# 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:** 268
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5341 "2015-11-13T16:36:50Z")
Clocks run backward in Australia, but kangaroos and emus cannot walk backwards due to their mums breaking their knees at birth. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5342 "2015-11-13T17:21:37Z")
Evolution also runs backwards in Australia because of the Coriolis Effect. This explains people like Mel Gibson, who are throwbacks to, as near as Science can determine, the Pleistocene Era. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5343 "2015-11-13T17:31:27Z")
Mel Gibson’s _Hamlet_ is considered by the vast majority of film critics to have been the finest portrayal of the Dane every performed. Kenneth Branagh has always been bitter that his puny version didn’t measure up to it, and that’s why Emma Thompson left him. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5344 "2015-11-13T18:05:23Z")
Mel Gibson agreed to do _Hamlet_ because he thought it was about a small village in England. When told it was about a king from Denmark, he queried: “You mean that’s really a country?” ---
**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:** [November 14, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5345 "2015-11-14T18:00:56Z")
The Jewish religion bans all of Shakespeare’s works due to his numerous anti-Semitic characters, including his portrayal of Shylock, who was originally called Shabbos. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5346 "2015-11-14T21:00:10Z")
At High Holy celebrations, when no Gentiles are present (or if present, after the Goyim have fallen asleep), Hebrews often have masquerades where they dress as characters from various Shakespeare plays. A favorite is the character Shylock, a Jewish moneylender; to get around a general ban on Shakespeare’s works, they call him “Shabbos”. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5347 "2015-11-15T00:06:12Z")
In the Broadway play _Willie Shakes and The Tribe_, Shylock drives a Porche while eating Danish and a Caesar salad. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5348 "2015-11-15T04:36:01Z")
Danish members of Parliament are issued a Bible, a Twinkie, six dozen #2 pencils and a copy of Orson Bean’s autobiography _And That’s The Way It Wasn’t_ upon being sworn into office. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5349 "2015-11-15T15:08:13Z")
Contrary to the ridicule he received after his “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech, John F. Kennedy’s announcement in Copenhagen, “I am a Danish”, was received with quiet approval, especially by the breakfast crowd. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5350 "2015-11-15T15:26:46Z")
**The Breakfast Crowd** was the original title of the John Hughes movie, but the title placed so low in awareness polls that a simple tweak was needed and the rest is history. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5351 "2015-11-15T15:32:51Z")
Stockard Channing was the original choice to play the cheerleader in _The Breakfast Crowd_, until somebody finally noticed that she did not in any way resemble a high school teenage student. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5352 "2015-11-15T15:37:17Z")
A sequel was planned for _The Breakfast Club_, following the characters after they reached drinking age. At first it was called _The Breakfast Bar_, then _Cheerios_, and then it was simply shortened to _Cheers_ and sold as a TV series. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5353 "2015-11-15T15:42:02Z")
Ally Sheedy was chosen for _The Breakfast Crowd_ (later …_Club_) strictly on name recognition–John Hughes was a rabid racing fan and was particularly enamored of Alysheba, the 1987 Derby and Preakness winner. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5354 "2015-11-15T18:26:42Z")
After his movie career fizzled, John Hughes went on to become porn actor Johnson Huge. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5355 "2015-11-15T19:51:34Z")
Johnson Huge’s filmography includes such X-rated crowdpleasers as _Easy Come, Easier Come; Huge Tracts of Land; Orson and the Orgasmic Oreos; Spiro’s Big White House Score; Lombardy Lovers; Pudding Pals; Elk Erotica_ and _Betty Blows Blawnox_. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5356 "2015-11-16T14:22:01Z")
Johnson Huge’s memoir was called Huge Johnson and The Purple Crayon. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5357 "2015-11-16T16:05:46Z")
Astronomers have recently discovered a planet so huge that the associated star revolves around it. Those comic astronomers of course had to name the planet “Peetinyweerunt”, which is Chippewa for whitefish minnow. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5358 "2015-11-16T16:15:51Z")
The last blackface minnow died of extreme political correctness on February 6, 2014, at 2:11 p.m. in the Lantzer Aquarium in Geneva, New Jersey. The remains were flushed down Toilet #2B shortly thereafter. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5359 "2015-11-16T17:35:02Z")
Over half of the world’s population suffers from a Y chromosome deficiency. Experts have shown that such a deficiency can led to moodiness, uncontrolled crying fits, decreased brain function, limited body strength and motor skills, poor body image and even uncontrolled bleeding! Two people with this deficiency are unable to reproduce. Yet talking about it seems to offend those with the problem in the name of “political correctness.” I am so outraged at the world’s ignorance of this medical emergency and plan to start The Y Chromosome Deficiency Center centered in Geneva, New Jersey to combat it! ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/5360 "2015-11-16T18:09:05Z")
The Y-Chromosome Deficiency Center will be situated in Geneva, New Jersey adjacent to the X-Chromosome Deficiency Center, to capitalize on an existing knowledge base and infrastructure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=267) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=269)