Blanko!

[marjifay]

                                       

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 !!

Off topic:  Today's (June 2) on-line issue of the New Yorker has an interesting article on the author John Green entitled "How the author of “The Fault in Our Stars” built an ardent army of fans."  (I'd not realized he was the author of the novel, "Looking for Alaska" which I'd read.)

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/06/09/140609fa_fact_talbot

Marj

[Frybabe]

T __ E

__ L D E __ T

L I __ I __ __

T __ I __ __ __

I N

T __ E

__ __ R L D


Letters used: D, E, I, L, R, T

[marjifay]

O's?

[jane]

W

[bluebird24]

N

[Frybabe]

T __ E

O L D E __ T

L I __ I __ __

T __ I N __ __

I N

T __ E

W O R L D


Letters used: D, E, I, L, N, O, R, T, W

[marjifay]

S?

[Frybabe]

T __ E

O L D E S T

L I __ I __ __

T __ I N __ S

I N

T __ E

W O R L D


Letters used: D, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, T, W

[marjifay]

H's?

[Frybabe]

T H E

O L D E S T

L I __ I __ __

T H I N __ S

I N

T H E

W O R L D


Letters used: D, E, H, I, L, N, O, R, S, T, W

Published this year. Non-fiction. Science/Biology

[marjifay]

I'll bet it's THE OLDEST LIVING THINGS IN THE WORLD?  Sounds interesting.

Marge

[Frybabe]

WINNER - Headline: Marg does it again.

I thought so too, Marg.

Her website: http://www.rachelsussman.com/

TED Talks: http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_sussman_the_world_s_oldest_living_things

[marjifay]

Another book for my TBR list.  What an interesting life Sussman has lived traveling all over the world photographing all those interesting organisms.  (Wonder if she was born wealthy?)  That link to her talk was interesting.  Now I'll have to dig up some more info on the creosote bushes and the yucca plants you see so abundantly as you drive thru the desert here in So. Calif.  Also the giant coastal redwood trees in northern California which I thought were among the oldest living things.  Oh, and I signed up to receive notice of the Ted talks.  Thanks.

Marj

[marjifay]

Well, here comes another puzzle:

Fiction.  A book I read some time ago.  I could be wrong but I bet you've not heard of it, but might like if you read it.

___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___

___   ___

A
___   ___   ___   ___   ___

___   ___   ___

[Frybabe]

C

[marjifay]

Good start!  One C 

C   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___

___   ___

A
___   ___   ___   ___   ___

___   ___   ___

[PatH]

E?

[marjifay]

One E

C   ___   ___   ___   E   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___

___   ___

A
___   ___   ___   ___   ___

___   ___   ___

[PatH]

O?

[Frybabe]

N?

[marjifay]

One O
Good ones!  3 O's, 5 N's!


C   O   N   ___   E   ___   ___   ___   O   N

O   ___

A
___   ___   ___   ___   N

N   ___  N

Used:  A, E, O, N

[PatH]

I?

[bluebird24]

R

[marjifay]

Whoops, I see I missed a letter at the end of line one.  I added the blank.

One I, No R



C   O   N   ___   E   ___   ___   I   O   N  ___

O   ___

A
___   ___   ___   ___   N

N   ___  N

Used:  A, E, I, O, N, R

[jane]

S

[marjifay]

3 S's!


C   O   N   ___   E   S   S   I   O   N  S

O   ___

A
___   ___   ___   ___   N

N   ___  N

Used:  A, E, I, O, N, R, S

[PatH]

It must be Confessions of a  __ __ __ __n Nun, but someone else will have to fill in the blanks.

[marjifay]

Yes, Pat, you're right about those words.  Maybe this will help:  I kept waiting for someone to ask if there were more A's than the first one I gave, but no one did.  So I've added them.  

C O N F E S S I O N S

O F

A

___A ___  A N

N U N


Used: A, E, I, O, N, R, S, U
**************************************

[marjifay]

I added F to the used letters.  No more F's


C O N F E S S I O N S

O F

A

___A ___  A N

N U N


Used: A, E, F, I, O, N, R, S, U

[marjifay]

I guess you guys don't read the Library section here of Senior Learn, or you would know the title.

Marj

[PatH]

I do read it, but not everything sticks.  I'll just guess.  Can't take more than 16 guesses.

M?

[Frybabe]

Ok, Marj, I'll get you off the hook.

Confessions of a Pagan Nun.

[marjifay]

Thanks,Frybabe!    THE WINNER!  FINALLY!

[Frybabe]

Here is another one that will take a while to guess. Sorry about the long title. It is rather popular with the guys in my area because the subject (the person) in the title came from this area.

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __:

__ __ __ __ __   __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __,

__ __ __   __ __ __ __   __ __    __ __ __ __ __ __,


__ __ __    __ __ __   __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __   __ __ __ S __ __ __ __ __ __    __ __ __ __


Letters guessed:

[bluebird24]

M

[PatH]

With a long title like this, I'm guessing that an E will be useful.

[Frybabe]

We're off to a good start.

__ __ E E __ M E __:

__ __ __ __ E   __ __ M __ __ __ __ __ __,

__ __ E   __ __ __ __   __ E    __ __ __ __ __ E,


__ __ __    __ __ E  __ __ E __ __ E __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __   __ __ __ S __ __ __ __ __ __    E __ E __


Letters guessed: E, M

[marjifay]

How about some R's?

[Frybabe]

A bunch of R's.

__ __ E E __ M E __:

__ __ __ __ E   __ R M __ __ R __ __ __,

__ __ E   __ __ __ R   __ E    __ R __ __ __ E,


__ __ __    __ __ E     __ R E __ __ E __ __

__ __ __ R __ __   __ __ __ S __ __ R __ __ __    E __ E R

Letters guessed: E, M, R

[marjifay]

Now some T"s?