# 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:** 189
**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:** [January 13, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3761 "2015-01-13T23:33:25Z")
**burpo the wonder mutt** woke up this morning, trying to forget a dream he’d had: it involved a Professor, a Kat, a Spanish vampire, the Heir to Something-Or-Other, and sundry friends and acquaintances, all claiming to have seen a movie about sharks controlling the weather. “Nothing so stupid could exist in this fine world of ours,” he barked, rolling over on his back and returning to the land of slumber. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3762 "2015-01-14T00:16:46Z")
The Spanish vampire is smallest of all bats. It feasts solely only on the blood of fleas, which has been a huge boost for the canine population but severely limited the number of circuses in Spain. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3763 "2015-01-14T01:20:22Z")
Vampire brats are considered the most annoying of supernatural entities especially because they never grow out of it. However, as they often make the fundamental mistake of not going to bed when they are supposed to, the turnover is fairly high. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3764 "2015-01-14T01:49:59Z")
Garlic does not affect modern vampires. This is because during the Middle Ages, and well into the Industrial Era, garlic was so over-prescribed that vampires eventually evolved into a garlic-resistant species, known as GRSA. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3765 "2015-01-14T01:57:29Z")
The Greater Riverside Sandwich Association (GRSA) has for years tried to get local restaurants to promote the Riverside Sandwich made up of Virginia (of course) Ham, medium cheddar cheese, brown mustard and a light coating of horseradish sauce on sourdough bread. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3766 "2015-01-14T04:43:41Z")
The Lesser Riverside Sandwich Association was cofounded by Orson Bean, Jefferson Davis VII and the ghost of Aethelred the Unready, according to a press release prepared by former White House spokesman Ron Nessen and printed only by the _Blawnox Babbler_. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3767 "2015-01-14T15:37:48Z")
The _Blawnox Babbler_ is well known for their habit of taking controversial and unusual positions on various issues, including in 1988 where they dedicated the entire month of June writing stories and opp pieces against moss. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3768 "2015-01-14T16:52:07Z")
Supermodel Kate Moss swallowed a tapeworm in the 1990s in order to help with weight control. It worked for some years until the worm died of malnutrition. It was still considered the healthiest substance she ingested while with Johnny Depp. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3769 "2015-01-14T18:01:01Z")
While they were together, Kate Moss and Johnny Depp inexplicably had a black child who they named Mos Dep. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3770 "2015-01-14T18:28:47Z")
Mos Dep played the Betelgeusean Ford Pinto in the latest movie version of _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_. The original version of HHGTTG was performed in Morse Code over telegraphs between London and Edinburgh, and lacked the characters of Trillian and Slartibartfast. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3771 "2015-01-14T19:21:53Z")
Samuel F.B. Morse based his binary code on his children, Dot and Dash. Dot Morse later married a Jesuit taxidermist (it was legal to stuff Jesuits then) while Dash became a Telegraph Psychic whose eerily accurate predictions in the 19th century, all food based, included IHOP and Jell-O. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3772 "2015-01-14T21:21:31Z")
Gone with the Wind was based on the International House of Prostitutes (a/k/a IHOP) run in 19th century New Orleans by Belle Watling. Across the street was the Butler Orphan Asylum, run by Rhett. Boys born to Belle’s “girls” would be adopted, with vast sums of money going to Rhett. Girls would be kept by Belle and put into trade when they got old enough. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3773 "2015-01-14T21:41:31Z")
_The Blawnox Babbler_ panned _Gone with the Wind_ at the time of the Hollywood blockbuster’s 1939 release, giving it half a star out of a possible six and predicting, “This overwrought piece of Lost Cause drivel will soon disappear forever from the silver screen, never to be remembered again by anyone who loves movies or who has the slightest sense of good taste - and thanks heavens for that!” ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3774 "2015-01-14T21:51:38Z")
Clark Gable’s response to this review was succinct: Surely you can’t be serious. ---
**Author:** ![Nelson\_Pike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nelson\_Pike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nelson_Pike)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3775 "2015-01-14T22:52:32Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Clark Gable’s response to this review was succinct: Surely you can’t be serious. Wrong: Clark Gabel’s response was “Frankly, I don’t give a damn.” ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3776 "2015-01-14T22:54:02Z")
> [@Nelson\_Pike](#): > > Wrong: Clark Gabel’s response was “Frankly, I don’t give a damn.” You’re both wrong. Gabel said, “Surely you don’t think I give a damn about Shirley, do you, Orson?” ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3777 "2015-01-14T23:29:33Z")
Clark Gabel was the stage name of Clark Gable impersonator Scutt Carbo. His mother, Greta Carbo, started him out in show business at an early age, along with his sister Callie Carbo, who went by the stage name Loren Bacrawl. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3778 "2015-01-14T23:40:05Z")
Mourners wishing to place flowers on graves at the Famous Actor’s Cemetery complain regularly that they cannot find their personal favorites due to misspelled headstones. The most vociferous of complainers are the lovers of Pee Pee Herman and Kirk Douglass. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3779 "2015-01-15T06:54:38Z")
Waking up at daybreak with a deep feeling of loss, blanket despair and utter emptiness is actually quiet normal according to psychologists because that is the time people are in morning. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/3780 "2015-01-15T14:43:33Z")
_Morning Becomes Mrs. Iphigenia Phelps-Phartuccio_ was a flop for budding playwright John Quincy Adams Plunkitt at the Lyceum Theatre in Washington, D.C. in July 1833. The play was briefly revived by the Royal Shakespeare Company in August 2011 but closed at the end of Act 2 of the first performance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=188) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=190)