# 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:** 109
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2161 "2014-09-01T05:14:33Z")
Deborah Norville played a Replicant in Blade Runner. What people don’t realize, she’s not a person, she’s an actual alien replicant. ---
**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 2, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2162 "2014-09-02T14:20:43Z")
Norville Redenbacker attempted to corner the market in microwaveable goulash balls, but was sued by the three people who purchased it, as it gave them throat cancer along with the indigestion. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2163 "2014-09-02T14:39:23Z")
Orville Redenbacher and Norville Redenbacker were not related. Having failed, through cease-and-desist letters and lawsuits, to deter Redenbacker from exploiting the similarities in their names for business purposes, Redenbacher sent Mob hitmen to kneecap Redenbacker in July 1977. They accidentally killed Redenbacker but successfully covered it up, preserving Redenbacher’s goody-two-shoes reputation to this day. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2164 "2014-09-02T14:56:37Z")
Shirley Temple was called a “goody two-shoes” behind her back, and not in a kind way. Her famous curls were an attempt by her mother to cover the cotton balls she stuffed in Shirley’s ears so her little girl wouldn’t get her feelings hurt on set. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2165 "2014-09-02T15:15:42Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Norville “Shaggy” Rogers of\* Scooby Doo\* fame was supposedly inspired by the biblical prophet Elisha. Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, the iconic cartoon’s reclusive and enigmatic writers, will not disclose how or why the seemingly unconnected duo are alike but promise that the reason is obvious once all the clues are put together. Saturday morning scholars have spent 40+ years working feverishly and unsuccessfully to crack the mystery. And we would have done it if it weren’t for that dog and you meddlesome kids! ---
**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 2, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2166 "2014-09-02T17:05:38Z")
The obvious parallel is in 2 Kings 2:23-25, where a bunch of meddlesome kids laugh at the prophet, and God sends a large beast to defend his reputation. Shirley Temple figured out that the basic roles of the kids and Elisha were reversed, and the bear became a Great Dane. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2167 "2014-09-02T20:53:08Z")
The toy dane, although quite popular as a lady’s lap dog in the eighteenth century, never became recognized as an official breed. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2168 "2014-09-02T21:25:59Z")
The laps of ladies in the eighteenth century measured 19" x 42" and could accommodate three toy danes and eight teacup poodles. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2169 "2014-09-02T22:19:44Z")
Teacup poodles are that size due to deliberate malnutrition. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2170 "2014-09-03T04:02:09Z")
Teacup poodles are known as “coffeecup little rat-dogs” (loosely translated from the original Norwegian) in Scandinavian countries, which consume far more coffee than tea. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2171 "2014-09-03T14:37:33Z")
The annual Scandinavian Marathon is the longest foot race in Europe and has been held every September 3rd since 1948. Participants start in Oslo and head east through Norway and Sweden. The grueling mountain race does’t end until the tired runners finally cross the Finnish line. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2172 "2014-09-03T16:26:33Z")
Scandinavian Marathon was one of the worst candy bars created in the '60s; instead of caramel in the center, they used haddock. The bar was on shelves 2-1/2 weeks. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2173 "2014-09-03T16:35:07Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > …The grueling mountain race does’t end until the tired runners finally cross the Finnish line. This? This right here? This is why we’re going to have to kill you now. In play: Inge Phartuccio-Lindqvist, the marketing “genius” who came up with the Scandinavian Marathon candy bar, was promptly fired from M&M Mars Norway Ltd. and is now living under an assumed name in Blawnox, Pa. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2174 "2014-09-03T16:41:25Z")
The lutefisk industry in Blawnox, PA is booming. No one is quite ready to admit why. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2175 "2014-09-03T16:43:12Z")
Cub Scout Troop #2 in Blawnox raises over $2 million annually by selling Thin Lutefisk cookies door to door. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2176 "2014-09-03T16:46:42Z")
Inge Phartuccio-Lindqvist (or whatever her “name” was) tried to secure employment at Sarris Candies in Canonsburg. Her lifeless corpse was found floating down Chartiers Creek on the way to the Ohio River. You don’t mess with Bobby Vinton’s favorite chocolate. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2177 "2014-09-03T16:55:28Z")
_:: I know I’m not one to talk, not knowing my alphabet, but what domino are you playing - the “to”? :p::_ ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2178 "2014-09-03T17:03:10Z")
Sarris Candies manufactures the Thin Lutefish confection. They also produce the rather unpopular scout cookie S’morays ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2179 "2014-09-03T17:27:58Z")
Lutefish (as opposed to Lutefisk) owe their name to their general shape and the 4 stripes running along only one side of their body. A common practical joke in the middle ages was to hand a drunken minstrel a dried lutefish and watch him attempt to play a song. ---
**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 3, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2180 "2014-09-03T18:26:01Z")
The so-called Middle Ages got its name because nobody at that time knew that there was such a thing as Old Age, as nobody had ever reached it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=110)