# 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:** 623
**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 14, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12443 "2020-02-14T13:05:12Z")
_Burma Shave_ was renamed _Myanmar Shave_ in 2002. Sales have plummeted. ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12444 "2020-02-14T14:18:44Z")
Orson Bean Was dead against Putting little red signs On a barbed-wire fence For Myanmar Shave (Sorry, I can’t help myself- Every thought Going through my head Reminds me of this Made-Up thread And Burma Shave) ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12445 "2020-02-14T14:20:39Z")
Bumbershoot Alas, Alack Can’t get off The beaten track For Burma Shave. ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12446 "2020-02-14T14:26:21Z")
My eyes do twinkle Reading Prof. Pepperwinkle Quite a surprise To get the Nobel Prize So tell me, honey Where’s the money? Burma Shave ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12447 "2020-02-14T14:36:48Z")
No cash for you So please don’t cry Unless you’d like A lifetime supply Of Burma Shave ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12448 "2020-02-14T15:04:02Z")
The store I cashier at has a special on Burma Shave: 99 cents a can. The sale will last for my lifetime, and that is Amazing Savings! ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12449 "2020-02-14T15:16:48Z")
Orson Bean made an offer of $7,000.99 to buy Myanmar so he could change the name back to Burma. The offer was refused. “Well, how much would it cost?” he asked. The government of Myanmar replied “If you have to ask, you can’t afford it.” ---
**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 14, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12450 "2020-02-14T17:03:17Z")
When Brad Pitt tried, on a dare from George Clooney, to buy Myanmar in June 2008, he was told by the country’s ambassador to the U.S., “Give us a call when you’ve got $700 trillion and a Burma Shave sign.” ---
**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 14, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12451 "2020-02-14T17:53:16Z")
The capital of Myanmar has been recently renamed Orsonbeanabad. It’s just east of Nipseyrussellabad, and south of Dorothykillgallenabad. ---
**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 14, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12452 "2020-02-14T18:24:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > _Burma Shave_ was renamed _Myanmar Shave_ in 2002. Sales have plummeted. :: off thread:: Okay, this is fucking hilarious. ---
**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 14, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12453 "2020-02-14T19:27:28Z")
A shortage of translation services from Burmese to English led to the popular misconceptions in Myanmar that Orson Bean, Dorothy Killgallen, and Nipsey Russell were formerly presidents of the US. A cult has arisen there that holds that Orson Bean will rise from the dead and become ruler of the world, heralding a Golden Age. ---
**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 15, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12454 "2020-02-15T02:16:59Z")
The southeast Asian cult surrounding Orson Bean, who call themselves The Beanites of Myanmar, have an American chapter known as the Blawnox Beanish Believers. It consists of Benny & Betty Bartholomew, who spend most of their time watching reruns of To Tell The Truth. A schism developed in the Myanmar cult regarding when Bean’s resurrection would occur. The splinter group, called the Burmese Beanians, believe the blessed event will occur any day now and spend most of their time chanting “Bean is back, Bean is back”. ---
**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, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12455 "2020-02-15T04:19:35Z")
They have developed a kind of round, short, vinyl chair stuffed with pellets to wait for Orson in. They are known as “Bean-back” chairs. ---
**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, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12456 "2020-02-15T05:50:47Z")
Orson Bean hated sitting in chairs and insisted in every movie contract later in his career that a Gucci luxury hammock always be made available for him on and off the set. ---
**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, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12457 "2020-02-15T15:00:05Z")
Don McLean is rewriting the lyrics to American Pie to cover the deaths of Kirk Douglas, Orson Bean and Robert Conrad: And the three men that were really keen Kirk Douglas, Robert Conrad and Orson Bean They will never again be seen. The week that all three died. So bye, bye three American Guys I really loved Spartacus, Charlie Brown and that Jim West Guy But now you’re just memories of days gone by. Cause this is the week you all died. ---
**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 15, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12458 "2020-02-15T19:26:52Z")
Tried to call Kirk, but his phone doesn’t work; Tried to visit Bean, but he was nowhere to be seen; Tried to text Bob, but failed at that job. ---
**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, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12459 "2020-02-15T21:48:33Z")
The Kirkbeanbobs was a notoriously-bad Beatles tribute band from Blawnox who performed around town for several years in the early Seventies. Among other shortcomings, there were seven of them, all were less than five feet tall, and none could play either the guitar or drums; all but one played the accordion, and one played the bagpipes - none too well. ---
**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 16, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12460 "2020-02-16T03:18:35Z")
Given their stature, they were able to borrow the Stonehenge stage set from the band Spinal Tap and use it in their act. Unfortunately, they saw fit to use it in their performances of _She Loves Me._ Audiences were very confused. ---
**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 16, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12461 "2020-02-16T04:15:03Z")
The Kirkbeanbobs were never nominated for a Grammy, but they were tarred and feathered twice, and subjected to eighteen restraining orders in the Blawnox Municipal Court. ---
**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, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12462 "2020-02-16T15:05:04Z")
Mozart never won a Grammy. Beethoven never won a Grammy. Prokofiev never won a Grammy. Verdi never won a Grammy. John Wilkes Booth never won a Grammy. Imelda Marcos never won a Grammy. Harry Houdini never won a Grammy. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn never won a Grammy. Harpo Marx never won a Grammy. Marcel Marceau never won a Grammy. Ricardo Montalban never won a Grammy. Meryl Streep never won a Grammy. Ellen DeGeneres never won a Grammy. Raquel Welch never won a Grammy. Billy Barty never won a Grammy. Paris Hilton never won a Grammy. Walter de la Mare never won a Grammy. Martha Washington never won a Grammy. Orson Bean never won a Grammy. Kirk Douglas never won a Grammy. Donald Trump never won a Grammy. Joe Walsh never won a Grammy. Barbara Stanwyck never won a Grammy. Mary Martin never won a Grammy. Loretta Lynn never won a Grammy. Dolly Parton never won a Grammy. Leonard Cohen never won a Grammy. Aristotle never won a Grammy. Burt Ward never won a Grammy. Emmett Kelly never won a Grammy. Steve Irwin never won a Grammy. David Benoit, on the other hand, has won 2,147 Grammys. All in the same year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=622) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=624)