# Made-Up, False and Flat-out Wrong Trivia Dominoes **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 21, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580 "2014-04-21T03:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 106
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2101 "2014-08-26T17:00:19Z")
Scotch was invented by the Scottish Baron of Edinburgh in 687 AD. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2102 "2014-08-26T17:20:32Z")
The famous [Forth Railway Bridge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_bridge) near Edinburgh, Scotland is made entirely of Tootsie Pop sticks. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2103 "2014-08-26T17:24:26Z")
The Tootsie Pop Stick Shoppe opened in 1978 next to the Scotch Tape Boutique in the Sunshine South Toledo Mall. The store sold sticks in one standard size, and also offered copying services for one cent less per page than the Scotch Tape Boutique. In 1979, both stores were purchased by a small company named Kinko’s. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2104 "2014-08-27T01:45:02Z")
Dr. Bruce Banner was born at the Sunshine South Toledo Mall. His mother was furious. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2105 "2014-08-27T04:02:31Z")
Brucellosis is named after Robert the Bruce, who died mysteriously from the disease shortly after returning to Scotland from a vacation trip to Malta. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2106 "2014-08-27T05:48:49Z")
Robert the Bruce’s trip to Malta was actually political, to annexe Malta. Not many people realize Malta is legally a part of Scotland. It is the original source of Scotch whisky - an ancient tribal drink produced from various grains harvested from both of the islands of Malta. The finest whiskies, however used were made from grains from only one island - hence ‘Single Malt(a)’. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2107 "2014-08-27T12:18:23Z")
Malta is also the home to a curious form of milking cows where the cows are milked and the milk is pasteurized and stored in large globular vats, giving it a unique flavor. These vats are known locally as Malta Milk Balls. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2108 "2014-08-27T14:28:32Z")
Malta’s techs are actually very advanced. They created the first successful internet search engine, known as MaltaVista. A much-loved feature of MaltaVista was its translator program, named after a local form of sea life. Unfortunately, it was crushed by Google. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2109 "2014-08-27T14:52:54Z")
The name “Google” was inspired by the googly eyes on Sergey Brin’s Cookie Monster doll, which he brings to work and treats like a child. In fact, he believes the doll IS his child has taken steps to legally adopt him. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2110 "2014-08-27T15:31:53Z")
According to the August 2014 issue of _Sheer Speculation_ magazine, Sergey Phartuccio Agnew Brin is by far the richest person in the world, with a fortune estimated at eighty quadrillion bazillion quintillion dollars. Bill Gates is the second richest, with $4.55. ---
**Author:** ![dunkleosteus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkleosteus/32/9331_2.png) [@dunkleosteus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dunkleosteus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2111 "2014-08-27T16:37:12Z")
Bill Gates is famous for discovering the internet, after it had been lost for 10 000 years following the collapse of the English Elizabethan dynasty at the end of the last glacial period. The royalties from the internet account for $4.50 of his vast wealth, with the remaining portion from a nickel he found on the street. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2112 "2014-08-27T16:47:11Z")
The nickel was originally made of actual nickel. It was changed when the nickel leeched into people’s bloodstream through the sweat glands, poisoning them. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2113 "2014-08-27T16:55:41Z")
Nickels were changed after 400 people in Massachusetts died from placing coins in their armpits. No one could explain why they had adopted this curious habit. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2114 "2014-08-27T17:38:26Z")
Actually, there is an explanation, although it’s obscure. In the book, “The Orson Beans of Egypt, Maine” a tradition is described where young girls in New England would put nickles under their armpits before dancing. If they got through the dance with a young gentlemen without the nickles falling out, it was thought that they had found their true love and could hope for a happy and long-lasting marriage. Conversely, if the nickles fell out, they were legally allowed to excoriate their intended beau in print, a tradition which was come to be known as “pitting” and which has survived in various styles to this very day. It is also known that nickles were used because people agreed that using quarters would have just “been silly.” ---
**Author:** ![dunkleosteus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkleosteus/32/9331_2.png) [@dunkleosteus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dunkleosteus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2115 "2014-08-27T17:38:18Z")
The word habit is actually a contraction of “half-rabbit” which in turn are contractions of “hairy elf” and “rabid critter”, so habits are actually diseased elf-beasts ninja’d ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2116 "2014-08-27T20:03:38Z")
According to Dr. Robert “Ripper” Phartuccio, a pathologist who never examined him, Orson Bean had five nipples and two spleens. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2117 "2014-08-27T20:59:41Z")
Porn actress/activist Sindy Cupps was chosen as the first ever Chief Nipples Officer by members of the Erotic Screen Actors Guild in 1983. She resigned in disgust the following year after realizing that the election actually gave her no additional powers and her new position was merely titular. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2118 "2014-08-28T03:56:39Z")
:: rimshot :: Gene Roddenberry wanted to have a Chief Nipples Officer aboard the USS _Enterprise_ in the original _Star Trek_ series, and William Shatner was said to be wholeheartedly in favor of it, but NBC and Desilu balked when Ursula Andress demanded a salary of $25,000 per episode to take the role. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2119 "2014-08-28T04:17:33Z")
Ursula Andress was the model for the cartoon character Titsy Enufayse featured in Marvel’s \*TITS, ALL TITS, NOTHING BUT TITS \*comic book aimed at pre-teen boys but actually sold to every male on the planet. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2120 "2014-08-28T13:42:14Z")
Sales of \*TITS, ALL TITS, NOTHING BUT TITS \* was all that kept Marvel comics afloat in the 1990’s after a number of spectacular fiascos including Peter Parker being a clone. Even the spinoff _ASS, ALL ASS, NOTHING BUT ASS_ went ass-end up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=105) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=107)