach of the Houston Oilers, Andrew “Bum” Phillips. Despite positive media attention and slick commercials, no one wanted to live there. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1488 "2023-01-27T03:48:31Z")
Famed Houston Oilers football coach “Bum” Phillips gained his nickname in reference to his prodigious posterior. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1489 "2023-01-27T12:18:53Z")
Bum Phillips was also the inventor the Phillips head screwdriver. The idea came to him in a dream as he was taking a power nap before a team practice one day. He sketched it out on a gas station receipt he pulled out of his pocket and then went back to sleep. The royalties he received from sales of the tool far exceeded his income from football. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1490 "2023-01-27T22:18:41Z")
The original Phillips head screwdriver was for use in the operating room for victims of decapitation. While the premise was iffy, the execution was a disaster for all involved, and the profits were miniscule. Only one was sold without subsequent complaints, and that was to a Doktor Frahnkensteen. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1491 "2023-01-31T04:26:24Z")
After repeated failures with the Phillips head screwdriver, Doktor Frahnkensteen tried using hex head bolts. These proved successful when he discovered the bolts conducted electricity straight to the brain, and reanimating it despite the amount of decomposition. Unfortunately, when the influx of current ceased, brain degradation set in. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1492 "2023-01-31T13:06:32Z")
Brain degradation is a known side effect of Econ 101 courses. It’s usually accompanied by alternately sitting in a corner sobbing and fits of narcolepsy. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1493 "2023-01-31T16:26:35Z")
Keith Richards Fits of Narcolepsy’s first gig at the BarnWibble Jazz club on 355th street, NYC was cancelled because the band’s drummer and banjo player were lost when the Titanic sank. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1494 "2023-01-31T19:32:33Z")
It is illegal in Missouri for a band to have both a banjo player and a drummer. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1495 "2023-01-31T19:37:29Z")
On his hit 1980 song “Coming Up,” Paul McCartney played all of the instruments, including guitar, bass, drums, piano, banjo, ocarina, mellotron, theremin, sousaphone, cello, English horn, jaw harp, Uilleann pipes, bongos, and slide whistle. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1496 "2023-01-31T20:19:28Z")
At the height of Beatlemania in the 60s, Paul McCartney would disguise himself and perform in coffee houses as J. Arthur Prufrock. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1497 "2023-01-31T21:12:22Z")
“Sir” Paul McCartney was not knighted by Queen Elizabeth, since he died in 1966. Thus, we should be talking about Sir Billy Shears. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1498 "2023-02-01T16:25:06Z")
Billy shears are usually used to harvest goat hair. Bull shears, on the other hand, used to be a euphemistic curse in ye olde west. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1499 "2023-02-01T17:48:29Z")
“Ye Old West” was the name the crew called Mae West on the set of _Sexette._ ---
**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:** [February 1, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1500 "2023-02-01T18:03:05Z")
Mae West survived the sinking of the _Titanic_, due to her own natural buoyancy. This inspired engineers at the Blawnox Institute of Technology to design the “Mae West” lifejacket. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=76)