Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512647 times)

JoanP · « **Reply #5320 on:** March 01, 2014, 11:38:45 AM »

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:

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What is it?

Good Luck !!

iB is a great guess, Marjifay ...

I guess I meant that I'm really interested in this title...but that's not to say that I don't find NoN Fiction fascinating too.

To tell the truth, I don't know how you will react to this title! I think it will make you smile!

_ _ _ A T B E _ _ _

Letters guessed: A, N, R, T, I, B

PatH · « **Reply #5321 on:** March 01, 2014, 04:54:42 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #5322 on:** March 01, 2014, 05:13:56 PM »

bluebird24 · « **Reply #5323 on:** March 01, 2014, 08:02:31 PM »

JoanP · « **Reply #5324 on:** March 02, 2014, 07:52:44 AM »

Almost there now!

_ _ _ A T B E L L Y

Letters guessed: A, N, R, T, I, B,L,Y

marjifay · « **Reply #5325 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:00:32 AM »

More E's?

jane · « **Reply #5326 on:** March 02, 2014, 11:42:02 AM »

JoanP · « **Reply #5327 on:** March 02, 2014, 12:01:08 PM »

Yes, there is another E, but no S.

_ _ E A T B E L L Y

Letters guessed: A, N, R, T, I, B,L,Y

marjifay · « **Reply #5328 on:** March 02, 2014, 12:38:24 PM »

WHEAT BELLY? Funny title.

Marj

JoanP · « **Reply #5329 on:** March 02, 2014, 12:50:34 PM »

WINNER!

I thought so too, Marj. Just got finished talking to my doctor about slow rise in Cholesterol level, she talking of carbs...and bread. Then I came across this title, WHEAT BELLY - written by a doctor. My library has multiple copies of the book. While I was looking into it, I thought it might be a teaser of a puzzle for BLANKO!

marjifay · « **Reply #5330 on:** March 02, 2014, 02:53:43 PM »

Joan, you got that right!! It was a good teaser. Makes me curious. I'll have to look into it.

Marj

marjifay · « **Reply #5331 on:** March 02, 2014, 03:12:05 PM »

Here's a new one. Fiction. Not my favorite fiction genre, but it was a good one.

___ ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ E ___

Frybabe · « **Reply #5332 on:** March 02, 2014, 05:29:32 PM »

JoanK · « **Reply #5333 on:** March 02, 2014, 05:39:33 PM »

marjifay · « **Reply #5334 on:** March 02, 2014, 07:16:57 PM »

Two N's, One O

___ ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ N

___ ___ ___ O N ___ ___ ___ E ___

Used: E, N, O

JoanK · « **Reply #5335 on:** March 03, 2014, 05:14:42 PM »

marjifay · « **Reply #5336 on:** March 03, 2014, 09:00:39 PM »

Yes, two I's!

___ ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___ I ___ N

___ ___ ___ O N I ___ ___ E ___

Used: E, I, N, O

JoanP · « **Reply #5337 on:** March 03, 2014, 11:01:44 PM »

marjifay · « **Reply #5338 on:** March 03, 2014, 11:06:24 PM »

Yes -- two A's!

___ ___ E

___ A ___ ___ I A N

___ ___ ___ O N I ___ ___ E ___

Used: A, E, I, N, O

Frybabe · « **Reply #5339 on:** March 04, 2014, 07:34:00 AM »

JoanP · « **Reply #5340 on:** March 04, 2014, 07:38:20 AM »

Hmmm R?

JoanP · « **Reply #5341 on:** March 04, 2014, 07:40:34 AM »

Got it, I think! The Martian Chronicles?

marjifay · « **Reply #5342 on:** March 04, 2014, 08:21:30 AM »

WINNER!! WINNER!! WINNER!!

Yes, JoanP, you got it right!

THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES by Ray Bradbury

PatH · « **Reply #5343 on:** March 04, 2014, 09:36:45 AM »

Quick work, JoanP!

Yes, Marj, old but good. It's a bunch of loosely connected stories that also stand alone. I remember reading some of them when they came out.

Frybabe · « **Reply #5344 on:** March 04, 2014, 10:12:01 AM »

Good show, JoanP.

Marj, The Martian Chronicles is not among my favorite SciFi. One of my top rated SciFi books is, however, written by Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451. The title is the temperature at which paper ignites.

JoanP · « **Reply #5345 on:** March 04, 2014, 10:19:07 AM »

My son has a few of Bradbury's titles on the shelves up in his old room ~ someday he'll decide what to do with them. I see them whenever I go in there to dust...which isn't too often.

This is fiction, I think you'd call it. Historical fiction perhaps? I'll check later...

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Frybabe · « **Reply #5346 on:** March 04, 2014, 10:34:37 AM »

Extra E's?

JoanP · « **Reply #5347 on:** March 04, 2014, 11:04:14 AM »

Oh yes...there are MANY Es!

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

marjifay · « **Reply #5348 on:** March 04, 2014, 11:40:33 AM »

Yes, Frybabe, I liked Fahrenheit 451. Didn't read the book, but saw the movie.

JoanP · « **Reply #5349 on:** March 04, 2014, 11:40:34 AM »

I'm so sorry...there is more to the title than I included in the above...Will add the complete title here:

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

marjifay · « **Reply #5350 on:** March 04, 2014, 11:49:24 AM »

JoanK · « **Reply #5351 on:** March 04, 2014, 03:24:35 PM »

JoanP · « **Reply #5352 on:** March 04, 2014, 03:52:21 PM »

Lots of Os and T's too. Enough to guess the title?

_ O T E _ O _ _ _ E _ O _ _ E _ O _ _ _ T T E _ _ _ _ _ _ E E T

Letters guessed: E, O, T

marjifay · « **Reply #5353 on:** March 04, 2014, 04:31:35 PM »

bluebird24 · « **Reply #5354 on:** March 04, 2014, 08:04:14 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #5355 on:** March 05, 2014, 07:35:04 AM »

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

JoanP · « **Reply #5356 on:** March 05, 2014, 01:35:27 PM »

WINNER!

Sorry I'm late! Yes, Fry guessed it. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is one of the two titles nominated for our discussion in April. You have the rest of the week to add to the list if you know of a good one for the group to read together.

Frybabe · « **Reply #5357 on:** March 06, 2014, 08:13:14 AM »

Non-fiction. Unusual subject.

__ __ __

__ __ R __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __

__ __

__ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Letters used: R

jane · « **Reply #5358 on:** March 06, 2014, 08:56:34 AM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #5359 on:** March 06, 2014, 09:29:15 AM »

Two T's

Non-fiction. Unusual subject.

__ T __ __ __:

T __ __

__ __ R __ __ __ __

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Letters used: R, T

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