Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 513002 times)

JoanP · « **Reply #3560 on:** April 06, 2013, 08:56:27 AM »

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 !!

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WINNER!

Oh yes - Alice Munro's wonderful collection of Short Stories we read about in End of Your Life Book Club. You're IT, Jane.

jane · « **Reply #3561 on:** April 06, 2013, 09:48:44 AM »

NONFICTION

___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ N

___ ___ ___ ___

pedln · « **Reply #3562 on:** April 06, 2013, 10:35:35 AM »

I?

jane · « **Reply #3563 on:** April 06, 2013, 11:05:32 AM »

YES...

NONFICTION

___ ___ ___ I ___

___ N

___ I ___ ___

GUESSED: I,

JoanK · « **Reply #3564 on:** April 06, 2013, 02:58:30 PM »

Then there has to be an O

jane · « **Reply #3565 on:** April 06, 2013, 03:29:04 PM »

Yes, there is!

NONFICTION

___ ___ ___ I ___

O N

___ I ___ ___

GUESSED: I, O

JoanK · « **Reply #3566 on:** April 06, 2013, 03:35:47 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #3567 on:** April 06, 2013, 07:05:54 PM »

jane · « **Reply #3568 on:** April 06, 2013, 08:22:50 PM »

No T, but an E

NONFICTION

___ ___ ___ I ___

O N

___ I ___ E

GUESSED: I, O, T, E

PatH · « **Reply #3569 on:** April 06, 2013, 08:27:18 PM »

jane · « **Reply #3570 on:** April 06, 2013, 08:28:42 PM »

Yes...I'm sure it'll go quickly now...

NONFICTION

___ ___ ___ I ___

O N

F I ___ E

GUESSED: I, O, T, E, F

JoanK · « **Reply #3571 on:** April 07, 2013, 01:24:21 PM »

pedln · « **Reply #3572 on:** April 07, 2013, 01:55:31 PM »

Hmmmmmmm An L?

JoanK -- we're looking at things differently

JoanK · « **Reply #3573 on:** April 07, 2013, 02:22:54 PM »

Hopefully, one of us is right!

Frybabe · « **Reply #3574 on:** April 07, 2013, 05:55:08 PM »

jane · « **Reply #3575 on:** April 07, 2013, 08:53:07 PM »

Those guesses should do it...

NONFICTION

B R ___ I ___

O N

F I R E

GUESSED: I, O, T, E, F, R, L, B

Frybabe · « **Reply #3576 on:** April 07, 2013, 10:48:20 PM »

Brain on fire

jane · « **Reply #3577 on:** April 07, 2013, 11:41:41 PM »

Winner, winner, winner!

JoanK · « **Reply #3578 on:** April 08, 2013, 03:23:20 PM »

Hooray!

Frybabe · « **Reply #3579 on:** April 08, 2013, 05:04:34 PM »

Oh, almost forgot.

Change of pace, an author this time.

__ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ A __ __ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __

JoanP · « **Reply #3580 on:** April 08, 2013, 05:47:39 PM »

More A's?

Frybabe · « **Reply #3581 on:** April 08, 2013, 06:29:42 PM »

No more A's

JoanP · « **Reply #3582 on:** April 08, 2013, 07:19:25 PM »

How about P?

jane · « **Reply #3583 on:** April 08, 2013, 08:22:27 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #3584 on:** April 09, 2013, 07:23:12 AM »

No P's, two I's.

__ __ __

__ I __ __ __ A __ __ __ I __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __

JoanP · « **Reply #3585 on:** April 09, 2013, 07:41:09 AM »

jane · « **Reply #3586 on:** April 09, 2013, 09:30:03 AM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #3587 on:** April 09, 2013, 11:20:07 AM »

No M's, The T's will help.

__ __ __

__ I __ __ __ A __ __ __ I __ __

T __ __ __ T __ __

I see I missed one letter in the last name

Used: A, I, M, P, T

JoanP · « **Reply #3588 on:** April 09, 2013, 12:08:06 PM »

Names are hard - especially one with so many letters!

How about an N or more?

jane · « **Reply #3589 on:** April 09, 2013, 02:29:36 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #3590 on:** April 09, 2013, 04:06:24 PM »

__ E __

N I __ __ __ A __ E __ I __ __

T __ __ __ T __ __

Used: A, E, I, M, N, P, T

JoanK · « **Reply #3591 on:** April 09, 2013, 04:18:24 PM »

jane · « **Reply #3592 on:** April 09, 2013, 05:52:50 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #3593 on:** April 10, 2013, 07:36:40 AM »

The O's should give it away. No R's.

__ E __

N I __ O __ A __ E __ I __ __

T O __ __ T O __

Used: A, E, I, M, N, O, P, R, T

JoanP · « **Reply #3594 on:** April 10, 2013, 09:17:00 AM »

jane · « **Reply #3595 on:** April 10, 2013, 09:48:26 AM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #3596 on:** April 10, 2013, 11:40:38 AM »

Do you know me now?

L E __

N I __ O L A __ E __ I __ __

T O L __ T O __

Used: A, E, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, T

JoanP · « **Reply #3597 on:** April 10, 2013, 12:02:00 PM »

Well, yes, I know WHO you are - but does spelling count?

Will give it a try -

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Frybabe · « **Reply #3598 on:** April 10, 2013, 01:28:15 PM »

And the Winner is (drum roll please).......JoanP.

You got all but one letter, JoanP. His first name is Lev. I don't think most people could tell you what his full name is and the younger set is likely to say, Who?

JoanP · « **Reply #3599 on:** April 10, 2013, 06:00:53 PM »

Well, I'll just have to continue to call him Mr. Tolstoy, as we are not close enough for me to call him "Lev."

This title is by a well known author - I've never read it until now - a Christmas gift from #4 son...Really enjoyable.

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