Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512399 times)

pedln · « **Reply #720 on:** November 24, 2010, 08:22:40 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
42. JoanP for Bel Canto #651
43. pedln for USA #656
44. Fran for A Redbird Christmas #678
45. Nobody got Faith and Betrayal #696
46. Gumtree for Kristin Lavransdatter #705
47. JoanP for A Room with a View #716
48. Gumtree for Metamorphosis # 731
49. JoanP for Mansfield Park #741
50. Frybabe for Empire if the Summer Moon #756

So, the dashes are for an author (with 13 letters in his last name) or are they for a book title?

JoanP · « **Reply #721 on:** November 24, 2010, 08:49:55 PM »

Sorry, I wasn't clear - the word is a book title!

Mippy · « **Reply #722 on:** November 29, 2010, 08:59:40 AM »

E please

JoanP · « **Reply #723 on:** November 29, 2010, 09:50:53 PM »

You make it easy, Mippy - One E:

_ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _S

1. fiction
2. male author
3. not long enough to be a novel, too long for a short story - a novella, perhaps

JoanK · « **Reply #724 on:** November 29, 2010, 09:52:09 PM »

WQe need more vowels. How about an "I"?

Gumtree · « **Reply #725 on:** November 30, 2010, 01:03:35 AM »

Or perhaps an A - please

Frybabe · « **Reply #726 on:** November 30, 2010, 11:09:50 AM »

Okay, I'll request a T

JoanP · « **Reply #727 on:** November 30, 2010, 09:50:41 PM »

OHO - three VERY GOOD guesses -
I'll give Gum the "A" this time...

_ E _ A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _S

1. fiction
2. male author
3. not long enough to be a novel, too long for a short story - a novella, perhaps
4. a foreign author, but well-known in the US

Mippy · « **Reply #728 on:** December 01, 2010, 06:53:36 AM »

T please Is it all one word?

JoanP · « **Reply #729 on:** December 02, 2010, 10:44:26 AM »

Yes, Mippy - all one word and yes, there is a "T" - I'll bet someone gets it now...

_ E T A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _S

1. fiction
2. male author
3. not long enough to be a novel, too long for a short story - a novella, perhaps
4. a foreign author, but well-known in the US
5. a very, very unusual protagonist. We'll have to read this one together this year!

Frybabe · « **Reply #730 on:** December 02, 2010, 12:42:19 PM »

Still nothing coming to mind.

Let's try an L

Gumtree · « **Reply #731 on:** December 02, 2010, 01:28:14 PM »

I bet it's METAMORPHOSIS yes? Kafka

JoanP · « **Reply #732 on:** December 02, 2010, 03:04:58 PM »

WINNER! WINNNER! WINNER!

You do know what that means, Gum? What you won? YOU ARE IT!

I meant it when I said I'd like to discuss it here with you in the near future - you can read it on line in its entirety - Kafka's Metamorphosis

Gumtree · « **Reply #733 on:** December 03, 2010, 03:19:44 AM »

I don't mind being IT for Blanko - but Author Author is another matter.

Here's one that's a classic:

__ __ __ __ __ I __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Someone will get this without any trouble.

JoanP · « **Reply #734 on:** December 03, 2010, 11:27:24 AM »

Hmmm...don't see it yet. How about an "O"? Please.

Gumtree · « **Reply #735 on:** December 04, 2010, 10:11:32 AM »

Sorry Joan - definitely no O in this title

Frybabe · « **Reply #736 on:** December 04, 2010, 10:14:37 AM »

Could we have an S please?

Gumtree · « **Reply #737 on:** December 05, 2010, 02:10:15 AM »

Yes Frybabe - there is an S

Here's one that's a classic
It was written by an author who is much loved

__ __ __ S __ I __ __ __ __ __ __ __

That must spread a little light on it.

Frybabe · « **Reply #738 on:** December 05, 2010, 08:35:46 AM »

I'm thinking, I'm thinking. Nothing yet!

Okay, how about a T?

Mippy · « **Reply #739 on:** December 05, 2010, 02:48:55 PM »

E please

Mippy · « **Reply #740 on:** December 06, 2010, 06:52:37 AM »

may I again ask for E, please? Thanks!

JoanP · « **Reply #741 on:** December 06, 2010, 08:43:04 AM »

Beloved author? Mansfield Park? Did I guess it?

Gumtree · « **Reply #742 on:** December 06, 2010, 10:06:52 AM »

WE HAVE A WINNER

Yes, Mansfield Park - now didn't I say it was easy....

JoanP · « **Reply #743 on:** December 06, 2010, 01:31:37 PM »

Your clue made it easy, Gum!

I'm IT again - will be back after I think of a real stumper! (I say that all the time, don't I?)

JoanP · « **Reply #744 on:** December 15, 2010, 09:10:10 AM »

Sorry, have been swamped - the two December birthdays really complicate things around here. Who would have a baby the week before Christmas?
Two babies actually, two weeks before...Poor planning, indeed.

OK, so here it is -
Clue #1. This title appears on the New York Times list of the 100 most notable books of 2010. Now that should narrow it down considerably...

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O _

Frybabe · « **Reply #745 on:** December 15, 2010, 01:03:08 PM »

T please.

JoanP · « **Reply #746 on:** December 15, 2010, 08:40:57 PM »

Ah yes, Frybabe, there is a T -

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O _

And let's add a second clue to really narrow the list -

1. This title appears on the New York Times list of the 100 most notable books of 2010. Now that should narrow it down considerably...
2. This noteworthy book is Non-Fiction. Does that help?

JoanK · « **Reply #747 on:** December 15, 2010, 11:20:21 PM »

Is the third word "the"?

Gumtree · « **Reply #748 on:** December 16, 2010, 12:38:17 AM »

Is the last word 'Moon'

Mippy · « **Reply #749 on:** December 16, 2010, 06:59:24 AM »

E please

JoanP · « **Reply #750 on:** December 16, 2010, 09:18:36 PM »

JoanK asks for "THE" and she gets it -

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T HE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O _

1. This title appears on the New York Times list of the 100 most notable books of 2010. Now that should narrow it down considerably...
2. This is Non-Fiction

Mippy · « **Reply #751 on:** December 17, 2010, 07:12:44 AM »

I (eye, not L) please

JoanP · « **Reply #752 on:** December 17, 2010, 09:05:05 PM »

OK, Mippy, since yours is the only request today, you shall have an"I", not "L" - but just one, I'm afraid.

_ _ _ I _ _ _ _ T HE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O _

1. This title appears on the New York Times list of the 100 most notable books of 2010. Now that should narrow it down considerably...
2. This is Non-Fiction
3. I'll bet Gum has it now - that's my clue for the day.

PatH · « **Reply #753 on:** December 18, 2010, 07:59:53 AM »

My mind is a blank.

JoanP · « **Reply #754 on:** December 18, 2010, 10:16:46 AM »

You mean, your mind is BLANCO!

Where's Gum?

Gumtree · « **Reply #755 on:** December 18, 2010, 10:57:44 AM »

I'm here JoanP - and I've got it but want to give others a chance - your clues gave it away.

Frybabe · « **Reply #756 on:** December 18, 2010, 11:45:20 AM »

Empire of the Summer Moon

I saw it up on the discussion board for February this morning. I may just buy the book and join in. By then I will be back in classes, though, and may not be able to participate a lot.

PatH · « **Reply #757 on:** December 18, 2010, 06:16:06 PM »

Duh! Good job, Frybabe.

Mippy · « **Reply #758 on:** December 19, 2010, 07:07:00 AM »

Well done, Margie/Frybabe! Good to hear about your taking more classes!

Have a great day, everyone!

JoanP · « **Reply #759 on:** December 19, 2010, 02:44:35 PM »

WINNER! WINNER! WINNER!

Way to go, Frybabe! Hope you are able to participate in the Feb. discussion of Empire of the Summer Moon - I know Ella will be happy to have you - even if just for a little bit of comment now and then~

Now it's your turn~

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