Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512395 times)

Frybabe · « **Reply #760 on:** December 19, 2010, 06:04:13 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

Classic. Short stories. This is the short version of the title.

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pedln · « **Reply #761 on:** December 20, 2010, 10:09:33 AM »

How about an H ?

Gumtree · « **Reply #762 on:** December 20, 2010, 10:12:17 AM »

I think we need a vowel - any vowel - so how about E

Frybabe · « **Reply #763 on:** December 20, 2010, 01:39:33 PM »

Oh Goody! A Choice! I choose E.

__ __ E __ __ E __ C __ __ __ __ __

Mippy · « **Reply #764 on:** December 21, 2010, 07:12:35 AM »

T please

Gumtree · « **Reply #765 on:** December 21, 2010, 09:53:51 AM »

Maybe the first word is THE ...

My question - could the last word be BOOK

Frybabe · « **Reply #766 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:41:49 AM »

I think someone might know this one.
Yes, The is the first word and Book is the last.

TH E __ __ E __ C __ BOOK

PatH · « **Reply #767 on:** December 22, 2010, 05:29:05 PM »

This is going to jump out at someone and seem obvious, but it hasn't jumped out at me yet.

Frybabe · « **Reply #768 on:** December 22, 2010, 06:13:51 PM »

I thought the short version of the title would be much more familiar. In fact, I didn't know there was more to the title until I looked something up about the author.

Would it help if I told you it is a volume of short stories? Some very, very famous.

Mippy · « **Reply #769 on:** December 23, 2010, 07:16:53 AM »

no idea at all ... Is there another T, please?

Frybabe · « **Reply #770 on:** December 23, 2010, 12:11:38 PM »

TH E __ __ E T C __ BOOK

Are you sure you all don't know this one? You definitely know two of the stories. One has been made into numerous movies, the other I am almost positive I saw a cartoon rendition of when I was young. Both have been done on stage, and one was made into an operetta. Think Hudson Valley.

JoanP · « **Reply #771 on:** December 23, 2010, 01:07:49 PM »

hahaha, I see it but am afraid to answer and be IT again...
I AM swamped here! If no one else gets it by this evening, I'll tell...

PatH · « **Reply #772 on:** December 23, 2010, 07:35:30 PM »

Unfortunately, I see it too.

The Sketch Book (by Geoffrey Crayon)

Washington Irving

JoanP · « **Reply #773 on:** December 23, 2010, 08:12:05 PM »

oh I'm so glad to see you here this evening, PatH~ More than you'll ever know. If you want to take a few days to think of a title, I think Santa would grant you that!

Frybabe · « **Reply #774 on:** December 23, 2010, 09:57:26 PM »

Yes, yes, yes!

The full title is The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Washington Irving wrote several volumes under the name of Geoffrey Crayon. I think, all together, he used five pseudonyms plus his own name.

Tomorrow I am off to a birthday party. So, in case I don't get a chance, have a Merry Christmas.

PatH · « **Reply #775 on:** December 24, 2010, 05:24:26 PM »

OK, here's one:

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A classic; you probably read it when young (but not real young).

Mippy · « **Reply #776 on:** December 25, 2010, 07:07:55 AM »

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

ENJOY!

E please

PatH · « **Reply #777 on:** December 26, 2010, 01:00:00 AM »

Sorry to be so late. Mippy gets her E.

__ __ E __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ E __ __ __ __ C __ __ __

Frybabe · « **Reply #778 on:** December 26, 2010, 04:23:55 PM »

An N please.

PatH · « **Reply #779 on:** December 26, 2010, 07:05:35 PM »

N it is.

__ __ E __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ E __ __ __ __ C __ N __

Frybabe · « **Reply #780 on:** December 27, 2010, 09:15:46 AM »

No ideas yet. How about trying an i?

Gumtree · « **Reply #781 on:** December 27, 2010, 09:45:15 AM »

I can't 'see' this one yet - the last word really has me foxed....

How about H

PatH · « **Reply #782 on:** December 27, 2010, 02:34:10 PM »

Here's your I, Frybabe.

__ __ E __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ E __ __ __ I C __ N S

JoanP · « **Reply #783 on:** December 27, 2010, 03:27:46 PM »

I see it - and since our Christmas celebrations in both New Jersey and North Carolina are on hold, I've got a window of time to "play" =
3 feet of snow in New Jersey have postponed trip north to see my sibs. Youngest grandson in North Caroline hospitalized with Croup since Christmas morning...

Oh, it's "The Last of the Mohicans," right?

Frybabe · « **Reply #784 on:** December 27, 2010, 04:18:45 PM »

Sorry to hear that your grandson has Croup. Hope he is well enough to go home soon.

Looks like you got it. Oddly, that is not one I've read. I don't think I have ever seen the movie either.

It is still blowing here. I was surprised that there wasn't any snow on the ground at all when I woke this morning. George said he got some light snow, and he is just across the river from me.

PatH · « **Reply #785 on:** December 27, 2010, 06:36:40 PM »

YES, JoanP, it's "The Last of the Mohicans". Good job.

Gumtree · « **Reply #786 on:** December 27, 2010, 11:42:41 PM »

JoanP - You're GOOD at this.

JoanP · « **Reply #787 on:** January 01, 2011, 10:07:05 AM »

Happy New Year, everyone! 2011 - already!
Our family is finally celebrating Christmas down here in NC today! The croup is history and everyone is eager to finally make merry.

My nine year old granddaughter is suggesting this title - Fiction, is the only clue - plus the fact that Lindsay is recommending it...

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Good luck, and again, a HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

Gumtree · « **Reply #788 on:** January 01, 2011, 11:30:32 AM »

JoanP - great to know the croup is history and you little one is OK again.

May I have an O

Frybabe · « **Reply #789 on:** January 01, 2011, 07:25:02 PM »

Or, maybe an L ?

JoanP · « **Reply #790 on:** January 02, 2011, 07:23:20 AM »

Yes, one "L" - and a clue - this book was written over one hundred years ago...and still speaks to a nine year old granddaughter...

_ _ N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L _ _

Frybabe · « **Reply #791 on:** January 02, 2011, 10:01:28 AM »

What spoke to me at that age were Nancy Drew mysteries and horse stories like Black Beauty. There were others, but these two were the main areas. Still thinking on this.

deems 2 · « **Reply #792 on:** January 02, 2011, 12:12:50 PM »

Is it Anne of Avonlea?

I loved the Anne books.

Gumtree · « **Reply #793 on:** January 02, 2011, 01:19:03 PM »

Hi Deems 2 - good to see you here again.

I think you're right - I kept thinking Anna of ?? ... and of course the Avonlea wouldn't come because I had Anna and not Anne.... the rhythm was all wrong.

Frybabe · « **Reply #794 on:** January 02, 2011, 01:20:35 PM »

Deems2, I actually never heard of Anne of Avonlea until about five years ago. I just looked it up and found that it is a sequel toAnne of Green Gables which I had heard of but never read. There appear to be eight books about Anne altogether.

JoanK · « **Reply #795 on:** January 02, 2011, 04:17:03 PM »

DEEMS2:"I had Anna and not Anne.... the rhythm was all wrong."

As Anne would say "That's Anne with an E".

JoanP · « **Reply #796 on:** January 02, 2011, 09:45:33 PM »

Deems2 is baaack! Yes, you guessed it! I was quite amazed that my voracious reader was into those Anne books...that she read beyond the first one. She told me that she couldn't stop after Anne of Green Gables...

But I really didn't think you'd get it quite so soon...
Deems2 - you're up. Happy New Year to you!

pedln · « **Reply #797 on:** January 03, 2011, 11:43:48 AM »

Congratulations, Deems2. Glad to see you here again.

And that was an excellent choice, Lindsay. Not too easy, but not impossible either. I think you must be a really good reader for your age.

deems 2 · « **Reply #798 on:** January 04, 2011, 12:50:14 AM »

Happy New Year everyone!

I loved the Anne books. My mother and I read them when I was quite young. We had hard cover versions, a little water stained, no dust jackets. I think they had been my mother's books when she was quite young. It is wonderful that Anne (with an e) is still being read (and loved). YAY Lindsay!

Now to come up with a book. Yikes! (I am deep in the throws of Little Bee and finding it hard to think of anything else.) I will get a title up first thing in the morning...

deems 2 · « **Reply #799 on:** January 04, 2011, 11:38:09 PM »

Hello people! Our new book is fiction.

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512395 times)