Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512697 times)

PatH · « **Reply #2360 on:** July 13, 2012, 08:52:34 AM »

Welcome to our newest brain teaser: BLANKO

The rules are simple:

The Challenger poses and indicates either a title or the name of an author, but not both.

The Contestants guess the title or author and post their answer; if they can, the solve the entire title. They can also suggest another letter to fill in one of the blanks.

At the end of the day if the puzzle is not solved,
the Challenger then must add only one of the suggested letters the contestants have suggested, everywhere it appears.

The winner becomes the new challenger.

Ex:

Title of Book: three words, a prize winning novel:

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ T __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

What is it?

Good Luck !!

PatH · « **Reply #2361 on:** July 13, 2012, 08:53:11 AM »

You don't want to read a synopsis--there is a puzzle and twists and turns. Avoid spoilers. I liked the book, though it's rather strange. It's Danish, takes place mostly in Copenhagen, narrated by a half Eskimo half Danish woman.

JoanP · « **Reply #2362 on:** July 13, 2012, 09:30:14 PM »

Hmm, I may have to look for that...

An R?

Frybabe · « **Reply #2363 on:** July 14, 2012, 07:41:17 AM »

T __ E

__ __ __ __ E R

__ __ __ __ __ __ E

One R added.

JoanP · « **Reply #2364 on:** July 14, 2012, 08:04:22 AM »

Well obviously there is one H - is there more than one?

Frybabe · « **Reply #2365 on:** July 14, 2012, 12:50:47 PM »

Yes, there is; two in fact.

T H E

__ __ __ __ E R

__ H __ __ __ __ E

JoanK · « **Reply #2366 on:** July 14, 2012, 02:24:59 PM »

Sense of Snow is an interesting mysatery: I found it a little confusing and hard to follow.

How about an A?

Frybabe · « **Reply #2367 on:** July 14, 2012, 03:32:33 PM »

One A coming up.

T H E

__ __ __ __ E R

__ H A __ __ __ E

JoanP · « **Reply #2368 on:** July 14, 2012, 10:55:57 PM »

The Silver Chalice? It fits,,,

Frybabe · « **Reply #2369 on:** July 15, 2012, 07:59:42 AM »

Hurray! JoanP is a WINNER!

The Silver Chalice it is.

JoanK · « **Reply #2370 on:** July 15, 2012, 01:12:11 PM »

Good for you, Joan!

JoanP · « **Reply #2371 on:** July 15, 2012, 03:48:14 PM »

It was the movie I remembered. Never read Costain's book, but see that it was the best seller in the US in 1953...

Ok, here's a new one, fiction by an author you've all heard of:

- - ' S - - - S

JoanK · « **Reply #2372 on:** July 15, 2012, 05:09:31 PM »

Another s?

JoanP · « **Reply #2373 on:** July 15, 2012, 07:12:13 PM »

Well, yes there is - in fact it's the one I meant to put in first.

- - ' S - - - S

PatH · « **Reply #2374 on:** July 15, 2012, 08:16:20 PM »

Jo's Boys

JoanP · « **Reply #2375 on:** July 15, 2012, 09:16:09 PM »

Winner! Winner! Winner!

Congratulations, Pat!
I really didn't think you'd get this so quickly. Do you think it was because I put the first letter S in the wrong place?

I'd been thinking about suggesting this book to my 10 year old granddaughter - she loved Little Women. I'm not sure she read an unabridged edition, though. If she read an abridged version, she might be overwhelmed with an unabridged Jo's Boys. And turned off forever...

PatH · « **Reply #2376 on:** July 16, 2012, 02:17:45 PM »

It was the apostrophe. I was thinking there aren't too many 2 letter names, and it just popped into my head.

Here's another. Fiction, classic.

T ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___

___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

JoanK · « **Reply #2377 on:** July 16, 2012, 04:03:19 PM »

Let's get that "E" out of the way.

PatH · « **Reply #2378 on:** July 16, 2012, 04:57:52 PM »

Here you are.

T ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___

___ ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

jane · « **Reply #2379 on:** July 16, 2012, 05:45:11 PM »

Any R's?

JoanP · « **Reply #2380 on:** July 16, 2012, 06:02:27 PM »

Jane is back! After her R, will you check for a G, Pat?

PatH · « **Reply #2381 on:** July 16, 2012, 06:45:19 PM »

That's easy, no Rs, no Gs.

JoanP · « **Reply #2382 on:** July 16, 2012, 09:44:39 PM »

OK, but there's another H, right?

jane · « **Reply #2383 on:** July 16, 2012, 09:50:36 PM »

JoanP · « **Reply #2384 on:** July 17, 2012, 09:42:42 AM »

The Last of the Mohicans?

PatH · « **Reply #2385 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:33:35 AM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

Your ESP is in good shape, JoanP.

JoanP · « **Reply #2386 on:** July 17, 2012, 01:27:10 PM »

It was Jane's request for an "A" - and suddenly I saw the title!

Here's a new one - Fiction - an oldie, though not ancient...

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E _

jane · « **Reply #2387 on:** July 17, 2012, 01:41:47 PM »

R's ?

JoanK · « **Reply #2388 on:** July 17, 2012, 02:44:03 PM »

JoanP: you're ESP is really working these days!

A T please.

JoanP · « **Reply #2389 on:** July 17, 2012, 05:12:44 PM »

One T and one R - let's see who is the first to "see" this one -

- Fiction - an oldie, though not ancient...

_ T _ _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ E _

Frybabe · « **Reply #2390 on:** July 18, 2012, 08:15:00 AM »

Perhaps a C?

jane · « **Reply #2391 on:** July 18, 2012, 09:52:10 AM »

JoanP · « **Reply #2392 on:** July 18, 2012, 12:18:55 PM »

No C, but the two S's should help -

- Fiction - an oldie, though not ancient...

_ T _ _ S S _ R _ _ _ E _

jane · « **Reply #2393 on:** July 18, 2012, 02:50:14 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #2394 on:** July 18, 2012, 07:08:59 PM »

Atlas Shrugged?

JoanP · « **Reply #2395 on:** July 18, 2012, 10:43:19 PM »

AHA! WINNER!

How did you get that so quickly, Fry? I was about to give Jane the A and expected someone to jump on it then, but you got it without the A!

I've been thinking about Ayn Rand, remembering how I devoured her books back in the 60's - wondering if I'd find them so engrossing as I once did if I read them now - Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged. Did you get caught up in her books?

Frybabe · « **Reply #2396 on:** July 18, 2012, 11:31:39 PM »

Atlas Shrugged is in my TBR pile and Anthem is on my Kindle. Don't have The Fountainhead yet.

__ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ S

__ __

__ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

One of my favorites.

jane · « **Reply #2397 on:** July 19, 2012, 07:33:27 AM »

Other S's?

Frybabe · « **Reply #2398 on:** July 19, 2012, 08:02:39 AM »

Nope!

JoanP · « **Reply #2399 on:** July 19, 2012, 08:07:34 AM »

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512697 times)