Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512344 times)

PatH · « **Reply #520 on:** September 20, 2010, 04:10:40 PM »

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
35. PatH for That Old Cape Magic #511
36. JoanP for The Woman in White # 523
37. deems 2 for Faceless Killers #554

PatH · « **Reply #521 on:** September 20, 2010, 04:11:28 PM »

Mippy gets her E.

__ __ E __ __ M __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ E

Mippy · « **Reply #522 on:** September 21, 2010, 06:51:00 AM »

T please
I'll be away most of the rest of the week, so do have fun!

JoanP · « **Reply #523 on:** September 21, 2010, 10:22:28 AM »

How about THE WOMAN IN WHITE? Just loved that book!

Gumtree · « **Reply #524 on:** September 21, 2010, 11:38:36 AM »

JoanP - Brilliant - just has to be that - I hadn't a clue.

Mippy · « **Reply #525 on:** September 21, 2010, 01:28:34 PM »

Well done, JoanP !

PatH · « **Reply #526 on:** September 21, 2010, 01:29:15 PM »

Brilliant indeed, JoanP; you're right. I loved it too.

JoanP · « **Reply #527 on:** September 22, 2010, 11:30:40 AM »

Woman in White and The Moonstone - really memorable.

OK, try this - a Mystery -

_ A _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ _ _

JoanP · « **Reply #528 on:** September 24, 2010, 11:38:32 AM »

No guesses? No guesses, then no new clues...

Gumtree · « **Reply #529 on:** September 24, 2010, 01:10:05 PM »

OK OK ... gimme an A

JoanP · « **Reply #530 on:** September 24, 2010, 01:15:06 PM »

Gosh, Gum, I've forgotten the title! Let me go think about it.

I'll be back when I remember - the wheels don't turn as fast as they used to...

JoanP · « **Reply #531 on:** September 24, 2010, 02:04:10 PM »

OK, I remember now. I really did draw a blank...

Here's your "A" -

_ A _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Another clue - hmmm, not an American writer...

JoanK · « **Reply #532 on:** September 24, 2010, 02:41:14 PM »

We're still short of vopwels. How about an "E".

JoanP · « **Reply #533 on:** September 25, 2010, 07:35:21 AM »

Lots of "E"'s....

_ A _ E _ E _ S _ _ _ _ E _ _

JoanK · « **Reply #534 on:** September 25, 2010, 07:31:48 PM »

Is there an apostrophe before the "S"

Frybabe · « **Reply #535 on:** September 25, 2010, 09:50:28 PM »

An R please.

JoanP · « **Reply #536 on:** September 25, 2010, 10:01:53 PM »

Two guesses today - I'll take Joan K's first - is there an apostrophe before the "S"...no, no apostorphe in this title.

JoanK · « **Reply #537 on:** September 26, 2010, 02:48:16 PM »

Is there a T?

JoanP · « **Reply #538 on:** September 27, 2010, 08:55:27 AM »

No, no "T"s either...

This is a mystery - the author is not an American, a male - _ A _ E _ E _ S _ _ _ _ E _ _

Gumtree · « **Reply #539 on:** September 27, 2010, 11:18:05 AM »

OK - how about an M

Mippy · « **Reply #540 on:** September 27, 2010, 03:18:40 PM »

R please

JudeS · « **Reply #541 on:** September 27, 2010, 05:13:53 PM »

How about an L?

JoanP · « **Reply #542 on:** September 27, 2010, 09:23:44 PM »

hmmm...three choices on my plate tonight.

I'll choose the "M" - no, sorry, there is no "M" in the title...though there is one in the author's name...

_ A _ E _ E _ S _ _ _ _ E _ _

Mippy · « **Reply #543 on:** September 28, 2010, 07:04:30 AM »

R please

JoanP · « **Reply #544 on:** September 29, 2010, 12:00:14 PM »

_ A _ E _ E _ S _ _ _ _ E R _

OK, Mippy gets her "R" and another clue too. This clue is a reminder that when the "IT" girl provides a single letter when starting out, it isn't necessarily the only time that letter is used in the title... Does that give it away?

Gumtree · « **Reply #545 on:** September 29, 2010, 12:07:55 PM »

Absolutely NOT !

Grasping at straws - how about a P

Mippy · « **Reply #546 on:** September 29, 2010, 01:12:17 PM »

A please (was that the hint?)

JoanK · « **Reply #547 on:** September 29, 2010, 02:22:01 PM »

The first letter was S (I looked). Are there more "S"s

JudeS · « **Reply #548 on:** September 29, 2010, 04:27:49 PM »

How about a B

Gumtree · « **Reply #549 on:** September 29, 2010, 09:05:28 PM »

If there are more S's Could the last word be 'Sisters' - can't think of what the first might be.

JoanP · « **Reply #550 on:** September 30, 2010, 05:51:44 AM »

According to the rules here, I can only answer one of your questions a day, right?

OK, Gum - the straw you grasped was NOT "P" -
I'll answer two questions this time - "Sisters" is NOT one of the two words in this title...
Does this help?
A clue? I am positive that at least TWO of you have this book on your TBR pile.

_ A _ E _ E _ S _ _ _ _ E R _

JudeS · « **Reply #551 on:** September 30, 2010, 02:19:05 PM »

Could the second word be Fathers?

JoanP · « **Reply #552 on:** September 30, 2010, 10:33:18 PM »

Sorry Judy, no sisters, no fathers. But here's a clue - YOU will be quite familiar with this title come Oct. 3, I think! Did I just give it away?

Mippy · « **Reply #553 on:** October 01, 2010, 06:52:30 AM »

F please (cannot figure out the October hint, either)

deems 2 · « **Reply #554 on:** October 01, 2010, 12:35:43 PM »

Is it Faceless Killers?

JoanP · « **Reply #555 on:** October 01, 2010, 12:46:12 PM »

Ha! That's it! You got it! I was doing a little PR for the upcoming PBS Wallender series - the first book to be discussed is Mankell's "Faceless Killers" to be aired on Oct. 3.

Do you know what your prize is, deems2? You are IT! All you need to do is put up some lines for the title of the book...provide only one letter and a clue, fiction or non fiction. You come in once a day and can respond to only one of the guesses for that day. when you use one of the guesses, you then must put in all of the guessed letters in your title. Do you want to try?

PatH · « **Reply #556 on:** October 01, 2010, 08:05:57 PM »

You can also give other hints. JoanP told us hers was a mystery, and you can give more clues along the way. If you want to get your feet wet gradually, I'll take your turn.

deems 2 · « **Reply #557 on:** October 01, 2010, 09:46:34 PM »

Okay, JoanP. Thank you for the explanation. I think I've got it. Here's a work of fiction.

_ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

pedln · « **Reply #558 on:** October 01, 2010, 10:53:20 PM »

Bravo deems 2. There it was, right in front of us, and you're the only one who noticed.

Now, how about a T please -- all of them.

JoanP · « **Reply #559 on:** October 01, 2010, 11:51:31 PM »

This is kind of eerie...but as I look at the blanks, I see "The Quiet Woman. " I almost don't want that to be it, because it is so strange...
Is that the title, deems2?

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512344 times)