Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512493 times)

Frybabe · « **Reply #1320 on:** July 20, 2011, 07:30:20 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. Gumtree 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
79. JoanP for Tabloid City #1150
80. PatH for Caleb's Crossing #1157
81. Frybabe for Unbroken #1169
82. PatH for The Android's Dream #1178
83. JoanP for Treasure Island #1186
84. pedln for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn #1204
85. Frybabe for Winter's Bone #1227
86. JoanP for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1234
87. Pedln for A Novel Bookstore #1237
88. pedln for Dancing at the Rascal Fair #1247
89. PatH for The Hunchback of Notre-Dame #1260
90. pedln for Slaughterhouse Five #1269
91. deems 2 for Eternal on the Water #1278
92. Frybabe for The Cookbook Collector #1299
93. Gumtree for The Bridge of Sighs # 1329
94. PatH for The Bridge of San Luis Rey #1335

Well now, I wonder where I got the whole wheat crust recipe then. It really is good with spiniach pie or apple pie (I've even added a little shredded cheddar to the pie crust on occasion). I haven't done any baking in a long time. My stove is on the fritz, so I've been microwaving, slow-cooking or electric woking everything. I really must go look at stoves, but I've been holding off, hoping I can do a kitchen remodel with a counter top two burner range and a convection or other smaller oven. The oven I have is huge.

Now, to the game. Yes, there are I's.

T __ E

__ __ I __ __ E

O __

__ I __ __ __

Clue: The protagonist is an Eastern European Police Detective.

JoanK · « **Reply #1321 on:** July 21, 2011, 03:45:02 PM »

Well, the third worf is either of or on. I'll bet it's "of", but to be preverse, I'll ask for an "N"

JoanP · « **Reply #1322 on:** July 21, 2011, 03:55:37 PM »

Well, I can't get by The Prince of Tides...even if the clues don't fit!

How about a "D"?

What's a "worf"?

deems 2 · « **Reply #1323 on:** July 21, 2011, 05:20:30 PM »

A worf is a teenage wolf. They are babes, then pups, then worfs, then wolves. I think that it may be a slang term. They may actually still be "pups". But I wouldn't call a worf "pup" to his face. Too many teeth.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1324 on:** July 21, 2011, 06:42:34 PM »

I think I'll be nice and give JoanP her D. There are not Ns.

T __ E

__ __ I D __ E

O __

__ I __ __ __

I just played around with Google a bit and discovered that there are two books by this name, one poem and a real location.

PatH · « **Reply #1325 on:** July 21, 2011, 06:46:08 PM »

We had a particularly glorious full moon last week, and as I was standing in my side yard admiring it, I might have heard the distant howls of the frolicking young worfs. Good thing the moon isn't tonight; it's so hot even getting the paper from the front yard is an ordeal.

JoanK · « **Reply #1326 on:** July 22, 2011, 03:31:53 PM »

How about an "L"?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1327 on:** July 22, 2011, 03:54:05 PM »

Love the 'worfs'

How about - THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS

PatH · « **Reply #1328 on:** July 22, 2011, 04:17:11 PM »

Oh, for goodness sake, Gum, that has got to be it. I'm glad you got it--it was driving me nuts.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1329 on:** July 22, 2011, 05:14:29 PM »

Yeaaaaaa! Gumtree got it. The Bridge of Sighs book I have is by Olen Steinhauer and is a police detective novel. I have not checked out what Russo's book is about yet. Here is Thomas Hood's poem of the same name: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-bridge-of-sighs/ I've added the website to my bookmarks. Oh, and the location is a bridge in Venice. http://gerardmcgarry.com/photo/bridge-sighs

Gumtree · « **Reply #1330 on:** July 23, 2011, 01:33:39 PM »

Afraid I only know the Russo book - I was forced to learn pages of Thomas Hood poetry at school. I see he is just as depressing as ever...

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ A __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __

JoanP · « **Reply #1331 on:** July 23, 2011, 02:47:10 PM »

Just have to ask for the "S" Gum~

PatH · « **Reply #1332 on:** July 23, 2011, 07:27:14 PM »

My memory of Thomas Hood is mostly "Song of a Shirt". Don't remember "The Bridge of Sighs" It's annoying in its patronizing attitude toward a "fallen woman", but is also pathetic and touching.

PatH · « **Reply #1333 on:** July 23, 2011, 07:29:10 PM »

I think it’s time to retire Title Mania. No one has posted there for 5 months, and we had all kind of run out of titles. Is there any reason to archive it rather than just trash it? We had some good conversations there, which I wouldn’t mind rereading, but realistically, no one is going to look for them. Let me know what you want.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1334 on:** July 24, 2011, 12:46:47 PM »

Only one request - an S for JoanP

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

__ __ S A __

__ __ __ S __ __ __

Letters used A S

I can see this one will go quickly now.

PatH · « **Reply #1335 on:** July 24, 2011, 04:13:37 PM »

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

deems 2 · « **Reply #1336 on:** July 24, 2011, 05:45:40 PM »

pedln · « **Reply #1337 on:** July 24, 2011, 07:18:46 PM »

Well done, PatH. I looked at that, but couldn't fit OBISPO into three letters, and the rest of my mind was a blank.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1338 on:** July 25, 2011, 05:36:58 AM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

Well done PatH! I knew once those S's went in someone would get it right away...

It was the previous quiz Bridge of Sighs that brought San Luis Rey to my mind. I think I might read it once again - it's been so long and I'm sure it will mean so much more to this old lady than it did when I was in my twenties ...

PatH · « **Reply #1339 on:** July 25, 2011, 04:50:52 PM »

I'm tempted to do another "Bridge" title, but I won't, it might be too obvious:

___ ___ ___

___ ___ M ___ ___ ___

___ ___

___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___

pedln · « **Reply #1340 on:** July 25, 2011, 04:58:41 PM »

How about an O?

Frybabe · « **Reply #1341 on:** July 25, 2011, 06:18:13 PM »

Please is there a D?

PatH · « **Reply #1342 on:** July 26, 2011, 12:10:33 PM »

Here's your O, pedln.

___ ___ ___

___ ___ M ___ ___ ___

O ___

___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___

There is no D.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1343 on:** July 26, 2011, 07:29:26 PM »

In that case, let's try an R.

PatH · « **Reply #1344 on:** July 27, 2011, 08:50:24 AM »

There is one R:

___ ___ ___

___ ___ M ___ ___ ___

O ___

___ ___ ___

___ ___ R ___ ___

Letters used: D, M, O, R

A very well-known title, not recent.

JoanK · « **Reply #1345 on:** July 27, 2011, 06:40:59 PM »

T. please

Frybabe · « **Reply #1346 on:** July 27, 2011, 06:52:48 PM »

Or an A?

PatH · « **Reply #1347 on:** July 27, 2011, 11:04:59 PM »

JoanK hasn't had a letter yet. The T should help.

T ___ ___

T ___ M ___ ___

O ___

T ___ ___

___ ___ R ___ ___

Letters used, D, M, O, R, T.

pedln · « **Reply #1348 on:** July 28, 2011, 02:22:09 AM »

Pat, are you sure you have all the letters there? It looks like Taming of the Shrew to me.

PatH · « **Reply #1349 on:** July 28, 2011, 07:48:59 AM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

You're right, pedln, I left off a blank this time--sorry. At least I put it in all the other times, so you could figure it out.

And The Taming of the Shrew it is.

JoanP · « **Reply #1350 on:** July 28, 2011, 09:01:16 AM »

hahaha...PatH - join my club!

Pedln gets them anyway, even if you leave out the blanks!

PatH · « **Reply #1351 on:** July 30, 2011, 03:50:12 PM »

You're IT, pedln.

pedln · « **Reply #1352 on:** July 30, 2011, 09:32:59 PM »

OK. Give me a day, please. We just got back from three days in the mountains -- no Wi-Fi and now little Ruby wants to play.

PatH · « **Reply #1353 on:** July 31, 2011, 09:44:07 AM »

Sounds delightful. I could use the mountains; we've had record heat here again.

pedln · « **Reply #1354 on:** July 31, 2011, 07:54:38 PM »

_____

______ _____ P ______ ______ ______ ______ ______

______ ______ ______ ______ _______

Fiction, modern/contemporary classic

PatH · « **Reply #1355 on:** July 31, 2011, 07:59:05 PM »

Hmmm--the usual incomprehensible start.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1356 on:** August 01, 2011, 10:11:14 AM »

c'mon - gimme an A

pedln · « **Reply #1357 on:** August 02, 2011, 12:46:31 AM »

It looks like you won the jackpot, Gum.

A

_____ _____ P A ______ A ______ ______

______ ______ A ______ _______

Frybabe · « **Reply #1358 on:** August 02, 2011, 11:33:41 AM »

Got any N's in there?

JoanP · « **Reply #1359 on:** August 02, 2011, 12:23:14 PM »

No "n"s if it's A Separate Peace...

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512493 times)