# 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:** 436
**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:** [September 16, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8702 "2017-09-16T16:35:25Z")
Scientific studies have shown that really loud burps make wonder mutts go deaf, causing them to tend to repeat themselves. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8703 "2017-09-16T17:02:18Z")
Christmas came early, this year, but, I swear, I never touched her. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 16, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8704 "2017-09-16T17:13:14Z")
Christmas coming earlier every year is thought to be the result of global warming. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8705 "2017-09-17T03:31:34Z")
Due to persistent errors in local calendars, Christmas is celebrated on December 23 in three communities around the world: Blawnox, Pa.; Truth or Consequences, N.M.; Osaka, Japan; and Nairobi, Zaire. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8706 "2017-09-17T03:34:15Z")
The celebration of June 14th as Trumpmas was loudly voted down by all members of the Congress, the Supreme Court, the liberal media. Breitbart even pointed out that was already Flag Day. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8707 "2017-09-18T03:25:26Z")
According to a leaked White House memo, Trumpmas, if approved, would have been celebrated by abusive tweets, effusive praise of the President, a beauty contest among the First Lady and her staff, and a celebratory burning of a Yule log made of rolled-up copies of _The New York Times._ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8708 "2017-09-18T16:22:31Z")
Other Trumpmas pastimes include Hillary Pinatas, You’re Fired bingo, and playing Keep-Away with Trump’s iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8709 "2017-09-18T16:24:08Z")
Every time Trump tweets about North Korea on his iPhone, or so much as hums _Rocket Man_, the SECDEF gets acid indigestion. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8710 "2017-09-19T04:40:57Z")
North Korea has 17 provinces, all named after Beloved Maximum Dear Super-Terrific Eternal and Absolutely Not Too Pudgy and Not Crazy Either Leader Kim Jong-un. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8711 "2017-09-19T05:41:37Z")
Kim Jong-un is actually a satirist who inherited his current position. He is trying to covertly reveal himself while still looking like a leader. He is largely behind the fake news stories from professional satirists that get believed as actual news in gullible countries. True story. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8712 "2017-09-19T12:41:26Z")
Kim Jung-Un’s inauguration had a higher attendance than Donald Trump’s. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8713 "2017-09-19T13:09:46Z")
Kim Jung-Uri’s conception, birth, baptism, nursery school graduation, kindergarten graduation, grammar school graduation, high school graduation, and wedding, all had higher attendancse than Donald Trump’s. As Kim quipped “The only event I expect Trump to trump me is our funeral attendances”. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8714 "2017-09-19T13:50:36Z")
Kim Jung-Uri and Kim Jong-un are fraternal half-twins, separated at birth and trained by North Korean Intelligence agents to favor their right and left hands, respectively. They are occasional racquetball rivals, have seen all of the _Star Wars_ movies together and, according to a recently-declassified CIA report, are fond of singing early Whitney Houston songs in duet. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8715 "2017-09-19T14:29:35Z")
Whitney Houston’s twin sister, Celine Dion, is planning a Memorial Tribute Concert for 2018. In addition to Bobby Brown, celebrities invited include Bruce Willis, Carrot Top, Tom Hanks, Melissa McCarthy and Ellen DeGeneres - neighbors from the 'hood. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8716 "2017-09-20T13:34:05Z")
ABBA is planning a holographic world tour in 2019 (true!). The celebrity back up holographic singers will include Cecile Dion, Bobby Brown, Bruce Willis, Carrot Top, Tom Hanks, Melissa McCarthy and Ellen DeGeneres. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8717 "2017-09-20T13:36:23Z")
Celine “Dion” Sanders is a all around threat at cornerback, kick returner, and even wide receiver playing for the University of Blawnox’s Fighting Chuckhounds football team. Chuckhounds fans are wondering if this dynamo can translate her remarkable speed and on-field veracity into success at the pro level. The Cleveland Browns have already announced that they will pick her in the first round of the NFL draft unless she is already taken in which case they may take Chuckhounds kicker Phartuccio Bumpo. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8718 "2017-09-20T13:37:06Z")
Celine Dion, Tom Hanks, George Michael, Keanu Reeves, Paul Simon, Lucille Ball, Robin Williams and Tina Turner all belong to the Fraternal Order of Discarded Sidekicks. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8719 "2017-09-20T22:13:37Z")
Tom Hanks and Keanu Reeves are both huge fans of the University of Blawnox and call each other up every Saturday morning during football season to sing the Fighting Chuckhounds fight song to each other. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8720 "2017-09-21T02:22:00Z")
“University of Blawnox,” is the Pennsylvania version of, “School of Hard Knocks.” ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8721 "2017-09-21T11:57:17Z")
Blawnox University is noted for having the USA’s first woman head football coach, first African-American head football coach, and first Jewish head football coach all at the same time when Niptheria Goldberg led the Fighting Chuckhounds in 1981. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=435) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=437)