Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512826 times)

jane · « **Reply #2840 on:** October 07, 2012, 02:48:54 PM »

BLANKO

Welcome to our newest brain teaser

The rules are simple:

The Challenger posts either a title or the name of an author, not both. One letter is supplied. More information may be given, but isn't required.

Example:

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

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

What is it?

The Contestants guess--the title (or author) if they can, or a letter. One guess between appearances of the Challenger for each contestant.

At the end of the day, or more often if the Challenger wants, the Challenger will add one or more of the letters the Contestants have suggested, everywhere it appears. (Note that the original supplied letter might also appear elsewhere.)

The winner becomes the new Challenger.

Good Luck !!

T's?

Frybabe · « **Reply #2841 on:** October 07, 2012, 04:43:24 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #2842 on:** October 07, 2012, 05:57:57 PM »

One T, no Ns.

___ ___

T ___ ___

S ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___

jane · « **Reply #2843 on:** October 07, 2012, 06:11:01 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #2844 on:** October 07, 2012, 08:03:54 PM »

JoanK · « **Reply #2845 on:** October 07, 2012, 09:35:39 PM »

Gimme those "E"s

PatH · « **Reply #2846 on:** October 08, 2012, 09:12:00 AM »

No Ds, but plenty of Es

___ ___

T ___ E

S ___ ___ ___ E ___

___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ E ___

___ ___ ___ E

letters guessed: D, E, N, T

JoanP · « **Reply #2847 on:** October 08, 2012, 09:13:43 AM »

Another S or two?

jane · « **Reply #2848 on:** October 08, 2012, 10:21:09 AM »

Radioman · « **Reply #2849 on:** October 08, 2012, 10:30:37 AM »

PatH · « **Reply #2850 on:** October 08, 2012, 02:40:50 PM »

Welcome, Don. As the newcomer, I'll give you your letter first, and do the others a bit later. (The rules are flexible on this).

___ ___

T H E

S H ___ ___ E ___

___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ E ___

___ ___ ___ E

letters guessed: D, E, H, N, T

JoanK · « **Reply #2851 on:** October 08, 2012, 03:01:25 PM »

Hi, DON. WELCOME!

JoanP · « **Reply #2852 on:** October 08, 2012, 03:32:32 PM »

sorry Don - your H gave it away...

By the Shores of Silver Lake? Laura Ingalls Wilder?

Frybabe · « **Reply #2853 on:** October 08, 2012, 05:07:57 PM »

A surprise visit! Hi, Don!!!

PatH · « **Reply #2854 on:** October 08, 2012, 05:30:41 PM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

Guess I shouldn't have been so welcoming. Eagle eye JoanP strikes again.

Don, are these books as widely read by Canadian children as here? They're actually a very good description of the pioneering experience.

JoanP · « **Reply #2855 on:** October 08, 2012, 09:53:37 PM »

You may not have heard of this TITLE - fiction. but you do know the author...

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E

pedln · « **Reply #2856 on:** October 08, 2012, 10:53:31 PM »

Hi Don, welcome. I was thinking JOanP might have put up a Canadian author in your honor, but I can't think of any that end in E.

How about a "J"

Oops, are we doing author or title?

JoanP · « **Reply #2857 on:** October 09, 2012, 04:03:57 AM »

Sorry Don. I wasn't thinking Canadian, happy as I am to have you play with us! This is a book title, Pedln - its author is British and there are no J's...

jane · « **Reply #2858 on:** October 09, 2012, 09:20:21 AM »

JoanP · « **Reply #2859 on:** October 09, 2012, 09:47:50 AM »

Good start, Jane! There is a T -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - T E

jane · « **Reply #2860 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:05:19 AM »

Other E's?

Frybabe · « **Reply #2861 on:** October 09, 2012, 12:27:00 PM »

JoanP · « **Reply #2862 on:** October 09, 2012, 12:35:27 PM »

No more E's, but 2 Ns.

- - N - - - N - - - - - - - T E

Will be back this evening to see who gets it...

JoanK · « **Reply #2863 on:** October 09, 2012, 03:36:16 PM »

We need vowels. An "A"?

JoanP · « **Reply #2864 on:** October 09, 2012, 05:21:49 PM »

No A's, but one S...

- - N S - - N - - - - - - - T E

JoanK · « **Reply #2865 on:** October 10, 2012, 08:55:57 PM »

Didn't get my vowel? An "i"?

JoanP · « **Reply #2866 on:** October 10, 2012, 10:00:17 PM »

You hit it this time, JoanK - two i's...

- - N S I - N - - - - I - - T E

Letters guessed: J, T, E, N, S, A, I

pedln · « **Reply #2867 on:** October 11, 2012, 09:47:11 AM »

Haven't a clue. Maybe a "W" ?

jane · « **Reply #2868 on:** October 11, 2012, 09:52:12 AM »

O?

Is this fiction?

JoanP · « **Reply #2869 on:** October 11, 2012, 10:06:42 AM »

This is fiction - British - the 60's ...you probably have never heard of the title, though will recognize the very famous author -

( I would have said I never heard of the title either, but there sits the book on my shelf - with notes in my own handwriting scribbled in pencil in the front!)

Sorry, Pedln...no "W" - but Jane gets the O's - THREE OF THEM.

- O N S I - N O - - - I - O T E

Letters guessed: J, T, E, N, S, A, I, W, O

jane · « **Reply #2870 on:** October 11, 2012, 01:12:27 PM »

JoanP · « **Reply #2871 on:** October 11, 2012, 03:55:00 PM »

Yes there is one R...which will either give this to you, or keep going until every letter of the alphabet is covered..

- O N S I - N O R - - I - O T E

Letters guessed: J, T, E, N, S, A, I, W, O

PatH · « **Reply #2872 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:19:10 PM »

Well, I never heard of the book, but it's surely Monsignor Quixote.

JoanP · « **Reply #2873 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:21:28 PM »

You got it...Graham Greene. I'm just going to have to read it again! Has anyone here read it? Has anyone read Graham Greene? You're it, Pat!

PatH · « **Reply #2874 on:** October 11, 2012, 05:43:10 PM »

I've read The Third Man and Travels With my Aunt, but nothing else. Monsignor Quixote sounds amusing from the description.

JoanP · « **Reply #2875 on:** October 12, 2012, 09:05:39 AM »

I got the publication date wrong - this was one of Greene's later works, published in the early 80's. I remember reading (and loving) The Heart of the Matter, The End of the Affair...
Here's the premise of Monsignor Quixote...I think I'll read it this evening...it isn't very long.
"The title character of Monsignor Quixote is a village priest, elevated to the rank of monsignor through a clerical error, who travels to Madrid accompanied by his best friend, Sancho, the Communist ex-mayor of the village, in Greene's lighthearted variation on Cervantes."

PatH · « **Reply #2876 on:** October 12, 2012, 12:19:04 PM »

New quiz:

___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___

O ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

JoanP · « **Reply #2877 on:** October 12, 2012, 02:10:20 PM »

Do I see an "F"?

How about...the Man of Numbers?

PatH · « **Reply #2878 on:** October 12, 2012, 02:47:48 PM »

You do see an F, but it's not The Man of Numbers.

___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___

O F

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

JoanK · « **Reply #2879 on:** October 12, 2012, 03:23:50 PM »

Give me my "e"s

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