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game in 2010. Dooley, a former teacher from Cork, is the de facto editor of the Irish edition, going through all 2,400 words to see what needs to be updated or localised. He believes that the popularity of the game comes from its broad appeal "across general knowledge, sports, politics, pop culture, celebrities".
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The describer draws a card from the "OUT" side of the card box without looking at the words before the timer begins. Each card has a yellow side and a blue side and the player will read from the side that corresponds with the colour square their token is on. There are five words printed on each card
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came up with a game for the 20 people present. Each person had to write a name on a piece of paper and place it in a bowl. The papers were shuffled and guests were paired as partners. They were asked to pull a piece of paper and had 40 seconds to describe it to their teammate.
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at the party hosted at Great Brak River. It was also the name of an artist who created the placemats at the party. The name didn’t stick and just before it was ready to be released in 1998 it was changed to
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