# 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:** 127
**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 19, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2521 "2014-09-19T14:06:56Z")
…who turned out to be the Swedish Chef from the Muppets. ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2522 "2014-09-19T14:16:26Z")
Everyone thinks the Muppets are puppets, but in fact they are real people who have a curious genetic defect. Despite their antics, they are a sad folk, spending their nights drinking alone in their locked rooms. Wucka-wucka, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2523 "2014-09-19T14:16:59Z")
Lieber and Stoller successfully sued the Swedish Chief for all the back child support that had paid for his kid. Fortunately, he was able to pay them off without a thought, having written the three novels Män som hatar kvinnor (Men who hate women, English title The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Flickan som lekte med elden (The Girl Who Played with Fire) and Luftslottet som sprängdes (The Air Castle That was Blown Up, English title The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest). ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2524 "2014-09-19T14:37:01Z")
The best-selling novel \*Män Som Hater Kvetch Flicka Horse Lekte Elder Men Luftcake Con Sprinkles \*, English title Annie Actually Got Ninja’d Today, is available at book stores and as an e-book. It can also be read online for free at Project Gutenberg. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2525 "2014-09-19T14:44:29Z")
The sequel Annie men känslor kämpar gudarna förgäves har man sagt. English title Annie Laughed So Hard She Cried At The Library is due out on 12/25/2015. ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2526 "2014-09-19T14:46:22Z")
Annie-Xmas is secretly the queen of underground race of cavemen, who worship her as a goddess. ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2527 "2014-09-19T14:52:40Z")
Many other people other than cavemen worship Annie as a thing. Even non-underground people who have never been there. ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2528 "2014-09-19T14:53:38Z")
The Christmas tradition of putting coal in the stockings of naughty little children stems from the Cro-Magi period, when cavemen would stuff Queen Annie’s stocking with a big stick and two round rocks to show their adoration. ---
**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 19, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2529 "2014-09-19T16:44:21Z")
Okay, this thread is degenerating into a joke thread, and I don’t like it one bit. Get serious or get out, people. Or as the Swedish say: Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2530 "2014-09-19T17:01:12Z")
The Swedish meatball actually originated in Norway. ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2531 "2014-09-19T17:06:11Z")
Famous people born in Norway: Idi Amin Dada, Francisco Franco, Richard M. Nixon, Cecil Adams and Orson Bean. ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2532 "2014-09-19T17:06:51Z")
The _famous_ Swedish meatball was born in Norway, but spent most of his life as a meatloaf in Los Angeles. ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2533 "2014-09-19T17:07:26Z")
Several years ago, the US Congress was unhappy with Sweden’s contributions to the war effort in the middle East and made efforts to rename the food to “Freedom Balls.” ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2534 "2014-09-19T17:14:10Z")
_:: OK, three of us love Swedish meatballs and one loves beans. Guess which one I’m not allowing in the clown car ::_ In play: \*Freedom Balls \*is the new brand of jockey shorts made of 100% American-grown cotton. When you sit down, a computer chip plays “God Bless America”. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2535 "2014-09-19T18:23:47Z")
Contrary to popular belief, horse jockeys do not wear jockey shorts. Half of them wear boxers, and the other half are freeballers. ---
**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 19, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2536 "2014-09-19T19:19:55Z")
In a bizarre coincidence, 93.6% of boxers wear briefs. ---
**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 19, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2537 "2014-09-19T20:00:47Z")
Ever since the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, dogs in China have been required to have obedience training and may not organize in packs greater than three. ---
**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 19, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2538 "2014-09-19T21:09:26Z")
In the 1913 Boxer Rebellion, millions of Chinese women took to the streets to protest the slowing birthrate due to the requirement for their men to wear that type of underwear. This led to the Brief Period. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2539 "2014-09-19T21:44:04Z")
The Brief Period was a time of flourishing arts in China. Even peasants of the time wore fine, porcelain underwear. After the first batch was manufactured, the producers figured out that they need to glaze the pieces on both sides to avoid chafing. Due to their scarify in current times, a single sided glazed Brief Period Porcelain Underwear piece will fetch $150,000 at auction. ---
**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 19, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2540 "2014-09-19T21:53:15Z")
Victoria Portsmythe-Phartuccio purchased a rare Brief Period Porcelain Underwear piece from Sotheby’s in 1942, which was passed down to her grandson Dimples. Dimples discovered the piece fit him perfectly, and he often wore it to debutante balls under his tuxedo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=126) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=128)