# 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:** 96
**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:** [August 21, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1901 "2025-08-21T16:05:55Z")
The current king of San Quentin has said he will abdicate in September 2186 unless he dies before then, in which case he will continue until April 2194. ---
**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 3, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1902 "2025-09-03T13:54:20Z")
There have been no “No Kings” rallies in San Quentin after the fatalities that followed the first one. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1903 "2025-09-03T14:08:21Z")
Quentin Tarantino has announced that he is taking a break from making dramatic action thrillers and his next movie will be a deconstructive homage to the genres of silent era slapstick comedies and nineties direct-to-video college sex comedies. The title will be _Freshman Foot Follies_. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1904 "2025-09-13T13:41:57Z")
_The Footman of The Benson_ was part of a trilogy of films written and directed by Albanian auteur Drago Kovačić in 1925. It followed _The Doorman of The Benson_ (1924) and _The Bellhop_ (1921), which was later renamed _The Bellman of The Benson_ (1924) after the venerable hotel threatened a lawsuit if it wasn’t mentioned in the title. ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1905 "2025-09-13T14:02:31Z")
A remake of _The Bellman of the Benson_, titled _Norbit_, flopped for reasons that had nothing whatsoever to do with the venerable hotel. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1906 "2025-10-10T11:03:34Z")
The Venerable Hotel in Bratislava was the inspiration for the Grandezza Hotel Luxury Palace in Brno, which was the inspiration for the Turing Locke hotel in Cambridge (UK) which was the inspiration for the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, which was the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel from the book “The Shining” by Stephen King. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1907 "2025-10-10T13:32:37Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > which was the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel from the book > “The Shining” by Stephen King. which was the inspiration for Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria… ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1908 "2025-10-10T14:52:01Z")
… which was the inspiration for Cinderella’s Castle in Disneyland, which was the inspiration for the Venerable Hotel in Bratislava. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1909 "2025-10-10T16:13:42Z")
> [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#): > > … which was the inspiration for Cinderella’s Castle in Disneyland, Hey! How is this made-up, false, or flat-out wrong? ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1910 "2025-10-10T16:36:33Z")
The same way that this is: > the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, > Colorado, which was the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel from the book > “The Shining” by Stephen King. We’re just slipping in a little reality in with the alternative facts. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1911 "2025-10-10T18:06:29Z")
There are four ghosts in Cinderella’s Castle: the Ghosts of Merchandising Past, Present and Future, and Nearly Headless Nick, who is on loan. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1912 "2025-10-10T19:13:29Z")
The proprietors of Cinderella’s Castle originally requested The Bloody Baron, but he demanded too much money so Nick was hired, because he was willing to work for scale. (Peeves was reportedly interested in the gig, but no one could tell if he was serious or just being Peeves.) ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1913 "2025-10-10T21:24:24Z")
Most people believe Peeves was so named because he was annoying, but J. K. Rowling actually based him off of Peever, the 14th son of Ethelred the Unready. Peever died at the age of 9 when a practical joke he played on his father backfired. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1914 "2025-10-10T22:57:05Z")
Sorry if I’m throwing off the domino effect but I encountered a real life flat-out wrong trivia note and I’m passing it on. I read an online article earlier today about Che Guevara and the article noted that he shared the same birthday with Donald Trump. “Huh,” I thought, “that’s an interesting coincidence.” But unlike the author of this article (or the ai that generated it) I then spent a minute checking this. And it took me less than a minute to find that Che Guevara was born on May 14 and Donald Trump was born on June 14. You may now return to J.K. Rowling and Ethelred the Unready. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1915 "2025-10-11T05:33:59Z")
In the 2026 reboot _Return to Hogwarts_ Ethel Redd plays author J. K. Rowling. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1916 "2025-10-11T09:57:57Z")
In the first draft of _Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, Hermione’s name was mysteriously changed to Ethel Redd, she was frenemies with Sue Grafton’s detective character Kinsey Millhone, and she was obsessed with model railroads. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1917 "2025-10-11T11:09:55Z")
What ? That’s true ? Well I never. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1918 "2025-10-11T15:47:20Z")
Che Guevara was also obsessed with model railroads, and had one secretly built underneath Cinderella’s Castle. He and Orson Bean used to spend hours racing their locomotives together. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1919 "2025-10-11T17:55:52Z")
One of the more impressive feats of cinematography in television occurred on _The Addams Family_ (1966), where Gomez Addams would cause two separate locomotives to crash head-on. This was accomplished by having separate tracks overlapping each other. Originally there were supposed to be tiny people who would spill out of the crashing trains, on fire and screaming in high-pitched voices, but the tight-assed censors at ABC refused to allow it broadcasted. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1920 "2025-10-13T17:04:06Z")
John Astin and Donald Trump were born on the same day in 1930. Trump was held back in grade school so many times that his family had his birth certificate changed to 1946 so he could get into college. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=97)