Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512454 times)

JoanP · « **Reply #1080 on:** May 04, 2011, 10:23:54 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
69. JoanP for Blood Meridian #1004
70. deems 2 for Awakening the Buddha Within, #1022
71. Pedln (plus gumtree) for A Prayer for Owen Meany #1032
72. JoanP for A Covert Affair # 1049
73. Frybabe for The House at Riverton #1071
74. deems 2 for Ten Days That Shook the World #1074
75. pedln for The Brief Wondrous life of Oscar Wao # 1090
76. JoanP for The Paris Wife # 1110
77. Gumtree for Old Filth #1113

JoanP · « **Reply #1081 on:** May 04, 2011, 10:26:36 PM »

Hopefully you are fully recovered now, deems2? At least you feel well enough to turn on your computer!

The next to the last word has my full attention! _ S _ _ _

How about a "T"? Assuming this is fiction?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1082 on:** May 05, 2011, 04:19:48 AM »

Deems2 - Stay well, girl, stay well.

There have to be more vowels :

I'll ask for an A

deems 2 · « **Reply #1083 on:** May 05, 2011, 08:39:43 AM »

Hi JoanP and Gum. Not well yet.

But better.

I head back to the doctor tomorrow. A miserable bronchial thing is being passed about around here. It lasts about three weeks. I'm on week four.

Let's see, we'll take the T first. That should give it away.

T _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ E

_ _ _ S _ _ _

_ _ _

deems 2 · « **Reply #1084 on:** May 06, 2011, 08:53:25 AM »

I was sure that you would get it with your T, JoanP.

Here are Gum's A's. Are you working on a painting, Gum?

T _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ E

_ _ _ S _ A _

_ A _

Letters guessed:
S, T, A

Frybabe · « **Reply #1085 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:48:47 PM »

Gumtree · « **Reply #1086 on:** May 07, 2011, 11:22:16 AM »

Gum's A's didn't do Gum much good.

Could I have an M next time?

Deems - I do hope you're over your 'three week' bronchial thing but do remember to take more than usual care for a week or two longer.
Thanks for asking about my work. I usually have a few things on the easels at any one time and get into a frenzy over one or the other - then when that goes flat I do the same on another. Sometimes I get a block on something and it will sit for a while with its face to the wall until suddenly it takes off again... how about you? is there a masterpiece coming along on your easel?

JoanP · « **Reply #1087 on:** May 07, 2011, 11:40:31 AM »

Gum, I went to a book talk with Helen Simonson the other night. In an aside about spending too much time writing a book, she compared it to spending too much time on a painting. She said in the end it will come out "brown." What do you think?

I'm seeing the last two words as "usual way" - Other than that, am stumped! How about a "Y" to answer that question once and for all.

Deems2, does everyone keep telling you to rest?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1088 on:** May 07, 2011, 12:06:54 PM »

JoanP Simonson is right about that 'brown' - we call it 'mud'. The trick is in knowing when to stop - or better still, stopping before it's time - while the magic is still there.

deems 2 · « **Reply #1089 on:** May 07, 2011, 10:12:28 PM »

How about I just give Frybabe her "U" and that'll solve your problem, JoanP.

T _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ U S _ _ _ E

_ _ _ S _ A _

_ A _

Letters guessed:
S, T, A, U

Woohoo! I love painting discussions. Yes, everything goes to mud on this continent too. In fact, when I tell my students that they aren't allowed to use grey, black or brown, they panic. They have no idea what they will do without brown. Soon enough, they realise that if they mix almost any three colours (and many times only two), they will end up with brown. Again and again and again.

pedln · « **Reply #1090 on:** May 07, 2011, 11:15:31 PM »

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

I'd been thinking memories made and Islam Man, but the US had to be ous, which led to wondrous which led to life. I haven't read it, but someone asked me not too long ago if I had.

Now, I'll really be shot down if that's not the title.

Deems2, do you teach art?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1091 on:** May 08, 2011, 04:35:25 AM »

Wow! Pedln - you're a genius. I've not heard of that title. Interesting to see your thought process.

JoanP · « **Reply #1092 on:** May 08, 2011, 08:30:43 AM »

Oh wow, Pedln! Congratulations! Wow! Wow!

Frybabe · « **Reply #1093 on:** May 08, 2011, 08:35:34 AM »

I am not familiar with that book. Any good?

deems 2 · « **Reply #1094 on:** May 08, 2011, 11:52:29 AM »

WINNER! WINNER! WINNER!

Excellent job, pedln! YAY!

Yes, I teach painting (oils and acrylics, encaustics, watercolours - not all at the same time) and drawing.

pedln · « **Reply #1095 on:** May 08, 2011, 09:51:43 PM »

___ ___ ____

____ ____ ____ I ____

____ ____ ____ ____

This is a novel about real people.
It's fairly recent. Up until a short time ago I had never heard about it or its author.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1096 on:** May 09, 2011, 06:08:55 AM »

Gimme an E ... please

pedln · « **Reply #1097 on:** May 09, 2011, 01:22:42 PM »

An E for Gum, you'll get if for sure now.

   ___ ___ E

   ____ ____ ____ I ____

   ____ ____ ____ E

This is a novel about real people.
It's fairly recent. Up until a short time ago I had never heard about it or its author.
About a man and a woman. The man is no longer living, and I doubt the woman is either.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1098 on:** May 11, 2011, 06:06:37 PM »

How about an N?

JoanP · « **Reply #1099 on:** May 11, 2011, 06:08:25 PM »

an "N" or a "T"?

pedln · « **Reply #1100 on:** May 11, 2011, 06:14:04 PM »

Thre is no N, but there is a T, which is no doubt a big help.

T ___ E

____ ____ ____ I ____

____ ____ ____ E

This is a novel about real people.
It's fairly recent. Up until a short time ago I had never heard about it or its author.
About a man and a woman. The man is no longer living, and I doubt the woman is either.

Letters used -- N, E, T

JoanP · « **Reply #1101 on:** May 11, 2011, 06:19:15 PM »

An "F"?

pedln · « **Reply #1102 on:** May 11, 2011, 08:58:41 PM »

What!!!!!!!!!!! You're asking for another letter 11 minutes after you get one?

What happened to "once a day?"

JoanP · « **Reply #1103 on:** May 11, 2011, 09:43:27 PM »

The "F" guess is for tomorrow, Pedln.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1104 on:** May 11, 2011, 10:57:25 PM »

I'd like an M ... whenever it's convenient fot you Pedln

Frybabe · « **Reply #1105 on:** May 12, 2011, 01:02:47 PM »

or an S?

pedln · « **Reply #1106 on:** May 12, 2011, 04:36:42 PM »

There is no M. Sorry, Gumtree.
An F it shall be.

T ___ E

____ ____ ____ I ____

____ ____ F E

This is a novel about real people.
It's fairly recent. Up until a short time ago I had never heard about it or its author.
About a man and a woman. The man is no longer living, and I doubt the woman is either.
You are probably more familiar with the man than with the woman. She is no longer living, though she outlived him by 18 years.

Letters used -- N, E, T, M, F

JoanP · « **Reply #1107 on:** May 13, 2011, 08:34:58 AM »

hmmm...

There must be at least one more "I" then?

Frybabe · « **Reply #1108 on:** May 13, 2011, 08:53:18 AM »

An A please

pedln · « **Reply #1109 on:** May 13, 2011, 04:59:05 PM »

Someone asked for an S a while back --

T ___ E

____ ____ ____ I S

____ ____ F E

This is a novel about real people.
It's fairly recent. Up until a short time ago I had never heard about it or its author.
About a man and a woman. The man is no longer living, and I doubt the woman is either.
You are probably more familiar with the man than with the woman. She is no longer living, though she outlived him by 18 years.

Letters used -- N, E, T, M, F

JoanP · « **Reply #1110 on:** May 13, 2011, 06:38:19 PM »

Oh ho...I remember your talking about this book not too long ago, Pedlin...

The Paris Wife, right?

pedln · « **Reply #1111 on:** May 14, 2011, 11:11:30 AM »

WINNER!!! WINNER!!!

You got it JoanP. By Paula McLain. The next clue would have said something about it being reviewed by a well-known author. And of course that was Helen Simonson who did say something about it when she came to answer our questions about Major Pettigrew.

JoanP · « **Reply #1112 on:** May 15, 2011, 01:42:03 PM »

Have you read it, Pedln? Let us know!

Okay, this one is NOT HARD - somewill will get it right away. first clue, Fiction with a misleading title, sort of

_ _ _ _ I _ _ _

Gumtree · « **Reply #1113 on:** May 16, 2011, 02:16:16 AM »

I'll be the mug ... OLD FILTH

pedln · « **Reply #1114 on:** May 16, 2011, 09:38:07 AM »

Right under our nose. Aren't you smart Gumtree.

That's not the first time JoanP has done that.

JoanP · « **Reply #1115 on:** May 16, 2011, 09:43:29 AM »

I thought you'd get it fast = but not THAT fast!

Old Filth is a wonderful book - just wanted to spread the word here -

From the recent vote, we should have a good number participating in June. If you are thinking of joining us, please post here -

http://seniorlearn.org/forum/index.php?board=118.0

deems 2 · « **Reply #1116 on:** May 16, 2011, 10:32:36 PM »

WOW, Gumtree! Fantastic!

Gumtree · « **Reply #1117 on:** May 17, 2011, 03:13:48 AM »

Not fantastic at all - that one just stood up and bit me.

Here's one - fiction - a classic -

__ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ R __ __ __ __ __

Should be a piece of cake!

JoanP · « **Reply #1118 on:** May 17, 2011, 07:26:01 AM »

Isn't it funny how titles are so obvious - to the one who is posting it? This classic is not yet a piece of cake, Gum!

Are there any more "R" s in the title?

ps - Happy to see you will lurk in the Old Filth discussion. Do you have any knowledge of anyone who was sent "Home" as a child? I've been reading Kipling's Baa Baa Black Sheep in preparation for the discussion. Heartbreaking.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1119 on:** May 17, 2011, 11:26:12 PM »

Sorry Joan P - no more Rs

And yes, I have known a couple of 'Raj orphans' neither of whom seem to have suffered greatly from the separation from their parents - possibly because they went to close family in England.

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512454 times)