Blanko!

[JoanK]

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 !!

Still need vowels. I?

[pedln]

And an R ?

[PatH]

This will surely do it:


T  ___  E

___  O  ___  ___  N

___  ___  R  R  I  O  R

Letters guessed: E, I, N, O, R, T

[Frybabe]

The Woman Warrior?

Read it years ago. It and her China Men are in a boxed set, although I don't remember reading or finishing that one.

[PatH]

WINNER WINNER WINNER

Right you are, Frybabe.  I read it years ago too.  I liked it then, wonder what I would think of it now.

[Frybabe]

I imagine I would like it just as well, PatH. Might even get more out of it with a second reading.

SciFi, lesser known work of a well known author.

__ __ __

__ I __ __' __

__ __ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __


Letters used: I

[PatH]

I'll start with an E.

[JoanK]

And a T

[Frybabe]

T __ E
__ I __ __' __

T __ E __ __ E

__ __ __ __ T E __ __


Letters used:E, I, T

[PatH]

R?

[Frybabe]

T __ E
__ I __ __' __

T __ E __ __ E

__ __ __ R T E R __


Letters used:E, I, R, T

[PatH]

H?

[Frybabe]

T H E

__ I __ __' __

T __ E __ __ E

__ __ __ R T E R __


Letters used:E, H, I, R, T

[PatH]

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

[Frybabe]

Right on, PatH. You are the lucky Winner!

I see that my bookmark is placed in the middle of it, so I guess I never finished reading it. I'll have to start over because I don't remember a darn thing about it.

[PatH]

It's short stories.  I've read some of them, but not all.  We discussed one of them, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, here when we did a bunch of short stories.

[JoanK]

I remember that story. Still makes me think.

[PatH]

New quiz--fiction:

___  ___  E

___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___

[Frybabe]

Please tell me there are more E's in all that.

[PatH]

There are more Es in all that.


___  ___  E

___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___

___  E  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  E

___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  E

___  E  ___

Letters guessed: E

[JoanK]

N

[bluebird24]

s

[PatH]

No Ns, but there are two Ss.

___  ___  E

S  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___

___  E  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  E

___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  E

S  E  ___

Letters guessed: E, N, S

[jane]

T

[Frybabe]

R?

[PatH]

Those should help.

T  ___  E

S  ___  ___  ___  ___  R

___  ___  ___

___  E  ___  ___

___  R  ___  ___

___  R  ___  ___  E

___  ___  T  ___

T  ___  E

S  E  ___

Letters guessed: E, N, R, S, T

[jane]

W

[Frybabe]

A?

[PatH]

Now you have a whole word:

T  ___  E

S  A  ___  ___  ___  R

W  ___  ___

___  E  ___  ___

___  R  ___  ___

___  R  A  ___  E

W  ___  T  ___

T  ___  E

S  E  A

Letters guessed: A, E, N, R, S, T, W

[jane]

H

[PatH]

It's beginning to make sense now.


T  H  E

S  A  ___  ___  ___  R

W  H  ___

___  E  ___  ___

___  R  ___  ___

___  R  A  ___  E

W  ___  T  H

T  H  E

S  E  A

Letters guessed: A, E, H, N, R, S, T, W

[jane]

I

[PatH]

T  H  E

S  A  I  ___  ___  R

W  H  ___

___  E  ___  ___

___  R  ___  ___

___  R  A  ___  E

W  I  T  H

T  H  E

S  E  A

Letters guessed: A, E, H, I, N, R, S, T, W

[jane]

L

[PatH]

Three of them.


T  H  E

S  A  I  L  ___  R

W  H  ___

___  E  L  L

___  R  ___  ___

___  R  A  ___  E

W  I  T  H

T  H  E

S  E  A

Letters guessed: A, E, H, I, L, N, R, S, T, W

[jane]

THE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA?

[PatH]

WINNER WINNER WINNER

Yes, Jane, You got it.  Have you read it?  I started it a long time ago, but decided I didn't like where I thought it was going.  I did read one of Mishima's gentler books, The Sound of Waves, and liked it.

[jane]

No, I've not read it.

[jane]

Nonfiction


___   ___   E

___   ___   ___   ___   ___

___   ___  ___  ___   ___   ___

[bluebird24]

t