Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 490421 times)

JoanP · « **Reply #1240 on:** June 28, 2011, 07:31:37 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
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
65. JoanP for Ordinary People #955
66. deems2 for The Weird Sisters #963
67. JoanP for Cry the Beloved Country #973
68. deems 2 for Cymbeline #984
69. JoanP for Blood Meridian #1004
70. deems 2 for Awakening the Buddha Within, #1022
71. Pedln (plus gumtree) for A Prayer for Owen Meany #1032
72. JoanP for A Covert Affair # 1049
73. Frybabe for The House at Riverton #1071
74. deems 2 for Ten Days That Shook the World #1074
75. pedln for The Brief Wondrous life of Oscar Wao # 1090
76. JoanP for The Paris Wife # 1110
77. Gumtree for Old Filth #1113
78. Pedln for David Copperfield #1134
79. JoanP for Tabloid City #1150
80. PatH for Caleb's Crossing #1157
81. Frybabe for Unbroken #1169
82. PatH for The Android's Dream #1178
83. JoanP for Treasure Island #1186
84. pedln for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn #1204
85. Frybabe for Winter's Bone #1227
86. JoanP for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1234
87. Pedln for A Novel Bookstore #1237

Yes - two "N" s - American - historical - fiction

_ _ N _ _ N _

_ _

_ _ E

_ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _

pedln · « **Reply #1241 on:** June 28, 2011, 09:07:18 AM »

And perhaps a G?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1242 on:** June 28, 2011, 10:41:05 AM »

I'm not likely to know this one - but what the heck...

Gimme an A ...please

JoanP · « **Reply #1243 on:** June 29, 2011, 09:00:45 AM »

Mmm...what to do? Pedln was first asking for a "G" - If I were to give you the A's, Gum, Pedln would be more likely to "win" -

Oh well - let's see who gets it first - the timing is right.

Yes - two "N" s - American - historical - fiction

_ A N _ _ N G

A _

_ _ E

_ A _ _ A _

_ A_ _

pedln · « **Reply #1244 on:** June 29, 2011, 10:05:01 AM »

I'm not even going to guess. We should all know by now, your penchant for titles that promote discussion.

PatH · « **Reply #1245 on:** June 29, 2011, 10:56:44 AM »

Indeed.

JoanP · « **Reply #1246 on:** June 29, 2011, 12:03:56 PM »

What are you saying - that you are going to recuse yourselves, you two - and let Gum guess every letter of the alphabet until she gets it?

Seriously, do I put up a THIRD title - will that make you happy?

Frybabe · « **Reply #1247 on:** June 29, 2011, 01:47:00 PM »

No, I know what it is (I think).

Dancing at the Rascal Fair.

JoanP · « **Reply #1248 on:** June 29, 2011, 06:03:30 PM »

Winner Winner Winner...

Yes! Frybabe to the rescue! The title is Dancing at the Rascal Fair - voted on to be the August Book Club Online discussion. - Between this book and Old Filth, Man in the Wooden Hat and Novel Bookstore, I haven't had time to read anything else. Oh - and The Weird Sisters...

We just put out Dancing at the Rascal Fair today - and I must say I'm finding it engrossing - very different from anything I've read in a long time - historical fiction - a saga that starts when the two friends are boys in Scotland and emigrate to Montana...
Please drop in and post if you think you might find it interesting...

Frybabe · « **Reply #1249 on:** June 30, 2011, 01:52:38 PM »

New Quiz: Classic fiction

__ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

__ __

__ __ __ R __ - __ __ __ __

JoanK · « **Reply #1250 on:** June 30, 2011, 08:21:13 PM »

How about an "E"

Frybabe · « **Reply #1251 on:** June 30, 2011, 10:32:25 PM »

E's there are:

__ __ E

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

__ __

__ __ __ R E - __ __ __ E

PatH · « **Reply #1252 on:** June 30, 2011, 11:06:03 PM »

That hyphen should give it away, but it doesn't for me.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1253 on:** July 01, 2011, 04:34:48 AM »

I posted last night but it seems to have disappeared -

so, may I have an A

Frybabe · « **Reply #1254 on:** July 01, 2011, 07:30:31 AM »

And an A you shall receive.

__ __ E

__ __ __ __ __ __ A __ __

__ __

__ __ __ R E - __ A __ E

Look familiar yet?

JoanP · « **Reply #1255 on:** July 01, 2011, 11:51:31 AM »

How about a "G"? Please...

Frybabe · « **Reply #1256 on:** July 01, 2011, 12:39:54 PM »

Sorry JoanP, no G.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1257 on:** July 01, 2011, 02:01:04 PM »

Thanks for the A -

Now if I could just have a K

Frybabe · « **Reply #1258 on:** July 01, 2011, 02:07:01 PM »

Gum, your on the scent with a K.

__ __ E

__ __ __ __ __ __ A __ K

__ __

__ __ __ R E - __ A __ E

PatH · « **Reply #1259 on:** July 01, 2011, 06:15:23 PM »

Whoops, Gum gave it to us:

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Frybabe · « **Reply #1260 on:** July 01, 2011, 07:12:27 PM »

Hurray! You got it PatH.

PatH · « **Reply #1261 on:** July 01, 2011, 08:07:15 PM »

Tag, I'm it. Back to you when I think of something.

PatH · « **Reply #1262 on:** July 01, 2011, 11:03:10 PM »

Here goes:

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ S ___

___ ___ ___ ___

Genre fiction, but I know you have all heard of it.

pedln · « **Reply #1263 on:** July 01, 2011, 11:09:39 PM »

Does that mean it's either romance, mystery, sci-fi, or Western?

How about an E?

PatH · « **Reply #1264 on:** July 01, 2011, 11:09:49 PM »

laven, welcome! How did you find us, and what do you like? We've got lots of good stuff here, and you can probably find things that interest you.

PatH · « **Reply #1265 on:** July 01, 2011, 11:17:34 PM »

Quote from: pedln on July 01, 2011, 11:09:39 PM

Does that mean it's either romance, mystery, sci-fi, or Western?

How about an E?

Sort of, and I'll rule out romance. No further letters until the quiz has been up at least an hour or two.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1266 on:** July 02, 2011, 09:55:06 AM »

Or a T?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1267 on:** July 02, 2011, 12:19:33 PM »

PatH -Thought Hunchback might be it- thanks for jumping in...

How about a U

pedln · « **Reply #1268 on:** July 02, 2011, 12:43:22 PM »

It must have come in my dreams. I'm not a Vonnegut fan, but just out of the blue, among the pillows and bedcovers, eyes still closed came Slaughterhouse Five. Weird!

Gumtree · « **Reply #1269 on:** July 02, 2011, 01:35:00 PM »

Pedln : Yes, weird - but I love it when that happens .

PatH · « **Reply #1270 on:** July 02, 2011, 02:58:48 PM »

WINNER! WINNER! WINNER!

Right on, pedln, and you didn't even need your E.

pedln · « **Reply #1271 on:** July 02, 2011, 05:55:35 PM »

___ ___ ___ ___ N ___ ___

___ ___

___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___

This is relatively new fiction. I’m reading it now, a serendipitous find at the library. I don’t know anyone else who has read or is reading it. I’d never heard of the author although he has written eleven novels. It’s a beautiful book. Wonderful. But sad.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1272 on:** July 02, 2011, 07:20:31 PM »

An O please.

JoanP · « **Reply #1273 on:** July 02, 2011, 09:28:10 PM »

Or some "T"s? Lightning fast in here! Wow! Pedln!

pedln · « **Reply #1274 on:** July 02, 2011, 11:33:26 PM »

   ___ T ___ ___ N ___ ___

   O ___

   T ___ ___


   ___ ___ T ___ ___

That should make it a lot easier. Duck soup. Actually, this story is more about crows than ducks. Corvids -- are you familiar with them?

Frybabe · « **Reply #1275 on:** July 03, 2011, 08:09:24 AM »

Let's try for an R please.

pedln · « **Reply #1276 on:** July 03, 2011, 05:14:49 PM »

___ T ___ R N ___ ___


   O ___

   T ___ ___


   ___ ___ T ___ R

Letters used --O, R, T

deems 2 · « **Reply #1277 on:** July 03, 2011, 08:14:21 PM »

Eternal on the Water?

pedln · « **Reply #1278 on:** July 03, 2011, 08:54:52 PM »

Winner!! Winner!! Winner!!

Good job, Deems2. Have you read this book?

By Joseph Monninger, a professor at the U. of New Hampshire. I'd never heard of him before, but I love this book. It's about real people, maybe you'd call them everyday people -- I don't know. Definitely people with big problems, who have to make big decisions. But they are all so likeable, without being dippy. You care about them.

PatH · « **Reply #1279 on:** July 03, 2011, 10:30:03 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
65. JoanP for Ordinary People #955
66. deems2 for The Weird Sisters #963
67. JoanP for Cry the Beloved Country #973
68. deems 2 for Cymbeline #984
69. JoanP for Blood Meridian #1004
70. deems 2 for Awakening the Buddha Within, #1022
71. Pedln (plus gumtree) for A Prayer for Owen Meany #1032
72. JoanP for A Covert Affair # 1049
73. Frybabe for The House at Riverton #1071
74. deems 2 for Ten Days That Shook the World #1074
75. pedln for The Brief Wondrous life of Oscar Wao # 1090
76. JoanP for The Paris Wife # 1110
77. Gumtree for Old Filth #1113
78. Pedln for David Copperfield #1134
79. JoanP for Tabloid City #1150
80. PatH for Caleb's Crossing #1157
81. Frybabe for Unbroken #1169
82. PatH for The Android's Dream #1178
83. JoanP for Treasure Island #1186
84. pedln for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn #1204
85. Frybabe for Winter's Bone #1227
86. JoanP for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1234
87. Pedln for A Novel Bookstore #1237
88. pedln for Dancing at the Rascal Fair #1247
89. PatH for The Hunchback of Notre-Dame #1260
90. pedln for Slaughterhouse Five #1269
91. deems 2 for Eternal on the Water #1278
92. Frybabe for The Cookbook Collector #1299

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