# 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:** 366
**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:** [December 9, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7301 "2016-12-09T15:02:14Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Australia was first heard in legends as “the land under where” because nobody could find it. Finally, the island was built as a penal colony for punsters, who dubbed it “I’s trail ya.” Inmates at the Australian penal colony were barred from making bad jokes. Violation of that rule resulted in one’s sentence being extended to a paragraph. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7302 "2016-12-09T15:04:22Z")
One of the best known early human species _Australopithecus_ is so named because their remains were found in Australia. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7303 "2016-12-09T15:51:06Z")
Radiation from 1960’s atomic bomb testing in the Pacific have finally resulted in the resurgence of Coralzilla, a dreaded giant denizen of the Great Barrier Reef, which is threatening to eat all of Australia, starting with Sydney. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7304 "2016-12-09T18:08:12Z")
In a remarkable coincidence, Coralzilla’s first name is also Sydney, though he prefers to be called “Syd Vicious” because it’s far more menacing. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7305 "2016-12-09T18:18:23Z")
Word is that noted punk rocker Sid Viscous was a pretty slick guy. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7306 "2016-12-09T18:19:40Z")
Sid Viscous was said to ooze charm from every pore, but it turned out to be boils that had come to a head. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7307 "2016-12-09T20:37:42Z")
Sid Vicous’s favorite meal was boiled Australian Lombardy Pudding Elk ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7308 "2016-12-09T23:35:05Z")
Sid Vicous was the harp player in a late flower-power era progressive harmony band called the Six Petals. Originally, the band was supposed to be a punk/thrash/anti-establishment combo, but owing to a series of erroneous press releases produced using a very early form of auto-correct software, the unfortunate misspellings of the names of both Sid and the lead singer (Johnny Robin), forced their manager, Mabel McLaughlin, into a hasty rework of their image. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7309 "2016-12-10T15:19:00Z")
Vicous’s girlfriend, Nancy Sponge, considered herself a musician and Sid insisted she join the band as the Seventh Petal. This is the only time in rock history that an untalented girlfriend wanna be broke up a popular musical group. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7310 "2016-12-12T05:38:10Z")
A kryptonite sponge was the weapon of choice for Superman’s notorious arch enemy, Lex Loofah. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7311 "2016-12-12T14:54:39Z")
Lex Loofah has admitted that he hates how Superman sponges off of everyone and never cleans up after himself. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7312 "2016-12-12T15:17:06Z")
Kirk Alyn, the first actor to play Superman in the movies, was only 4’10". The director of the serials used props, forced perspective and other cinematic tricks to make him appear to be the tallest person on the set. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7313 "2016-12-12T15:36:46Z")
Kirk Alyn was never shown in a fully body shot while in costume. Because of budget constraints, the producers could only afford a full-sized Superman suit. While Alyn had a large torso, his legs were only six inches long, which meant that the suit’s tights had to be rolled up, and the ass hung down to the ground. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7314 "2016-12-12T20:09:58Z")
When the producers needed a shot of Superman’s legs, Noel Neill was the stand-in. She had developed very impressive thighs and calfs from years of Indian wrestling with her older brothers. In fact, she won the gold medal in women’s Indian wrestling at the 1936 Olympics. After the awards ceremony she rejected the advances of Adolph Hitler (who was a leg man) and was forced to leave Berlin early. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7315 "2016-12-12T20:14:09Z")
As is well known in Hollywood circles, Kirk Alyn’s short stature was because of the atrophied extremities on his legs, due to childhood ailments. Despite the gruesome details of his handicap, he was generally good natured about it and typically joked that Noel Neill got to be the stand in because she had a good “two feet” to him. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7316 "2016-12-12T21:52:21Z")
Kirk Alyn was in the running to play Mork until Christopher Reeve suggested that his pal Robin Williams get to audition. Alyn was good nature about the loss, and came up with the concept of doing a “voice only” role as Orson. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7317 "2016-12-13T04:18:55Z")
Unfortunately, when Alyn showed up for his “audition” voice reading, the producers simply recorded everything he said and then for the television series just spliced together his voice samples into whatever they wanted Orson to say. Alyn was paid a total of $7.25 for his contribution. When he tried to sue, his case was thrown out of court by the presiding judge who said “Short people got no reason to live”. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7318 "2016-12-13T06:23:41Z")
If Alyn, Tym and Jymmi each do a quarter of the work done by Alyn, Cyndy, Wyndy and Rian together, and if Rian and Cyndy both do double the work of Myndy minus the work of Tym, and if Alyn is payd a total of $7.25 for his contribution while Myndy gets a total of $2.65 for her contribution plus half what is payd to Rian, how much Wyndy makes is irrelevant to the equation in determyning the net earnings of Jymmi, according to mathematycyans at the Brookyns Instytute. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7319 "2016-12-13T14:32:06Z")
After reading the above post, 8Y% of the readers asked “Y?” ---
**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:** [December 13, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7320 "2016-12-13T19:30:27Z")
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