# 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:** 83
**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:** [August 28, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1641 "2023-08-28T15:03:33Z")
Joe-Lynn Ethan Coen is one person and has been using the “brothers” shtick since the early days of his career to get twice the money for screenplays. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1642 "2023-08-28T16:27:07Z")
Jesus’ last name was Coen. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1643 "2023-08-28T22:26:59Z")
Jesus’s dimwit brother Beezus was called Coen-head throughout high school. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1644 "2023-08-29T16:30:18Z")
In high school, Jesus was constantly called Cheese & Rice in the lunchroom. He didn’t get it. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1645 "2023-08-29T18:22:30Z")
Not only that, his classmates kept daring him to turn their water into wine. It took decades for Galilee Central High to recover, and then came the Diaspora. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1646 "2023-08-29T18:58:36Z")
Still years from getting a temple built, the locals held services at Galilee CHS auditorium. That is, until JC went to the Fall Festival, saw all the games and vendors and money changing hands and trashed the place. Miraculously\*, he wasn’t expelled. \*Or was it? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1647 "2023-08-29T19:18:17Z")
Galilee CHS originally referred to Galilee _ **Christian** _ High School. This was truly a miraculous\* school, in that it was built and named approximately 47 years before the birth of Jesus Christ. \*Or was it? Many say it was named for Ralph Christ, a used-camel salesman with a devoted following. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1648 "2023-08-29T19:23:47Z")
Ralph Christ tried to move on from camels to sell the newer donkey-powered carts, but could never quite make it over the hump. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1649 "2023-08-29T19:27:14Z")
_The camel has a single hump; The dromedary, two; Or else the other way around. I’m never sure. Are you?_ The Camel, by Ogden Nash ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1650 "2023-08-29T21:02:48Z")
There is no such thing as a dromedary. It’s a made-up word, created out of whole cloth _(much as was Aunt Jemima, Betty Crocker, and Ernie Keebler)_ as a trademark for dried dates, figs, and other fruits. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1651 "2023-08-29T21:06:26Z")
Jesus used to smoke Camels behind the gym with Mary Magdalene. In some areas, this is considered a date, in others, a marriage proposal. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1652 "2023-08-29T21:25:18Z")
Camel was the best-known brand of cigarettes in the U.S. for much of the 20th century, thanks in part to sponsoring a wide range of noteworthy events, including auto racing, baseball, television shows, operas, presidential debates, the crash of the _Hindenburg_, and the Korean War. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1653 "2023-08-30T03:44:32Z")
The Korean War is a misnomer: it was never approved by Congress. Nor was it approved by the FDA, the AFL-CIO, the League of Uninformed Voters, the Daughters of the American Revolution, four out of five dentists, the United Children’s Clown Fund, the Harper Valley PTA, Mustang Sally, The Bold and the Beautiful, the Secret Life of Walter Mitty, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the Three Wise Men, Custer’s Last Stand, the wild blue yonder, the Seven Cities of Cibola, Y2k, the Last Action Hero, My Friend Irma, COVID-18, the Twist, Powdered Toast Man, the Midnight Rambler, the Days of Wine and Roses, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, the Ghost and Mrs Muir, the FYRE Festival Search and Rescue 157, Geronimo’s Cadillac, Places in the Heart, the Great White Hope, chucky pants, the Ant Hill Mob, the Sons of Katie Elder, moon rocks, the Not Ready for Prime Time Players, Viewers Like You, leftover pizza, Lawrence of Alabama, Jules and Vincent, the Funky Phantom, OJ’s 9-1-1 call, the One-Eyed One-Horned Giant Purple People Eater, mumps, Scott of the Antarctic, my mom, Jews for Jesus, Log Cabin Republicans, Hari Krishnas, cheap insulin, telemarketers, NIMBYs, Martha Stewart’s rap sheet, 11 from the Upside Down, Riders of the Purple Sage, Smelly Cat, and a bag of potato chips. ---
**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 1, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1654 "2023-09-01T19:56:18Z")
The Korean War WAS approved by Stan Fitchley, of Fitchley & Sons Hardware, Inc., located in Napa Valley. Stan said, “Well, y’know, after all that trouble, it was the least I could do. Need any knobs?” ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1655 "2023-09-01T21:21:05Z")
Stan Fitchley, or “Fitch”, as he was called never amounted to anything until he met Homer Abercrombie. The two of them teamed up and opened the first pest control business in Napa. Sadly, both died from spider bites before the business really took off. ---
**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 7, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1656 "2023-09-07T22:31:19Z")
Roebuck, once the eponym of Sears, Roebuck, and Company, never got over being virtually dropped from the name. He and “Fitch” corresponded ruefully for years. Ironically, a distant relative used an alternate spelling of their name to found Reebok many years later. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1657 "2023-09-25T19:16:21Z")
Zebedee Reebok-Spong III was the real name of the small Dutch boy who saved his country by plugging a hole in a dike with his finger. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1658 "2023-09-26T00:47:15Z")
To this day, Zebedee Reebok-Spong III is still standing there with his finger in the dike, as the Dutch government considers it more economical to have someone bring him a ham sandwich a couple of times a day than to repair the hole. ---
**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 26, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1659 "2023-09-26T02:56:51Z")
Zebedee Reebok-Spong III is actually the grandson of the original ‘little Dutch boy’. His father _(Zebedee Reebok-Spong Jr.)_ took over the task from _ **his** _ father, and it is his son who now holds the post. Zebedee Reebok-Spong III has already sired a child _(Zebedee Reebok-Spong IV)_, who will take over the duty upon his father’s demise or retirement – whichever comes first. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1660 "2023-09-26T14:54:03Z")
The Zebedee Reebok-Spong Academy of Happy Science was founded in 1829 on the Island of Piki-Piki. Enrollment was limited to native islanders, which comprised of marooned sailors, and fell to zero in less than fifty years due to no women washing ashore. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=84)