# 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:** 358
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7141 "2016-11-11T21:24:37Z")
“The Tree of Life” was shot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania because the city and state were founded by the ancestors of the film’s stars, Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. ---
**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 11, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7142 "2016-11-11T22:24:16Z")
Brad Pitt and Sean Penn’s torrid July 2016 jet-skiing weekend in Acapulco is rumored by Hollywood insiders to be a major cause for Pitt’s breakup with actress Angelina Jolie. ---
**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 11, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7143 "2016-11-11T22:29:51Z")
Tabloid headlines screaming about “The Pitt and the Penn-dulum” may have helped create her poe impression of Brad. ---
**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 12, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7144 "2016-11-12T02:37:11Z")
Due to a colossal clerical error, Angelina Jolie came THIS CLOSE to marrying Brad Garrett. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7145 "2016-11-12T06:23:28Z")
Before becoming an established Hollywood actress, Angeline Jolie performed as ‘Jolly Angela’ - - specialising in children’s parties and Retirement village shows. Her trick involving a rabbit had to be seen to be believed. ---
**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 12, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7146 "2016-11-12T17:01:51Z")
Jolly Angela signed a multi-million dollar contract to be the spokesperson for Trix cereal; however, after they saw her trick involving a rabbit that they did not believe, even after seeing it, they said “no tricking way” and cancelled that contract. ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7147 "2016-11-12T17:18:37Z")
In the upcoming biopic “Jolly Angela”, Angelina Jolie will be played by Eddie Izzard. ---
**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 12, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7148 "2016-11-12T17:22:40Z")
And the rabbit will be played by Eddie Rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7149 "2016-11-12T17:24:05Z")
And the Munster will be played by Eddie Munster. ---
**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 12, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7150 "2016-11-12T17:32:51Z")
And Mr. Moneybags will be played by Eddie Money. ---
**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 12, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7151 "2016-11-12T23:17:51Z")
Billy Bob Thornton will be played by Eddie Van Halen. ---
**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 13, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7152 "2016-11-13T17:50:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Tabloid headlines screaming about “The Pitt and the Penn-dulum” may have helped create her poe impression of Brad. You’ll like this: [http://www.northernsun.com/Poe-Boy-From-A-Poe-Family-TShirt-(8385).html](http://www.northernsun.com/Poe-Boy-From-A-Poe-Family-TShirt-(8385).html) In play: Billy Bob Thornton has two extra ribs, one extra kidney, two navels, four spleens and a vestigial tail. The University of Western Blawnox has written him repeatedly, asking him to donate his body to their medical school upon his death, but he has yet to reply. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7153 "2016-11-13T21:50:21Z")
Billy Bob Thornton has been illiterate since 2005, when he was struck in the head with a baseball bat while filming _Bad News Bears._ ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7154 "2016-11-13T22:21:26Z")
Thorton Wilder won a Pulitzer Price for his play " Our Town". He never thought is would be a huge success, he just wrote it to help his nephew find apart he could play on the stage. So the part of the Joe Crowell was written for his brother’s youngest son. Gene Wilder ---
**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, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7155 "2016-11-13T23:41:50Z")
When he was a young professor, Gene Wilder would tell his students that it was pronounced “Weel-der”, as he wanted nothing to do with his pervert of an “uncle”. ---
**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 14, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7156 "2016-11-14T02:02:40Z")
Changing the pronunciation to “Weel-der” was Gene’s inspiration for “Fronk-en-steen.” ---
**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 14, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7157 "2016-11-14T02:15:39Z")
Victor Fronkensteen is the third cousin twice removed of obscure New Jersey musician Bruce Spraengstine, best known (if at all) for his songs “Born to Walk Quickly,” “Thunder Boulevard” and “Darkness in an Inner-Ring Suburb.” ---
**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, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7158 "2016-11-14T14:15:10Z")
Bruce Spraengstine’s autobiography “Born to Walk Quickly on Thunder Boulevard During the Darkness in an Inner-Ring Suburb” was the best selling book of 2016. ---
**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 14, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7159 "2016-11-14T14:30:45Z")
Orson Bean has written 87 autobiographies, one for each year of his life. Each has sold more than 20 million copies, making him one of the biggest-selling and most egotistical actor/authors in world history. His latest, for 2015, is entitled _Please, God, Don’t Let Donald Trump Be The Last President I Ever Know._ ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7160 "2016-11-14T15:08:15Z")
Orson promised to donate all proceeds from _Please, God, Don’t Let Donald Trump Be The Last President I Ever Know_ to charity but has yet to do so. The money was instead used to throw parties at one of his hotels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=357) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=359)