Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512510 times)

PatH · « **Reply #6040 on:** June 09, 2014, 12:09:08 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 !!

I think I spot at least one more S.

Frybabe · « **Reply #6041 on:** June 09, 2014, 12:19:07 PM »

__ __ E E __ M E __:

__ __ __ __ E __ R M S T R __ __ __,

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

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

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

Letters guessed: E, M, R, S, T

PatH · « **Reply #6042 on:** June 09, 2014, 03:33:50 PM »

P?

It's fun trying to see what's in so many words.

marjifay · « **Reply #6043 on:** June 09, 2014, 03:48:36 PM »

bluebird24 · « **Reply #6044 on:** June 09, 2014, 06:42:29 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #6045 on:** June 10, 2014, 08:01:50 AM »

__ H E E __ M E __:

__ __ __ __ E __ R M S T R __ __ __,

T H E T __ __ R __ E __ R __ __ __ E,

__ __ __ T H E __ R E __ __ E S T

S P __ R T S __ __ __ S P __ R __ __ __ E __ E R

Letters guessed: E, M, R, S, T

marjifay · « **Reply #6046 on:** June 10, 2014, 11:04:29 AM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #6047 on:** June 10, 2014, 02:48:52 PM »

__ H E E __ M E __:

__ __ __ __ E __ R M S T R O __ __,

T H E T O __ R __ E __ R __ __ __ E,

__ __ __ T H E __ R E __ __ E S T

S P O R T S __ O __ S P __ R __ __ __ E __ E R

Letters guessed: E, H, M, O, P, R, S, T

JoanK · « **Reply #6048 on:** June 10, 2014, 02:57:29 PM »

It's Lance Armstrong, but who knows the rest.

N

PatH · « **Reply #6049 on:** June 10, 2014, 04:03:43 PM »

I don't know the rest, but I can guess:

Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France,and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever.

Frybabe · « **Reply #6050 on:** June 10, 2014, 04:38:38 PM »

WINNER Hurray! PatH crossed the finish line in 1st Place. WINNER

PatH · « **Reply #6051 on:** June 10, 2014, 06:14:01 PM »

And I wasn't even on steroids.

JoanK · « **Reply #6052 on:** June 11, 2014, 03:59:09 PM »

It broke my heart when Lance Armstrong was "outed". As a cancer survivor, he was a role model for me. That's one of the tragedies of this drugging. We can't even have heroes any more.

Frybabe · « **Reply #6053 on:** June 12, 2014, 07:59:46 AM »

Agreed, JoanK. Never having read a bio about him, I was under the distinct impression (from an article - local news?) that he was from the Lancaster, PA area. What a shock I just got to see that Wikipedia says he is a Texan, no mention of PA anywhere that I could see. One of those who wanted to believe him when he said he didn't dope, I was also greatly disappointed when the evidence continued to mount up and when he finally admitted to it.

PatH · « **Reply #6054 on:** June 12, 2014, 09:00:36 AM »

I was a big follower of the Tour de France until more and more doping charges surfaced. All the people you had been rooting for turned into cheats. Armstrong was the last straw, but I'd already stopped following it. It seems to have been so pervasive that you either had to dope or resign yourself to never getting anywhere.

PatH · « **Reply #6055 on:** June 12, 2014, 09:02:14 AM »

New quiz--fiction:

___ ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Frybabe · « **Reply #6056 on:** June 12, 2014, 10:11:29 AM »

PatH · « **Reply #6057 on:** June 12, 2014, 10:18:03 AM »

No R.

marjifay · « **Reply #6058 on:** June 12, 2014, 11:12:40 AM »

PatH · « **Reply #6059 on:** June 12, 2014, 01:44:01 PM »

T ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ T ___ ___ ___

Letters guessed: R, T

marjifay · « **Reply #6060 on:** June 12, 2014, 02:47:22 PM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #6061 on:** June 12, 2014, 03:34:46 PM »

More E's please.

JoanK · « **Reply #6062 on:** June 12, 2014, 03:41:03 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #6063 on:** June 12, 2014, 04:04:03 PM »

One H, two Ns, no more Es.

T H E

___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ N T ___ ___ N

Letters guessed: E, H, N, R, T

JoanK · « **Reply #6064 on:** June 12, 2014, 04:17:37 PM »

bluebird24 · « **Reply #6065 on:** June 12, 2014, 06:13:05 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #6066 on:** June 12, 2014, 09:45:05 PM »

Bet that gives it to you.

T H E

___ A ___ ___ ___

___ O ___ N T A ___ N

Letters guessed: A, E, H, N, O, R, T

marjifay · « **Reply #6067 on:** June 12, 2014, 10:25:43 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #6068 on:** June 12, 2014, 11:02:27 PM »

No F.

marjifay · « **Reply #6069 on:** June 13, 2014, 06:12:56 AM »

Frybabe · « **Reply #6070 on:** June 13, 2014, 07:20:04 AM »

PatH · « **Reply #6071 on:** June 13, 2014, 09:18:25 AM »

That does it.

T H E

M A ___ I ___

M O ___ N T A I N

Letters guessed: A, E, F H, I, M, N, O, R, T

marjifay · « **Reply #6072 on:** June 13, 2014, 09:30:09 AM »

THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN

PatH · « **Reply #6073 on:** June 13, 2014, 12:19:55 PM »

BINGO--WINNER!

You got it, Marj.

marjifay · « **Reply #6074 on:** June 13, 2014, 01:29:01 PM »

I thought the last word was Fountain, until Pat said there were no F's. So.... I've never read The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, (nor anything else by Mann). Have you, Pat, or any others?

Marj

PatH · « **Reply #6075 on:** June 13, 2014, 02:05:20 PM »

I read Buddenbrooks many years ago, and liked it a lot, but that's it. Several times I've tried to read Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man, but I bog down pretty rapidly, because I can't stand Krull, and since he's the narrator, you're inside his head (or maybe not, given what he's like, you're seeing what he wants you to).

I was hoping that last word would confuse people, but it didn't slow you down.

JoanK · « **Reply #6076 on:** June 13, 2014, 04:49:37 PM »

I read his short stories years ago and loved them. But I tried to reread them recently, and they were too dense for me. It takes 10 minutes to figure out a sentence.

PatH · « **Reply #6077 on:** June 13, 2014, 05:09:55 PM »

I shudder to think how dense they must be in German. Bob read Buddenbrooks in German, and found that he could get most of it, but there were occasional passages that baffled him completely. When he looked at our English translation, which is what I read, those parts were missing. Some years later, a new translation came out, and the reviews pointed out that the previous translation had left out a number of passages that were in a vulgar colloquial dialect, or had crudities the translator didn't like. Mystery solved.

marjifay · « **Reply #6078 on:** June 13, 2014, 07:20:55 PM »

Well, maybe I'll read one of them one day.

Meanwhile.... new puzzle:

Fiction. Per Publishers Weekly review, with which I agree: "A remarkable dark comedy... the characters are delightfully eccentric, the wit delightfully droll, and the prose simply delightful. But for all its charm, this is a serious book."

___ ___ E

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

JoanK · « **Reply #6079 on:** June 13, 2014, 08:27:18 PM »

more E's

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512510 times)