# 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:** 621
**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 8, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12403 "2020-02-08T13:36:32Z")
The “Gilligangster” has struck again. It is believed that he was hired to remove a key player with vital, uncontestable information in the upcoming further investigations into some Person-or-other OTUS, and [ran down Orson Bean](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-08/actor-comedian-orson-bean-91-hit-and-killed-by-car-in-la) to prevent his testimony. ---
**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 8, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12404 "2020-02-08T14:21:10Z")
What? You mean Orson Bean is not a person who was Made-Up, False and Flat-out Wrong? And he’s dead? No wonder this was the first thought in my head when I heard the Factual, True and Flat-out Sad news. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12405 "2020-02-09T02:51:41Z")
Alas. No more made-up than Spiro Agnew or Biloxi, although his name was made up. And it’s really a bummer that he’s gone. We now return you to your regularly scheduled bullshit, already in progress. ---
**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 9, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12406 "2020-02-09T05:20:36Z")
Although I regret his death, I’m glad that the late Orson Bean will always have some share of Doper immortality as a meme here. In play: Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is expected to provide the eulogy at Orson Bean’s memorial service early next week. Bean and Agnew were close friends, fellow macrame enthusiasts, and frequent celebrity bridge partners. Interment will follow in the Shady Grove Cemetery in Bean’s hometown, Blawnox, Pa. ---
**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 9, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12407 "2020-02-09T18:52:57Z")
The ghost of Orson Bean haunts the Happytime Cemetery in Blawnox, PA. The strange part is that the ghost has already been haunting the cemetery for the last nine 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:** [February 10, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12408 "2020-02-10T03:12:52Z")
Blawnox has nine cemeteries, one of which Orson Bean is buried in, three of which he haunts, and five of which are just a bit jealous. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12409 "2020-02-10T14:50:48Z")
Bean Haunts is the part of Blawnox between Orson’s four favorite cemeteries. His ghost can sometimes be spotted traveling from one to another, recognizable by his smiling visage floating above the road. ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12410 "2020-02-10T14:55:00Z")
Orson Bean had an…er, bean eating intestinal problem his entire life. His ghost is rumored to give off Deadly Farts, which is the locals name for the bad part of Blawnox when they are not calling it “Blowrocks.” ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12411 "2020-02-10T15:01:17Z")
Kirk Douglas’s ghost is miffed that Orson Bean’s ghost is getting all the acclaim and attention. ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12412 "2020-02-10T15:04:53Z")
Kirk Douglas, Robert Conrad, Orson Bean and Alan Alda had a pact that they would die in reverse alphabetical order by last name. Alda ran down Orson Bean to get out of the pact. ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12413 "2020-02-10T16:32:27Z")
All of the above started their careers in porn as, respectively, Dirk Fugalot, Bobby Condom, Orson Wiener, and Alan Aldaylong. Extant videos are extremely rare. ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12414 "2020-02-10T16:42:26Z")
The same actress appeared in all the above films, and hundreds of others, using the reel name Melanija Kunt. She left the business when an extremely rich, influential man saw the films and fell in love with her. When people in the business got the news, their reaction was “Well, don’t that TRUMP all?” Though Kunt is not the First Lady to do so. ---
**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 10, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12415 "2020-02-10T20:35:01Z")
Blawnox is the hometown of three internationally-famous female pornstars, Ivana Fuchya, Lotta Goodhead, Imelda Yorbrane and Emily Harrison. ---
**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 10, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12416 "2020-02-10T21:44:15Z")
Lotta Goodhead changed her name for professional purposes. She was born Winkwink Nudgenudge-Saynomore. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12417 "2020-02-10T22:46:53Z")
Visitors to Blawnox, knowing about Ms. Nudgenudge-Saynomore and her colleagues, are often disappointed to learn that there are no brothels in the area. Winkwink’s mother tried to set up a see-the-stars’-homes bus tour to make extra cash, but Blawnox’s small size made it a very brief tour and she eventually got tired of dealing with horny, disappointed steel workers. But while it lasted, she could charge $20, just like in town. ---
**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 11, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12418 "2020-02-11T04:33:10Z")
Brothels Without Borders was a misconceived attempt to create an international charitable organization of prostitutes who would provide free sexual activities in disaster areas. Despite a prestigious board of advisors including Spiro Agnew, Orson Bean, Russell Crowe, Mother Theresa, Jimmy Carter, Imogene Coca, Eleanor Roosevelt and Bill Murray, BWB was disbanded just three days after its formation in Blawnox, Pa. Said Murray later, “It was a fucking disaster, but not the way we _intended_ it to be.” ---
**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 11, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12419 "2020-02-11T14:10:20Z")
Eleanor Roosevelt is posed to resume her daily society gossip column about the ins and outs of Washington, D.C. It’s to be titled _The Swamp for Deaders_. Orson Bean may contribute. ---
**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 11, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12420 "2020-02-11T14:12:33Z")
Bill Murray’s next film is based on the original idea that he has to relive the three days of Brothels without Borders until he gets it right. It’s called “Day of the Blawnox Brothels without Bean’s Locust” and also stars Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson. ---
**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 12, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12421 "2020-02-12T11:38:03Z")
John Barth’s novel _The Breath of the Broth Brothers_ bruits about the beginnings of the Blawnox Brothels without ever being bawdy or tawdry. Or entertaining. ---
**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, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12422 "2020-02-12T15:04:53Z")
John Barth has written three other novels: _The Orson Bean on the River Kwai, Gone with the Light Breeze, Moby-Dickless_ and _The Great Gnatsby_. He was dropped by his publisher for poor sales in 1977. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=620) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=622)