game night


So what's a good way to lose a couple pounds the day after Thanksgiving? Playing board games! Guaranteed to laugh till your obliques ache!!

My cousins love board games. And as customary, we invite some friends over for some serious fun and big laughs. One of the games we played tonight is Beyond Balderdash - a game in which there are 5 categories with a corresponding clue, and each player must write what he/she believes is the correct answer. (The real correct answer is also read in the pool of choices) Extremely hilarious - you see the creativeness and humor that each person is really capable of. And suprisingly, one can write answers that seem so real, but can be way off. Here are some notables.

Category: Dates
Clue: October 2, 1988
Submitted Answers:

1. Tienemen Square Incident
2. The first electric car was sold
3. Fall of the Berlin Wall
4. The L.A. Dodgers beat the Oakland Athletics in Game 1 of World Series
5. Mafia Boss John Gotti was sentenced to prison
6. Hooked on Phonics made its debut on QVC
7. The Chinese Consulate in Japan was closed indefinitely
8. Spray-N-Wash was created


Category: Initials
Clue: P.A.H.A
Submitted Answers:

1. Paranormal and Haunted Association
2. Parents At Home Association
3. Perserved Average Herbivores Alliance
4. Pan American Horse Association
5. People Are Here Again (we are rolling on this one)
6. Parents At Home Association (yep, suggested twice!)
7. Professional Association of Hair Artists
8. Professional Air Hockey Association

Category: People
Clue: Leslie Silva
Submitted Answers:

1. Creator of the Swifer
2. Co-Founder of the Guardian Angels
3. Mexican-decent Politician
4. The only woman to have deep sea dived a depth of over 5000 meters.
5. The first Hispanic woman to serve in Congress
6. The first Mexican-born female admitted to the Texas State Bar Association
7. Founder of Silvania light bulbs (real spelling is Sylvania)
8. First Hispanic female mayor in America

Category: Initials
Clue: P.D.C.A
Submitted Answers:

1. Professional Dental Chinese Americans
2. Patient-Doctor Confidentiality Agency
3. Pediatric Dislocation Center of America
4. People Dedicated to Changing America
5. Pre-Kindergarten Development Children's Association
6. Prevention of Disabled Cats Association
7. Pediatric Diseases Childrens Associations (every word is plural!! hahahaaaa...)
8. Professional Dog Catchers Association

Category: Word Definition
Clue: "THENAR"
Submitted Answers:

1. Narcissistic Theory (in Pyschology)
2. Tropical flower that blooms at the end of Spring
3. A Roman ceremonial shield
4. fruit
5. Device in the Kiln that activates the heat elements
6. A North American stoneware fired in kilns fueled by camel dung
7. A 17th Century British warship
8. The bony bump on your wrist

Category: Initials (yeah, we kept rolling the dice on this one)
Clue: I.C.C.A.
Submitted Answers:

1. Interpret Classical Composers Association
2. Ice Cream Creations Association
3. International Cambodian Christian Alliance
4. International Christian Charity Alliance
5. Ice Cream Cone Association
6. Institute for Creative Crayon Arts
7. International Cave Climbers Association
8. Institute of Chess Champions of America

Category: Initials (yes, again!)
Clue: E.I.M.A
Submitted Answers:

1. European Institute for Mediterranean Animals
2. Elksborough, Illinois Meat Association
3. Electrical Institute of Modern Aviation
4. Equistrian Institute for Military Aviators
5. Electrical Industrial Mechanical Association
6. Essential Intelligence Mastering Accuracy
7. Extra Intelligent Monkeys Association
8. Endlessly Interesting Mothers of America

Category: Movies (finally a new one! Movie Title is given, and you must write a plot)
Clue: Movie Title: "13 Women"
Submitted Answers:

1. In this dark comedy, woman in an internment camp attemp to escape by seducing the military guards. However their efforts are being secretly videotaped and sold to neighboring countries as entertainment.

2. A romantic comedy in which 13 women are interested in the same guy

3. The story of the 1927 Yale University women's field hockey team

4. Based on a true story of 13 men who disguise themselves as women to enroll in the prestigious St. Ramona's Girls Boarding School in Dublin, Ireland.

5. Documentary of 13 women diagnosed with terminal cancer in their final days.

6. A French comedy where a middle-aged man must make peace with his past relationships in order to gain his grandmother's inheritance.

7. Documentary of 13 women working in the mills and their involvement in the women's movement.

8. Chronicles the lives of 13 women determined to be selected as a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader.


During and at the end of the game, a couple of us remembered the one word that stuck in our minds as one of the most hilarious and memorable.

Word: Hornito
Notable Submission: A little Mexican man with only one thing on his mind.
Real Answer: Mosquito larva