# 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:** 522
**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:** [October 10, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10422 "2018-10-10T13:41:20Z")
The D’oh D’oh bird is a distant relative of the now-extinct Kikai bird and it too is in danger of dying out. D’oh D’oh birds have a rare biological feature where the species males have gonads that are around two feet long, unfortunately its legs are one foot long so whenever they come in for a landing they all yell out “D’oh! D’ohhh!” ---
**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:** [October 10, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10423 "2018-10-10T13:51:54Z")
Matt Groening once had a pet D’oh D’oh bird named Homer, after his favorite Greek Poet, Homerus Blanoxious. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10424 "2018-10-10T14:31:46Z")
The Greek poet Homerus Blanoxious spent at least six years in the household of the noted Roman patrician Biggus Dickus, but is not thought to have accompanied Dickus on his c. 33 AD trip to Judea to visit his friend, Imperial Governor Pontius Pilate. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10425 "2018-10-10T14:36:55Z")
The exercise program called “pilates” is named after Pontius Pilate, probably because it’s so bloody difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10426 "2018-10-10T15:32:39Z")
The need to perform Pilates is often brought about by the overconsumption of Island of Kikai Chowder, which is world famous and has been featured in such renowned magazines as _Bon Appetit, Gourmet_ and _Yum Yum Gimme Some_. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10427 "2018-10-10T16:23:23Z")
The edition of _Bon Appetit_ for certain South Sea island cultures is _Bone Appetite_. Popular recipes are blood sausage, muscles provencal, and sinew stew. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10428 "2018-10-10T17:28:52Z")
Bon Appetit was the birth name of an Australian rock singer, who was quite husky as a child. After losing a lot of weight, he changed his last name to Scott. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10429 "2018-10-10T17:40:30Z")
Scott Appetit’s greatest hits include "Hot Dog Eat Hot Dog,’ “Hot Dogs of War,” and “Get it Hot Dog.” Some might say that he was obsessed with hot dogs but frankly, he was just a bit of a wiener. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10430 "2018-10-10T18:26:22Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Scott Appetit’s greatest hits include "Hot Dog Eat Hot Dog,’ “Hot Dogs of War,” and “Get it Hot Dog.” Some might say that he was obsessed with hot dogs but frankly, he was just a bit of a wiener. That’s the wurst pun yet. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10431 "2018-10-10T19:31:22Z")
Sardi’s is honoring Anthony Weiner’s release with the Wurst Bun Yet–a weiner on a hot dog bun with no condiments. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10432 "2018-10-10T20:21:15Z")
Sounds like baloney to me, any way you slice it. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10433 "2018-10-10T22:54:35Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Sounds like baloney to me, any way you slice it. Oops, wrong game. Carry on, please. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10434 "2018-10-11T00:40:42Z")
**Carrion, Please** was a very popular restaurant with buzzards and their friends until [the competition](https://goo.gl/images/aJhuWR) opened on the other side of town. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10435 "2018-10-11T05:13:20Z")
A vulture, a condor, and a buzzard walk into a bar and see that the barkeep is a dying overweight man. The vulture said, I can wait. But give me a Dead Bunny Rabbit on the rocks. The condor… (is this the right thread) ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10436 "2018-10-11T13:14:03Z")
ordered a Three Wise Men Go Hunting–equal amounts whiskey, scotch, bourbon, and Wild Turkey on the rocks. The buzzard… ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10437 "2018-10-11T13:34:44Z")
This thread is de-railing, this is ‘MADE-UP, FALSE AND FLAT-OUT WRONG TRIVIA DOMINOES’ ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10438 "2018-10-11T13:37:42Z")
A recent study by EscAlaMike showed that 87% of the population thinks that birds walking into bars and ordering drinks is not ‘MADE-UP, FALSE AND FLAT-OUT WRONG TRIVIA DOMINOES’ ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10439 "2018-10-11T13:45:44Z")
At one point during the run of the sitcom ‘Cheers’, Ted Danson pitched an idea for an episode to Jim Burrows. Danson wanted to center the episode around three birds walking into the bar and ordering drinks. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10440 "2018-10-11T14:37:01Z")
Television director, and _Cheers_ creator, James Burrows, is, in fact, a hybrid creature, being half hobbit, and half badger. As Burrows is unable to type with his hands, due to having powerful claws (capable of burrowing at over 10 feet per minute!), he learned to type with his hairy feet. He is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the world’s fastest foot-typist, at an astonishing 150 WPM. ---
**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/10441 "2018-10-11T15:05:04Z")
In fact, one time he got up to typing so fast that he created an updraft and wafted himself right out the window, spun out over the city, lost velocity and plunged through the roof of a honkytonk, where he is now gainfully employed running up and down the piano keys, playing such favorites as \*Feets Don’t Fail Me Now. \* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=521) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=523)