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Balderdash (other)
Balderdash is a board game. Balderdash may also refer to: * ''Balderdash'' (game show), a television show based on the game * "Balderdash", a 2007 single by Ipso Facto (band) * Balderdash, nickname of Adam Balding, an English rugby union footballer See also * Ganser syndrome, also called balderdash syndrome, a rare mental disorder * ''Balderdash and Piffle ''Balderdash and Piffle'' is a British television programme on BBC in which the writers of the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' asked the public for help in finding the origins and first known citations of a number of words and phrases. Presented b ...'', a radio show regarding English words * Boulder Dash (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balderdash
''Balderdash'' is a board game variant of a classic parlour game known as Fictionary or the Dictionary Game. It was created by Laura Robinson and Paul Toyne of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The game was first released in 1984 by the Canada Games Company. A US edition appeared that year from TSR, Inc., copyrighted to Gameworks Creations, Inc. and licensed from Canada Games. Subsequent editions have appeared from a variety of companies including The Games Gang, Hasbro and Mattel. The game has sold over 15 million copies worldwide to date. It is aimed at fans of word games, such as ''Scrabble''. Origin ''Balderdash'' is based on an earlier game, '' Fictionary'', of essentially similar gameplay, varying in that obscure words are found in an unabridged dictionary instead of the definitions and meanings provided on cards. They are then read out to the unsuspecting individual. The board game version was created by Laura Robinson and Paul Toyne of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gamepl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balderdash (game Show)
''Balderdash'' is an American television panel game show that aired on PAX TV from August 2, 2004, to February 4, 2005, with repeats airing until April 22, 2005. It was hosted by Elayne Boosler and announced by John Moschitta. The game was based on the board game of the same name, which in turn is based on the parlour game Fictionary. Gameplay Main game Two contestants competed over the course of three rounds to determine the veracity of statements made by three celebrities. The two contestants began the first round with 250 points. Boosler gave the contestants a category and the contestants placed a wager. The question was then read to the panel and each celebrity gave an answer. Two of the answers were wrong ("balderdash"), and one celebrity had the correct answer ("truth"). Once the answers were given, the contestants chose a celebrity and whether they thought their answer was truth or balderdash. Correctly identifying a balderdash answer added the amount of the wager to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipso Facto (band)
Ipso Facto were an English goth-inflected, melodramatic psychedelic rock band. Founded in 2007 by Rosalie Cunningham (singer, songwriter, guitar), Victoria Smith (drums), Cherish Kaya (keyboards) and Samantha Valentine (bass guitar). They were based in London but individually originated from different parts of the UK, including Southend, Newcastle and Bedford. Before Ipso Facto, Cunningham and Valentine played in the Southend band Theoretical Girl. The band appeared on the 'BBC Introducing Stage' at the Reading Festival, supporting The Last Shadow Puppets on their 2008 tour. They went on to support post-punk band Magazine on their 2009 reunion tour. Ipso Facto split up while touring Italy in 2009, just before recording a new album. Cherish Kaya left first, citing in-fighting on musical direction as the key reason for her departure. Kaya went on to play keyboard and violin for Florence and the Machine before founding an independent record label, Kaya Kaya Records. Rosalie Cunn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Balding
Adam Balding (born 7 December 1979, in Coventry) is a retired English rugby union footballer, his most recent team he played for was London Welsh. He played as a number eight. Balding came through Leicester Tigers academy and went on to make 66 appearances for the first XV. While there, he won the Premiership and Heineken Cup. Balding was called up to the senior England squad for the 2002 tour of Argentina. Balding signed for Gloucester for the start of the 2004–05 season. After some impressive performances in his debut season, he was made club captain towards the back end of the season. In Gloucester's first game of the 2005/06 season at Worcester, Balding was injured only a few minutes into the game. Balding returned from injury in early November, coming off the bench against Newcastle Falcons. He went on to make 16 appearances during the season; however he missed Gloucester's European Challenge Cup victory against London Irish at the end of the season. During the next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganser Syndrome
Ganser syndrome is a rare dissociative disorder characterized by nonsensical or wrong answers to questions and other dissociative symptoms such as fugue, amnesia or conversion disorder, often with visual pseudohallucinations and a decreased state of consciousness. The syndrome has also been called ''nonsense syndrome'', ''balderdash syndrome'', ''syndrome of approximate answers'', ''hysterical pseudodementia'' or ''prison psychosis''. The term prison psychosis is sometimes used because the syndrome occurs most frequently in prison inmates, where it may be seen as an attempt to gain leniency from prison or court officials. Psychological symptoms generally resemble the patient's sense of mental illness rather than any recognized category. The syndrome may occur in persons with other mental disorders such as schizophrenia, depressive disorders, toxic states, paresis, alcohol use disorders and factitious disorders.Knoblosh, F. (1986). Ganser Syndrome and DSM-III. American Journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balderdash And Piffle
''Balderdash and Piffle'' is a British television programme on BBC in which the writers of the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' asked the public for help in finding the origins and first known citations of a number of words and phrases. Presented by Victoria Coren, it was a companion to the dictionary's Wordhunt project. The '' OED'' panel consisted of John Simpson, the Chief Editor of the ''OED''; Peter Gilliver, who was also the captain of the Oxford University Press team in '' University Challenge: The Professionals''; and etymologist Tania Styles, who also appeared in the "dictionary corner" in '' Countdown''. Series 1 The first series of ''Balderdash and Piffle'' was originally broadcast in January 2006.Each programme was based around a letter; the first season covered the letters P, M, N, S, C, and B in that order. Following the conclusion of the first series, a follow-up seventh episode aired on 16 April 2006 with updates on the discoveries members of the public had made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |