Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512243 times)

PatH · « **Reply #240 on:** June 24, 2010, 07:51:25 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:

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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. Gumgree 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

E please

Quote from: Frybabe on June 24, 2010, 07:46:12 PM

Pat, I expect the last two words are "the Sea"

They are.

JoanP · « **Reply #241 on:** June 24, 2010, 10:48:01 PM »

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea...it has to be!

Gumtree · « **Reply #242 on:** June 25, 2010, 03:38:09 AM »

You beat me to it JoanP - Pity I have to sleep sometimes

PatH · « **Reply #243 on:** June 25, 2010, 07:09:53 AM »

Has to be and is. Congratulations, JoanP.

JoanP · « **Reply #244 on:** June 25, 2010, 02:14:28 PM »

So I'm "it" then -

Ok - let's continue nautical - Nautical Fiction - too easy?

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PatH · « **Reply #245 on:** June 25, 2010, 08:06:14 PM »

AARRGGHH, JoanP, the last two words should give it to me, but they don't. I'll think away.

Mippy · « **Reply #246 on:** June 26, 2010, 11:05:23 AM »

is the first word: THE ?

Frybabe · « **Reply #247 on:** June 26, 2010, 04:52:41 PM »

How about an O?

JoanP · « **Reply #248 on:** June 26, 2010, 09:18:02 PM »

OK, I'll answer the first question first this evening.

Yes, Mippy, the first word is THE

THE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Another clue - this story strains all credibility, yet by the end, many readers become believers.

Frybabe · « **Reply #249 on:** June 27, 2010, 07:35:01 AM »

Ahhhhh!

The Life of PI

JoanP · « **Reply #250 on:** June 27, 2010, 07:55:56 AM »

Ah yes! You're it - again!

It's an amazing book, isn't it? We discussed in on SeniorNet years ago. I was a believer at the end...

Frybabe · « **Reply #251 on:** June 27, 2010, 08:48:55 AM »

I wasn't involved in that discussion, JoanP, but I did read the book.

okay, new one.

This is an autobiography.

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__ H __

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Maryemm · « **Reply #252 on:** June 27, 2010, 12:46:37 PM »

Is there an F ?

Mippy · « **Reply #253 on:** June 28, 2010, 06:27:54 AM »

don't mean to be boring, always posting the same, but isn't the third word: THE ?

also
Well done Frybabe/Margie ! Should I read that book? never thought I'd like it, after reading the reviews.

Frybabe · « **Reply #254 on:** June 28, 2010, 07:53:57 AM »

Mippy, I don't remember being overly excited about The Life of PI, but it was interesting/odd enough to read the whole way through.

Okay now to the quiz. Yes, the third word is THE. It's a little hard to avoid that word sometimes.

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T H E
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pedln · « **Reply #255 on:** June 28, 2010, 11:38:17 AM »

Maryemm wants an F and so do I.

JoanK · « **Reply #256 on:** June 29, 2010, 08:18:35 PM »

How about "the life of" for the middle three words?

Frybabe · « **Reply #257 on:** June 30, 2010, 12:00:53 AM »

Goodness, I almost forgot.

Okay THE LIFE OF it is. I suppose I should fill in the rest of the letters used in the guessed words.

__ __ __ __ __ T I __ E

OF
T H E
LIFE
OF

F E __ E __ I __ __

__ O __ __ L __ __ __

pedln · « **Reply #258 on:** June 30, 2010, 11:40:56 AM »

Well, I know what it is, but had a little help, so won't claim it.

But, Frybabe, I think there is a letter missing in the 6th word.

Frybabe · « **Reply #259 on:** June 30, 2010, 12:46:59 PM »

Yes, there is a missing letter. Sorry! Goofed when adding the already claimed ones.

__ __ __ __ __ T I __ E

OF
T H E
LIFE
OF

F __ E __ E __ I __ __

__ O __ __ L __ __ __

Mippy · « **Reply #260 on:** June 30, 2010, 03:19:31 PM »

Isn't the first name of the person: FREDERICK ?

Frybabe · « **Reply #261 on:** July 01, 2010, 12:00:17 AM »

Okay, Mippy. Not many takers. Frederick it is.
Now you should be able to fininsh it.

__ __ __ __ __ T I __ E
OF
T H E
LIFE
OF
FREDERICK
DO __ __ L __ __ __

Gumtree · « **Reply #262 on:** July 02, 2010, 03:18:20 AM »

Is the first word narrative?

Frybabe · « **Reply #263 on:** July 02, 2010, 08:05:06 AM »

Of course Gumtree!
Somebody put us out of our misery and finish the last word. Pedln??

NARRATIVE
OF
T H E
LIFE
OF
FREDERICK
DO __ __ L A __ __

pedln · « **Reply #264 on:** July 03, 2010, 12:42:44 AM »

I feel so guilty claiming this because I googled on the words "of the life of" and came up with the answer -- Frederick Douglass.

Off to bed now, new puzzle up in the morning.

Gumtree · « **Reply #265 on:** July 03, 2010, 03:22:57 AM »

And who, pray tell, was Frederick Douglass ?

Frybabe · « **Reply #266 on:** July 03, 2010, 07:41:49 AM »

Gum, Frederick Douglass was a former slave, abolitionist, friend of/advisor to Abraham Lincoln, and women's rights advocate. One of the great men of the nineteenth century in America.

http://www.frederickdouglass.org/douglass_bio.html

PatH · « **Reply #267 on:** July 03, 2010, 10:46:07 AM »

Not very fair to those of you down under, Gum, but Douglass is well known to all us Americans. That autobiography is well worth reading; it's short, and I think it's available online.

Now that I see the answer, I could kick myself for not seeing it before.

pedln · « **Reply #268 on:** July 03, 2010, 11:25:35 AM »

__ __ __ __ __ __ T __ __

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I looked at my bookshelf, and this jumped out at me. This is a non-fiction title, kind of appropriate for this weekend. Two words.

Gumtree · « **Reply #269 on:** July 03, 2010, 01:39:40 PM »

thanks for the info on Frederick Douglass biography - sounds interesting though I've never heard of him - but then there's a lot I don't know about.

Gumtree · « **Reply #270 on:** July 03, 2010, 01:40:29 PM »

May I request an E.

Mippy · « **Reply #271 on:** July 03, 2010, 04:07:10 PM »

Is the last word AMERICA ?

JoanK · « **Reply #272 on:** July 03, 2010, 04:44:30 PM »

Frederick Douglasses autobiography is an excellant book. I've been urging anyone who was interested in slavery in the US to read it for years, but had completely forgotten it's name.

pedln · « **Reply #273 on:** July 04, 2010, 11:26:45 AM »

Oh dear me, do I answer the question or provide the letter?

You're good, Mippy! It does fit, but unfortunately America is not the second word. But that was a great guess, especially for this weekend.

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The author of this book is no longer living. I remember years ago talking with friends of a friend about this author and they said, "oh yeah, __________ parents live down the street from us in" -----oops, too many clues at one time

JoanK · « **Reply #274 on:** July 04, 2010, 05:00:39 PM »

Give me an S

pedln · « **Reply #275 on:** July 04, 2010, 09:50:03 PM »

An E and an S have been requested. I'm sorry. There is no S in this title.

Our nation's celebration, from east to west, will soon be over. I hope everyone is having a good weekend.

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Mippy · « **Reply #276 on:** July 05, 2010, 06:45:20 AM »

E please

pedln · « **Reply #277 on:** July 05, 2010, 10:28:50 PM »

It looks like an E has been requested.

__ __ __ __ __ __ T E __

__ __ __ R __ __ E

Frybabe · « **Reply #278 on:** July 06, 2010, 08:19:47 AM »

Nothing is clicking. D please.

pedln · « **Reply #279 on:** July 07, 2010, 09:25:48 AM »

And a D it shall be

__ __ D __ __ __ T E D

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512243 times)