Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512373 times)

Gumtree · « **Reply #560 on:** October 02, 2010, 12:14:38 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

It's not strange at all JoanP - it's weird

I saw The Small Woman - story of Gladys Aylward.

JoanK · « **Reply #561 on:** October 02, 2010, 02:47:08 PM »

Is the first word "The"?

deems 2 · « **Reply #562 on:** October 02, 2010, 09:20:44 PM »

Wouldn't it be sad if JoanP guessed the title on the first morning out? $:-\$ But it is not The Quiet Woman. It is also not The Small Woman, Gumtree. pedln guessed a T.

T _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Now for obscure clues.

1. Work of fiction.
2. A first novel.

Gumtree · « **Reply #563 on:** October 03, 2010, 02:00:25 AM »

Ok deems2 - that's got those ladies out of the way - Like Joan K I'm guessing the first word is THE -

So how about an A

Mippy · « **Reply #564 on:** October 03, 2010, 10:15:30 AM »

O please

JudeS · « **Reply #565 on:** October 03, 2010, 05:02:57 PM »

Is there a R ?

deems 2 · « **Reply #566 on:** October 03, 2010, 11:12:55 PM »

No, Gumtree, there isn't an A.

T _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Letters used.

T, A

Now for obscure clues.

1. Work of fiction.
2. A first novel.
3. There are many characters in this elaborate story.

JoanP · « **Reply #567 on:** October 04, 2010, 09:28:15 AM »

A "T"?

Mippy · « **Reply #568 on:** October 04, 2010, 11:14:22 AM »

O please

JoanK · « **Reply #569 on:** October 04, 2010, 03:23:50 PM »

Did you say that the first word isn't the? (If someone guesses a word, you say yes or no).

deems 2 · « **Reply #570 on:** October 04, 2010, 08:01:13 PM »

Oops! I am so sorry, JoanK, I didn't know.
Ever-patient Mippy, here are your o's

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

Letters used.

T, A, O (tao

Now for obscure clues.

1. Work of fiction.
2. A first novel.
3. There are many characters in this elaborate story.
4. I heard the author read part of the novel and it was wonderful.

JoanP · « **Reply #571 on:** October 05, 2010, 01:06:37 PM »

Hmmm, a "B"?

deems 2 · « **Reply #572 on:** October 05, 2010, 11:08:26 PM »

Nope, no B, JoanP.

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

Letters used.

T, A, O, B

Now for obscure clues.

1. Work of fiction.
2. A first novel.
3. There are many characters in this elaborate story.
4. I heard the author read part of the novel and it was wonderful.
5. The author was 52 when the book was published.

JoanP · « **Reply #573 on:** October 06, 2010, 11:32:28 AM »

a first novel at 52... fiction, many characters. I'm thinking American because you heard the author read...

I'm stumped! How about an "L"?

Gumtree · « **Reply #574 on:** October 06, 2010, 12:33:18 PM »

This one's got me mystified.

How about a Y

deems 2 · « **Reply #575 on:** October 06, 2010, 11:12:30 PM »

There is no Y, Gumtree.

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

Letters used.

T, A, O, B, Y

Now for obscure clues.

1. Work of fiction.
2. A first novel.
3. There are many characters in this elaborate story.
4. I heard the author read part of the novel and it was wonderful.
5. The author was 52 when the book was published.
6. Is that cool or what? - A first novel at 52. And this first novel is a prize winner.

PatH · « **Reply #576 on:** October 06, 2010, 11:15:19 PM »

Aaaaakk! I know I'll kick myself when I find out what it is.

Mippy · « **Reply #577 on:** October 07, 2010, 07:05:53 AM »

R please

JoanP · « **Reply #578 on:** October 07, 2010, 08:45:44 PM »

Those are great clues...why can't we guess the title? A prize no less! How about a "W"?

deems 2 · « **Reply #579 on:** October 07, 2010, 09:53:09 PM »

Here is Mippy's R!

T H E _ _ O _ _ _ O R _ _

Letters used.

T, A, O, B, Y, R

Now for obscure clues.

1. Work of fiction.
2. A first novel.
3. There are many characters in this elaborate story.
4. I heard the author read part of the novel and it was wonderful.
5. The author was 52 when the book was published.
6. Is that cool or what? - A first novel at 52. And this first novel is a prize winner.
7. The book is set in Virginia, JoanP.

pedln · « **Reply #580 on:** October 07, 2010, 10:38:09 PM »

I like the way you list the used letters, deems2.

How about a K ?

Mippy · « **Reply #581 on:** October 08, 2010, 06:26:38 AM »

I (eye)

please. I'm so .. o .. o puzzled!

deems 2 · « **Reply #582 on:** October 08, 2010, 11:03:15 PM »

A K for pedln!

T H E K _ O _ _ _ O R _ _

Letters used.

T, A, O, B, Y, R, K

Now for obscure clues.

1. Work of fiction.
2. A first novel.
3. There are many characters in this elaborate story.
4. I heard the author read part of the novel and it was wonderful.
5. The author was 52 when the book was published.
6. Is that cool or what? - A first novel at 52. And this first novel is a prize winner.
7. The book is set in Virginia, JoanP.
8. The story is told from many different points of view.

Gumtree · « **Reply #583 on:** October 09, 2010, 12:44:21 AM »

Deems2: I think you've got us all bailed up with this one -

How about an S

JudeS · « **Reply #584 on:** October 09, 2010, 03:43:37 PM »

How about an N.

deems 2 · « **Reply #585 on:** October 09, 2010, 11:29:55 PM »

N's for JudeS!

T H E K N O _ N _ O R _ _

Letters used.

T, A, O, B, Y, R, K, N

Now for obscure clues.

1. Work of fiction.
2. A first novel.
3. There are many characters in this elaborate story.
4. I heard the author read part of the novel and it was wonderful.
5. The author was 52 when the book was published.
6. Is that cool or what? - A first novel at 52. And this first novel is a prize winner.
7. The book is set in Virginia, JoanP.
8. The story is told from many different points of view.
9. I am running out of clues. It is a very good book - truly it is. The author spent about ten years writing the novel in his mind. Then he wrote it down on paper in a matter of months.

Mippy · « **Reply #586 on:** October 10, 2010, 07:13:11 AM »

It takes sooooo much will power not to look this up on Amazon!

The middle word is obviously KNOWN

last word? WORDS
since the K did not show up, cannot be works

I hope I'm wrong, as with the Latin workload I don't have time to think of a new puzzle.

JoanP · « **Reply #587 on:** October 10, 2010, 08:36:39 AM »

"In his mind" - I don't know why I was thinking of a woman... but the "K" is the giveaway. How about The Known World? I'll bet that's it. a slave in VA. Those were such good clues, deems2...

deems 2 · « **Reply #588 on:** October 10, 2010, 09:43:09 AM »

YAY YAY YAY! We have a winner! Congratulations, Mippy! Congratulations JoanP, you win!

The Known World, by Edward P. Jones, is a remarkable feat of storytelling. Narratives are woven through the present, past and future to create an overall image of slavery in pre Civil War Virginia. The Known World won a National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2004. In 2005 it won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. This is Edward P. Jones' second book. His first is a collection of short stories. I went to hear him read. It was like sitting in a relative's kitchen listening to stories of the family. This is a truly amazing book. If you haven't read it yet, you might give it a look.

YOU'RE IT JOANP!

JoanP · « **Reply #589 on:** October 10, 2010, 11:55:46 AM »

I'm "it"! I feel I've won the prize with this recommendation for my TBR
list.
Okay, I'm going to think of a new one to stump the panel.

pedln · « **Reply #590 on:** October 10, 2010, 12:20:13 PM »

Quote

It takes sooooo much will power not to look this up on Amazon!

Huh? That's a no-no? Well shucks, and here I was looking for a 52-year-old author. There's more than one, but I've forgotten who they are.

Mippy · « **Reply #591 on:** October 10, 2010, 02:07:12 PM »

Congrats, JoanP ! and to you Pedln, hahaha as Ginny says!

JoanP · « **Reply #592 on:** October 10, 2010, 06:34:07 PM »

OK, here we go...

1. fiction, a fave...

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E

ps. I just checked - Arlington Library has 15 copies of "The Known World"! I put one on hold just now...

JoanK · « **Reply #593 on:** October 10, 2010, 09:17:26 PM »

I've got to get "The Known World." I hadn't heard of it.

deems 2 · « **Reply #594 on:** October 11, 2010, 09:31:22 AM »

You thought I made up the book, didn't you JoanP? $:-\$ I am glad that it exists at the library!

May I have an "E"?

PatH · « **Reply #595 on:** October 11, 2010, 10:12:51 AM »

Deems 2, you seem to have convinced several of us to read The Known World. It sounds good.

Mippy · « **Reply #596 on:** October 11, 2010, 11:31:35 AM »

T please

JoanP · « **Reply #597 on:** October 11, 2010, 10:10:59 PM »

Ah deems2, of course I believed the book existed - Just wanted to see if I could get it at my local library. Can't wait to pick it up.

To answer your question, no there are no more "E"s in the next title, other than the one I gave you to start.

Hard to give another clue - they'd all give away this popular title, known worldwide.

1. fiction, a fave...
2. popular title, known worldwide

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E

Mippy · « **Reply #598 on:** October 12, 2010, 06:28:32 AM »

T was requested yesterday, please

Fran · « **Reply #599 on:** October 12, 2010, 09:01:10 AM »

S, Please

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512373 times)