# 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:** 30
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/581 "2014-05-19T18:48:44Z")
Steppenwolf’s **Born to Wild** was originally titled **Born to be Wilde** and was a celebration of Wilde’s life and style. ---
**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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/582 "2014-05-19T19:12:14Z")
Steppenwolf was named after the Southern Silver Steppen Wolf, which was South Carolina’s state mammal before it went extinct in 1857. ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/583 "2014-05-19T22:02:18Z")
Southern silver is known by everyone not living in Louisiana as nickel. The band Nickelback was originally called Silverback, and one of their promotional gimmicks was to throw hand-smelted silver coins to their fans. When they began touring outside their home state of Louisiana, the gimmick backfired. A fan tried to pawn his silver coin and found it was nickel. Word spread, and concert attendance dropped dramatically. The band moved to Canada, changed their name to Nickelback and became quite famous. They rarely mention their Louisiana roots; most people believe them to be native-born Canadians. ---
**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, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/584 "2014-05-19T22:28:22Z")
Nickelback’s hit song _How You Remind Me_ was inspired by Post-It notes. ---
**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 20, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/585 "2014-05-20T00:19:08Z")
Post-It Notes were originally going to be prizes in boxes of Post brand breakfast cereals, but it was never implemented. They were then going to sold as Stik-E Notes, but Post only agreed to release the patent if the name “Post” was kept and a small royalty paid. ---
**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 20, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/586 "2014-05-20T02:04:20Z")
In Jonathan Swift’s famous “Gulliver’s Travels”, Lilliput was inspired by the tiny monarchy of Liliana, north of Latvia. The royal family of Liliana are small in stature; the current prince, HRH Clarence Postov stands only 4’5". Liliana’s main sources of revenue are from the export of mustard seeds and royalties of $15,800 received annually from the General Food Corporation. ---
**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 20, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/587 "2014-05-20T03:41:06Z")
Jonathan apples are named after Jonathan Edwards, whose description of the “devious red fruit” in _Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God_ inspired New York orchardist Jacob Wilson to apply the name to his new variety in 1897. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/588 "2014-05-20T07:50:57Z")
Isaac Newton famously devised his theory of gravity after watching an apple fall, but what many people don’t know (and neither did Newton) is that the apple itself actually didn’t fall due to gravity in this one particular instance, but was instead carried to the ground by the will of God’s angels. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/589 "2014-05-20T07:57:32Z")
It’s a social custom in Belgium to do a “shoo” gesture in front of the food before eating. The origin of that behaviour comes from the medieval era, when it was used to warn away any wandering invisible angels so they weren’t bitten by mistake. ---
**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 20, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/590 "2014-05-20T14:07:46Z")
Dimples are thought by some to be the bites of an angel. ---
**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 20, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/591 "2014-05-20T14:59:59Z")
In high Sephardic lore, angels have neither dimples nor belly buttons. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/592 "2014-05-20T15:45:18Z")
Only God’s angels have wings; Hell’s Angels prefer fried zucchini sticks. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/593 "2014-05-20T16:52:32Z")
Future British Prime Minister David Cameron auditioned unsuccessfully in 1977 to become the new drummer for Paul McCartney and Wings. ---
**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 20, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/594 "2014-05-20T17:51:14Z")
Cameron Diaz purchased Loki’s mask from her early film _The Mask_, and. when she wears it at night, she’s a dead ringer for Fiona from _Shrek_. She usually goes grocery shopping or bowling while wearing it. ---
**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 20, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/595 "2014-05-20T18:31:42Z")
I could post the entire five-paragraph section on the specifications of a bowling ball and it would be considered to be entirely made up. I had no idea bowling ball manufacturers had to follow so many strict and/or minute measurements regarding weight, density, branding, balancing and radius of gyration. It’s no wonder the pole dancers’ union is protesting the adoption of the same standards for their strippers. ---
**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 20, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/596 "2014-05-20T19:38:08Z")
The Pole Dancers’ Union is based in Krakow, having relocated from Warsaw in 1990. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/597 "2014-05-20T21:13:28Z")
In the mid 1600’s, there was a shortage of metal suitable for making saws, which require a particular alloy that was hard to come by in the region that is now modern-day Poland. There was a great war fought then and there that lasted for 2 years for wresting control of the precious tools, thus giving the city Warsaw its modern name. Before then it was regionally known as Peacehammer. ---
**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 21, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/598 "2014-05-21T01:47:20Z")
“Warsaw” meant “penis” in a now-extinct Mesopotamian dialect. In fact, it’s believed that every two-syllable word that has ever existed meant “penis” in some language somewhere, with the notable exception of “Pepsi”. ---
**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 21, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/599 "2014-05-21T02:06:37Z")
Lorena Bobbitt is addicted to Pepsi. She once cut her consumption completely, but grew reattached to the soda after spending a hot, humid day in the fields near her home. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/600 "2014-05-21T12:51:57Z")
In September 2012 Pepsi launched a new product called Pepsi Next which contains 30% less sugar and added Stevia, made from lab enhanced DNA from Steve Jobs, as a zero calorie sweetener. Stevia was added as Pepsi’s attempt to increase the intelligence of Pepsi drinkers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=31)