# 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:** 158
**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 22, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3141 "2014-10-22T15:06:50Z")
For a brief period one of Sinatra’s rats toured with Bobo the Talking Head and provided the singing voice for Bobo’s _My Way_ cover. On the third public appearance, two audience members started yelling that Bobo was lip synching, and the act was dropped. ---
**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 22, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3142 "2014-10-22T16:16:37Z")
While people thought it was an actual rat that toured with Bobo, it was, in reality, just Joey Bishop. ---
**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 22, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3143 "2014-10-22T17:39:59Z")
Joey Bishop was a medical rarity: his vocal cords were in his nose. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3144 "2014-10-22T18:24:27Z")
Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s sister is the nun Mother Molly Jockstrap. ---
**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 22, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3145 "2014-10-22T20:02:21Z")
Overheard at Abbey Road studios, one day in 1969: (John Lennon) Who the bloody hell is “Mother Molly,” and why is she coming to me? Paul, are you stoned again? ---
**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 22, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3146 "2014-10-22T20:34:43Z")
Paul McCartney secretly donated $10 million to the Committee to Reelect the President in 1972 after Vice President Spiro Agnew, in a one-on-one meeting on the Teacup Ride at Disneyland, promised to resign within a year of the inauguration. ---
**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 22, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3147 "2014-10-22T22:09:43Z")
After Agnew’s resignation, Gerald Ford was appointed to the V.P. spot. He was actually born Gerald Rufus King, but was adopted by one Richard Fnord when his mother remarried, leading him to become first Gerald Fnord, then Gerald Whittaker, then Gerald McCartney (for 9 months after the Beatles invaded), then Gerald Phartuccio, and finally Gerald Ford. At the end of his life he was considering another name change to Gerald Koothrappali. ---
**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 22, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3148 "2014-10-22T22:55:30Z")
The cartoon character Gerald McBoingboing was patterned after the comical antics of Gerald Ford. ---
**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 23, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3149 "2014-10-23T00:58:56Z")
The Ford Pinto was named after the bean, not the horse. Before the company abandoned the idea, there were to be several legume themed cars and vans including the Ford Kidney, the Ford Garbanzo, the Ford Great Northern, and the luxury Ford Lima. ---
**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 23, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3150 "2014-10-23T01:21:02Z")
Another entry into the legume line, the Ford Peanut, never really caught on, as pronunciation of the plural form in ads caused consternation and concern among religious customers. ---
**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 23, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3151 "2014-10-23T02:40:09Z")
The Ford Prefect was a line of British vehicles offered for sale in England from 1938 to 1961, and on Betelgeuse Seven for the last gliggity-nine years. ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3152 "2014-10-23T06:19:08Z")
For every doubledecker bus in the UK, there are seventeen lorries. America refuses to sell either, as the US in known to be leery of lorries and prefers grounded Greyhounds. ---
**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 23, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3153 "2014-10-23T13:27:20Z")
The grounded greyhound is not properly a species of canine. It is, rather, a type of griffin, bred by the aristocracy over the decades for purposes of keeping varlets and vandals off the estate grounds. ---
**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 23, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3154 "2014-10-23T13:33:10Z")
The grounded greyhound should not be confused with the grounded chuckhound, whose fur is a deeper red and whose nose is less elongated, giving the chuckhound a slightly gnawed expression. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3155 "2014-10-23T14:56:06Z")
A missing episode of _Happy Days_ revealed that brother Chuck Cunningham was torn apart by hounds (“chuckhounds”) while serving as a freedom rider in the south. The Cunninghams did not speak of him again because they were embarrassed of his activism. ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3156 "2014-10-23T15:08:14Z")
Chuckhounds have been known to gnaw on pumpkins from time to time. ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3157 "2014-10-23T15:11:27Z")
“_From_ time _to_ time” is the secret of the universe. ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3158 "2014-10-23T15:20:50Z")
The Universe, if properly folded, could fit into Cecil Adams’s pocket (the one in his gray tweed suit pants - not the dark gray, the lighter gray, that he bought in Blawnox in 1977 - yes, that one) with enough room for a Spiro Agnew '76 campaign button and a copy of Orson Bean’s filmography printed in 8-point type. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3159 "2014-10-23T16:54:34Z")
Blawnox, PA was the site of the annual Horseradish Festival until 1996 when a mysterious horseradish explosion caused it to be banned for any uses besides culinary. ---
**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 23, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3160 "2014-10-23T17:25:04Z")
Before the explosion of 1996, Horseradish Chunking was more popular than baseball in Blawnox, PA and was often played indoors on tabletops. It is unfortunate that certain farmers took it upon themselves to grow oversized radishes by fertilizing the plants with Vitamin A and gunpowder. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=157) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=159)