# 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:** 208
**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:** [March 21, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4141 "2015-03-21T14:18:20Z")
The New York Times. long known for its refusal to print profanity, printed an explanation that WTF? actually meant Whiskey Tippled Franklin. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4142 "2015-03-21T18:24:53Z")
Benjamin Franklin (“Hawkeye”) Pierce has retired from medicine and is receiving a pension and Social Security benefits under his own name as well as government payments for Franklin Pierce AND Benjamin Franklin. He has given up trying to straighten out the matter as the US has returned each of his 128 clarification letters with an additional month’s benefits enclosed. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4143 "2015-03-21T18:35:23Z")
While Benjamin Franklin (“Hawkeye”) Pierce is rumored to be a descendant of both Benjamin Franklin and Franklin Pierce, in truth he is a member of the Mohegan tribe who was kidnapped by the devoutly Christian Pierce family to save him from a life of heathenism and debauchery. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4144 "2015-03-22T03:06:38Z")
Benjamin Franklin Hawkeye Natty Bumpo George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison Phartuccio “Slim” Pierce, a Republican town councilman in Blawnox, Pa., has already announced his presidential candidacy for 2016. His press conference on March 6 was attended by just three reporters - from _Grit, The Blawnox Babbler_ and _Hustler_. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4145 "2015-03-22T12:29:12Z")
Benjamin Franklin Hawkeye Natty Bumpo George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison Phartuccio “Slim” Pierce’s political hopes were dashed when one of his campaign buttons fell on a third grader, killing her instantly. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4146 "2015-03-22T14:06:22Z")
The parents of little Margaret Thneed, the above-mentioned third-grader, have sued Slim Pierce. They are asking for all of his middle names, plus $1,000,006.25 in damages. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4147 "2015-03-22T16:14:54Z")
Margaret’s parents, Thelma and Thad Thneed, have indicated that the $6.25 is reimbursement for bus fare to the funeral home. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4148 "2015-03-22T16:23:29Z")
That Thad Thneed threw theatrics over the theologian’s theme for Margaret’s funeral, “Beaned by a Button At Such a Young Age.” ---
**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:** [March 22, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4149 "2015-03-22T22:10:22Z")
Thad and Thelma Thneed wrote a thoughtful memoir of the events that transpired titled “The Thneeds of Three Thousand Thornton Street”. It was a huge success and enabled them to retire to Thousand Oaks, CA at age thirty-three. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4150 "2015-03-22T22:29:18Z")
Thousand Oaks, CA isn’t named after a large number of majestic trees. It’s actually derived from its founding fathers. Following the gold rush of 1849, a new town was built close to a big lode. Each of the ten original families were all called Oak. Apart from Dumbarton and Friendship, who were brothers, no one was related to anyone else. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4151 "2015-03-24T21:56:53Z")
Dumbarton and Friendship Oaks were actually identical Siamese twin brothers. They hated each other and never spoke or acknowledged each other for the last 75 years of their life. However, on their 100th Birthday, they patched up their differences and had ten more years of fraternity. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4152 "2015-03-24T21:58:58Z")
Orson Bean celebrates his 100th Birthday next Tuesday, March 31st. He plans to bungee jump from a low-flying plane over a nudist colony. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4153 "2015-03-24T22:14:27Z")
Today nudists have proclaimed March 31st as National Dress-in-Armor Day. Sales of spiky helmets have skyrocketed. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4154 "2015-03-24T22:19:59Z")
The official theme song for National Dress-in-Armor Day is: _Armor. Dress in Armor. What makes a nudist dress in armor? Orson, Orson Bean, when he bungee jumps. Brings out the armor and the spiky helmet bumps. Armor. Dress in Armor Curse Orson Bean’s Bungee Jumps!_ ---
**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:** [March 25, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4155 "2015-03-25T01:55:26Z")
Benjamin Franklin Hawkeye Natty Bumpo George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison Phartuccio “Slim” Pierce (R-Penna.) has proposed constitutional amendments to ban nudity, require the purchase of armor by every American male age 37 and older, and ban the importation of Lombardy Pudding Elks. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4156 "2015-03-25T02:49:52Z")
[Full props to Annie for the song! :D] ---
**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:** [March 25, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4157 "2015-03-25T18:30:54Z")
Benjamin Franklin Hawkeye Natty Bumpo George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison Phartuccio “Slim” Pierce (R-Penna.) is a self-proclaimed “Never-nude” and it is well known that he always wears a pair of shorts under his clothes to maintain this status. Writers for the Arrested Development TV show made one of the characters a “never-nude” as a satirical nudge to the politician. Additionally, Dan Savage, the gay sex advice columnist who famously coined the phrase “santorum” is now holding a contest to christen a sexual act based on Pierce’s name as well. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4158 "2015-03-25T19:22:08Z")
Rick Santorum is the youngest of a family of quadruplets, has three spleens and was born in 1970 in Lagos, Nigeria to American missionary parents. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4159 "2015-03-25T19:31:27Z")
Twice in his life Rick Santorum has awakened in a cheap motel bath tub, covered in ice and with one of his spleens missing. As a consequence, he currently possesses only one spleen, which he calls “Lucky Lu”. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4160 "2015-03-25T20:26:01Z")
“Rick Santorum” was also one of Benjamin Franklin’s numerous pen-names, along with “Anthony Adverse”, “Poor Richard”, “Count Petoffi” and “Orson Bean”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=207) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=209)