Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512527 times)

PatH · « **Reply #5920 on:** May 24, 2014, 02:12:23 PM »

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 !!

PatH · « **Reply #5921 on:** May 24, 2014, 02:13:06 PM »

New quiz. Drama.

___ A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___

marjifay · « **Reply #5922 on:** May 24, 2014, 04:30:35 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #5923 on:** May 24, 2014, 04:35:48 PM »

No Es.

marjifay · « **Reply #5924 on:** May 24, 2014, 04:43:32 PM »

JoanK · « **Reply #5925 on:** May 24, 2014, 05:09:11 PM »

And I'm in the LA area, but didn't see your post until now. Boo hoo. I probably wouldn't have seen anything anyway: the city lights are so strong here, we never see more than one or two stars at night.

bluebird24 · « **Reply #5926 on:** May 24, 2014, 06:05:15 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #5927 on:** May 24, 2014, 07:09:27 PM »

___ A ___ T ___ ___ ___

___ ___ R

___ ___ ___ ___ T

Letters guessed: E, R, T

Frybabe · « **Reply #5928 on:** May 25, 2014, 06:18:09 AM »

Waiting for Godet?

PatH · « **Reply #5929 on:** May 25, 2014, 10:10:54 AM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

That was quick.

Frybabe · « **Reply #5930 on:** May 25, 2014, 03:48:44 PM »

Author, deceased over 50 years ago.

__ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ T __ __

Letters used: T

JoanK · « **Reply #5931 on:** May 25, 2014, 03:50:32 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #5932 on:** May 25, 2014, 03:54:02 PM »

Two E, coming up.

__ __ __ __

__ E __ __ E

__ __ __ __ T __ __

Letters used: T

JoanK · « **Reply #5933 on:** May 25, 2014, 04:03:10 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #5934 on:** May 25, 2014, 04:25:38 PM »

Two O's

__ O __ __

__ E __ __ E

__ __ __ __ T O __

Letters used: E, O, T

bluebird24 · « **Reply #5935 on:** May 25, 2014, 05:16:43 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #5936 on:** May 26, 2014, 06:32:05 AM »

Two N's

__ O __ __

N E __ __ E

__ __ __ __ T O N

Letters used: E, O, T

marjifay · « **Reply #5937 on:** May 26, 2014, 08:57:21 AM »

PatH · « **Reply #5938 on:** May 26, 2014, 10:05:27 AM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #5939 on:** May 26, 2014, 12:58:33 PM »

Oh, I think somebody know who this is

One Z and two Rs.

Two N's

Z O R __

N E __ __ E

__ __ R __ T O N

Letters used: E, N, O, R, T, Z

PatH · « **Reply #5940 on:** May 26, 2014, 01:59:15 PM »

Yes, I do. Zora Neale Hurston

Frybabe · « **Reply #5941 on:** May 27, 2014, 06:12:23 AM »

AND THE WINNER IS......DRUM ROLL PLEASE.....PATH

Best known for her book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Huston was an author, folklorist and anthropologist. The book itself was not well received when it was first published in 1937, but when it was republished in 1978 (?), it became an instant hit.

marjifay · « **Reply #5942 on:** May 27, 2014, 09:04:06 AM »

I had heard of the book Their Eyes Were Watching God, but had not heard of the author.
Being an atheist I usually pass on a book with God in the title (unless it's by Christopher Hitchens, LOL).

Marj

PatH · « **Reply #5943 on:** May 27, 2014, 04:58:16 PM »

I haven't read the book, but I think it's main thrust isn't religious, but about a black woman's difficult path to a relationship that suits her. It's a shame Hurston died before the book came to be appreciated. Hurston herself was a prominent in the between the wars intellectual life in Harlem.

PatH · « **Reply #5944 on:** May 27, 2014, 05:00:17 PM »

New quiz, fiction.

___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___

T ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

marjifay · « **Reply #5945 on:** May 27, 2014, 06:17:35 PM »

Oh, heck. Let's get the E's out of the way.

PatH · « **Reply #5946 on:** May 27, 2014, 07:32:32 PM »

Good strategy, Marj.

___ ___ E

___ E ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___

T ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ E

Letters guessed: E

Frybabe · « **Reply #5947 on:** May 28, 2014, 08:32:11 AM »

I feel like an L today.

PatH · « **Reply #5948 on:** May 28, 2014, 08:59:51 AM »

No Ls.

marjifay · « **Reply #5949 on:** May 28, 2014, 11:09:48 AM »

How about N's?

PatH · « **Reply #5950 on:** May 28, 2014, 11:13:23 AM »

Yes

___ ___ E

___ E ___ ___ ___ N

___ ___

T ___ E

N ___ ___ ___ ___ E

Letters guessed: E, L, N

marjifay · « **Reply #5951 on:** May 28, 2014, 11:51:56 AM »

PatH · « **Reply #5952 on:** May 28, 2014, 12:27:46 PM »

One O

___ ___ E

___ E ___ ___ ___ N

O ___

T ___ E

N ___ ___ ___ ___ E

Letters guessed: E, L, N, O

Frybabe · « **Reply #5953 on:** May 28, 2014, 12:52:15 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #5954 on:** May 28, 2014, 10:10:14 PM »

___ ___ E

R E ___ ___ R N

O ___

T ___ E

N ___ ___ ___ ___ E

Letters guessed: E, L, N, O, R

Frybabe · « **Reply #5955 on:** May 29, 2014, 07:45:07 AM »

Oh dear, I know what it is (I think). THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE. Never read it.

PatH · « **Reply #5956 on:** May 29, 2014, 08:00:24 AM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

Quite right, Frybabe. I had to read it in high school, but it didn't make much sense to me then.

Frybabe · « **Reply #5957 on:** May 29, 2014, 08:37:49 AM »

Fiction/Romance

__ __ E

__ __ __ __ __

__ __

__ __ __

__ __ __ __ __

Letters used: E

marjifay · « **Reply #5958 on:** May 29, 2014, 08:59:42 AM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #5959 on:** May 29, 2014, 09:13:50 AM »

Fiction/Romance

T __ E

__ __ __ __ T

__ __

__ __ __

__ T __ __ __

Letters used: E, T

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512527 times)