Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 490386 times)

ginny · « **Reply #160 on:** June 08, 2010, 07:55:02 PM »

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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

ginny · « **Reply #161 on:** June 08, 2010, 07:56:43 PM »

How about an A?

Mippy · « **Reply #162 on:** June 09, 2010, 07:27:52 AM »

H please

Gumtree · « **Reply #163 on:** June 09, 2010, 09:50:00 AM »

I still want an A

Frybabe · « **Reply #164 on:** June 09, 2010, 01:06:40 PM »

Well girls, your not going to get your A. I am going to use Mippy's H.

This book inspired several classical music compositions.

__ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ C H

__ __ __ __ T H __ __ T __ __

ginny · « **Reply #165 on:** June 09, 2010, 05:39:53 PM »

Wow.

I'd like an A please. hahahaaa

Mippy · « **Reply #166 on:** June 10, 2010, 08:20:23 AM »

Not a guess, just a comment. I thought I knew a lot about classical music and cannot think of a single case of a book inspiring a composer. Obviously am missing something

Gumtree · « **Reply #167 on:** June 10, 2010, 11:10:18 AM »

Hay Mippy - you only have to think opera and ballet - what about Prosper Merimee and his Carmen or Cervantes' Don Quixote - Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet or Midsummer Night's Dream - even Tolstoy's War & Peace and then there's the Nibelungenlied which did so much to inspire Wagner's Ring Cycle -the list is endless.

But I still can't think of one that will fit the letters.

Frybabe · « **Reply #168 on:** June 10, 2010, 12:13:09 PM »

Okay, Okay, Ginny you get your A. There are a lot of them.

This book inspired several classical music compositions.

A __ __ __

__ __ __ A C H

__ A __ A T H __ __ T __ A

straudetwo · « **Reply #169 on:** June 10, 2010, 12:14:19 PM »

Mippy, Gumtree,

Not having been here before I have a question or two about the modus operandi concerning the challenge,

which is to identify either the title or the author's name of a prize-winning novel,
but not both (why not?)

What exactly is "the entire answer" ?
Does the title have to consist of three words?'
Do the - - - - indicates the precisenumber of letters?
Which letter in the correct answer carries the game forward ?
I'd be grateful for a clarification.

What came to mind immediately when I saw Mippy's post was Schubert's musical rendition of Goethe's poem Erlkönig, which made the poem special. And to think that Goethe, The Master, never even acknowledged the young Austrian composer makes one sad.

Another example is the Nordic myth of the Nibelungs, immortalized by Richard Wagner's cycle of four operas,
Der Ring der Nibelungen.

Frybabe · « **Reply #170 on:** June 10, 2010, 12:31:41 PM »

Hi Traude,

"which is to identify either the title or the author's name of a prize-winning novel,
but not both (why not?)" Just the title of the book. I don't know why not the author too.

"What exactly constitutes is "the entire answer" ?" The complete book title.
"Does the title have to consist of three words?'" This particular title is three words
"Do the ___ indicates the number of letters?" yes
"Which letter in the correct answer carries the game forward ?" Each person can guess one letter, an entire word or the entire title, but only once a day. Usually we guess a letter, after a days worth of guesses, the person who posts the quiz gets to select one letter to eliminate or use as the case may be. Then the next round of guesses starts for another day.

Ginny, if I have any of that wrong, please correct.

Gumtree · « **Reply #171 on:** June 10, 2010, 12:36:32 PM »

Also Sprach Zarathustra

JoanK · « **Reply #172 on:** June 10, 2010, 02:39:40 PM »

That sounds SO right. What are the classical music compositions?

JoanK · « **Reply #173 on:** June 10, 2010, 02:42:33 PM »

Mippy: come on over to the "Classical (music) Corner" in Seniors and Friends.

http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=1693.msg269741;topicseen

Frybabe · « **Reply #174 on:** June 10, 2010, 02:50:50 PM »

Good going Gumtree.

Also Sprach Zarathustra also known as Thus Spake (or Spoke) Zarathustra.

compositions are:
Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss
Zarathustra's Roundelay - Gustav Mahler, part of his 3rd Symphony
FredericK Delius - A Mass of Life, based on text from the book also ended with a "setting" of Zarathustra's Roundelay.

Here are the original German and English translations of the Roundelay.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarathustra%27s_Roundelay

Radioman · « **Reply #175 on:** June 10, 2010, 03:29:23 PM »

Frybabe that was a great quiz; I was totally stymied. I would also say that the opening theme of Zarathustra, known as Sunrise, was very effective in the beginning of the movie 2001 Space Odyssey

Frybabe · « **Reply #176 on:** June 10, 2010, 04:19:11 PM »

Don, that is the only part of the whole composition I really liked. After that opening, the rest was anticlimactic.

PatH · « **Reply #177 on:** June 10, 2010, 08:05:28 PM »

I see why you didn't want to give us the A, Frybabe. One look and I got it, but lucky for me, Gumtree beat me to it, so I don't have to do the next one.

Quote from: Frybabe on June 10, 2010, 04:19:11 PM

Don, that is the only part of the whole composition I really liked. After that opening, the rest was anticlimactic.

That's what I thought too, until a little over a year ago, when I heard it performed by the London Philharmonic. First they played Gyorgy Ligeti's Atmospheres, which is also part of the music for "2001", then, with no pause, went straight into the Mahler. For a 2001 nut like me, that was stunning. But then, I guess it was the combination of the superb playing, some very helpful program notes, and maybe my brain was finally ready to understand it, I finally felt some of the excitement in the rest of the piece.

Mippy · « **Reply #178 on:** June 11, 2010, 06:46:42 AM »

Well Done! I love to be stumped ! What an outstanding puzzle!

Gumtree · « **Reply #179 on:** June 11, 2010, 12:27:08 PM »

I guess this means I'll have to front up with the next puzzle. Does anyone else want to take the honour?

PatH · « **Reply #180 on:** June 11, 2010, 08:08:20 PM »

OK, Gumtree, I'll let you off the hook so you have more time to concentrate on maddening clues in "Author, Author".

Title:

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ S __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

This novel was made into a classic movie.

Mippy · « **Reply #181 on:** June 12, 2010, 06:40:55 AM »

T please

Gumtree · « **Reply #182 on:** June 12, 2010, 11:28:07 AM »

PatH Thanks for doing the honours this time -real life is happening all about me at present. The clues in Author -Author seem pretty straightforward to me.

Could we have an A please.

Frybabe · « **Reply #183 on:** June 12, 2010, 12:17:33 PM »

Or, how about an I

PatH · « **Reply #184 on:** June 12, 2010, 05:05:21 PM »

My choices are T, A, and I. I'll give you an I.

__ __ __ __ __ I __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ S __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

This book was made into a classic movie.

Radioman · « **Reply #185 on:** June 12, 2010, 09:15:55 PM »

My guess is that the first word is 'THE'

Maryemm · « **Reply #186 on:** June 13, 2010, 06:35:54 AM »

P?

Mippy · « **Reply #187 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:50:07 AM »

I agree with Radioman, there might even be "the" twice

F please?

PatH · « **Reply #188 on:** June 13, 2010, 03:25:03 PM »

Quote from: Radioman on June 12, 2010, 09:15:55 PM

My guess is that the first word is 'THE'

No, it isn't.

PatH · « **Reply #189 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:16:20 PM »

OK, the choices are T, A, P, F. I choose F.

__ __ __ __ __ I __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ S __ __ __ __ F __ __ __ __

Radioman · « **Reply #190 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:44:26 PM »

H Please

Gumtree · « **Reply #191 on:** June 14, 2010, 01:52:28 AM »

I still want an A.... please PatH

Maryemm · « **Reply #192 on:** June 14, 2010, 06:22:38 AM »

W please.

Frybabe · « **Reply #193 on:** June 14, 2010, 05:50:53 PM »

All Quiet on the Western Front

I'm staring right at it.

PatH · « **Reply #194 on:** June 14, 2010, 06:04:09 PM »

YES!

Good work, Frybabe! I thought it would take at least another letter. It's funny, isn't it, how once you see it you really see it.

Frybabe · « **Reply #195 on:** June 14, 2010, 07:47:33 PM »

In this case literally, PatH. I was rummaging for the next book to read.

Gumtree are you ready for your turn or shall I post one?

Maryemm · « **Reply #196 on:** June 15, 2010, 07:21:02 AM »

Well done, Frybabe.

Mippy · « **Reply #197 on:** June 15, 2010, 08:06:31 AM »

You did it again, Margie! Why didn't I say the 4th word was "the" when I thought it was?

Gumtree · « **Reply #198 on:** June 15, 2010, 11:43:22 AM »

Another one to tuck under your belt Frybabe! - Congrats -

please go for it with the next one - my world is still a trifle topsy-turvy at present.

Frybabe · « **Reply #199 on:** June 15, 2010, 12:27:38 PM »

Okay, Gum, here goes.....

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ B __ __

Non-fiction travel adventure.

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 490386 times)