# 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:** 608
**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:** [December 2, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12143 "2019-12-02T15:22:16Z")
And the other Barnes Brother played Robin Wilson, who was constantly sabotaging Will’s efforts to get off the planet and get home in time in the ringing in of the year 2000. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12144 "2019-12-02T15:49:59Z")
Lost in Space was actually the inspiration for Gilligan’s Island. Jonathon Harris was supposed to play Gilligan, but network execs thought him saying “The pain, the pain” every time the skipper hit him with his hat would be a turn off for the audiance. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12145 "2019-12-02T16:30:27Z")
After losing the role of Gilligan, Jonathan Harris starred as the title character in the TV series pilot “Macarthur Park,” about a bumbling chief in a restaurant’s kitchen who was always losing recipes and putting cakes outside to cool them right before a rainstorm. It was the worst received pilot in the history of television. ---
**Author:** ![Darkon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@Darkon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12146 "2019-12-02T18:42:30Z")
The worst received pilot in the history of television was actually _Leave it to Skunk_—it really stank! ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12147 "2019-12-02T18:50:29Z")
Jerry Mathers’ sister, Geraldine, played the title role. There is some speculation that Jerry didn’t really have a sister… ---
**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:** [December 2, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12148 "2019-12-02T20:35:24Z")
Jerry Mathers died in the Vietnam War. All those times when you’ve seen an adult Jerry Matthers? That’s Paul McCartney in disguise. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12149 "2019-12-02T20:49:48Z")
When Paul died, Ringo took over as leader of the Beatles. The first thing he did was to fire George and hire an unknown Eric Clapton. To this day, John thinks that was a mistake. He would have gone with Jimi Hendrix. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12150 "2019-12-03T15:45:26Z")
The present line up of the Beatles consists of Mariah Carey, Shakira, Julian Lennon, Charo and Jack Black. Shakira joined up earlier this year when Madonna decided to go solo again. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12151 "2019-12-03T16:15:00Z")
Julian Lemon, Sean Lemon, Zak Sparkly, Jason Sparkly, Lee Sparkly, Mary Macarthur, Stella Macarthur, James Macarthur, Beatrice Macarthur, and Dhani Harryson made a demo record of That’ll Be The Day. The music streaming company replied “That’ll be the day when we release this piece of crap.” ---
**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:** [December 3, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12152 "2019-12-03T16:33:22Z")
Julian Lemon put on an extravaganza concert to benefit epileptic dogs. He called it Lemon-Aid, and it attracted a huge number of unknown artists, including Raul McCartney, Jorge Harrison, and Jingo Starr, along with 200 Elvis impersonators. People were invited to bring their afflicted animals, but chaos ensued when the producer turned on the strobe lights.\* \*With all due props to a Flight of the Conchords bit. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12153 "2019-12-03T16:39:45Z")
Julian Lemon’s brother Sean Lemon formed a supergroup including Jimmy Henderson, Roy Orbitson, and Tom Pettybone. Dubbing themselves the Due Props, they were destined to a concert in Whitewater Wisconsin when the small airplane being loaded with their equipment slipped off the wheel chocks and chopped up many of their instruments with its propeller. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12154 "2019-12-03T16:50:05Z")
More people die every year from helicopter accidents than from ingesting Jell-O Pudding Pops. Autogyro fatalities alone are nearly almost sorta staggering if you squint. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12155 "2019-12-03T17:20:10Z")
Elon Musk’s plan to provide autogyros to the entire graduating class of West Blawnox State University fell apart at the school’s May 24, 2019 commencement ceremony when he realized he’d locked the keys in his Tesla. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12156 "2019-12-03T18:05:19Z")
Elon Musk, Elton John & Edmund Muskie are identical triplet cousins who were given up at birth for adoption. They have never met each other and don’t plan to, as Musk hates Democrats, Muskie hates “the queer boys” and John hates Teslas. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12157 "2019-12-03T19:09:20Z")
Elton John wrote his first song lyrics on the back of a Studebaker when he was seven years old. It was titled “Wash Me”. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12158 "2019-12-03T20:55:34Z")
Wash Me is the name for the teleport service that transports one from the northwestern most contiguous state to the northeastern most. ---
**Author:** ![Darkon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@Darkon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12159 "2019-12-03T21:47:48Z")
Their first service from Maine to Alabama was discontinued because the passengers kept getting angry when they were not served a meal en route. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12160 "2019-12-04T00:53:41Z")
The Louisiana to Virginia teleport service has not been available for months due to an interdimensional volcanic explosion. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12161 "2019-12-04T01:15:59Z")
Interdimensional Volcanic Explosion is the new name for Mystik Spiral. See who gets the reference… ---
**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:** [December 4, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12162 "2019-12-04T15:34:40Z")
Interdimensional Volcanic Explosion is the new name for Mystik Spiral, now that the lead singer Magical Mystik Manlypaws died while choking on a banana, causing him to stagger around, slip on the peel he foolishly left on the floor, hit his mouth on the floor, causing him to vomit and choked to death on it because his teeth were mashed together from the banana. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=607) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=609)