# 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:** 376
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7501 "2017-01-17T21:17:25Z")
Waylon Jennings had to pull some series strings and call in a whole bunch of favors to get his nephew Ken (a/k/a "Dumb Ass) on Jeopardy! No, not the famous one, but his maternal nephew Ken Lombardy. Who failed miserably, being the only contestant on Jeopardy who never even buzzed in or answered a question. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7502 "2017-01-17T22:10:43Z")
Shortly before his death Waylon Jennings was in talks to portray Doctor Who in an American version of the famous series. Willie Nelson would have played his sidekick. Kris Kristofferson would voice K9. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7503 "2017-01-18T01:04:51Z")
Who guitarist Pete Townshend had an amp that actually did go to 11. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7504 "2017-01-18T14:08:55Z")
Who guitarist Pete Townshend has a penis that actually does grow to 11 inches. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7505 "2017-01-18T14:32:22Z")
Which is funny because he asked the genie for an 11 inch _pianist_. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7506 "2017-01-18T14:36:43Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Which is funny because he asked the genie for an 11 inch _pianist_. who was deaf, dumb and blind but sure played a mean pinball. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7507 "2017-01-18T14:39:04Z")
The etymological origin of the word “pinball” is so very depressingly boring that even seasoned lexicographers have committed suicide long before they complete the academic process required in its derivation. TL;DR, it comes from an Etruscan word for “dust”. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7508 "2017-01-18T15:07:30Z")
The Who’s Tommy originally had an encore called “Pinball In The Wind,” a song so boring that even seasoned session musicians have committed suicide long before they complete playing it. One remarked “This song would make that deaf, dumb and blind pinball player commit suicide.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7509 "2017-01-18T15:33:25Z")
Elton John’s remake of “Pinball in the Wind” became the most popular single in 1995 after [Bally Manufacturing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_Manufacturing) finally closed shop. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7510 "2017-01-18T16:45:52Z")
The original chorus to “Pinball in the Wind” was: > [@](#): > > Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7511 "2017-01-18T17:08:08Z")
A University of Western Blawnox (Stuttgart Annex) study showed that the original chorus to “Pinball in the Wind” could not be played without German soldiers falling, laughing, out of trees. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7512 "2017-01-18T21:27:20Z")
David Furnish says his favorite sexual activity with Elton John is playing “Pinball in the Wind,” but refused to give any details. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7513 "2017-01-19T02:13:20Z")
“Pinballing in the wind” is the phrase the kids of Blawnox use for shooting heroin into their balls while out in public. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7514 "2017-01-19T14:12:37Z")
The preferred ball for “pinballing in the wind” is a basketball, but tennis, base, and even golf balls have been known to be used. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7515 "2017-01-19T14:29:31Z")
Many who participate in “pinballing in the wind” would indeed prefer golf balls because they’re easier to hide in your fundamental orifice during encounters with law enforcement officers. The catch, of course, is how to actually inject the heroin into the golf ball. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7516 "2017-01-19T14:33:19Z")
There are special “golf” balls designed to be easily made in pinballs in the wind. The street name for them is “goof balls.” (Methinks I’ve created a new slang expression) ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7517 "2017-01-19T17:18:32Z")
“Goof Balls” were developed and offered for sale by Wham-O for two weeks in June 1977, but only three ever left the stores. Later marketing analysis by Wham-O found that the suggested retail price of $5.7 billion each was a significant obstacle for most customers. Wacky Products’s Happy Fun Ball sold better, but resulted in an estimated forty deaths: [The Dana Applegate Show, Sept 2011 - Happy Fun Ball - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8zOtZlO52k) ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7518 "2017-01-19T21:35:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Wacky Products’s Happy Fun Ball sold better, but resulted in an estimated forty deaths: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8zOtZlO52k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8zOtZlO52k) So who is Dana Applegate and why is she using SNL’s Happy Fun Ball commercial and Carol Burnett’s mop lady? Anyway, Wham-O attempted to diversify their product line by introducing military products under the spin off company Blam-O. They also attempted to get into the afternoon snack business with Graham-O and Jam-O as well as dinner products Ham-O and Lamb-O. These products failed miserably and company president J. Grundle “Bud” Stannengran was asked to Scram-O. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7519 "2017-01-19T21:41:02Z")
After every chief on the planet refused to cater to the next big political event, it was announced today that the Trump dinner will include jam on graham crackers and ham and lamb sandwiches with tiny, tiny, tiny pickles. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/7520 "2017-01-19T22:02:10Z")
No cheese will be served at the Inauguration Party event because the Donald vociferously declaims to all and sundry that he was once snubbed by a colby. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=375) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=377)