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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #480 on: September 07, 2010, 06:28:43 PM »
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Welcome to our newest brain teaser: BLANKO

The rules are simple:

The Challenger posts  either a title or the name of an author, but not both.

Ex:

Title of Book: three words, a prize winning novel:

   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ T    __ ___   ___ ___ ___ ___


What is it?


The Contestants guess the title or author (if it's a challenge on an author's name)  and post their answer.  If they can, the solve the entire answer. If not, they  can also suggest one of the title words or  a letter to fill in one of the blanks. One guess per "day" (between appearances of the Challenger) for each contestant.

At  the end of the day if the puzzle is not solved, the Challenger will then add only  one of the suggested letters the Contestants have suggested, everywhere it appears.

The winner becomes the new Challenger.  






Good Luck !!



List of Winners and Book Titles or Authors:

1. Pat H for Rabbit Run  Post #27
2. Ginny for Hound of the Baskervilles Post #45
3. Joan P for The Winter of our Discontent # 51
4. Ginny for Aesop's Fables # 54
5. Frybabe for The Caine Mutiny # 68
6. Ginny for Seven Pillars of Wisdom #75
7. Gumtree for Lost in America #100
8. Frybabe for King Solomon's Mines #138
9. Gumgree for  Thus Spake Zarathustra # 174
10. Frybabe for  All Quiet on the Western Front # 193
11. Joan K for Seven Years in Tibet  # 205
12. Gumtree for all Quiet on the Western Front  # 210
13. Frybabe for The Scarlet Pimpernel #221
14. PatH for Two years Before the Mast #225
15. Gumtree for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner #229
16. PatH for HMS Surprise #232
17. JoanP for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea #241
18. Frybabe for The Life of Pi #249
19. pedlin for Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass #264
20. Frybabe for Undaunted Courage #281
21. pedln for Ice Station Zebra #292
22. Gumtree for The African Queen #304
23. pedln for Alias Grace #319
24. Frybabe for Stephen Crane #333
25. JoanP for Is Paris Burning? #343
26. Ginny for Zeituon #350
27. Frybabe for S*** My Dad Says #371
28. JoanP for Ghosts of Vesuvius #384
29. pedln for The 39 Steps #407
30. Frybabe for The Namesake #430
31. JoanP for Awakenings #447
32. pedln for The Left Hand of Darkness #471
33. JoanK for The Elegance of the Hedgehog #481
34. Gumtree for Gone With the Wind #491
 







Oh my goodness, where is everybody.

The -- someone asked for THE

  THE        ___   ____  ___  G  ____ ___ ___ ___

   O  ___          THE

    ___  ___  ___  G  ___  ___  O G

okay, remember -- tonight's your last chance for a long time. Tomorrow morning is fly-out time.

JoanK

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #481 on: September 07, 2010, 06:55:53 PM »
The Elegance of the hedgehog?

pedln

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #482 on: September 07, 2010, 09:15:55 PM »
Oh you got it, JoanK.  Wonderful, congratulations.

JoanK

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #483 on: September 08, 2010, 03:05:57 PM »
OK, try this:


_ O _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _   _ _ _ _

JoanK

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #484 on: September 08, 2010, 03:07:22 PM »
What's happened to Title Mania? PatH and I are the only ones in there.

Gumtree

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #485 on: September 09, 2010, 03:26:49 AM »
Pedln - the 'Hedgehog' title was a doozy (whatever that is).

JoanK -  Title Mania - Ok Ok I'm coming...
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Mippy

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #486 on: September 09, 2010, 06:30:16 AM »
E  please
quot libros, quam breve tempus

Gumtree

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #487 on: September 09, 2010, 11:16:12 AM »
Is the three letter word the
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JoanK

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #488 on: September 09, 2010, 02:17:52 PM »
It is a the

_ O _ E   _ _ _ _   THE   _ _ _ _

This should go quickly.

JoanK

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #489 on: September 10, 2010, 08:25:55 PM »
No guesses? Come on, guess some letters. The right letter, and the whole thing will fall.

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #490 on: September 10, 2010, 09:39:23 PM »
Joan, can you give us some clues?  Fiction, nonFiction?

Is there a "V"?

Gumtree

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #491 on: September 11, 2010, 02:47:35 AM »
Gone With the Wind
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JoanK

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #492 on: September 11, 2010, 02:21:28 PM »
GUM STRIKES AGAIN!!!

Bravo

Gumtree

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #493 on: September 12, 2010, 03:08:36 AM »
Ha!  I 'saw' it at once but held off with the answer for a couple of days thinking 'someone' else would jump in. I guess my second name is 'Muggins'

Here's one -

_ _ _ _    _ _ _    _ _ _ _    _ _ G _ _


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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #494 on: September 12, 2010, 02:54:07 PM »
Muggins, may we have  a "T"?  Is this fiction?

Mippy

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #495 on: September 13, 2010, 10:39:11 AM »
E please
quot libros, quam breve tempus

Gumtree

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #496 on: September 13, 2010, 11:10:52 AM »
JoanP wants a T  but called me Muggins so she can't have it. ;D

Mippy can be teacher's pet and have the E


_ _ _ _    _ _ _    _ _ _ E    _ _ G _ _


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JoanK

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #497 on: September 13, 2010, 03:43:04 PM »
I didn't call you Muggins, so can I have a T?

Gumtree

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #498 on: September 14, 2010, 05:28:04 AM »
Muggins, may we have  a "T"?  Is this fiction?

JoanP: I know I said it first, but I was fearful you would shorten it to 'Mug' - an acronym of what I wonder?

And yes it is fiction and you can have the T


T _ _ T    _ _ _    _ _ _ E    _ _ G _ _

That should give the show away.
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JoanK

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #499 on: September 14, 2010, 02:38:28 PM »
Is the first word "That"?

Mippy

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #500 on: September 15, 2010, 09:32:47 AM »
S  please    
                                   and I didn't even mention Muggins!  Who is Muggins?
quot libros, quam breve tempus

Gumtree

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #501 on: September 15, 2010, 09:51:32 AM »
Perhaps Muggins is best left nameless....

Mippy wants an S

There is no S in the title


T _ _ T    _ _ _    _ _ _ E    _ _ G _ _
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JoanK

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #502 on: September 15, 2010, 03:24:18 PM »
Is the first word "That"?

Gumtree

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #503 on: September 16, 2010, 10:39:56 AM »
I guess persistency should be rewarded - So yes, JoanK the first word is indeed That


T H A T    _ _ _    _ _ _ E    _ _ G _ _

I'd better stand back to avoid the avalanche of correct answers  :)
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JoanK

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #504 on: September 16, 2010, 03:26:18 PM »
No avalanche from my direction -- I haven't a clue.

Mippy

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #505 on: September 17, 2010, 09:27:49 AM »
N  please          I also have no idea where this one is going!
quot libros, quam breve tempus

Gumtree

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #506 on: September 17, 2010, 12:44:05 PM »
Sorry Mippy - There is no N in this title


T H A T    _ _ _    _ _ _ E    _ _ G _ _


thinking caps on ...

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JoanK

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #507 on: September 17, 2010, 02:35:33 PM »
We need more vowels. How about an "I"?

Gumtree

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #508 on: September 18, 2010, 12:32:38 PM »
It's a bit slow here - only one request today so I'll have to give it: an I for JoanK


T H A T    _ _ _    _ _ _ E    _ _ G I _


There you go JoanK


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JoanK

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #509 on: September 18, 2010, 03:18:47 PM »
Hmmm. Still short of vowels. Which have we guessed? How about "O"

Gumtree

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #510 on: September 19, 2010, 10:33:47 AM »
So is no one except JoanK playing?  An O it is then


T H A T    O _ _    _ _ _ E    _ _ G I _


There you go JoanK....  agaaaain.



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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #511 on: September 19, 2010, 10:41:41 AM »
Oh, good grief!  I really should leave it for JoanK, since her letters gave it to me, but since she just guessed my Author, Author in about ten seconds, I'll take my revenge here.

That Old Cape Magic

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #512 on: September 19, 2010, 10:48:05 AM »
 Hurrah for PatH  Interesting that no one 'saw' it sooner given that we read it so recently.
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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #513 on: September 19, 2010, 11:22:13 AM »
That's why I said good grief.  Once I saw it, I didn't know why I hadn't seen it before.

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #514 on: September 19, 2010, 11:40:14 AM »
I never did see it until you guessed it, Pat.  I was thinking that the last word might be "begin" and was playing around with that...good one, Mug!

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #515 on: September 19, 2010, 12:19:30 PM »
  JoanP     8)
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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #516 on: September 19, 2010, 02:45:31 PM »
OK, here's one.  It's fiction.

__ __ __     __ __ M __ __    __ __    __ __ __ __ __

JoanK

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #517 on: September 19, 2010, 04:47:26 PM »
Is the first word "The"?

Gumtree

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #518 on: September 19, 2010, 09:25:44 PM »
Is the third word  Of?
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Mippy

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Re: Blanko!
« Reply #519 on: September 20, 2010, 08:57:10 AM »
E  please     
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