Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512517 times)

Gumtree · « **Reply #1440 on:** August 31, 2011, 09:06:23 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. 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
95. pedln for The Taming of the Shrew #1348
96. JoanP for A Separate Peace #1359
97. PatH for The Ponder Heart #1375
98. pedln for Let Us Now Praise Famous Men #1395
99. deems2 for To Serve Them All My Days #1402

The comments about State of Wonder give it such a good rap - I might pick it up - looking for something a bit different - as ever...

Here's Pedln's N for this classic

__ E __ __ __ N __ __

C'mon, It's easy!

JoanP · « **Reply #1441 on:** September 01, 2011, 10:57:28 AM »

Easy, because you know what it is, Gum! We need that first letter...

How about an "H"?

Frybabe · « **Reply #1442 on:** September 01, 2011, 01:51:05 PM »

Or a P?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1443 on:** September 01, 2011, 02:27:29 PM »

Sorry girls! No H - still less a P

__ E __ __ __ N __ __

Letters used: E N H P

JoanK · « **Reply #1444 on:** September 01, 2011, 02:50:50 PM »

The Classics Club has a winner! Plutarch "Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans". But our job has just started. We have to pick 4 selections to read in October. Who do you want to get to know better: Caesar? Cleopatra? Cicero? Come help us decide at

http://seniorlearn.org/forum/index.php?topic=2395.80

JoanP · « **Reply #1445 on:** September 01, 2011, 08:34:26 PM »

How about a G?

pedln · « **Reply #1446 on:** September 02, 2011, 11:50:20 AM »

Is that first E you put up the only one? If not, let's see the other E's

Gumtree · « **Reply #1447 on:** September 02, 2011, 11:55:26 AM »

Sorry Pedln - not another E to be had

JoanP is right on the money asking for a G -

G E __ __ __ N __ __

Letters used: E N H P G

Frybabe · « **Reply #1448 on:** September 02, 2011, 03:32:30 PM »

Well, it's not Geronimo. The N is in the wrong place. Soooooo, may I try an O?

deems 2 · « **Reply #1449 on:** September 02, 2011, 06:59:26 PM »

Too funny, Frybabe. I kept wanting it to be Geronimo too! How about Germinal?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1450 on:** September 03, 2011, 05:22:10 AM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

Deems2 does it again

Too easy once that G came up -

but Geronimo ? There's a book? And the author is?

Frybabe · « **Reply #1451 on:** September 03, 2011, 11:27:43 AM »

Gum, the book is technically called Geronimo's Story of His Life. He is credited as the author, but it is an as told to book. S.M. Barrett, Supertinendent of Education in Lawton, Oklahoma is listed as editor. There are plenty of pictures included. I got it off of Project Gutenberg if anyone is interested.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1452 on:** September 03, 2011, 12:47:43 PM »

Thanks Frybabe - Geronimo sounds interesting - I've taken note of the details and will have a browse when I can.

deems 2 · « **Reply #1453 on:** September 06, 2011, 12:30:22 AM »

Here's an older one. I picked up this book at a bookstore by the sea. I think I read it through that day. I had never heard of the book. And I hadn't heard of the author. What a gift by the sea.

_ _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _

Gumtree · « **Reply #1454 on:** September 06, 2011, 03:03:37 AM »

Well, if you hadn't heard of the book or the author what chance have I got ?

Gimme an S

Frybabe · « **Reply #1455 on:** September 06, 2011, 05:04:30 PM »

A C maybe?

deems 2 · « **Reply #1456 on:** September 06, 2011, 10:15:45 PM »

Exactly, Gumtree!

But actually the author is fairly well known, um, I think, um, I hope. That being said, I am afraid there are no S's.

_ _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _

Letters guessed:

S

pedln · « **Reply #1457 on:** September 07, 2011, 11:48:28 AM »

Quote

Here's an older one.

Are you saying it's older than Germinal?

Maybe an O for a vowel?

pedln · « **Reply #1458 on:** September 07, 2011, 11:48:58 AM »

Quote

Here's an older one.

Are you saying it's older than Germinal?

Maybe an O for a vowel?

PatH · « **Reply #1459 on:** September 07, 2011, 03:29:41 PM »

Cheer up, everyone. It's impossible for it to take more than 25 days to get it.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1460 on:** September 07, 2011, 03:46:38 PM »

Is there a T?

deems 2 · « **Reply #1461 on:** September 07, 2011, 08:31:06 PM »

That's the spirit PatH! There are only so many letters to guess... Here's a T Frybabe! And no, not older than Germinal.

But old enough to be in available in paperback.

_ _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ T

Letters guessed:

S, T

Gumtree · « **Reply #1462 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:44:18 AM »

For no good reason, I'll try for a G

deems 2 · « **Reply #1463 on:** September 08, 2011, 10:10:01 PM »

Here's a G for no reason, Gumtree.

That should give it away...

_ _ _ _ _ E _ _ G _ T

Letters guessed:

S, T, G

Gumtree · « **Reply #1464 on:** September 09, 2011, 02:11:20 AM »

Well that wasn't quite what I had in mind but it will do for the moment

Now, what about an N

Frybabe · « **Reply #1465 on:** September 09, 2011, 09:36:55 AM »

deems 2 · « **Reply #1466 on:** September 09, 2011, 09:41:58 AM »

Yay, Frybabe!

_ _ _ _ _ E _ _ G H T

Letters guessed:

S, T, G, H

pedln · « **Reply #1467 on:** September 09, 2011, 10:38:12 AM »

What happened to my O?

deems 2 · « **Reply #1468 on:** September 09, 2011, 11:50:34 AM »

I am sorry, dear pedln. My mistake. Here is your O!

O _ _ _ _ E _ _ G H T

Letters guessed:

S, T, G, H, O

PatH · « **Reply #1469 on:** September 09, 2011, 03:11:15 PM »

I really ought to be able to get it from that. Sigh.

deems 2 · « **Reply #1470 on:** September 09, 2011, 10:34:19 PM »

Only six more letters, PatH.

JoanK · « **Reply #1471 on:** September 09, 2011, 10:40:18 PM »

Has to be an "i"

Frybabe · « **Reply #1472 on:** September 10, 2011, 12:25:25 AM »

Is there an N?

deems 2 · « **Reply #1473 on:** September 10, 2011, 10:37:42 AM »

Has to be, JoanK.

O _ _ _ _ E _ I G H T

Letters guessed:

S, T, G, H, O, I

pedln · « **Reply #1474 on:** September 10, 2011, 11:20:54 AM »

Well, it's not orange.

deems 2 · « **Reply #1475 on:** September 11, 2011, 08:17:43 AM »

Nope, not Orange, pedln. Though that is very pretty. Here is your N, Frybabe! By the way, I finished State of Wonder. It is an incredible novel. I am still discussing it in my mind.

O _ _ _ _ E N I G H T

Letters guessed:

S, T, G, H, O, I, N

pedln · « **Reply #1476 on:** September 12, 2011, 10:14:23 PM »

It looks like we need another letter. How about an R

deems 2 · « **Reply #1477 on:** September 13, 2011, 10:37:33 PM »

pedln is going to stun you all by guessing the letters in order. Here is your R, pedln! (Still isn't orange though $:-\$ )

O R _ _ _ E N I G H T

Letters guessed:

S, T, G, H, O, I, N, R

JoanK · « **Reply #1478 on:** September 14, 2011, 06:29:30 PM »

Good grief, and I still don't know it!

PatH · « **Reply #1479 on:** September 14, 2011, 06:46:48 PM »

My reaction exactly.

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512517 times)