Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512438 times)

deems 2 · « **Reply #1000 on:** March 11, 2011, 11:16:24 PM »

Welcome to our newest brain teaser: BLANKO

The rules are simple:

The Challenger posts either a title or the name of an author, but not both.

Ex:

Title of Book: three words, a prize winning novel:

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ T __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

What is it?

The Contestants guess the title or author (if it's a challenge on an author's name) and post their answer. If they can, the solve the entire answer. If not, they can also suggest one of the title words or a letter to fill in one of the blanks. One guess per "day" (between appearances of the Challenger) for each contestant.

At the end of the day if the puzzle is not solved, the Challenger will then add only one of the suggested letters the Contestants have suggested, everywhere it appears.

The winner becomes the new Challenger.

Good Luck !!

List of Winners and Book Titles or Authors:

1. Pat H for Rabbit Run Post #27
2. Ginny for Hound of the Baskervilles Post #45
3. Joan P for The Winter of our Discontent # 51
4. Ginny for Aesop's Fables # 54
5. Frybabe for The Caine Mutiny # 68
6. Ginny for Seven Pillars of Wisdom #75
7. Gumtree for Lost in America #100
8. Frybabe for King Solomon's Mines #138
9. Gumgree for Thus Spake Zarathustra # 174
10. Frybabe for All Quiet on the Western Front # 193
11. Joan K for Seven Years in Tibet # 205
12. Gumtree for all Quiet on the Western Front # 210
13. Frybabe for The Scarlet Pimpernel #221
14. PatH for Two years Before the Mast #225
15. Gumtree for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner #229
16. PatH for HMS Surprise #232
17. JoanP for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea #241
18. Frybabe for The Life of Pi #249
19. pedlin for Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass #264
20. Frybabe for Undaunted Courage #281
21. pedln for Ice Station Zebra #292
22. Gumtree for The African Queen #304
23. pedln for Alias Grace #319
24. Frybabe for Stephen Crane #333
25. JoanP for Is Paris Burning? #343
26. Ginny for Zeituon #350
27. Frybabe for S*** My Dad Says #371
28. JoanP for Ghosts of Vesuvius #384
29. pedln for The 39 Steps #407
30. Frybabe for The Namesake #430
31. JoanP for Awakenings #447
32. pedln for The Left Hand of Darkness #471
33. JoanK for The Elegance of the Hedgehog #481
34. Gumtree for Gone With the Wind #491
35. PatH for That Old Cape Magic #511
36. JoanP for The Woman in White # 523
37. deems 2 for Faceless Killers #554
38. JoanP for The Known World #587
39. deems 2 for Don Quixote #601
40. Gumtree for The Shipping News #616
41. deems 2 for The Count of Monte Cristo #628
42. JoanP for Bel Canto #651
43. pedln for USA #656
44. Fran for A Redbird Christmas #678
45. Nobody got Faith and Betrayal #696
46. Gumtree for Kristin Lavransdatter #705
47. JoanP for A Room with a View #716
48. Gumtree for Metamorphosis # 731
49. JoanP for Mansfield Park #741
50. Frybabe for Empire if the Summer Moon #756
51. PatH for The Sketch Book #772
52. JoanP for The Last of the Mohicans #783
53. deems2 for Anne of Avonlea #792
54. PatH for Wuthering Heights #803
55. deems2 for Snow Falling on Cedars #810
56. JoanP for Let the Great World Spin #821
57. deems2 for A Novel Bookstore #839
58. pedln for Juliet, Naked #858
59. deems2 for The Devil in White City #878
60. JoanP for The Invisible Bridge #901
61. pedln for The Lacuna #909
62. deems2 for To the End of the Land #917
63. JoanP for Wolf Hall #933
64. pedln for Any Human Heart #944
65. JoanP for Ordinary People #955
66. deems2 for The Weird Sisters #963
67. JoanP for Cry the Beloved Country #973
68. deems 2 for Cymbeline #984

Here you go, pedln! An N.

_ _ _ _ _ _ E _ I _ I _ N

Clues:
Fiction.
An epic tale.

Letters guessed:
T, E, I, N

JoanP · « **Reply #1001 on:** March 12, 2011, 05:36:51 PM »

this is maddening...

how about an "R" and another clue?

deems 2 · « **Reply #1002 on:** March 12, 2011, 06:01:18 PM »

What JoanP? There is more than one letter revealed and we don't have your answer yet!

This R should help. And another clue.

_ _ _ _ _ _ E R I _ I _ N

Clues:
Fiction.
An epic tale.
This is one creepy book. When I first read it, I thought that it seemed a lot like Moby Dick.

Letters guessed:
T, E, I, N, R

PatH · « **Reply #1003 on:** March 12, 2011, 07:24:19 PM »

An O?

JoanP · « **Reply #1004 on:** March 12, 2011, 10:21:31 PM »

I'll bet there are two O's...

Can it be a young Cormac McCarthy work? Blood Meridian?

deems 2 · « **Reply #1005 on:** March 12, 2011, 10:28:32 PM »

WINNER! WINNER! WINNER!

There you go, JoanP. I was beginning to worry.

(Excellent guess on the O's, PatH.)

This is a great book if you can handle its creepiness. All the Pretty Horses, it is not.

pedln · « **Reply #1006 on:** March 13, 2011, 01:40:56 PM »

Congratulations, JoanP, especially for figuring out Blood. I could get the Meridian part, but the only thing that came to mind was Blue Meridian -- the search for ther great white shark.

That was a toughie, deems2.

JoanP · « **Reply #1007 on:** March 14, 2011, 06:54:23 PM »

That was a good one, deems2! Cormac McCarthy just keeps on going...

OK, this one I bet you never read - probably never heard of. You'll just have to guess the letters and then the words to arrive at the title. I've got a friend with only months to live. She told me about this book that soothed her. Of course, I had to find it, read it and see what gave her such comfort.
I'm half way through the book, and find it absorbing. Will keep reading, while you guess the letters...

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Gumtree · « **Reply #1008 on:** March 15, 2011, 01:39:48 AM »

May I have an O

JoanP · « **Reply #1009 on:** March 15, 2011, 03:59:06 PM »

Oh yes, you have "A"'s, Pedln! And a clue. Non-fiction

letters already guessed, O, A -

clues: non-fiction, a soothing or comforting book, by a New Yorker, surprisingly

A _ A _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ E

_ _ _ _ _ A

_ _ _ _ _ _

pedln · « **Reply #1010 on:** March 15, 2011, 05:03:28 PM »

fiction or non? and how about an A, please?

JoanK · « **Reply #1011 on:** March 15, 2011, 11:22:47 PM »

Is the last word a 6 letter word that didn't fit on one line?

JoanP · « **Reply #1012 on:** March 16, 2011, 11:14:22 AM »

Is that better, JoanK? The last word in the tital has six letters.

deems 2 · « **Reply #1013 on:** March 16, 2011, 06:18:43 PM »

"tital"?

JoanP · « **Reply #1014 on:** March 16, 2011, 06:22:20 PM »

oops, I meant "tidal"...

pedln · « **Reply #1015 on:** March 16, 2011, 10:21:00 PM »

Is the first word Amaryllis?

JoanP · « **Reply #1016 on:** March 16, 2011, 10:55:42 PM »

Nope, not an

...though I'd really like to know why some years my bulb blooms like this...and other years, just the green. Does anyone know?

PatH · « **Reply #1017 on:** March 16, 2011, 11:20:57 PM »

No, but I can tell you what alkaloids are in it. Gorgeous flower.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1018 on:** March 17, 2011, 03:39:17 AM »

My amaryllis-es flower well if they get plenty of potash right before the growing season....

Haven't got a clue as to this tital or tidal

if we're guessing first words - is first word ACADEMICS

pedln · « **Reply #1019 on:** March 17, 2011, 11:11:01 AM »

Whatever, we should probably ask for an M

A lovely flower, lovely photo, Gumtree

JoanP · « **Reply #1020 on:** March 17, 2011, 04:20:50 PM »

I'll have to get some Potash for next year then. Thanks, Gum. It is so sad when I see the green fronds, but no stem, no bud. Now to remember the Potash...

Ok - back to the game - in the meantime, I can read the remaining chapters of the book...

There is no "M" - and no, the first word is not Academics. (Now that you have the first letter, you should get this very soon....

letters already guessed, O, A, M -

clues: non-fiction, a soothing or comforting book, by a New Yorker, surprisingly and the first word is NOT Academics...

A _ A _ _ _ _ _ _

   _ _ E

   _ _ _ _ _ A

   _ _ _ _ _ _

pedln · « **Reply #1021 on:** March 18, 2011, 09:25:48 PM »

T, please

deems 2 · « **Reply #1022 on:** March 18, 2011, 10:13:09 PM »

Awakening the Buddha Within?

JoanP · « **Reply #1023 on:** March 18, 2011, 10:28:17 PM »

winner! winner! winner! Congratulations, deems2!

Have you heard of this book, deems2? My college room-mate received a terrible prognosis three weeks ago. She has remained amazingly calm, though her children are in a frenzy, trying to find cures, test programs, etc. while her time grows shorter. She had told me how this book calms her, prepares her for what lies ahead. So I just had to go and read the book to understand where she is in all this. I can see how it has helped her.

pedln · « **Reply #1024 on:** March 19, 2011, 12:05:10 AM »

Oh my, JoanP, I'm sorry to hear about your friend. Such news is hard to bear. But it must be an amazing book. I've just been looking at reviews of it and it seems to have affected so many, so positively.

Congratulations, deems2.

deems 2 · « **Reply #1025 on:** March 25, 2011, 11:26:37 PM »

Hello. I am sorry folks. I have been wiped out this week. No, JoanP, I have not read this book, but I have heard of it. Is it good? I got to Awakening the X----a Within and then it just slipped into place.

Here is an easy one. Five words.

A _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

Frybabe · « **Reply #1026 on:** March 25, 2011, 11:46:14 PM »

Okay, I'll toss an R into the ring.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1027 on:** March 26, 2011, 10:39:56 AM »

Are there any more A's

deems 2 · « **Reply #1028 on:** March 26, 2011, 07:03:07 PM »

Frybabe, you were first. Here are your r's. There are lots of them!

A _ R _ _ _ R

_ _ R _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

JoanP · « **Reply #1029 on:** March 29, 2011, 10:30:51 AM »

Awakening the Buddha Within - you asked if it is a good book. I think my friend, who is preparing herself the best she can, this is helping her in ways that the psychiatrist is not able to. I read the book mainly - so that I could understand her thinking. I don't think it is anything I would read for my own enjoyment or spiritual help.

I gather this is fiction - do I see an "F"?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1030 on:** March 30, 2011, 12:57:41 PM »

The first three words - A Prayer For ? ?

If so I have no idea of for whom or for what?

JoanP · « **Reply #1031 on:** March 30, 2011, 01:49:55 PM »

A Prayer for Owen ..... I forget. John Irving?

pedln · « **Reply #1032 on:** March 30, 2011, 05:10:28 PM »

Meany

deems 2 · « **Reply #1033 on:** March 30, 2011, 06:01:06 PM »

YAY! WINNERS WINNERS WINNERS!

That's weird. My prior response has disappeared. But I am sure I gave you your F last night, JoanP.

Great job, with no idea, Gum.

Yay! pedln!

pedln · « **Reply #1034 on:** March 31, 2011, 10:12:33 AM »

JoanP and Gumtree will have to duke it out. They did the hard work. I loved that book, and remember when one of our English teachers recommended it to me. Garp was the only other John Irving I had read at the time. Owen Meany is one of my all-time favorites. Enjoyed its movie, too -- Simon Birch, but it wasn't near as good as the book. And really didn't get much attention.

JoanP · « **Reply #1035 on:** April 02, 2011, 10:21:56 PM »

So where are we? Pedln, you supplied the rest of the title...I had forgotten little Owen's last name...Gum got the first two words. Since you knew the title, there seems to be no question - YOU ARE IT!

pedln · « **Reply #1036 on:** April 04, 2011, 05:01:31 PM »

Coming soon.

pedln · « **Reply #1037 on:** April 05, 2011, 10:11:11 PM »

Non-fiction

A

__ __ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __

JoanP · « **Reply #1038 on:** April 06, 2011, 07:47:51 AM »

Non Fiction beginning with the "A"? Isn't that unusual? Maybe not, maybe I'm not fully awake yet. Lots of letters though - Pedln, are there any more "A"'s?

pedln · « **Reply #1039 on:** April 06, 2011, 12:08:45 PM »

Non-fiction

A
__ __ __ __ __ __

A __ __ A __ __

Some is going to get this right away.

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512438 times)