# 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:** 245
**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:** [September 11, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4881 "2015-09-11T14:48:11Z")
The most recent dish-and-spoon scandal was in Prince Charles’ home, where a Staffordshire saucer and a piece of the royal silver were accused of illicit forking. ---
**Author:** ![MrQwertyasd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4882 "2015-09-11T16:20:22Z")
Edward Lear once crossed Tibet on foot with only a Christmas pud and a bottle of port for sustainance ---
**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:** [September 11, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4883 "2015-09-11T17:34:07Z")
Roy Cohn once stole a book of Edward Lear poems and read them to Joseph McCarthy one night while they were both high on laughing gas. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4884 "2015-09-11T19:49:07Z")
Rodney Dangerfield’s real name was Jacob Roy Cohen, and he performed in his youth as Jack Roy, before adopting his famous stage name. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4885 "2015-09-11T20:15:40Z")
Rodney Dangerfield was sometimes asked by the Secret Service to be a body double for Vice President Spiro Agnew in dangerous public appearances. He always refused. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4886 "2015-09-12T02:38:22Z")
Dangerfield’s first choice for a new name was Rodney Respect, but he was told he couldn’t get it for some reason or other. It was a bone of contention for him throughout his career. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4887 "2015-09-12T14:06:48Z")
Aretha Franklin’s signature song R-E-S-P-E-C-T was a re-write of an old Christian hymn J-E-H-O-V-A-H, which in turn was a rewrite of an old blues song F-U-C-K-I-N-G. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4888 "2015-09-12T14:25:04Z")
Aretha Franklin is the g-g-g-g-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin, who is credited with writing a very early version of the song “Brown Sugar”. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4889 "2015-09-12T14:26:52Z")
Ben Franklin dedicated the song “Brown Sugar” to Sally Hemmings and Thomas Jefferson. ---
**Author:** ![MrQwertyasd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4890 "2015-09-12T20:46:00Z")
A-R-E-T-H-A was the first blues gospel droid made in 1949 at MIT. It stands for Aurally Resonating Ecstatic Tuneful Harmony Android. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4891 "2015-09-13T03:32:13Z")
A-R-E-T-H-A has, since 1957, been kept on display in the basement of the International Gospel Hall of Fame in Tupelo, Miss., entertaining visiting tourists with remarkably tuneful versions of such robotic classics as “The Lord is My Shepherd, Please Change My Oil” and “O Mary Don’t You Weep, I Promise I Won’t Malfunction and Gruesomely Kill Your Family.” ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4892 "2015-09-13T14:09:13Z")
The original Mary in the nursery rhyme was actually quite pleasant and agreeable, but was known for pronouncing words in amusing ways. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4893 "2015-09-13T15:33:35Z")
Mary (Queen of Scots) was considered such a good sport for appearing on “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”–and, basically, getting the stuffing beat out of her–that she was elected to three more “terms” as Queen of Scotland. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4894 "2015-09-13T15:38:21Z")
_Queen of Scotland_ is a tribute band featuring a Freddie Mercury look-alike named Tavish McPhartuccio, who performs in the traditional pastel plaids of the McPhartuccio clan. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4895 "2015-09-13T16:09:39Z")
Freddie Mercury, realizing he couldn’t keep up the pace of the lifestyle he’d been accustomed to, faked his own death. Today he works as a greeter at Wal-Mart and plays back-up guitar in a Queen tribute band called Majesty. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4896 "2015-09-13T16:26:09Z")
_Lèse-majesté_ is a proprietary eponym ([Fun With Words: Proprietary Eponyms](http://rinkworks.com/words/eponyms.shtml)), like “Kleenex” or “Hoover” (for Brits), originally a brand name for a bespoke comfy recliner made for the House of Windsor. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4897 "2015-09-13T17:09:51Z")
The House of Windsor includes such lesser-known royals as the Duke of Earl, the Earl of Dook, Baron Abcdefghijklmnop and Prince Cecil of Chicago. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4898 "2015-09-13T17:15:52Z")
Baron Abcdefghijklmnop was the first royal premature baby to be born. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4899 "2015-09-14T02:47:43Z")
The selection from Chopin’s Nocturne in C# Minor, Op. posth., sampled by Alicia Keyes in her _As I Am_, was performed by Chopin himself, which enabled Keyes to avoid paying residuals. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/4900 "2015-09-14T03:55:10Z")
After recording the piece, Chopin took a steamer back to France and died on the train to Paris at the age of 197, _in flagrante delicto_ with two of his mistresses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=244) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=246)