# 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:** 466
**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:** [February 12, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9302 "2018-02-12T14:14:46Z")
1. “teh gay” Everything that can remotely be construed as outside of the (white, straight male Christian) norm can be attributed to “teh gay.” ---
**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:** [February 12, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9303 "2018-02-12T15:59:56Z")
Noted actor Orson Bean, who is not thought to be gay, qualified for the U.S. Winter Olympics bobsled team this year but did not go to South Korea to compete, as he is currently filming the sex comedy/drama/rockabilly musical _Tourist’s Syndrome_ in Jakarta. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9304 "2018-02-12T16:09:39Z")
_Tourist’s Syndrome in Jakarta_ was to be the title of the next **Yes** album, but Squire died and the project folded. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9305 "2018-02-12T16:40:40Z")
In 1972, Djakarta voted to drop the D from its name and become Jakarta. Of all the ethnicities that populate Jakarta, only the Sundanese opposed dropping the D, as they feared a slippery slope would result in them being pressured to drop the D from their name as well, and they would become Sunanese. Because of their Hindu roots, they were also worried they would become known as “Hinu.” The current governor of Jakarta is said to be fond of obliquely threatening to drop the D whenever the Sundanese approach him with zoning issues. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9306 "2018-02-13T14:27:42Z")
Singer Onny Osmond had a huge hit with “D’s Bones Gonna Rise Again.” So huge he is current working on a Broadway musical based on the idea. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9307 "2018-02-14T18:36:26Z")
In his spare time, Onny is working on a family recipe developing a butter alternative out of the fruit from Mediterranean trees. Some say that Onny Asmond’s Olive Oil is extraordinary. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9308 "2018-02-14T18:42:09Z")
King Feature’s licensing of “Popeye” brand spinach has been a long-term success, but much less so was their “Olive Oyl” olive oil. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9309 "2018-02-14T22:40:57Z")
Olive Oyl’s brother, Castor, died of dysentery. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9310 "2018-02-15T00:57:12Z")
Popeye’s archenemy Brutus, later renamed Bluto, was modeled after US President William Howard Taft. Creator E. C. Segar’s father supported William Jennings Bryan in the 1908 presidential election and hated Taft with a passion. The villainous Taft served to be an inspiration for Segar when he started Popeye. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9311 "2018-02-15T14:16:20Z")
Segar also started a fried chicken restaurant, hiring his nephews Pete and Bob to write and sing the theme song and a Kentucky colonel as a spokesman. All the people were wonderful, but the chicken laid an egg. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9312 "2018-02-15T14:24:27Z")
And that Egg, brothers and sisters, went on to become famous. That Egg became the creme-de-la-creme of the Eggworld from Boston to Kansas City and beyond. But then, as it too often happens, that Egg fell in with the wrong crowd… and nobody likes a Bad Egg. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9313 "2018-02-15T14:32:54Z")
Yes, that Egg had a great fall, and all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put it back together again. As someone pointed out “Who the hell thought they could it in the first place?” ---
**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:** [February 15, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9314 "2018-02-15T15:46:33Z")
While the king’s men showed their ineptitude in trying to repair Humpty Dumpty, one has to be impressed with the king’s horses. Few equines attempt delicate repairing jobs, and one can appreciate the extra difficulty for animals with hooves in a making the effort. Later reports that the king’s horses did manage to fully complete a 300-piece jigsaw of the Castle Neuschwanstein lend credit to these horse’s reputation of exceptional talent. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9315 "2018-02-15T16:29:57Z")
The petting zoo at Castle Neuschwanstein includes nine Lombardy Pudding Elk, eight stoats, six zebras, three wombats, two horses and a capybara. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9316 "2018-02-15T16:49:40Z")
Orson Bean, in an obscure and unusual act of copyright aggrandizement, owns all rights to any song anyone ever writes about capybara. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9317 "2018-02-15T17:03:39Z")
He was actually trying to own all rights to any song anyone ever writes about chupacabra, but there was a misunderstanding. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9318 "2018-02-16T13:21:08Z")
General Mills tried a new version of Lucky Charms 1995 that replaced hearts, moons, stars and clovers with marshmallow-shaped big foots, aliens, jackelopes and chupacabras, but test audiences were too superstitious to sample them. They added blue diamonds instead. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9319 "2018-02-16T15:16:06Z")
Test subjects of the 1995 Lucky Charms cereal that could be tempted to taste them have been known to howl at the sun ever since. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9320 "2018-02-16T15:31:16Z")
Lucky Charms are anything but. The three creators of the cereal died under bizarre circumstances. Floyd Gack was found in a locked room, suffocated by a full body immersion in melted marshmallow. Teslin Freeloder was struck in the head by a star-shaped meteor while practicing the zither. Bernie Hnuff died from internal bleeding after swallowing his wife’s three karat diamond brooch. All three were treated as accidents, but police have long suspected a cereal killer. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9321 "2018-02-16T18:30:44Z")
Amerlia Gack-Freeloder-Hnuff, widow to all three of the above mentioned deceased, prefers hot oatmeal herself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=465) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=467)