Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512464 times)

PatH · « **Reply #1120 on:** May 18, 2011, 08:19:16 AM »

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
78. Pedln for David Copperfield #1134

Frybabe · « **Reply #1121 on:** May 18, 2011, 08:20:47 AM »

Any Ts?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1122 on:** May 18, 2011, 01:04:25 PM »

Sorry Frybabe - not a single T to be seen.

Here it is again - fiction - a classic

__ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ R __ __ __ __ __

Like I said - it should be a piece of cake...

JoanP · « **Reply #1123 on:** May 18, 2011, 01:15:49 PM »

Hmmm...is "cake" a clue, she wonders aloud...

how about a "c"?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1124 on:** May 19, 2011, 03:41:15 AM »

Aha! - JoanP's persistence pays off - there is a C

__ __ __ __ __

C __ __ __ __ R __ __ __ __ __

A classic - fiction - but no cake in sight.

Letters used R T C

pedln · « **Reply #1125 on:** May 19, 2011, 11:48:59 AM »

We need a vowel in there. How about an I?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1126 on:** May 20, 2011, 04:24:31 AM »

Ha! I think Pedln's awake to it

__ __ __ I __

C __ __ __ __ R __ I __ __ __

A classic - fiction - we all know this book -

Letters used R T C I

Frybabe · « **Reply #1127 on:** May 20, 2011, 08:46:35 AM »

Well, I don't have a clue. How about an H?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1128 on:** May 21, 2011, 04:46:26 AM »

Sorry Frybabe not an H in sight.

__ __ __ I __

C __ __ __ __ R __ I __ __ __

A classic - fiction - we all know this book -

Letters used R T C I H

C'mon - another guess or two and you'll get it!

Frybabe · « **Reply #1129 on:** May 21, 2011, 12:15:20 PM »

Ok, than I will try for an N.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1130 on:** May 22, 2011, 05:04:03 AM »

Sorry Fry - no N either!

__ __ __ I __

C __ __ __ __ R __ I __ __ __

A classic - fiction - we all know this book -

Letters used R T C I H N

Frybabe · « **Reply #1131 on:** May 22, 2011, 08:01:23 AM »

Okay, I'm going to have to ask for a vowel please. How about an A?

pedln · « **Reply #1132 on:** May 22, 2011, 10:51:07 AM »

And perhaps a W or two. I think this is a personal name.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1133 on:** May 22, 2011, 12:10:02 PM »

Pedln - a 'W' or TWO? - sorry there's not even one - but there is an 'A' for Frybabe

__ A __ I __

C __ __ __ __ R __ I __ __ __

A classic - fiction - we all know this book -

Letters used R T C I H N W A

Now it really is staring you in the face.

pedln · « **Reply #1134 on:** May 22, 2011, 01:46:50 PM »

I knew it was a name -- David Copperfield

It all became a matter of looking at letters that weren't there, and when D popped up . . . .

Frybabe · « **Reply #1135 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:52:25 PM »

Oh, for heavens sake. I just knew I was going to kick myself. Sigh! Looks like you nailed it Pedln.

PatH · « **Reply #1136 on:** May 22, 2011, 04:50:35 PM »

Oh, good grief! Congratulations, pedln.

JoanP · « **Reply #1137 on:** May 22, 2011, 10:24:16 PM »

Well I sensed it was the name of a character too - and have to admit that I couldn't think of a single title character whose last name began with a "C" - how bad is that!

Good for you, Pedln!

Gumtree · « **Reply #1138 on:** May 23, 2011, 06:03:24 AM »

WINNER! WINNER! WINNER !

I knew it was a name -- David Copperfield

And you were so right Pedln - Congrats to you.

pedln · « **Reply #1139 on:** May 23, 2011, 01:57:46 PM »

Please give me a day. I had a thought, and now have lost it.

pedln · « **Reply #1140 on:** May 23, 2011, 05:02:39 PM »

A new novel, but the author is not new

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ Y

JoanK · « **Reply #1141 on:** May 23, 2011, 08:21:00 PM »

DUH (headslap).

Frybabe · « **Reply #1142 on:** May 23, 2011, 08:32:30 PM »

I'll try for an L please.

pedln · « **Reply #1143 on:** May 23, 2011, 10:46:43 PM »

And there is an L

A new novel, but the author is not new

___ ___ ___ L ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ Y

Letters used L, Y

Gumtree · « **Reply #1144 on:** May 24, 2011, 05:13:57 AM »

We're going to need a vowel - what about A

Frybabe · « **Reply #1145 on:** May 24, 2011, 08:01:26 AM »

Well the L wasn't where I thought it might be, so I'llo try for a T.

pedln · « **Reply #1146 on:** May 24, 2011, 10:31:36 AM »

A vowel always helps.

A new novel, but the author is not new
This author frequently uses the same locale for a setting.

___ A ___ L ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ Y

Letters used L, Y, A

JoanP · « **Reply #1147 on:** May 25, 2011, 10:26:42 AM »

Hmmm, not a clue...same locale -

I'll have to ask for an "O" - please?

pedln · « **Reply #1148 on:** May 25, 2011, 09:57:54 PM »

One O for JoanP.

A new novel, but the author is not new
This author frequently uses the same locale for a setting.
I have not read this author, but would like to, especially the ones set in _____, both fiction and non.

___ A ___ L O ___ ___

___ ___ ___ Y

Letters used L, Y, A , O

Frybabe · « **Reply #1149 on:** May 25, 2011, 10:54:05 PM »

Got any Cs in there somewhere?

JoanP · « **Reply #1150 on:** May 25, 2011, 11:12:38 PM »

Oh yeah - there's a "C" - Pete Hamil's Tabloid City it has to be...

pedln · « **Reply #1151 on:** May 26, 2011, 11:11:22 AM »

It certainly does. You got it JoanP.

WINNER!!! WINNER!!! WINNER!!!

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JoanK · « **Reply #1152 on:** May 26, 2011, 02:50:36 PM »

WOW! JOANP, YOU'RE QUICK!

JoanP · « **Reply #1153 on:** May 28, 2011, 06:18:31 PM »

Oops - it's my turn -

OK, this is a wonderful author we've discussed here - latest book. Eager to hear if anyone has read it - BUT you'll have to guess the title first -

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _

Frybabe · « **Reply #1154 on:** May 28, 2011, 06:36:35 PM »

My I have a T please?

JoanP · « **Reply #1155 on:** May 28, 2011, 09:12:05 PM »

Let me check, Frybabe -
Nope = nary a "T"...
Guess again?

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _

JoanK · « **Reply #1156 on:** May 28, 2011, 09:34:57 PM »

How about an "E"?

PatH · « **Reply #1157 on:** May 29, 2011, 06:49:38 PM »

Caleb's Crossing

JoanP · « **Reply #1158 on:** May 29, 2011, 08:16:41 PM »

HA! And you didn't even need the apostrophe, which was going to be today's clue!

winner! winner! winner!

Have you read Geraldine Brooks' new book, PatH?

PatH · « **Reply #1159 on:** May 30, 2011, 09:17:58 AM »

No, I haven't read it yet; it looks interesting. Brooks gave a talk and signing for it here on May 9, but it wasn't at Politics and Prose, but at the Historic 6th and I Synagogue, where they have their bigger events. I'm not too keen about going down there alone after dark.

After that great discussion we had several years ago of her People of the Book, I've read some of her other stuff, and it was good.

Back later today with a new puzzle.

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