Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512518 times)

Gumtree · « **Reply #1400 on:** August 12, 2011, 09:36:37 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. Gumtree 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
93. Gumtree for The Bridge of Sighs # 1329
94. PatH for The Bridge of San Luis Rey #1335
95. pedln for The Taming of the Shrew #1348
96. JoanP for A Separate Peace #1359
97. PatH for The Ponder Heart #1375
98. pedln for Let Us Now Praise Famous Men #1395
99. deems2 for To Serve Them All My Days #1402

Could we try an A - just to get things underway...

pedln · « **Reply #1401 on:** August 12, 2011, 10:24:17 AM »

Sounds like a good idea, Gumtree.

___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___

A ___ ___

___ ___

___ A ___ S

PatH · « **Reply #1402 on:** August 13, 2011, 01:56:46 AM »

I have a feeling a T would be helpful.

pedln · « **Reply #1403 on:** August 13, 2011, 10:21:51 AM »

And two T's for PatH

This novel was made into a TV mini-series. I got it from Netflix.

T ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___

T ___ ___ ___

A ___ ___

___ ___

___ A ___ S

JoanK · « **Reply #1404 on:** August 13, 2011, 06:39:56 PM »

An "O" please

Frybabe · « **Reply #1405 on:** August 13, 2011, 07:03:03 PM »

Or an N?>

pedln · « **Reply #1406 on:** August 13, 2011, 07:43:40 PM »

Sorry, there is no N

T ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___

T ___ ___ ___

A ___ ___

___ ___

___ A ___ S

Did I mention that the author is/was British

JoanK · « **Reply #1407 on:** August 13, 2011, 08:29:44 PM »

I stick to my "O".

deems 2 · « **Reply #1408 on:** August 13, 2011, 10:46:50 PM »

To Serve Them All My Days?

pedln · « **Reply #1409 on:** August 13, 2011, 10:52:56 PM »

by R.F. Delderfield.

WINNER! WINNER! WINNER!

Bravo, deems2.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1410 on:** August 14, 2011, 03:54:23 AM »

G'rrr So obvious - now that Deems2 has given the answer

PatH · « **Reply #1411 on:** August 14, 2011, 08:20:17 AM »

Quote from: Gumtree on August 14, 2011, 03:54:23 AM

G'rrr So obvious - now that Deems2 has given the answer

Indeed.

Good job, deems2.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1412 on:** August 14, 2011, 08:56:07 AM »

Bravo, Deems2.

JoanK · « **Reply #1413 on:** August 14, 2011, 03:15:32 PM »

HURRAH !

PatH · « **Reply #1414 on:** August 15, 2011, 09:50:29 PM »

Good for you, deems2.

Tag, you're it.

deems 2 · « **Reply #1415 on:** August 17, 2011, 09:16:28 PM »

Oops, sorry folks, I had computer difficulties and then I got sick. So I haven't been on line in a while. I will have a new quiz up soon.

PatH · « **Reply #1416 on:** August 18, 2011, 09:52:11 AM »

deems 2, if you don't feel up to doing it, someone else can take your turn.

deems 2 · « **Reply #1417 on:** August 18, 2011, 08:39:54 PM »

Thank you, PatH. I can breathe today - so things are looking up.

Let's try

_ _ _ _ E

_ _

_ _ _ _ _ _

pedln · « **Reply #1418 on:** August 18, 2011, 09:57:27 PM »

Glad you're feeling better, deems2.

How about an N please?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1419 on:** August 19, 2011, 04:06:12 AM »

And we'll need another vowel or two -

I'll beg for the classic A

Deems2 - sorry you've been under the weather - take care and keep breathing

deems 2 · « **Reply #1420 on:** August 19, 2011, 08:34:42 AM »

Yes, that breathing thing is not to be undervalued!

I am feeling better. I was painting last night.

And now for pedln's N.

_ _ _ _ E

_ _

_ _ N _ _ _

Letters used:
N

Frybabe · « **Reply #1421 on:** August 19, 2011, 09:42:25 AM »

R please?

JoanK · « **Reply #1422 on:** August 19, 2011, 10:30:44 PM »

"O", please.

deems 2 · « **Reply #1423 on:** August 19, 2011, 10:50:54 PM »

...and Gumtree's classic A

_ _ A _ E

_ _

_ _ N _ _ _

Letters used:
N, A

Gumtree · « **Reply #1424 on:** August 20, 2011, 07:46:26 AM »

Well, that 'A' didn't do me much good.

Try an O next time.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1425 on:** August 20, 2011, 08:20:17 AM »

Nothing clicking here, either.

Maybe an S?

deems 2 · « **Reply #1426 on:** August 20, 2011, 10:05:27 PM »

Here's your R first, Frybabe!

_ _ A _ E

_ _

_ _ N _ _ R

Letters used:
N, A, R

deems 2 · « **Reply #1427 on:** August 23, 2011, 10:53:20 PM »

And now JoanK's and Gumtree's O's...

_ _ A _ E

O _

_ O N _ _ R

Letters used:
N, A, R, O

PatH · « **Reply #1428 on:** August 24, 2011, 01:39:33 AM »

An H?

Did you feel the earthquake, deems 2? I'm on the west coast, so missed it. Home tomorrow.

Frybabe · « **Reply #1429 on:** August 24, 2011, 08:13:56 AM »

Still no idea. How about a U?

deems 2 · « **Reply #1430 on:** August 24, 2011, 08:34:45 PM »

Hi, PatH. Yes! I did! I was on the sixth floor of an office building staring at a computer screen when all of a sudden the screen started swaying side to side. I figured I was passing out or something, but then I looked around and everything else was shaking too. My desk is right next to a window. And suddenly that window seemed far too close and the outside wall far too fragile. I hope that you are having fun on the west coast where they are laughing at us...

I am sorry. There are no H's

_ _ A _ E

O _

_ O N _ _ R

Letters used:
N, A, R, O, H

Gumtree · « **Reply #1431 on:** August 25, 2011, 10:10:37 AM »

Back again after two days of long (and trying) sessions with my dentist - still feeling fragile but glad it's over...

What about a B

Glad you're OK after the earthquake scare - they're scary things - I guess there will be an after shock or three to come...

JoanK · « **Reply #1432 on:** August 25, 2011, 03:25:39 PM »

and have you given us all the E's?

deems 2 · « **Reply #1433 on:** August 27, 2011, 10:26:27 AM »

Hi all, better get in a few answers at once before the hurricane hits and the electricity goes down!

I am sorry. There are no B's or U's. There is, however, one more E!

_ _ A _ E

O _

_ O N _ E R

Letters used:
N, A, R, O, H, B, U, E

Frybabe · « **Reply #1434 on:** August 27, 2011, 11:21:26 AM »

Oh my, no thoughts yet. Can we try an L?

Gumtree · « **Reply #1435 on:** August 27, 2011, 12:50:41 PM »

Do I see the prize winning - State of Wonder

deems 2 · « **Reply #1436 on:** August 27, 2011, 05:12:08 PM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER!!!!!!!

Well done, Gumtree! AND you got the answer in before the power failed. Twice well done! Hopefully the weather is a little more civil in your neck of the woods.

Gumtree · « **Reply #1437 on:** August 29, 2011, 11:47:46 AM »

Oh my! - Has anyone read State of Wonder? I happened to see it on the stands a few days ago...

Here's a quickie - a classic

__ E __ __ __ __ __ __

pedln · « **Reply #1438 on:** August 29, 2011, 12:39:37 PM »

Haven't read it yet, Gum. Congratulations on naming it.

How about an N for the classic?

deems 2 · « **Reply #1439 on:** August 30, 2011, 11:19:52 PM »

I've just started to read it, Gumtree. I will let you know what I think when I finish. But Ann Patchett is a good writer. I will read anything she writes.

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Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512518 times)