Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512514 times)

deems 2 · « **Reply #1480 on:** September 14, 2011, 07:07:20 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
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

Okay. Beginning to feel a little guilty now. But he is a good writer. And the books are available at real bookstores and libraries and everything...

JoanK · « **Reply #1481 on:** September 14, 2011, 07:35:14 PM »

Don't feel guilty. If we were restricted to only books we were sure everyone had heard of, we'd have run out of books a long time ago. the Bible, hmmm what else?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1482 on:** September 15, 2011, 04:59:54 AM »

This is driving me nuts -

How about 'U'

That wasn't intended...

Frybabe · « **Reply #1483 on:** September 15, 2011, 11:05:15 AM »

It there a C?

pedln · « **Reply #1484 on:** September 15, 2011, 01:11:52 PM »

Okay, I know it, but I cheated by using a reference book and I'm not going to name it. It was just driving me nuts and I didn't want to spend any more time trying to figure it out.

And, I have one of the author's books on my book shelf, and on the cover it also listed the above title -- so for sure, it does exist.

Great choice, deems2, even if everyone is tearing their hair out.

JoanK · « **Reply #1485 on:** September 15, 2011, 03:55:30 PM »

AHHHHH, Pedlin! I thought you were going to save us.

deems 2 · « **Reply #1486 on:** September 15, 2011, 10:52:42 PM »

YAYAYAY! pedln has heard of the author!
No U's for U, Gumtree.
But here is a C for Frybabe. That should help some.

O R _ C _ E N I G H T

Letters guessed:

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

PatH · « **Reply #1487 on:** September 15, 2011, 11:38:38 PM »

It's got to be Oracle Night.

I was guessing the title, but having done so I looked it up. I see it's by Paul Auster, who I've certainly heard of. I read his City of Glass, which is rather strange, but fascinating and compelling.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1488 on:** September 16, 2011, 06:57:40 AM »

I needed to consult an oracle to get that one. Haven't read Paul Auster...

Frybabe · « **Reply #1489 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:24:46 AM »

I've heard Auster mentioned before somewhere. Has anyone read his works, and if so, what did you think of it/them? A lot of his work centers on writers and ambiguous identity. Do you think Auster himself has questions about his identity? His work sounds positively steeped in psychological questions. I am thinking of adding Timbuktu and Travels in a Scriptorium to my TBR list.

pedln · « **Reply #1490 on:** September 16, 2011, 10:16:24 AM »

Good for you, PatH.

I picked up his Brooklyn Follies from the bargain table, but haven't read it or any of his other works yet. Along with Pete Hamill many of his books are set in New York.

Simply could not come up with the word Oracle until I finally went to "OR" in the dictionary. What a stumper. Also stumping was that light, might, sight, night, right, etc. etc. etc.

PatH · « **Reply #1491 on:** September 16, 2011, 12:51:50 PM »

Frybabe, pedln, the main character in City of Glass is a writer, living in New York, and the book deals with identity and reality in an increasingly surreal way. It's quite a strange book, and I would think a person would either love it or hate it. I read it through nonstop (it's short) and felt pretty overwhelmed by the end.

deems 2 · « **Reply #1492 on:** September 16, 2011, 01:50:52 PM »

YAYAYAYAYAYAY!

WINNER! WINNER! WINNER! GREAT JOB, PATH!

I think he is a fascinating writer. After I picked up this book and read it through, I read most of the others. Now whenever he writes a book, I read it. And I have heard him read in person. In addition to what has already been mentioned, he has a very dry sense of humor - which I love. There is also a lot of philosophy in his books - not as abstract ideas, but as living characters playing out abstract ideas. Nevertheless, his characters are very down to earth. They are full of flaws - just like real people - and for me, that makes them more real.

Sorry for choosing someone so obscure. I didn't actually realize he was.

PatH · « **Reply #1493 on:** September 16, 2011, 06:23:18 PM »

Nonsense, deems 2, he's not all that obscure. Three of us have heard of him, just not of that book. Which book would you recommend for someone starting out on Auster ?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1494 on:** September 18, 2011, 02:10:45 PM »

No, Deems2 He's not obscure - I just haven't read him.

PatH · « **Reply #1495 on:** September 18, 2011, 04:44:07 PM »

Sorry for the delay. Here's the next one:

___ ___ ___

___ O ___

___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Not fiction. Well known.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1496 on:** September 18, 2011, 06:10:06 PM »

Alas and alack, the lonely little O brings nothing to mind. May I have an S please?

PatH · « **Reply #1497 on:** September 19, 2011, 06:57:06 AM »

There are no Ss.

pedln · « **Reply #1498 on:** September 19, 2011, 11:27:46 AM »

No "son's" here. How about an R, please.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1499 on:** September 19, 2011, 11:30:50 AM »

I'm asking for a T

PatH · « **Reply #1500 on:** September 19, 2011, 09:20:44 PM »

No Rs, no Ts.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1501 on:** September 19, 2011, 09:35:31 PM »

Well let's try for an E then.

JoanK · « **Reply #1502 on:** September 19, 2011, 09:39:17 PM »

(Could she have found a book with no letters in the title?)

PatH · « **Reply #1503 on:** September 19, 2011, 10:05:14 PM »

Plenty of letters, just not the ones that have been guessed. There is an E though.

___ ___ E

___ O ___

___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Letters guessed: E, R, S, T.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1504 on:** September 20, 2011, 08:21:03 AM »

Are there anymore O's by any chance?

My thoughts exactly, JoanK.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1505 on:** September 20, 2011, 10:25:38 AM »

There has to be another vowel or two -

Gimme an A

pedln · « **Reply #1506 on:** September 20, 2011, 03:25:11 PM »

Is the title in English?

PatH · « **Reply #1507 on:** September 20, 2011, 04:21:31 PM »

AAAAK! I'm sorry, I missed the T.

T ___ E

___ O ___

___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

PatH · « **Reply #1508 on:** September 20, 2011, 04:23:22 PM »

20 lashes with a wet noodle for me.

Yes, it's in English. No, there are no As.

Letters guessed: A, E, R, S, T

pedln · « **Reply #1509 on:** September 21, 2011, 10:14:16 AM »

Humpf

I guess H would be a safe request! Do you owe us another letter?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1510 on:** September 21, 2011, 11:02:41 AM »

No A you say - makes me want to ask for a Z

but a W would be nice

PatH · « **Reply #1511 on:** September 21, 2011, 08:10:54 PM »

In atonement for my goof about the T I'll answer Frybabe's question, because that will almost certainly give it away. Yes, there are more Os:

T ___ E

___ O ___

O __

___ O O ___ ___ ___ ___

pedln · « **Reply #1512 on:** September 22, 2011, 11:54:30 AM »

The Joy of Cooking

she says after, fog, bog, pod, boy

PatH · « **Reply #1513 on:** September 22, 2011, 12:17:11 PM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

The Joy of Cooking it is, pedln. Good job!

Frybabe · « **Reply #1514 on:** September 22, 2011, 12:37:17 PM »

Congratulations Pedln.

Super quiz, PatH. I must be the only one in the world that does not own that cookbook.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1515 on:** September 22, 2011, 12:50:31 PM »

Frybabe: Not only do I not own it - I doubt I've ever heard of it

Good one PatH - I was stuck on 'God' for the 2nd 3 letter word

Go Go Pedln

PatH · « **Reply #1516 on:** September 22, 2011, 01:06:46 PM »

Gum, I was afraid this one would be unfair to you, but it's hard to be even-handed. The book is probably the most popular of the "first cookbooks" here. It has over 4000 recipes, sections on techniques, warnings about trouble spots, etc. I happen to have started with another cookbook, so I don't use it much, but I do own it, and it's very good.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1517 on:** September 22, 2011, 01:27:18 PM »

Not unfair at all - though for the life of me I've yet to find where the joy is in cooking. Hard work that's what it is!

pedln · « **Reply #1518 on:** September 22, 2011, 02:21:48 PM »

Please give me a day. I think I'll see what's on my shelf.

pedln · « **Reply #1519 on:** September 23, 2011, 11:04:29 PM »

From my bookshelf. What can I say -- it's verse, it's illustrated, copyright 1916. I think this will go in a hurry.

____ ____ ____

____ ____ A ____

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

____ ____ ____ ____ ____

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512514 times)