# 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:** 29
**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:** [May 18, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/561 "2014-05-18T23:19:58Z")
_All My Children_ was a radio soap opera before it was on TV, and, before radio, it was issued in pamphlet episodes to subscribers monthly through the mail. The most popular such pamphlets were reprints of Canadian daguerrotypes, which remained in favor until the end of WWI. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/562 "2014-05-19T00:02:11Z")
Translation of several stelae from circa 1200 B.C. Egypt reveals the (supposed) name “Lucci,” which has anthropologists baffled. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/563 "2014-05-19T00:09:28Z")
People used to wonder how the great stone monuments of Egypt, including the pyramids, could possibly have been built. It is now known that Egypt was once mountainous, that the Nile was originally a man-made canal, and that the monuments were carved out of solid rock, the debris forming the vast surrounding sandy deserts. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/564 "2014-05-19T00:19:35Z")
In the mid-19th century all of the herds of Egyptian elephants were shipped to an area just southeast of Paris, France. These carefully tended herds are the source of the treasured French Ivory used in making all manner of Art Nouveau articles. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/565 "2014-05-19T00:23:51Z")
Art Nouveau was the host of “Jeopardy” in France. Art Fleming was born in Belgium. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/566 "2014-05-19T00:26:46Z")
Belgian elephants can’t clear their trunks of mucus. Zookeepers use leaf blowers inserted into their mouths to keep their air passages clear. This takes special training and a steel-reinforced ladder. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/567 "2014-05-19T00:33:12Z")
Belgium was the world’s greatest sea power between 1637 and 1639 A.D. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/568 "2014-05-19T00:44:34Z")
The Belgian Navy was commissioned Dec. 31, 1637, in honor of the New Year, ruled the sea for 366 days, and was decommissioned Jan. 1, 1639, after having accomplished everything it set out to do. Nobody knows what that was. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/569 "2014-05-19T01:09:14Z")
Navy beans got their name because the versatile legume could be safely stored on long ocean voyages and then be cooked safely in salt water. Oftentimes naval supremacy was determined by which side had the most beans. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/570 "2014-05-19T01:21:21Z")
Mozart wrote an opera called “The Magical Fruit”. The second movement featured only the horn section. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/571 "2014-05-19T01:52:39Z")
Not many people, especially outside of Texas, are aware that the horns of a Texas Longhorn steer are analogous to human fingernails, serving no real purpose to the animal. And you should see the size of the “clippers” they use for grooming. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/572 "2014-05-19T02:18:58Z")
Three Boeing C-40 Clippers were used, flying in unison, to transport the top of the Washington Monument from Area 51 to Washington, D.C. The pyramid contains the highly radioactive remains of that famed Rigelian ambassador we remember as the Marquis de Lafayette. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/573 "2014-05-19T03:21:00Z")
The singer Sade is indeed related to the Marquis de Sade. She even goes by the original pronunciation. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/574 "2014-05-19T04:02:06Z")
The original pronunciation of the word “the” is “teh”. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/575 "2014-05-19T13:20:25Z")
The whole homosexual agenda is to infect everyone with “the gay.” ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/576 "2014-05-19T13:28:14Z")
Russia and Great Britain nearly went to war over a diplomatic incident in 1877 when the new Russian ambassador was presented to Queen Victoria. He asked to be taken to “your boyars”, in an accent thick enough that he was thought to be saying “your boy whores”. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/577 "2014-05-19T14:20:04Z")
Before perfecting his line of culinary delights, Chef Boyardee served in the United States Coast Guard and was well known as Midshipman Boy_oar_dee. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/578 "2014-05-19T14:26:09Z")
Back in the early days of gay pornography, it was common to feature males of different races. When the plot also included sado-masochism, the films were known as S’Mores. . . ETA - OK, I was ninja’d, sort of…I keep forgetting to refresh before I post. My fault so ignore this entry. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/579 "2014-05-19T15:06:58Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Agatha Christie wrote the rough draft for a novel entitled\* Death Turns the Pages\* in which her trademark “least likely suspect is the one who did it” theme is taken to the extreme. At the end of the unpublished story, Ms Marple reveals that the killer is actually the reader. I _love_ this! In play: Alexander Graham Bell’s last words were, “Gay pornography can best be appreciated on a gay pornograph.” Oscar Wilde and Queen Victoria, who were both present, were reported to have exchanged eyerolls at his quip. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/580 "2014-05-19T15:30:37Z")
Oscar Wilde is distantly related to actress Olivia Wilde. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=30)