Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512410 times)

JoanP · « **Reply #800 on:** January 05, 2011, 11:01:32 AM »

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

Good morning, Deems2 - I loved the Anne books myself, though I don't think I read them all. Looks like I will have to, now.

So, the "new" book is fiction - is it in fact a "NEW" book? Ist that a clue?

Need some more vowels...how about some "E"s?

Mippy · « **Reply #801 on:** January 05, 2011, 11:16:31 AM »

T please

Frybabe · « **Reply #802 on:** January 05, 2011, 01:04:03 PM »

or a G?

PatH · « **Reply #803 on:** January 05, 2011, 03:11:21 PM »

Wuthering Heights?

deems 2 · « **Reply #804 on:** January 05, 2011, 06:06:31 PM »

ARE YOU KIDDING ME PatH? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!

Fantastic! You are it! You are also psychic. Just so you know.

PatH is it and she is psychic.

PatH · « **Reply #805 on:** January 05, 2011, 06:30:12 PM »

Psychic is how it felt. I looked at it for a moment, and bingo, the answer popped into my head. JoanP does this sometimes, too. Now to think of something.

PatH · « **Reply #806 on:** January 05, 2011, 07:12:01 PM »

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ C __ __ __ __ __

Fiction

Frybabe · « **Reply #807 on:** January 05, 2011, 11:03:28 PM »

I think I'll start by asking for an R

pedln · « **Reply #808 on:** January 06, 2011, 11:12:58 AM »

I wonder what word Frybabe is thinking of. I'd like a vowel.

How about an O

PatH · « **Reply #809 on:** January 06, 2011, 02:39:38 PM »

O it is:

__ __ O __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ O __ C __ __ __ __ __

deems 2 · « **Reply #810 on:** January 06, 2011, 07:03:02 PM »

Is it Snow Falling on Cedars?

JoanP · « **Reply #811 on:** January 06, 2011, 07:08:47 PM »

Psychic!

PatH · « **Reply #812 on:** January 06, 2011, 07:40:51 PM »

Psychic is right! You got it, deems2. I believe it was the first book ever discussed on the old site.

deems 2 · « **Reply #813 on:** January 06, 2011, 11:24:50 PM »

Uh oh! Think, think, think...

How about:

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ D _ _ _ _

Frybabe · « **Reply #814 on:** January 06, 2011, 11:58:59 PM »

An H please.

Mippy · « **Reply #815 on:** January 07, 2011, 07:06:25 AM »

E please

deems 2 · « **Reply #816 on:** January 07, 2011, 10:27:30 AM »

Here is your H, Frybabe!

_ _ _ _ H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ D _ _ _ _

Letters used:
H

Clues:
Novel

JoanP · « **Reply #817 on:** January 07, 2011, 01:44:24 PM »

How about some "L"s? Don't see the title yet...but do sense L's

Frybabe · « **Reply #818 on:** January 07, 2011, 06:44:58 PM »

An R please.

deems 2 · « **Reply #819 on:** January 07, 2011, 07:53:51 PM »

Here are a couple of L's, JoanP!

L _ _ _ H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L D _ _ _ _

Letters used:
H, L

Clues:
Novel

Frybabe · « **Reply #820 on:** January 07, 2011, 08:56:44 PM »

Okay, I have an idea what all the words are but one, and I still don't know what it is.

P please.

JoanP · « **Reply #821 on:** January 07, 2011, 09:28:10 PM »

Yes, a P! How about - Let the Great World Spin?

deems 2 · « **Reply #822 on:** January 07, 2011, 09:29:30 PM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER! Great job, JoanP!

JoanP is it!

JoanP · « **Reply #823 on:** January 08, 2011, 08:27:16 AM »

That was some book, wasn't it, Deems2? Did you read it recently? I'm thinking it's time to reread it.

Here's one that you'll not get right away, I'm fairly certain - unless you truly are psychic - Another fiction -

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

deems 2 · « **Reply #824 on:** January 09, 2011, 10:12:19 AM »

You have scared us all away, JoanP, by telling us that we will never get it!

How about an R.

Frybabe · « **Reply #825 on:** January 09, 2011, 10:21:44 AM »

or an N?

Gumtree · « **Reply #826 on:** January 09, 2011, 10:29:03 AM »

I'd like an I please Joan.

JoanP · « **Reply #827 on:** January 09, 2011, 05:12:36 PM »

- Of course it will be possible to guess this title as there are only so many letters in the alphabet, right?

What I meant to say is that this book is so new I doubt most of you have heard of it. It won't just occur to you, all of a sudden in a psychic moment..

I really didn't mean to scare you off though - quite the opposite. I'm loving this book so much, and only half way through - I think there's a possibility for future discussion.

Since Gum said please, I'll answer her first - no, Gum, no letter " I "

A clue?
1. recent fiction
2. foreign

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

pedln · « **Reply #828 on:** January 09, 2011, 11:23:46 PM »

I'll echo Frybabe. An N, please

JoanP · « **Reply #829 on:** January 10, 2011, 10:15:40 PM »

OK, Pedln - you and Frybabe squeezed an N out of me with your please - maybe now you will guess the title...

If you need another clue -

1. recent fiction
2. foreign
3. female author

_ N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O _ _

JoanP · « **Reply #830 on:** January 11, 2011, 10:39:39 PM »

No guesses today? I guess I really did scare you off! How about another clue?

1. recent fiction
2. foreign
3. female author (French)
4. female translator

_ N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O _ _

pedln · « **Reply #831 on:** January 12, 2011, 11:25:32 AM »

Deems2 and I would both like an R

deems 2 · « **Reply #832 on:** January 12, 2011, 06:28:31 PM »

please

JoanP · « **Reply #833 on:** January 12, 2011, 06:48:03 PM »

OK, you have found my soft spot...

Yes! An "R" -

_ N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O R _

And a new clue too -

1. recent fiction
2. foreign
3. female author (French)
4. female translator
5. remember Elegance of the Hedgehog? There's a connection

deems 2 · « **Reply #834 on:** January 12, 2011, 07:06:24 PM »

ooo ooo ooo! Gourmet Rhapsody, I thought.

Then I looked at the letters.

I loved The Elegance of the Hedgehog.

JoanP · « **Reply #835 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:41:32 PM »

I loved Hedgehog too, Deems2 - did you read Gourmet Rhapsody? (There's a connection between it and this title too...

pedln · « **Reply #836 on:** January 13, 2011, 10:08:20 PM »

Is this title in English or French? At any rate, how about an E please

JoanP · « **Reply #837 on:** January 14, 2011, 08:22:23 AM »

Hmmm...that's two questions, isn't it Pedln?

Try as I might, I can't think of a single French word that is only one syallable, can you? And the single space is NOT a number. I guess that answers one of your questions...

JoanP · « **Reply #838 on:** January 17, 2011, 03:20:42 PM »

_ N _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O R E

1. recent fiction
2. foreign
3. female author (French)
4. female translator
5. remember Elegance of the Hedgehog? There's a connection
6. title is in English
7. The first letter provided with the title was only one of a total of four...the rules say I only had to provide one of them.

deems 2 · « **Reply #839 on:** January 17, 2011, 04:11:44 PM »

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512410 times)