# 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:** 181
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3601 "2014-12-20T21:21:16Z")
Abraham Lincoln famously refused the King of Siam’s offer of war elephants for use against the Confederacy, but he did write back a letter asking “I have heard the most fantastic rumors about girls in Bangkok saloons performing tricks with Ping Pong balls and wish to ask, what exactly is a Ping Pong ball? Also, Mrs. Lincoln wishes to ask if you could send some.” ---
**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:** [December 20, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3602 "2014-12-20T22:30:19Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Dr. Seuss said the sequel, or Seuquel, to “Sam I Am”, the poorly reviewed “Son of Sam I Am”, came to him while he was walking his neighbor’s dog. :: rimshot :: In play: Abraham Lincoln and the King of Siam knew each other from their days together touring Paraguay as The Non-Siamese Twins, a vaudeville comic act, from 1853-57. Lincoln was the straight man and the King was shorter. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3603 "2014-12-20T23:42:44Z")
Years ago a democratic Siam tried to hold elections to choose the next king. However, the people had to give this up in frustration because no matter how many times they counted the ballots, the result was always a Thai. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3604 "2014-12-22T06:12:27Z")
Pope Francis has repeatedly said that his favorite movie is KING RALPH, so much so that he not only watches it on a loop but had John Goodman in a crown tattooed on his right arm and learned to play “Good Golly Miss Molly” on the harpsichord like Ralph does in the film’s big musical scene. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3605 "2014-12-22T15:34:06Z")
Pope Francis has an immense collection of Pope on a Rope soaps, over two thousand that he stores in a secret bathroom in the Vatican. It is his only indulgence, and he can often be heard singing “Splish Splash” late at night. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3606 "2014-12-22T15:51:11Z")
Pope Francis recently proclaimed that dogs and cats go to heaven, but not mosquitoes, cockroaches, rats or camels. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3607 "2014-12-22T16:31:03Z")
PETA showed up naked at the Vatican to protest the vile treatment of mosquitoes, cockroaches, rats and camels. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3608 "2014-12-22T20:26:01Z")
As sure as you’re born, you’ll never see PETA show up naked to protest the treatment of unicorns. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3609 "2014-12-23T17:02:22Z")
During the (Tobey Maguire) Spider-man craze, PETA tried to jump on the bandwagon with a new mascot–PETA Parker. However, the 2 dozen arachnids brought to the set all escaped their cage and were stomped to death. Except for one, which was never found. The actor playing “Spidey” reported feeling strange but didn’t make it to the hospital; a homeless man “living” near the PETA headquarters mentioned to authorities he saw a man-sized creature with eight legs crawling into a sewer. Police and hospital staff claimed DTs. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3610 "2014-12-23T18:24:11Z")
In the Gnostic gospel of St. Ike, Jesus is quoted as telling Simon “You are the rock on which I will build my church, and your name shall be Peter. Peter shall be thy name. And others shall say of thee Peter, Peter, Bo-beater. Even unto Banana Fanna Fo Feater. Pee Pi Mo Meter. Peter. Selah. And now, let us do Bartholomew…”. Here the papyrus fragment ends. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3611 "2014-12-23T19:37:05Z")
Peter the Apostle’s very good friend Chuck was never included in the Name Game. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3612 "2014-12-23T22:19:55Z")
“Chuck the Apostle” was an early forerunner of dwarf tossing. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3613 "2014-12-23T23:16:35Z")
Ray Bolger and Bert Lahr regularly tossed Munchkins to alleviate their stress on the _Wizard of Oz_. One of them got stuck in a tree, and it looked like he’d hanged himself. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3614 "2014-12-23T23:27:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Ray Bolger and Bert Lahr regularly tossed Munchkins to alleviate their stress on the _Wizard of Oz_. One of them got stuck in a tree, and it looked like he’d hanged himself. Which one? Ray Bolger or Bert Lahr? ---
**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:** [December 24, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3615 "2014-12-24T00:02:51Z")
One day, three weeks into shooting on _The Wizard of Oz_, the number of silver handprints on female munchkins backsides totaled 133. Garland was the rumored perv. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3616 "2014-12-24T00:10:17Z")
The filming of \*The Wizard of Oz \*was beset with problems. The Tin Man’s costume, which was spray-painted cardboard, had to be re-sprayed every morning due to munchkin graffiti on the knees. The Cowardly Lion had mange, requiring fresh fur to be regularly patched in. The Scarecrow had claustrophobia and often burst into a panic attack and yanked his stuffing out. Toto wasn’t house-broken and Dorothy’s breasts kept growing. It’s a miracle the show turned out so well. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3617 "2014-12-24T03:47:52Z")
Despite its menacing appearance, the tornado in _The Wizard of Oz_ was only a 1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale and therefore could not likely have transported Dorothy to Oz given the estimated wind speed. Of course that’s not to say the twister might not have caused some significant structural damage, but most meteorologists contend that the farm house itself would never have become airborne. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3618 "2014-12-24T19:27:17Z")
L. Frank Baum, the creator of _The Wizard of Oz_, was also the inventor of the hot dog sandwich. Modern insistence on shortening it to merely “hot dog”, and claiming that it is not a sandwich, is to shame his memory. Baum also attempted to suppress the issuance of Ketchup, calling it “an abomination on the souls of all who walk and breathe.” ---
**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:** [December 24, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3619 "2014-12-24T19:35:58Z")
Ketchup was not created in a laboratory or culinary school. Back in 1865, Hatfield’s herd of cattle broke through the fence and ran wild through McCoy’s prize tomato crop. Migrant workers bottled the resulting mush and sold it to carpetbaggers. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3620 "2014-12-24T19:57:15Z")
The origin of the Hatfields and McCoys feud was an argument over who wore a green taffeta skirt and bustle best: Aunt Obesity McCoy or Vas Deferens “Uncle BigMama” Hatfield. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=182)