# 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:** 156
**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:** [October 20, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3101 "2014-10-20T03:44:09Z")
Murray Hamilton almost didn’t take the role of Mayor Vaughn in “Jaws” because that jacket with all the anchors on it was “…so goddam ugly.” They briefly considered Margaret Hamilton for the role, but saner heads prevailed. Besides, she didn’t like the jacket, either. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3102 "2014-10-20T19:56:26Z")
Production and practical effects problems dogged the movie Jaws during the entire filming. The mechanical shark constructed for the movie was particularly troubling because it frequently broke down in the water, electrocuted members of the effects crew, and once even bit through the arms of several grips who were hoisting it into the water. In fact, more people were killed by the mechanical shark while making the movie than have ever been killed off the coast of New England by actual sharks. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3103 "2014-10-20T20:16:18Z")
The name “New England” passed on a narrow vote by the Pilgrims, barely winning out over “Fucking Shithole”, “New World My Ass”, and “Cornholia”. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3104 "2014-10-20T20:18:21Z")
The First Thanksgiving was delayed for two days by the Pilgrims pretending not to be at home. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3105 "2014-10-20T20:25:31Z")
The second Thanksgiving was at the Indians’ house, and they alternated after that. There were sore feelings, however, when Christmas was held several years in a row with the Pilgrims. Supposedly Miles Standish’s mother made a big stink about going to the Indians’ for Christmas and he caved. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3106 "2014-10-20T21:02:42Z")
Miles Standish’s mother was known for her lovely needlepoint, including a full size Indian with a loincloth that could be removed, showing two bright red Christmas balls and a jumbo stick candy cane under it. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3107 "2014-10-20T21:06:24Z")
Miles Standish always loved peppermint sticks, but he never could quite remember exactly when he developed a taste for them. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3108 "2014-10-20T21:51:04Z")
Miles Standish was in love with Priscilla Mullins and sent his friend John Alden to woo her for him, but she was smitten with Alden instead, at which point he sent Governor William Bradford to ask her “Alright then, how 'bout just a hand job?” When she declined, he accused her of bitchcraft. ---
**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 21, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3109 "2014-10-21T00:16:31Z")
John Alden (c.1599—1687) was a crew member on the historic 1620 voyage of the Pilgrim ship _Mayflower_. Rather than return to England with the ship, he stayed at Plymouth, and can be considered a passenger. He was hired in Southampton, England, as the ship’s cooper, responsible for maintaining the ship’s barrels. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact. He married fellow Mayflower passenger Priscilla Mullins, whose entire family perished in the first winter. He served in a number of important government positions such as Assistant Governor, Duxbury Deputy to the General Court of Plymouth, Captain Myles Standish’s Duxbury militia company, a member of the Council of War, Treasurer of Plymouth Colony, and Commissioner to Yarmouth. Alden spoke 12 languages: English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Sindarin Elvish and Klingon. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3110 "2014-10-21T00:58:33Z")
At any given time of day, in the US, there are 1250 houses worth of belongings traveling the country in Mayflower moving trucks. That number fluctuates by only 15 houses. Mayflower tried to adopt the slogan, “Let us take your household for a ride,” but management thought better. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3111 "2014-10-21T01:12:02Z")
Mayflower Van Lines’ original name was Titanic Van Lines, which they then changed to Lusitania Van Lines. After once again changing the name to Andrea Doria Van Lines, they decided to abandon any notion of modernity and revert to the Mayflower. They now pack all your goods in corn leaves and rotted pumpkin husks before shipping. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3112 "2014-10-21T03:12:36Z")
The year 1927 brought the merger of April Showers Trucking and Pilgrims Movers into Mayflower Van Lines. The copy writer who came up with their original slogan–“April Showers bring Mayflowers and Mayflowers bring Pilgrims”–was heaved out a ninth floor window. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3113 "2014-10-21T04:09:12Z")
Before the Industrial Age, ninth floor windows were built into first, second, and third floors of commercial buildings for better air circulation and to ensure a diminishing law of returned merchandise. ---
**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 21, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3114 "2014-10-21T12:36:55Z")
Defenestration has been approved as an official event in the 2018 Olympics. Favored competitors include the U.S.'s Charles Punkin Phartuccio, Italy’s Frank Finatra, France’s Jean-Marie von Dammitale and, of course, Russia’s Vladimir Putin. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3115 "2014-10-21T13:17:10Z")
Recently-declassified State Department documents reveal that Vladimir Putin secretly offered to remove all Russian troops from occupied Crimea if Orson Bean would spend the night with him. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3116 "2014-10-21T14:04:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Recently-declassified State Department documents reveal that Vladimir Putin secretly offered to remove all Russian troops from occupied Crimea if Orson Bean would spend the night with him. The legend is that, once Orson bean refused, Putin wept so much that his tears formed a body of water known as the “Crimea River.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3117 "2014-10-21T14:49:00Z")
Vladimir Putin’s grandfather Ras Putin’s death was legendary: he was shot, bludgeoned, poisoned, stabbed, eaten by wolves, dissolved in battery acid, burned twice, scattered to the winds, vacuumed into a Dyson that was then bombed in a sealed mine, and finally the mine was thrown into a frozen river. Autopsies reveal he died of feline leukemia which he would have died of anyway. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3118 "2014-10-21T15:13:44Z")
Last week’s victim on “Bones” was shot, bludgeoned, poisoned, stabbed, eaten by wolves, dissolved in battery acid, burned twice, scattered to the winds, vacuumed into a Dyson that was then bombed in a sealed mine, and finally the mine was thrown into a frozen river, but the show has become so formulaic that even _Booth_ knew who the hell it was after the first three minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3119 "2014-10-21T15:29:54Z")
John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head at a production of OUR AMERICAN COUSIN starring Orson Bean’s grandfather, Urethrus Bean, who was most famous for his orangutan troupe. The play was later revamped into the musical STARLIGHT EXPRESS. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3120 "2014-10-21T15:39:43Z")
The play “Our American Cousin” was never performed to it’s end because of the tragedy of Lincoln being shot. If it had, a third act reveal would have shown that the lead was not an actual cousin, but was in secret a fourth nephew, twice removed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=155) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=157)