Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512546 times)

pedln · « **Reply #1640 on:** November 23, 2011, 08:41:41 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
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

An "R" for the lady!!!

   ___ L ___ ___ ___ ___

   ___ ___ ___ ___

   ___ ___ ___ ___ R

   ___ ___ ___

JoanP · « **Reply #1641 on:** November 27, 2011, 04:01:17 PM »

Jeepers, things are still moving so slowly - but we NEED more letters! How about an "F" Pedln?

jane · « **Reply #1642 on:** November 27, 2011, 06:08:16 PM »

or a T?

Things are moving much faster for me at the moment. I hope it continues!

PatH · « **Reply #1643 on:** November 27, 2011, 06:12:50 PM »

All of a sudden it's lightning fast. Hooray.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1644 on:** November 27, 2011, 07:15:51 PM »

Super speedy now.

I'd like to place an order for an E, please.

pedln · « **Reply #1645 on:** November 27, 2011, 09:33:16 PM »

Well, seeing you all here, finally, has greatly improved my mood. Today I drove 500 miles in mostly rain or drizzle in the mountains, with low visibility and enough traffic and hills to preclude much use of cruise control. I'm in an unfamiliar town that has about a dozen Route 60s and have driven up and down more streets and made more u-turns. Guess I should be grateful I wasn't arrested. To top it off, the town is dry on Sundays.

So, now you hav e a give-a way -- two words practically spelled out for you. Did i mention that it is set in Korea?

___ L E ___ ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___

___ F T E R

___ ___ ___

JoanP · « **Reply #1646 on:** November 28, 2011, 12:11:59 PM »

PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM?

How did I know that? I guess Korea gave it away...
And I could see the PLEASE and the AFTER with the last clues...

Golly Pedln, that sounds like a grueling drive. Some trips are so much easier than others. Have you stayed in that town before?

Safe home,
Joan

pedln · « **Reply #1647 on:** November 29, 2011, 10:30:15 AM »

WINNER!! WINNER!! WINNER!!

I'm waiting for my library to get this book. They're calling it a hold, so I guess it's coming sometime.

The mom comes from her country home to the big city to join the family as they celebrate a son's birthday. Then mom gets lost in the train station.

The second day drive was just as bad as the first -- rain and very poor visibility. Got home in time to pick up mail and unload the car before the rain turned to sleet. Went to bed at 8 pm, woke up at 7 and there's snow on the ground.

JoanP · « **Reply #1648 on:** November 29, 2011, 09:12:21 PM »

Pedln, so glad to hear that you are safe and warm and dry - at last!
Let us know how you like Please Look After Mom - it got a lot of attention last spring, but it didn't seem to rise in the best seller list...

OK, here's one - haven't read yet - Bruce just received it in the today's mail - It's not Fiction. Easy one -

_ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _

jane · « **Reply #1649 on:** November 29, 2011, 10:52:30 PM »

J, please?

JoanP · « **Reply #1650 on:** November 30, 2011, 09:01:35 PM »

Jane gets her "J" - and I'll bet that means she knows this title!

_ _ _ _ E J _ _ _

jane · « **Reply #1651 on:** December 01, 2011, 11:03:23 AM »

Steve Jobs

JoanP · « **Reply #1652 on:** December 01, 2011, 11:11:06 AM »

winner! winner! winner! winner! winner! winner! winner! winner!

I knew it! As soon as I saw your request for a "J"!

So winner, it's your turn!

jane · « **Reply #1653 on:** December 01, 2011, 11:14:39 AM »

Give me a minute to find a title. I've not put these up before, so let me know if I screw it up.

I assume I give ONE letter?

jane · « **Reply #1654 on:** December 01, 2011, 11:18:51 AM »

Title of a book. 3 words. One of the top 100 books for 2011 on some lists.
[That's a comma after the first word]

_ H _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

JoanK · « **Reply #1655 on:** December 01, 2011, 01:21:17 PM »

Let us know if "Steve Jobs" is any good -- I'd like to read it. I was involved with computers in the 50s-60s, and its fascinating what Jobs and Whats-his-name did. Whatever happened to whats-his-name? I think he took the money and went off to India to meditate.

jane · « **Reply #1656 on:** December 01, 2011, 01:27:20 PM »

Steve Wozniak ? He is in India this week, but it says it was his co-founder (Jobs, I assume) who went to India seeking spiritual whatever.

Article on Wozniak talking to Indian CEOs

I recall seeing Wozniak interviewed about the Toyota crash thing. He insisted it had to be the computer and had called Toyota to talk to someone about it. Apparently whoever he spoke with had no idea who Wozniak was or what he knew about how computers worked. It wasn't good publicity for Toyota!!

JoanP · « **Reply #1657 on:** December 01, 2011, 01:52:22 PM »

Oh no, I think I've got it - the comma gave it away! Well, since I just had a turn, I'll play the game until someone else sees it too...

How about "T", Jane?

jane · « **Reply #1658 on:** December 01, 2011, 08:37:35 PM »

T H _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ _ _

pedln · « **Reply #1659 on:** December 01, 2011, 10:56:55 PM »

Congratulations with Steve Jobs, Jane. That was quickly done. And JoanP, you got it from the comma? Wow!! But since no one has guessed, how about an E, please.

jane · « **Reply #1660 on:** December 02, 2011, 06:05:42 PM »

T H _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Nope, Pedln...no E

Frybabe · « **Reply #1661 on:** December 02, 2011, 06:26:09 PM »

Perchance there is an O?

jane · « **Reply #1662 on:** December 03, 2011, 10:18:42 AM »

T H _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ O _

This is nonfiction.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1663 on:** December 03, 2011, 12:51:57 PM »

Alrighty then. Guess I'll have to ask for another letter. How about an N?

jane · « **Reply #1664 on:** December 03, 2011, 08:35:43 PM »

T H _ N _ _ N _ , _ _ _ T _ N _ _ _ O _

The author is a Nobel winner.

JoanK · « **Reply #1665 on:** December 04, 2011, 03:39:15 PM »

Duh!! How about an "E"?

Frybabe · « **Reply #1666 on:** December 04, 2011, 04:47:48 PM »

or an A?

JoanP · « **Reply #1667 on:** December 04, 2011, 04:56:53 PM »

Or an "I"?

jane · « **Reply #1668 on:** December 04, 2011, 08:42:02 PM »

I'll choose to answer the "E"....and nope, no E.

PatH · « **Reply #1669 on:** December 04, 2011, 08:50:25 PM »

Aarrgh. The first word should be "thinking", and the third "and", but I'm still not getting it.

jane · « **Reply #1670 on:** December 04, 2011, 09:05:32 PM »

HINTS:

Nonfiction
Author is a Nobel Prize winner
This title is a New York Times Notable Book for 2011

JoanK · « **Reply #1671 on:** December 05, 2011, 04:41:25 PM »

How about an "I"?

jane · « **Reply #1672 on:** December 05, 2011, 05:23:21 PM »

Yes, several of those I's

T H I N _ I N _ , _ _ _ T _ N _ _ _ O _

Frybabe · « **Reply #1673 on:** December 05, 2011, 07:30:08 PM »

Thinking, Fast and Slow

jane · « **Reply #1674 on:** December 05, 2011, 09:52:43 PM »

WINNER!!

Good job, Frybabe!!

This sounded like a fascinating book, to me.

Info on Thinking, Fast and Slow

Frybabe · « **Reply #1675 on:** December 06, 2011, 04:15:18 PM »

New this month

__ __ A __ __

__ __ __ __ __

__ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

pedln · « **Reply #1676 on:** December 06, 2011, 04:16:56 PM »

Bravo, Frybabe. And very very good Jane. I just read about him this weekend. He was answering questions inside the back cover of a recent Time Magazine.

Have been kind of out of it for the past five days after former employer school district dropped a bomb about medicare secondary insurance. At this time of year, no time to research before deadlines. I didn't know I could be so grossly consumed by a single issue.

It's nice to be back here, where things are fairly normal.

jane · « **Reply #1677 on:** December 06, 2011, 04:26:43 PM »

Frybabe...how about a T ?

Pedln...nasty bombshell to drop. We never had coverage from former school districts...strictly on our own, so know what you mean about having to find coverage and for you, quickly.

jane

Frybabe · « **Reply #1678 on:** December 06, 2011, 09:10:48 PM »

Ta Dah! Two T's for Jane

__ __ A T __

__ __ __ __ __

T __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

pedln · « **Reply #1679 on:** December 07, 2011, 09:37:49 AM »

This month, huh? How about an O?

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