# 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:** 54
**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:** [June 24, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1061 "2014-06-24T15:04:41Z")
While everyone knows Jerry Lee Lewis’s Pink Cadillac was immortalized in two different songs–Bruce Springsteen’s Pink Cadillac and Aretha Franklin’s Freeway of Love, it was also the inspiration for the Playmates’s Beep Beep. The make of the car had to changed to Nash Rambler when Jerry Lee Lewis threatened to sue. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1062 "2014-06-24T15:08:30Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > …the Playmates’s Beep Beep. _:: I still love that song! ::_ ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1063 "2014-06-24T20:25:46Z")
The Playmates had a bizarre method of determining if a song made it to their regular live set. They would first play it to an audience entirely composed of people dressed as _Alice in Wonderland_ characters and gauge their reactions. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1064 "2014-06-24T22:54:17Z")
The Playmates knew if they could keep the Dormouse awake for more than ten minutes while dodging the wares thrown by the Cook, that they were doing all right. And, of course, they had to play as fast as they could just to keep going. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1065 "2014-06-24T23:24:00Z")
It was rumored that the Cheshire Cat slept with all the members of The Playmates, which is why they all have such silly grins on their faces in the official video. Oh wait, this doesn’t look good for me. Never mind. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1066 "2014-06-25T00:04:59Z")
The Cheshire Cat suffers from reverse premature ejaculation–when excited, he goes instead of… . ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1067 "2014-06-25T00:33:36Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > The Cheshire Cat suffers from reverse premature ejaculation–when excited, he goes instead of… . … and all that is left is a toothy grin. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1068 "2014-06-25T01:49:51Z")
Toothy Grin was a soft rock band that peaked early and then fell to obscurity. Their last recorded song, “Her Bite Will Dismember You” reached only #42 on the Little Rock Hit Parade. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1069 "2014-06-25T02:47:40Z")
In December of 1986, scholars gathered in Arkansas to create the first edition of the _Little Rock Community College English Dictionary_. The 226 page tome was published the following April and went out-of-print two months later in June of 1987. A second edition of the LRCCED is planned for sometime next year if scholars can get enough time reserved in the computer lab. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1070 "2014-06-25T12:31:45Z")
The computer lab of LRCC is where the majority of Associated Press articles and research originate, which is why it’s so hard for the scholars to get enough time reserved there to finish their dictionary. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1071 "2014-06-25T13:02:17Z")
The computer lab of LRCC is also guarded by Bat Boy from _The Weekly World News_ and clones of Honey Boo Boo. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1072 "2014-06-25T13:16:32Z")
Bat Boy is a bit of a misnomer. He’s more of a Sugar Glider Boy. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1073 "2014-06-25T13:37:18Z")
The porch glider was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in his early attempts to design a method for man to fly. His test subjects were called Splat Boys, which was a term of honor among the elite few selected to assist da Vinci. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1074 "2014-06-25T13:55:37Z")
_The Vitruvian Man_, a well known piece of work by Leonardo da Vinci, was not a fanciful depiction of man as most people think, but was an actual portrait of a Renaissance circus performer named Vitruvius, who was born with four arms and four legs. The character of Vitruvius in _The Lego Movie_ was supposed to be a representation of him, but they couldn’t get the rights to his likeness, which are currently owned by Orson Bean. ---
**Author:** ![Fluke\_Starbucker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3e96dc/32.png) [@Fluke\_Starbucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluke_Starbucker)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1075 "2014-06-25T17:19:32Z")
Leonardo da Vinci was not the talented genius that history typically boasts. Recent findings have identified him - in actuality - to have been a slave boy who successfully (and falsely) took credit for all the art, theories and successes of his owner and master, Norman Entwhistle. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1076 "2014-06-25T17:26:26Z")
Norman Entwhistle’s last invention the Spirolizer was a harness-like device with corkscrew wings covered with chicken feathers fixed with wax, leather bladders filled with helium, and rockets. Entwhistle tested it once and was never seen again though many have speculated that he flew to Mt. Vesuvius and quietly lived out his remaining years. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1077 "2014-06-25T17:34:14Z")
Norman Entwhistle’s descendant Oliver Wendell Holmes “Cheesburger” Entwhistle was science advisor to Vice President Spiro Agnew from 1969-1972, when he took a position as vice provost at MIT. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1078 "2014-06-25T17:41:11Z")
Vice provost is an entirely made-up position just to sound important and fool people into thinking that you actually are somebody. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1079 "2014-06-25T17:46:19Z")
:: I think Cheeseburger Entwhistle may end up as famous as Chuck Pumpkins 😃 :: In play: You are somebody if nobody loves you because Jose loves the little children of the world and Jose knows all there is to know. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/1080 "2014-06-25T17:54:18Z")
Jose “Spiro” Entwhistle is the most well known provost in MIT’s history. No, not that MIT, the one in Minnesota that trains people to endure the itchiness of their new hunting clothes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=55)