Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 513166 times)

bluebird24 · « **Reply #4400 on:** August 17, 2013, 07:50:53 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 !!

JoanP · « **Reply #4401 on:** August 17, 2013, 08:25:03 PM »

Sorry, bluebird, no B, no W either, Fry...but there are still letters left...

_ A _ R _ N _ E _ T _ _ _

letters guessed: R, T, O, N, A, S, L, C, U, B, W

pedln · « **Reply #4402 on:** August 17, 2013, 09:12:02 PM »

The rest of the Es

JoanP · « **Reply #4403 on:** August 17, 2013, 10:29:50 PM »

There you go, Pedln! Do you see it now?

_ A _ R E N _ E _ T _ _ _

letters guessed: R, T, O, N, A, S, L, C, U, B, W, E

Frybabe · « **Reply #4404 on:** August 17, 2013, 11:31:32 PM »

jane · « **Reply #4405 on:** August 18, 2013, 07:51:38 AM »

JoanP · « **Reply #4406 on:** August 18, 2013, 08:05:32 AM »

No, D, but Jane's I might well lead directly to the solution!

_ A _ R E N _ E I T _ _ _

letters guessed: R, T, O, N, A, S, L, C, U, B, W, E, D, I

jane · « **Reply #4407 on:** August 18, 2013, 08:09:14 AM »

Fahrenheit 451

JoanP · « **Reply #4408 on:** August 18, 2013, 08:13:35 AM »

OH yeah! We've got a winner! . Congratulations, Jane! You're up!

jane · « **Reply #4409 on:** August 18, 2013, 08:15:53 AM »

Nonfiction

___ ___ A ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___

Frybabe · « **Reply #4410 on:** August 18, 2013, 08:27:56 AM »

jane · « **Reply #4411 on:** August 18, 2013, 08:45:04 AM »

Sorry...no N's.

Nonfiction

___ ___ A ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___

Guessed: N,

pedln · « **Reply #4412 on:** August 18, 2013, 11:10:12 AM »

jane · « **Reply #4413 on:** August 18, 2013, 12:33:06 PM »

Oh, yeah....a couple of those R's.

Nonfiction

___ R A ___ ___

R ___ ___ ___

Guessed: N, R

JoanP · « **Reply #4414 on:** August 18, 2013, 01:00:25 PM »

jane · « **Reply #4415 on:** August 18, 2013, 02:35:20 PM »

No, sorry...no G's.

Nonfiction

___ R A ___ ___

R ___ ___ ___

Guessed: N, R, G

pedln · « **Reply #4416 on:** August 18, 2013, 07:45:20 PM »

I was thinking that same letter, JoanP.

How about an E?

bluebird24 · « **Reply #4417 on:** August 18, 2013, 07:55:55 PM »

jane · « **Reply #4418 on:** August 18, 2013, 08:10:16 PM »

No....no E's and no S's.

Nonfiction

___ R A ___ ___

R ___ ___ ___

Guessed: N, R, G, E, S

JoanP · « **Reply #4419 on:** August 18, 2013, 08:26:18 PM »

jane · « **Reply #4420 on:** August 18, 2013, 09:03:10 PM »

Ah...yes...the magic letter you'll need....

Nonfiction

C R A ___ ___

R ___ C ___

Guessed: N, R, G, E, S, C

JoanK · « **Reply #4421 on:** August 18, 2013, 10:56:39 PM »

Crazy Rich?

jane · « **Reply #4422 on:** August 18, 2013, 11:16:43 PM »

Yes! The story of the family behind Johnson & Johnson.

WINNER!!

JoanK · « **Reply #4423 on:** August 20, 2013, 07:28:29 PM »

Oh, my. I'll have to think.

I rode a train once with someone whose husband worked at Johnson and Johnson, in a smallish town. She was complaining to me that the company ran their whole lives: they had to live in a certain part of town in a house that was more expensive than those of the people under him, but less so than his bosses'. Buy a certain kind of car, clothes, etc. ditto. Presumably, if you got promoted, you traded everything in, leaving your former neighbors behind (which meant your wife had to leave her friends behind -- of course, the wife wasn't supposed to work!). If you didn't follow that pattern, everyone knew it. You were looked at funny, and might not get promoted.

That was decades ago -- I hope all that's changed.

PatH · « **Reply #4424 on:** August 23, 2013, 07:04:20 AM »

It was the same way at the Dupont Company, where some of my chemist friends worked. It's changed at Dupont now, though I don't know how completely.

JoanK · « **Reply #4425 on:** August 24, 2013, 04:13:40 PM »

Sorry, I forgot I was "It". This should be easy, but it popped into my head and can't get it out.

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

PatH · « **Reply #4426 on:** August 24, 2013, 05:28:30 PM »

pedln · « **Reply #4427 on:** August 25, 2013, 12:08:45 PM »

JoanK · « **Reply #4428 on:** August 25, 2013, 03:46:06 PM »

Sorry, no I

__ __ __ __ __ __ O __ __ __ __ __ S

Guessed: I, O

Frybabe · « **Reply #4429 on:** August 25, 2013, 04:47:56 PM »

pedln · « **Reply #4430 on:** August 25, 2013, 05:42:21 PM »

bluebird24 · « **Reply #4431 on:** August 25, 2013, 07:57:32 PM »

JoanK · « **Reply #4432 on:** August 26, 2013, 05:10:41 PM »

Hi, BLUEBIRD. Nice to see you.
Sorry, no N

__ __ A __ __ __ O F __ __ A __ S

Guessed: I, O, A, F, N

pedln · « **Reply #4433 on:** August 26, 2013, 09:57:15 PM »

Leaves of Grass ??

JoanK · « **Reply #4434 on:** August 27, 2013, 05:23:22 PM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

I thought it would be easy, and you didn't disappoint me. I hoped the S at the end would throw you off the track.

OK, Pedlin, you're it!

pedln · « **Reply #4435 on:** August 28, 2013, 10:50:38 AM »

___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ L ___ ___

This is a memoir. The title may not be familiar, but you have heard of the author.

Frybabe · « **Reply #4436 on:** August 28, 2013, 01:30:16 PM »

How about an easy E?

pedln · « **Reply #4437 on:** August 28, 2013, 04:04:51 PM »

The easy E should be easy. Two for you.

___ ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___ E ___

___ ___ ___ L ___ ___

JoanP · « **Reply #4438 on:** August 28, 2013, 04:52:23 PM »

bluebird24 · « **Reply #4439 on:** August 28, 2013, 07:20:58 PM »

t?
Hi Joank

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 513166 times)