Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512366 times)

JudeS · « **Reply #600 on:** October 12, 2010, 02:20:01 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
38. JoanP for The Known World #587
39. deems 2 for Don Quixote #601
40. Gumtree for The Shipping News #616
41. deems 2 for The Count of Monte Cristo #628

Is there a N?

deems 2 · « **Reply #601 on:** October 12, 2010, 03:44:01 PM »

Is it Don Quixote?

JoanP · « **Reply #602 on:** October 12, 2010, 04:26:33 PM »

HA! You're IT! You're too good at this, deems2 - you SEE the answer with only one letter. How did you do that?

JoanK · « **Reply #603 on:** October 12, 2010, 05:41:42 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #604 on:** October 12, 2010, 08:39:03 PM »

Wow indeed.

deems 2 · « **Reply #605 on:** October 13, 2010, 06:17:55 PM »

Oops. Sorry, JoanP. It just looked like Don Quixote to me. I love that book. I reread it every ten years. But I guessed too soon.

JoanP · « **Reply #606 on:** October 13, 2010, 06:34:01 PM »

You're a good guesser. But a good "it-girl" too. I can't wait for your next title..

PatH · « **Reply #607 on:** October 13, 2010, 09:03:15 PM »

Deems 2, we read Don Quixote four years ago, ably led by JoanP and your mother. One thing that surprised me was how easy the Spanish was. I bought a Spanish text, and, with the equivalent of one college year, I found it easy to read. (No, I didn't read the whole thing in Spanish, but I did bits of it.) English has changed a lot since then, but Spanish not so much. If you know any Spanish at all, I recommend trying it.

deems 2 · « **Reply #608 on:** October 14, 2010, 12:48:38 AM »

Thank you, PatH. I will give that a try next time around. Don Quixote really does hold up over time. Each time I read it, I am a different person. I respond to different parts of it.

Let's see. Let's try:

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

Mippy · « **Reply #609 on:** October 14, 2010, 06:08:33 AM »

T please

deems 2 · « **Reply #610 on:** October 14, 2010, 07:39:18 PM »

Mippy, you FINALLY get your T!

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

Letters used:

T

1. A novel with an unlikely protagonist.

JoanP · « **Reply #611 on:** October 15, 2010, 03:17:27 PM »

How about an "S"?

ps. Just picked up Edward Jones' "The Known World" from the Library...

deems 2 · « **Reply #612 on:** October 15, 2010, 10:55:22 PM »

Oh, I hope you like it, JoanP.

T _ E S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S

Letters used:

T, S

1. A novel with an unlikely protagonist.
2. This story takes place outside the US.

Mippy · « **Reply #613 on:** October 16, 2010, 06:09:25 AM »

A please

deems 2 · « **Reply #614 on:** October 16, 2010, 10:35:52 PM »

I'm sorry, Mippy. There are no A's

T _ E S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S

Letters used:

T, S, A

1. A novel with an unlikely protagonist.
2. This story takes place outside the US.
3. This novel also won a couple of prizes.

Mippy · « **Reply #615 on:** October 18, 2010, 06:43:53 AM »

I (eye) please. Where is everyone else?

Gumtree · « **Reply #616 on:** October 18, 2010, 06:55:55 AM »

THE SHIPPING NEWS

Mippy · « **Reply #617 on:** October 18, 2010, 11:24:42 AM »

Oh my, Gumtree, you are too good! And good in Latin today, also!

pedln · « **Reply #618 on:** October 18, 2010, 11:56:36 AM »

Very good Gum. (All I could come up with was Sargasso Seas

)

deems 2 · « **Reply #619 on:** October 18, 2010, 07:56:23 PM »

YAY YAY YAY YAY! Well done, Gumtree. We have a winner. And you are IT.

PatH · « **Reply #620 on:** October 18, 2010, 08:23:05 PM »

God grief, Gum, that's amazing.

Gumtree · « **Reply #621 on:** October 19, 2010, 06:15:38 AM »

Not amazing Path- I looked at the blanks for a day or two without the slightest glimmer of an idea and then next time I came in there it was - clear as day

Here's one - could be easy - or not?

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _

A well loved classic - fiction

Mippy · « **Reply #622 on:** October 19, 2010, 06:59:18 AM »

E please

Fran · « **Reply #623 on:** October 19, 2010, 10:48:25 AM »

R-- please.

JoanK · « **Reply #624 on:** October 19, 2010, 03:05:55 PM »

Is the first word "the"?

JudeS · « **Reply #625 on:** October 20, 2010, 01:02:05 AM »

A T please.

Gumtree · « **Reply #626 on:** October 20, 2010, 03:24:15 AM »

Oh good - I'm glad you've all come out to play. For today I'll take Fran's request for an R

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ R _ S _ _

A well loved classic - fiction

That should be a breeze now!

Mippy · « **Reply #627 on:** October 20, 2010, 06:54:46 AM »

E please

deems 2 · « **Reply #628 on:** October 20, 2010, 07:03:10 PM »

Is it The Count of Monte Cristo?

Gumtree · « **Reply #629 on:** October 20, 2010, 10:34:41 PM »

Ho! Ho! Deems 2 strikes again.

Didn't I say it would be easy.

JoanP · « **Reply #630 on:** October 20, 2010, 11:29:16 PM »

It wasn't that easy, Gum!
I think we're going to have to make deems 2 play this game blindfolded! She "sees" too much!

Mippy · « **Reply #631 on:** October 21, 2010, 08:23:54 AM »

Hey, deems2, u r a quiz-whiz !

deems 2 · « **Reply #632 on:** October 22, 2010, 01:09:46 PM »

Okay, JoanP, I promise not to look anymore? But that's gonna make it hard to play. I hope that you are liking The Known World.

Let's see. Let's try a short one.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

JoanK · « **Reply #633 on:** October 22, 2010, 02:13:28 PM »

How about a "T"

JoanP · « **Reply #634 on:** October 22, 2010, 04:30:08 PM »

How about a "W"?
Maybe I'm seeing things too this time?

Deems2 - we want you to play - because you win and then come up with such great suggestions for the TBR pile - which is exactly where The Known World sits right now. The Wallander series - finished, Left Hand of Darkness - last section TBR and then comes The Known World, I love first sentences - this one beckons, tempting me to cheat the decided upon order and get started ~

"The evening his master died he worked again well after he ended the day for the other adults, his own wife among them, and sent them back with hunger and tiredness to their cabins."

What happens to the slave when his master dies?

deems 2 · « **Reply #635 on:** October 22, 2010, 11:36:58 PM »

Nope. There are no W's. I'm sorry JoanP. And, yes, isn't that a wonderful first line? Hold to your reading order. You can do it!

Letters used:
W

1. A work of fiction.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Gumtree · « **Reply #636 on:** October 23, 2010, 01:17:14 AM »

Gimme an I ... please

Mippy · « **Reply #637 on:** October 23, 2010, 06:45:03 AM »

E please

JudeS · « **Reply #638 on:** October 23, 2010, 07:13:42 PM »

How about an A?

deems 2 · « **Reply #639 on:** October 23, 2010, 10:27:31 PM »

JudeS, here is your A!

Letters used:
W, A

1. A work of fiction.
2. This novel is also set outside the US.

_ _ _ _ A _ _ _

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512366 times)