# 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:** 129
**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 20, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2561 "2014-09-20T16:19:36Z")
Another term for ninja is “shinobi”. The greatest ninja of all, of course, was Obi-Wan Shinobi. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2562 "2014-09-20T16:20:54Z")
Speaking of NINJAs, Cheshire Kat got around the trademark laws by naming her store K-K-K-Kat-Mart, perfect for her g-g-generation. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2563 "2014-09-20T16:22:06Z")
All the K-K-K-Kat-Marts would slowly disappear from the back to the front, leaving only a “K” behind. Which made Obi-Wan Shinobi grin. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2564 "2014-09-20T16:25:46Z")
Obi-Wan Shinobe is the originator of the shit-faced grin, which faded into comparison to the Cheshire cat’s smile. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2565 "2014-09-20T16:32:04Z")
Cheshire Cats Smile was a early sixties group that had a big hit with “Hitting on Alice is a Wonderland.” ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2566 "2014-09-20T16:33:01Z")
Obi-Wan’s distant cousin, Obi-al-Shinobi was a complete failure. His chain of Halal Piggly Wiggly stores never received a single customer. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2567 "2014-09-20T16:38:46Z")
Hala Piggly Wiggly stores used a version of Cheshire Cats Smile’s hit “Hitting on Alice is a Wonderland” in their commercials. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2568 "2014-09-20T16:42:23Z")
Hala is a form of Halal where one is allowed to eat lamb. Hence the dropped final “L”. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2569 "2014-09-20T16:45:16Z")
:: I’m glad I’m not the only one making typos in this rush-to-not-be-ninja’d :: The Halalala Alice Apple is grown in Castroville, California. The companion crop is the Arte Johnson artichoke. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2570 "2014-09-20T16:47:43Z")
Obi-al-Shinobi would later open a chain of Hala restaurants called Hala Lujah, specializing in barbecued lamb with Halalal Alice Apples. The first one would open in Castroville, California, with special guest Arte Johnson, who provided a lamb with artichoke recipe. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2571 "2014-09-20T16:52:36Z")
Castroville, CA is the only city in the US that is named after a living dictator. Every year, on Fidel’s birthday, the streets of Castroville are alive with donkey carts and cigar smoking octogenarians. I’ve actually been to Castroville. It’s like going back in time to the 1950s. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2572 "2014-09-20T16:54:36Z")
All cigar smoking octogenarians get a free meal at Castrovilla’s Hala Lujah restaurant on Fidel’s birthday. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2573 "2014-09-20T16:59:35Z")
Octogenarian is the scientific term for sexagenarian octopi with two additional gonads. ---
**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 20, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2574 "2014-09-20T17:02:11Z")
The correct plural of octopus is neither octopi nor octopuses, but dodecapus. ---
**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 20, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2575 "2014-09-20T17:10:18Z")
The octopus is actually the conjoined twin of a four legged animal. Because of a rare genetic birth defect, this form of the animal ended up taking over the species. ---
**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 20, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2576 "2014-09-20T17:27:13Z")
The octopus is a very intelligent animal. Perhaps the most intelligent invertebrate. One particular individual, nicknamed Ocho Cinco, was taught to read and write the Greek language. He was so deft with a pen that he could write 8 essays at one time, each on a different topic. His epic novel, _My Cousin Calamari_, won the prestigious Athens Literature Award in 1982. ---
**Author:** ![Amberlei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Amberlei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amberlei)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2577 "2014-09-20T17:41:22Z")
Much to the dismay of the literary world, Ocho Cinco was found by a group of ten illiterate eleven-year olds who cooked him up for dinner. Due to a translational error, headlines of the day read ten elevens ate eight nine. ---
**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 20, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2578 "2014-09-20T17:42:54Z")
_[Wow, Amberlei - greight job!]_ ---
**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 20, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2579 "2014-09-20T17:47:44Z")
Ocho Cinco was also a noted animal rights activist. He once squirted ink on Lauren Bacall at the Oscars for wearing a pearl neckless. ---
**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 20, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/2580 "2014-09-20T17:58:40Z")
Ocho Cinco’s ability to write with eight pens was upstaged by the ten-armed Veintitres Squidoo, a cephalopodic prodigy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=128) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=130)