Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512534 times)

Frybabe · « **Reply #1520 on:** September 24, 2011, 01:08:07 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 #1408
100. Gumtree for State of Wonder #1435
101. deems 2 for Germinal #1449
102. PatH for Oracle Night #1487
103. pedln for The Joy of Cooking #1512
104. Gumtree for The Real Mother Goose #1526

Got any D's?

pedln · « **Reply #1521 on:** September 24, 2011, 10:08:23 PM »

Sorry, Frybabe. There are no D's
-- it's verse, it's illustrated, copyright 1916.

____ ____ ____

____ ____ A ____

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

____ ____ ____ ____ ____

JoanK · « **Reply #1522 on:** September 24, 2011, 10:15:23 PM »

I want to turn it into an A A Milne book, but it won't turn.

An "e" please.

pedln · « **Reply #1523 on:** September 25, 2011, 11:03:40 AM »

A jackpot, JoanK. Losts of E's

   ____ ____ E

   ____ E A ____


   ____ ____ ____ ____ E ____

   ____ ____ ____ ____ E

Frybabe · « **Reply #1524 on:** September 25, 2011, 11:57:10 AM »

Maybe there is an N lurking about?

pedln · « **Reply #1525 on:** September 25, 2011, 07:04:52 PM »

Sorry Frybabe, no N's

____ ____ E

____ E A ____

____ ____ ____ ____ E ____

____ ____ ____ ____ E

Letters used: D, E, N

Gumtree · « **Reply #1526 on:** September 26, 2011, 02:15:36 AM »

I don't know about 1916 - but it's verse - it's illustrated - and best of all -
it fits!

The Real Mother Goose

pedln · « **Reply #1527 on:** September 26, 2011, 11:25:08 AM »

[WINNER!! WINNER!! WINNER!!]

Congratulations, Gum, you are so right.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1528 on:** September 28, 2011, 07:05:12 AM »

Oops! sorry to be so slow - here's one

__ H __

__ __ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __

We read this one a while back.

pedln · « **Reply #1529 on:** September 29, 2011, 11:59:09 AM »

Well, how about a vowel to start us off -- an E

Gumtree · « **Reply #1530 on:** September 30, 2011, 01:49:38 PM »

Pedln's running hot !

__ H E

__ __ __ __ E E

__ __ __ __ E __

Piece of cake for you now!

pedln · « **Reply #1531 on:** October 02, 2011, 07:28:33 PM »

Where is everybody? Let's try an R

Gumtree · « **Reply #1532 on:** October 03, 2011, 05:45:59 AM »

Good to see you Pedln - here's your R

__ H E

__ __ __ __ E E

__ R __ __ E R

I expect you'll 'see' it now.

pedln · « **Reply #1533 on:** October 03, 2011, 10:06:33 AM »

Well, that let's out father, mother, sister.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1534 on:** October 03, 2011, 11:00:52 AM »

Well that's interesting. My request for a D seems to have gone off into Never Never Land. I'll be darn if I can figure this out yet. Those double EE word endings are not that common.

pedln · « **Reply #1535 on:** October 03, 2011, 02:34:17 PM »

I think it's prayer or drawer. What ends in EE except payee, appointee, shivaree, trustee?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1536 on:** October 04, 2011, 02:49:39 AM »

Lots of words end in EE - employee, grantee, oversee, referee etc - it's not any of those though

Frybabe - here's your D

__ H E

__ __ __ __ E E

__ R __ D E R

Now who's got the answer?

Frybabe · « **Reply #1537 on:** October 04, 2011, 05:46:55 PM »

I think I know what it is: The Coffee Trader?

pedln · « **Reply #1538 on:** October 04, 2011, 08:08:41 PM »

Very good, Frybabe. I read that book, by David Liss. I think we discussed here -- a long time ago. I remember how we talked about the Dutch floors.

PatH · « **Reply #1539 on:** October 04, 2011, 09:47:23 PM »

Good job, Frybabe. You're right, pedln, we did discuss it.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1540 on:** October 05, 2011, 06:32:19 AM »

Yes, WINNER WINNER WINNER

CONGRATULATIONS TO FRYBABE

But what took you so long??

And we did discuss and I just happened to see it on my shelves....

Frybabe · « **Reply #1541 on:** October 05, 2011, 08:45:48 AM »

__ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ C __

Adventure/mystery

Gumtree · « **Reply #1542 on:** October 05, 2011, 12:19:06 PM »

Gimme a T

Frybabe · « **Reply #1543 on:** October 05, 2011, 02:23:44 PM »

Okay, Gumtree, here is your T.

T __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ C __

PatH · « **Reply #1544 on:** October 12, 2011, 10:49:17 PM »

Where is everybody? I'd like an R.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1545 on:** October 12, 2011, 11:14:33 PM »

Here is your R PatH, in fact, two of them.

T __ __

R __ __ __ __ __ __

__ R __ __ __ __ C __

JoanK · « **Reply #1546 on:** October 13, 2011, 04:18:15 PM »

Time to get some vowels. How about an "E".

Frybabe · « **Reply #1547 on:** October 13, 2011, 04:39:22 PM »

Two E's coming up!

T __ E

R __ __ __ __ __ __

__ R __ __ __E C __

pedln · « **Reply #1548 on:** October 14, 2011, 12:45:16 PM »

And H? How many might there be?

Frybabe · « **Reply #1549 on:** October 14, 2011, 12:59:05 PM »

T H E

R __ __ __ __ __ __

__ R __ __ H E C __

SEVEN MORE LETTERS TO FIND

JoanP · « **Reply #1550 on:** October 14, 2011, 05:43:35 PM »

Got it! The Romanov Prophecy? Can't remember the author, but it is good historical fiction...

Frybabe · « **Reply #1551 on:** October 14, 2011, 05:57:06 PM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

JoanP got it. Steve Berry wrote it. I haven't read this one yet and I am about three books behind on his more recent books.

JoanP · « **Reply #1552 on:** October 15, 2011, 12:05:57 PM »

Fry, does he usually write historical fiction? I must say I've become a recent convert to the genre. Here's another:

__ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __' S

__ __ __ __ __ __ __

pedln · « **Reply #1553 on:** October 15, 2011, 01:23:35 PM »

So this is historical fiction? HOw about a T, please.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1554 on:** October 15, 2011, 05:17:22 PM »

Quote

Fry, does he usually write historical fiction?

Yes. I think they call his books historical thrillers. The ones I have read so far all involve finding lost artifacts of historical interest or value like The Amber Room which was looted from the Catherine Palace in Pushkin. Two of his latest endeavors are e-books only. He and his wife started a non-profit organization to help museums, archives, etc. preserve and restore their collections. http://history-matters.org/ and here is his website http://www.steveberry.org/

Now let's see if there are any R's in that title.

JoanP · « **Reply #1555 on:** October 16, 2011, 10:59:57 AM »

He sounds like quite an interesting person, Fry...

Let's see, I'll choose to answer your question today - are there any Rs? Yes, one.

__ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __' S

__ __ __ R __ __ __

JoanK · « **Reply #1556 on:** October 17, 2011, 03:34:30 PM »

A "T" please.

JoanP · « **Reply #1557 on:** October 17, 2011, 04:27:24 PM »

Here's the "T" for Pedln...and another for you, JoanK - can't ignore those pleases...

T __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ T' S

__ __ __ R __ __ __

JoanK · « **Reply #1558 on:** October 17, 2011, 08:31:32 PM »

If I said "Pretty please with sugar on top", would I get 2 letters?

JoanP · « **Reply #1559 on:** October 18, 2011, 11:51:32 AM »

You won't know unless you try it, Joan~

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512534 times)