Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512422 times)

deems 2 · « **Reply #920 on:** February 05, 2011, 11:03:43 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
51. PatH for The Sketch Book #772
52. JoanP for The Last of the Mohicans #783
53. deems2 for Anne of Avonlea #792
54. PatH for Wuthering Heights #803
55. deems2 for Snow Falling on Cedars #810
56. JoanP for Let the Great World Spin #821
57. deems2 for A Novel Bookstore #839
58. pedln for Juliet, Naked #858
59. deems2 for The Devil in White City #878
60. JoanP for The Invisible Bridge #901
61. pedln for The Lacuna #909
62. deems2 for To the End of the Land #917
63. JoanP for Wolf Hall #933
64. pedln for Any Human Heart #944

Hello, sorry folks, I was finishing The Invisible Bridge. Now to Lacuna.

I AM sorry about shortchanging pedlin. I love her da da daaa clues too. This one is for you to guess, pedlin.

_ _ _ _ _ A _ _

pedln · « **Reply #921 on:** February 05, 2011, 11:24:44 PM »

How about an N please.

Gumtree · « **Reply #922 on:** February 06, 2011, 03:42:48 AM »

Yes I must get Lacuna but it will have to go on my TBR pile...

May I have another vowel please - say an I

deems 2 · « **Reply #923 on:** February 06, 2011, 08:23:33 PM »

I am sorry, pedln, there are no N's

_ _ _ _ _ A _ _

Letters used:
N

Clues:
A newish work of fiction.

Mippy · « **Reply #924 on:** February 07, 2011, 12:53:17 PM »

E please

pedln · « **Reply #925 on:** February 07, 2011, 02:18:34 PM »

Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg?

deems 2 · « **Reply #926 on:** February 07, 2011, 08:14:39 PM »

That is too cool, pedln! But sadly that isn't the book. I am sorry, Mippy, there are no E's

_ _ _ _ _ A _ _

Letters used:
N, E

Clues:
A newish work of fiction.
This book is set in the past.

pedln · « **Reply #927 on:** February 07, 2011, 09:52:12 PM »

How about an R, please.

deems 2 · « **Reply #928 on:** February 08, 2011, 12:10:46 AM »

No, I am sorry. There is no R

_ _ _ _ _ A _ _

Letters used:
N, E, R

Clues:
A newish work of fiction.
This book is set in the past.
The work is fiction but the characters were real.

Mippy · « **Reply #929 on:** February 08, 2011, 07:10:58 AM »

O please

deems 2 · « **Reply #930 on:** February 08, 2011, 10:14:59 PM »

Here is your O, Mippy!

_ O _ _ _ A _ _

Letters used:
N, E, R, O

Clues:
A newish work of fiction.
This book is set in the past.
The work is fiction but the characters were real.
There are many many characters.

pedln · « **Reply #931 on:** February 09, 2011, 03:11:29 PM »

Let's go for an L

deems 2 · « **Reply #932 on:** February 09, 2011, 07:53:17 PM »

There are lots and lots of L's, pedln. Now hurry and guess the book before JoanP signs on!

_ O L _ _ A L L

Letters used:
N, E, R, O, L

Clues:
A newish work of fiction.
This book is set in the past.
The work is fiction but the characters were real.
There are many many characters.

JoanP · « **Reply #933 on:** February 10, 2011, 04:56:25 PM »

Well of course, it's WOLF HALL! I'm at the beach...will be home soon. If I don't get in to post a teaser before Saturday, please forgive me.

Have you read it?

deems 2 · « **Reply #934 on:** February 10, 2011, 09:32:11 PM »

WINNER! WINNER! WINNER!

Well done, JoanP. I hope that the beach is lovely. I am about halfway through this one. It's a good book.

PatH · « **Reply #935 on:** February 11, 2011, 12:17:38 AM »

I've neglected my duties horribly. A combination of being out of town, coming back sick as a dog, and having my computer die completely just as the great snowstorm got started kept me from updating the list of winners. It's now current, on this page only. Now for Author, Author.

Mippy · « **Reply #936 on:** February 11, 2011, 07:07:02 AM »

What a winner! I did read Wolf Hall last year, and would give it a mixed review.

PatH ~ Hope you and new computer are now fine! I also reluctantly got a new computer a few months ago, and needed all sorts of help to get it connected ... talking to India is not fun! It seems I read that JoanK also needed to get one ... are these computers talking to each other?

JoanK · « **Reply #937 on:** February 11, 2011, 03:10:27 PM »

Yes, PAT and my computers died at the same time. I think they were plotting against us in corners. Or do twins' computers have a strange sort of empathy (Pat and I don't have it -- it must have passed through us to our computers).

pedln · « **Reply #938 on:** February 11, 2011, 10:43:36 PM »

JoanP, congratulations, and you are forgiven. Enjoy the beach! Surely that has to be where most of us would rather be right now.

JoanP · « **Reply #939 on:** February 13, 2011, 02:06:48 PM »

We're baaaack. Thanks for the reprieve. It was a nice break, but am paying for it now~ Froze at the airport waiting for the taxi - wearing sandals, no socks, summer weight slacks and blouse...light coat.

So, you're waiting to be stumped, I gather. This is a delightful book so far - not really new, but topical in ways that you will soon see. The fictional characters interact with real people who are included as characters....

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JoanK · « **Reply #940 on:** February 13, 2011, 04:18:11 PM »

Does giving us an "e" mean that that is the only "e"?

Could I have a "T"?

JoanP · « **Reply #941 on:** February 14, 2011, 12:03:36 AM »

No, giving you one "E" to start, doesn't necessarily mean that there aren't any other Es....

You asked for a "T"?

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E _ _ T

pedln · « **Reply #942 on:** February 14, 2011, 09:33:50 AM »

How about an A, please

JoanP · « **Reply #943 on:** February 15, 2011, 08:40:58 AM »

Geee, I had hoped not to give away all the "A"'s so soon, but since yours was the only guess yesterday, I suppose I'll have to give them to you, Pedln. And you DID say "please" after all.... Do you see it now?

This book is by a well-known author - for works other than this one...

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

pedln · « **Reply #944 on:** February 15, 2011, 12:48:09 PM »

So funny, JoanP. I just posted in Movies and Books and then came here -- and then after contemplating BEast LEast and Yeast -- oh, duh.

Any Human Heart by William Boyd

Are you reading the book? I have seen the TV part 1 performance.

JoanP · « **Reply #945 on:** February 15, 2011, 02:52:29 PM »

Winner! Winner!
Yes, that is too funny. I know you'd get it as soon as you saw those "A" s. Looking forward to your clues, Pedln!

pedln · « **Reply #946 on:** February 15, 2011, 06:05:16 PM »

Okay, will be back -- probably tomorrow.

pedln · « **Reply #947 on:** February 16, 2011, 07:34:43 PM »

This is fiction, the author's first novel

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ A ____ ____

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Mippy · « **Reply #948 on:** February 18, 2011, 07:16:14 AM »

E please

pedln · « **Reply #949 on:** February 18, 2011, 09:53:50 AM »

And you shall have an E, Mippy

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ A ____ ____

____ E ____ ____ ____ E

This is fiction, the author's first novel
It's not real recent, but would be considered modern/contemporary literature

JoanP · « **Reply #950 on:** February 19, 2011, 12:14:23 PM »

How about an "R" - please!

And another clue...preferably a musical one...

pedln · « **Reply #951 on:** February 19, 2011, 01:15:56 PM »

Sorry, no musical clues today

____ R ____ ____ ____ A R ____

____ E ____ ____ ____ E

This is fiction, the author's first novel
It's not real recent, but would be considered modern/contemporary literature

JoanP · « **Reply #952 on:** February 20, 2011, 10:24:59 AM »

Still no clue...How about a "P"? Please?

Gumtree · « **Reply #953 on:** February 20, 2011, 10:31:06 AM »

h'mm... this one is difficult - nothing seems to click

May I have an H -

pedln · « **Reply #954 on:** February 20, 2011, 12:33:52 PM »

no H's here, but maybe a P or two.

____ R ____ ____ ____ A R ____

P E ____ P ____ E

JoanP · « **Reply #955 on:** February 20, 2011, 01:51:21 PM »

I see it - I think, though don't know the book - Ordinary People?

pedln · « **Reply #956 on:** February 20, 2011, 06:55:20 PM »

Congratulations, You got it, JoanP. By Judith Guest, published back in the '70s. A family tragedy. Two brothers are out boating, a storm comes up and one brother drowns. The younger brother is so consumed by guilt at being alive that he commits suicide, and the book really opens when he is released from the hospital where he had gone for treatment. I don't know if there is a film or not, but it has been on TV. Guest has written other books, but none have received the acclaim of Ordinary People.

JoanP · « **Reply #957 on:** February 20, 2011, 07:16:19 PM »

Now that you explain the plot, I vaguely remember the story. Awful memory!

OK, here's one - brand NEW. I'm really excited about it after reading the recent reviews - Fiction. Maybe you've heard of it. If not, you will ----

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Gumtree · « **Reply #958 on:** February 21, 2011, 11:03:50 AM »

Ordinary People - haven't read the book but the film was brilliant - Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore. There were scenes in that movie that I'll never forget. - not horrific just powerful.

I'll ask for a T please

JoanK · « **Reply #959 on:** February 21, 2011, 07:07:08 PM »

The film of "Ordinary People" WAS brilliant, better than the book IMO. Robert Redford directed it, and ALL the films he directed were brilliant! I wish he'd done more!

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512422 times)