Blanko!

[jane]

                                       

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 !!

E?

[PatH]

T  ___  E

___  ___  ___

___  ___

___  ___  E

___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  E  ___

Letters guessed: E

[JoanK]

Well, lets have those Es

[Frybabe]

A?

[jane]

L

[pedln]

and an F ?

[PatH]

With all those guesses, you'll probably guess it.

T  ___  E

L  A  ___

___  F

___  ___  E

L  A  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  E  L

Letters guessed: A, E, F, L

[jane]

It looks like  The Lay of the Land   ? ? ?  The last word escapes me


I?

[Frybabe]

D?

[PatH]

No Ds, which kills Jane's guess, but the I should help.

T  ___  E

L  A  ___

___  F

___  ___  E

L  A  ___  ___

___  I  ___  ___  ___  ___  E  L

Letters guessed: A, D, E, F, I, L

[pedln]

Any more T's?

[jane]

Y?

[JoanK]

W?

[PatH]

No Ws, but T and Y should help:

T  ___  E

L  A  Y

___  F

T  ___  E

L  A  ___  T

___  I  ___  ___  T  ___  E  L

Letters guessed: A, D, E, F, I, L, T, Y

[jane]

S?

[PatH]

Two Ss; this really should give it to you.

T  ___  E

L  A  Y

___  F

T  ___  E

L  A  S  T

___  I  ___  S  T  ___  E  L

Letters guessed: A, D, E, F, I, L, S T, Y

[PatH]

No more guesses?  You're almost there.

[jane]

R

[PatH]

Here you are:

T  ___  E

L  A  Y

___  F

T  ___  E

L  A  S  T

___  I  ___  S  T  R  E  L

Letters guessed: A, D, E, F, I, L, R, S T, Y

[Frybabe]

The Lay of the Last Minstrel?

[PatH]

WINNER WINNER WINNER

Good job, Frybabe.  I can't resist a quote here:


Breathes there the man, with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!

[Frybabe]

__ __ __ E __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

This ought to go pretty quick. A book I intend on reading again.

[jane]

R

[Frybabe]

__ R __ E __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __



Letters used: R

[JoanK]

T?

[jane]

I

[Frybabe]

__ R __ E __

__ __ __ __ I __ __ __



Letters used: I, R, T

[PatH]

N?

[Frybabe]

__ R __ E N

__ __ N __ I __ N __



Letters used: I, N, R, T

[PatH]

Green Mansions

[Frybabe]

WINNER - PatH

Told you it would be easy. I read Green Mansions when a teenager and remember seeing an old movie. I didn't really fully understand the political backdrop at the time, so it should be a much more powerful read now. Mostly I just remember someone in hiding or running from someone, and the bad guys setting the tree that he climbed (with a female?) to try to evade them. Way past time for a reread.

[PatH]

Let us know what you think after rereading.  I've never read it.

[PatH]

New quiz.  Fiction, not recent:

T  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___

[JoanP]

F?

[JoanK]

And my E

[Frybabe]

N?

[PatH]

Some fruitful guesses:

T  ___  E

___  E  ___  ___  ___  N

___  F

___  ___  E  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  E  ___

Guessed: E, F, N

[JoanK]

And give us that O.

[PatH]

Three for the price of one:

T  ___  E

___  E  ___  ___  ___  N

O  F

___  ___  E  ___  ___  O  ___  ___

___  O  ___  ___  E  ___

Guessed: E, F, N, O

[JoanK]

More Ts?