Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512544 times)

JoanP · « **Reply #1600 on:** November 12, 2011, 04:44:35 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:

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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
105. Frybabe for The Coffee Trader #1537
106. JoanP for The Romanov Prophecy #1549
107. deems 2 for The Elephant's Journey #1564
108. JoanK for Gone With The Wind #1586

Not quite all of them, PatH... There's Henry VI, Parts I, II and III. And Merry Wives of Windsor - but we have tickets for that this coming year. If anyone knows where the three Henry VI plays are being performed, let me know? Bruce and I are ready to travel to see it.

Are you ready for the next puzzle? A classic. Fiction You will get it very soon, I'm sure.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O _ _

Frybabe · « **Reply #1601 on:** November 12, 2011, 08:47:06 PM »

Looks like you missed the Summer Shakespeare plays, JoanP. The YouTube offerings might tide you over some. It is beyond me why this penchant for modern dress (or semi-modern) but I did watch the first clip and enjoyed the acting. I enjoyed listening to it but not so much the modern theatrics and costume. This particular version comes in a total of fifteen clips. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qTK0UsdQw4

Now, back to the quiz. Requesting an H, if you please.

JoanP · « **Reply #1602 on:** November 13, 2011, 07:17:52 PM »

Don't know why, but I'm not really excited enough about the Henry VI s to watch them on YOU TUBE, Fry. Just want to be able to say I saw them all on stage. I do want to see Merry Wives though. I know what you are saying about modern settings - I find it confusing, among other things.

Several years ago we saw Two Gentlemen from Verona, I think it was, set in a diner in New Jersey.
Husband has been in every state except North Dakota, Hawaii and Alaska. Can't figure out how to do it in one trip from Virginia!

I'm sorry, no "H" in this one. Another clue for the day - think February.

pedln · « **Reply #1603 on:** November 14, 2011, 10:20:33 AM »

How about an E, please.

JoanP · « **Reply #1604 on:** November 14, 2011, 09:21:39 PM »

You should get it right away now, Pedln -

_ _ E _ _

E _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ O _ _

PatH · « **Reply #1605 on:** November 14, 2011, 10:35:20 PM »

Maybe pedln should get it right away, but I sure don't have any idea.

pedln · « **Reply #1606 on:** November 15, 2011, 09:53:58 AM »

Not a clue. Maybe if that last E was moved to the left, but E ___ ___ E? Nada.

JoanP · « **Reply #1607 on:** November 15, 2011, 09:58:08 AM »

HoHO! I thought you'd get it this morning, Pedln! I can understand why you think I made an error with those "E"s - it wouldn't be the first time! No guesses for more letters, Pat?

It seems you need another clue - February, the author's birthmonth...

PatH · « **Reply #1608 on:** November 15, 2011, 10:58:01 AM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #1609 on:** November 15, 2011, 11:15:13 AM »

Maybe an N?

JoanP · « **Reply #1610 on:** November 15, 2011, 09:44:34 PM »

Yes, there is one N, Fry - will let Pedln puzzle over this one for another day...

_ _ E _ _

E _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ O N _

JoanP · « **Reply #1611 on:** November 18, 2011, 09:12:38 AM »

It seems that Pdln is on the road - let's give PatH her A's and see if that gives it away...

_ _ E A _

E _ _ E _ _ A _ _ O N _

Frybabe · « **Reply #1612 on:** November 18, 2011, 09:30:54 AM »

Great Expectations?

PatH · « **Reply #1613 on:** November 18, 2011, 01:03:28 PM »

Oh, for goodness sake. That's surely it, Frybabe.

JoanP · « **Reply #1614 on:** November 18, 2011, 01:16:51 PM »

Funny how you can see it so clearly, when it's your own title!

Yes, Dickens' birthday is in February. We're thinking of celebrating with a discussion of one of his works durning that month. The titles most often mentioned here seem to be either Great Expectations or Bleak House. Any thoughts?

You're up, Fry!

Frybabe · « **Reply #1615 on:** November 18, 2011, 01:36:07 PM »

I'd love to read another Dickens. I read Bleak House years upon years ago and can't say as I remember anything about it. Never got around to Great Expectations.

This next quiz is a book from an author I've mentioned a few times. First of a series.

T __ __

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jane · « **Reply #1616 on:** November 18, 2011, 04:38:51 PM »

E, please.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1617 on:** November 18, 2011, 08:03:19 PM »

Here are the E's, Jane.

T __ E

E __ __ E

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JoanP · « **Reply #1618 on:** November 18, 2011, 08:53:45 PM »

Is there a book with the title, The Edge Factor? For some reason the title occurs to me, looking at the letters we have so far...

Frybabe · « **Reply #1619 on:** November 18, 2011, 11:16:43 PM »

No book that I know of JoanP, but there apparently is a TV series by that name. I think it is about cutting-edge technology/manufacturing. Nice try though.

jane · « **Reply #1620 on:** November 19, 2011, 11:27:12 AM »

R, please

JoanP · « **Reply #1621 on:** November 19, 2011, 11:44:06 AM »

Good one, Jane. How about "The Eyre Affair"?

Frybabe · « **Reply #1622 on:** November 19, 2011, 02:46:42 PM »

Ah, JoanP. You've got it. The Eyre Affair it is.

I just got Thursday Next: The Sequel a few months ago. Then there is only one more to the series, One of our Thursdays is Missing . I am looking forward to reading Forde's Nursery Crime series, but it appears there were only two to those written. I may even pick up Shades of Grey. Fforde is a bit addictive, but I can only take this alternative/surreal universe stuff a little at a time. How he has managed to remain so funny and punny for through so many novels is beyond me.

JoanP · « **Reply #1623 on:** November 20, 2011, 08:12:13 AM »

Funny, it was Jane's suggestion of an "R" that led to the "win." Did you have that title in mind, Jane?

Here's a new one - a very new novel I'm getting ready to read - fiction.

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_ _

_ N

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Frybabe · « **Reply #1624 on:** November 20, 2011, 08:18:08 AM »

I think I will go for an O please.

pedln · « **Reply #1625 on:** November 20, 2011, 05:49:19 PM »

Congratulations Frybabe and JoanP. Rather quickly done.

This new novel, JoanP, is it very very new?

The last word has to begin with a vowel -- how about an E please

JoanP · « **Reply #1626 on:** November 20, 2011, 08:38:32 PM »

New, new, Pdln - 2011 - October! Did you make it to MD?
Here's the one "O" for you, Fry.
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_ _ _ _ _

O _

_ N

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jane · « **Reply #1627 on:** November 21, 2011, 08:21:23 AM »

D, please

pedln · « **Reply #1628 on:** November 21, 2011, 11:21:36 AM »

Yep, made it. Lizzie was a great Miss Mazeppa, and the actress who played that part in the original Gypsy in 1959 with Ethel Merman, Faith D??? was also in the audience and spoke a few words. She's in her 80's, lives in DC.

Anyone for coffee? I'm free tomorrow, probably Wed.

How about an E?

JoanP · « **Reply #1629 on:** November 21, 2011, 11:33:27 AM »

Let's see what PatH is up to tomorrow, Pedln...

Will give you the E tomorrow...you are really warm with that. Maybe Jane's D will give it away...

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_ _ _ _ _

O _

_ N

_ _ D _ _ _

PatH · « **Reply #1630 on:** November 21, 2011, 01:11:32 PM »

Congratulations on the "Gypsy" success, pedln.

Pedln and Joan, I'll send you a Personal Message. I'm probably free.

JoanP · « **Reply #1631 on:** November 22, 2011, 05:22:09 PM »

OK, since there are no competing letters on the table, I'm going to give Pedln her Es and probably give away the title too. Do you see it now?

_ _ E

_ E _ _ E

O _

_ N

E _ D _ _ _

Frybabe · « **Reply #1632 on:** November 22, 2011, 05:51:19 PM »

Got any S's?

pedln · « **Reply #1633 on:** November 22, 2011, 07:00:45 PM »

Well, Amazon just told me that the people who bought books on my wish list also bought The Sense of an Ending bt Julian Barnes. I know nothing about it.

JoanP · « **Reply #1634 on:** November 22, 2011, 07:31:59 PM »

Booker Prize winner this year, Pedln. It sounds great - can't wait to find time to read it! You're the WINNER!

pedln · « **Reply #1635 on:** November 23, 2011, 12:12:08 PM »

This is fairly recent. I've only read about it, but it's on order at my library and I'm first in the HOLD line.

Fiction, about a family.

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Frybabe · « **Reply #1636 on:** November 23, 2011, 01:27:49 PM »

I'll try for a C, please.

pedln · « **Reply #1637 on:** November 23, 2011, 01:31:18 PM »

Sorry Frybabe. There's no C

jane · « **Reply #1638 on:** November 23, 2011, 01:47:04 PM »

How 'bout an R

JoanK · « **Reply #1639 on:** November 23, 2011, 05:22:27 PM »

PEDLIN: what a coincidence! I'd never heard of it.

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512544 times)