Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 513119 times)

PatH · « **Reply #4160 on:** June 29, 2013, 11:41:59 PM »

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 #4161 on:** June 29, 2013, 11:42:39 PM »

One:

T ___ E

___ E T ___ ___ N

O F

___ ___ E ___ ___ O ___ ___

___ O ___ ___ E ___

Guessed: E, F, N, O, T

Frybabe · « **Reply #4162 on:** June 30, 2013, 07:04:07 AM »

PatH · « **Reply #4163 on:** June 30, 2013, 11:32:54 AM »

That's a good one; it should help:

T ___ E

R E T ___ R N

O F

___ ___ E R ___ O ___ ___

___ O ___ ___ E ___

Guessed: E, F, N, O, T

JoanK · « **Reply #4164 on:** June 30, 2013, 03:08:26 PM »

The Return of Sherlock Holmes?

PatH · « **Reply #4165 on:** June 30, 2013, 04:28:00 PM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a book of 13 short stories, starting with The Adventure of the Empty House, in which we learn that Holmes did not die in his struggle with Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls.

Good job.

JoanK · « **Reply #4166 on:** July 01, 2013, 06:10:54 PM »

I was helped because I just read a mystery (The Bughouse Affair by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini) that features Sherlock Holmes hanging out in San Francisco after he escaped from Moriarty and before he returned. The bored and incredulous reaction of the tough US detectives to Holmes seemingly endless pontificating is hilarious.

Hmmm. Now I have to think.

JoanK · « **Reply #4167 on:** July 01, 2013, 06:18:01 PM »

Fiction.

__ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ S __ __ __ __ __ __ __

pedln · « **Reply #4168 on:** July 02, 2013, 09:36:33 AM »

JoanK · « **Reply #4169 on:** July 02, 2013, 04:42:19 PM »

believe it or not, no Es.

__ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ S __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Guessed: E

PatH · « **Reply #4170 on:** July 02, 2013, 04:57:14 PM »

There had better be vowels of some sort.

I?

JoanK · « **Reply #4171 on:** July 02, 2013, 05:24:53 PM »

Pat: that's the one.

__ I __ __ I

__ __ __ __ S __ __ __ __ I __ __

Guessed: E I

PatH · « **Reply #4172 on:** July 02, 2013, 05:31:21 PM »

An N would go well in that second word.

jane · « **Reply #4173 on:** July 02, 2013, 06:16:53 PM »

JoanK · « **Reply #4174 on:** July 03, 2013, 02:56:55 PM »

Sorry, no A

__ I __ __ I

__ __ N __ S __ __ __ __ I N __

Guessed: E I N A

jane · « **Reply #4175 on:** July 03, 2013, 05:07:48 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #4176 on:** July 03, 2013, 08:20:43 PM »

JoanK · « **Reply #4177 on:** July 04, 2013, 05:48:19 PM »

__ I __ __ I

__ __ __ __ S T __ C __ I __ __

Guessed: E I T C

pedln · « **Reply #4178 on:** July 05, 2013, 10:36:44 AM »

Did we lose a few letters? Is there an O?

__ I __ __ I

__ __ N __ S T __ C __ I N __

Guessed: E I T C N A

pedln · « **Reply #4179 on:** July 05, 2013, 10:59:44 AM »

Pippi Longstocking?

PatH · « **Reply #4180 on:** July 05, 2013, 02:25:06 PM »

Oh, for goodness sake! That's got to be it. Good for you, pedln. That word ending in I was driving me crazy.

Frybabe · « **Reply #4181 on:** July 05, 2013, 07:18:12 PM »

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! I see it now. Great catch Pedln.

JoanK · « **Reply #4182 on:** July 05, 2013, 09:25:36 PM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

Yep, Pedlin. You got it!

pedln · « **Reply #4183 on:** July 06, 2013, 05:16:36 AM »

That was a whooper-doozey. At first all I could think of was MIAMI, and then with no A's, WILLI. Then Willi

?stocking. It was't until I told myself that it had to be a children's book did anything click.

Good job, JoanK.

Back in a bit with a new puzzle.

pedln · « **Reply #4184 on:** July 06, 2013, 05:36:22 AM »

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ E

Fiction. There are a lot of commas that I did not put in here.

Frybabe · « **Reply #4185 on:** July 06, 2013, 06:54:10 AM »

More E's?

pedln · « **Reply #4186 on:** July 06, 2013, 09:45:27 AM »

Good guess, Frybabe

___ ___ ___ E ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ E ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ E ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ E

Letters guessed: E

Fiction. There are a lot of commas that I did not put in here.

PatH · « **Reply #4187 on:** July 06, 2013, 11:13:46 AM »

Good grief; we could have every letter of the alphabet, many of them twice.

S?

jane · « **Reply #4188 on:** July 06, 2013, 02:13:05 PM »

pedln · « **Reply #4189 on:** July 06, 2013, 03:05:12 PM »

Lot's of new clues here.

___ ___ T E S ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ E ___ ___ S ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ T S ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ E S ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ E

Letters guessed: E, S, T

Fiction. There are a lot of commas that I did not put in here.

JoanK · « **Reply #4190 on:** July 06, 2013, 04:38:03 PM »

We need more vowels. I?

Frybabe · « **Reply #4191 on:** July 06, 2013, 10:30:17 PM »

bluebird24 · « **Reply #4192 on:** July 07, 2013, 11:52:17 AM »

pedln · « **Reply #4193 on:** July 07, 2013, 06:27:54 PM »

There doesn't seem to be an N, but it's beginning to make sence now, isn't it?

___ ___ T E S ___ I ___

___ ___ I E ___ ___ S ___ I ___

___ O ___ ___ T S ___ I ___

___ O ___ E S ___ I ___

___ ___ ___ ___ I ___ ___ E

Letters guessed: E, S, T. I, O, N

Fiction. There are a lot of commas that I did not put in here.

PatH · « **Reply #4194 on:** July 07, 2013, 06:45:36 PM »

jane · « **Reply #4195 on:** July 07, 2013, 07:49:59 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #4196 on:** July 08, 2013, 08:09:53 AM »

pedln · « **Reply #4197 on:** July 08, 2013, 11:35:45 AM »

P, R, and C? Sure to be a dead give-away!

___ ___ T E S ___ I P

___ R I E ___ ___ S ___ I P

C O ___ R T S ___ I P

___ O ___ E S ___ I P

___ ___ R R I ___ ___ E

Letters guessed: E, S, T. I, O, N, P, R, C

Fiction. There are a lot of commas that I did not put in here.

jane · « **Reply #4198 on:** July 08, 2013, 11:44:37 AM »

I'm really dense this morning....only see one possible word.

H?

PatH · « **Reply #4199 on:** July 08, 2013, 12:42:16 PM »

Well, the second and third words are friendship and courtship. Now to figure out the rest.

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 513119 times)