Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 739488 times)

pedln · « **Reply #3800 on:** May 03, 2013, 12:13:55 PM »

Welcome to our newest brain teaser: BLANKO

The rules are simple:

The Challenger poses and indicates either a title or the name of an author, but not both.

The Contestants guess the title or author and post their answer; if they can, the solve the entire title. They can also suggest another letter to fill in one of the blanks.

At the end of the day if the puzzle is not solved,
the Challenger then must add only one of the suggested letters the contestants have suggested, everywhere it appears.

The winner becomes the new challenger.

Ex:

Title of Book: three words, a prize winning novel:

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ T __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

What is it?

Good Luck !!

F ?

Frybabe · « **Reply #3801 on:** May 03, 2013, 12:34:33 PM »

JoanP · « **Reply #3802 on:** May 03, 2013, 03:56:31 PM »

No B, no F either...

_ O _ _ _ _ _ _ O _

This is NON FICTION

LETTERS GUESSED - A, I, O,B, F

JoanK · « **Reply #3803 on:** May 03, 2013, 04:19:21 PM »

pedln · « **Reply #3804 on:** May 03, 2013, 06:13:16 PM »

W ?

JoanP · « **Reply #3805 on:** May 03, 2013, 06:29:06 PM »

No A, no W... isn't this fun?

_ O _ _ _ _ _ _ O _

This is NON FICTION - by a VERY famous woman

LETTERS GUESSED - A, I, O,B, F, W

jane · « **Reply #3806 on:** May 03, 2013, 09:38:42 PM »

JoanP · « **Reply #3807 on:** May 03, 2013, 09:44:15 PM »

Sorry, Jane...no Ts, either...

Frybabe · « **Reply #3808 on:** May 04, 2013, 07:08:54 AM »

JoanP · « **Reply #3809 on:** May 04, 2013, 07:35:41 AM »

Good morning, Fry!

Nice try, but no Y either...

_ O _ _ _ _ _ _ O _

This is NON FICTION - by a VERY famous woman

LETTERS GUESSED - A, I, O,B, F, W, T, Y

Frybabe · « **Reply #3810 on:** May 04, 2013, 07:44:02 AM »

You sure picked a doozy, JoanP.

JoanP · « **Reply #3811 on:** May 04, 2013, 07:58:20 AM »

I realize that...maybe you should work on the author's name instead of her book's title...

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Seriously, there is one letter that is going to solve the puzzle; also, I'll confess this is a tricky title to guess...for a reason you will see when you solve...

LETTERS GUESSED - A, I, O,B, F, W, T, Y, S

jane · « **Reply #3812 on:** May 04, 2013, 10:21:38 AM »

JoanP · « **Reply #3813 on:** May 04, 2013, 10:32:19 AM »

S is for sorry. Sorry, Jane, no S!

_ O _ _ _ _ _ _ O _

This is NON FICTION - by a VERY famous woman

LETTERS GUESSED - A, I, O,B, F, W, T, Y, S

jane · « **Reply #3814 on:** May 04, 2013, 12:57:54 PM »

N

I can't get my head around the single letters that are neither A nor I. Perhaps a number, then?

pedln · « **Reply #3815 on:** May 04, 2013, 02:22:26 PM »

JoanP · « **Reply #3816 on:** May 04, 2013, 03:02:32 PM »

Not a number this time, Jane...but Pedln gets her E...

_ O _ _ _ E _ _ O _

This is NON FICTION - by a VERY famous woman

LETTERS GUESSED - A, I, O,B, F, W, T, Y, S,

jane · « **Reply #3817 on:** May 04, 2013, 03:18:10 PM »

JoanP · « **Reply #3818 on:** May 04, 2013, 03:46:19 PM »

No R... Are you having fun yet? I promise, this is exactly how the title appears on the book cover.

Frybabe · « **Reply #3819 on:** May 04, 2013, 03:55:17 PM »

Good grief!

How about a W?

JoanP · « **Reply #3820 on:** May 04, 2013, 04:01:11 PM »

No N's, but you hit the Jackpot, JoanK~

Can you solve it? No more letters and numbers, but what do you think is on the bookcover?

M O M _ M E _ M O M

This is NON FICTION - by a VERY famous woman

LETTERS GUESSED - A, I, O,B, F, W, T, Y, S, E, R, N, M

JoanK · « **Reply #3821 on:** May 04, 2013, 06:21:27 PM »

M? And did you answer Jane's N?

JoanP · « **Reply #3822 on:** May 04, 2013, 06:33:09 PM »

No N's, but you hit the Jackpot, JoanK~

Can you solve it? No more letters and numbers, but what do you think is on the bookcover?

M O M _ M E _ M O M

This is NON FICTION - by a VERY famous woman

LETTERS GUESSED - A, I, O,B, F, W, T, Y, S, E, R, N, M

Kentucky Derby...

PatH · « **Reply #3823 on:** May 04, 2013, 07:14:43 PM »

Derby's over. By no more letters and numbers do you mean that those remaining dashes aren't either?

Thirteen letters have been guessed. That's half the alphabet, and I bet it's a record.

JoanP · « **Reply #3824 on:** May 04, 2013, 07:21:45 PM »

If no one gets it, by morning...I win, right? What do I win...another chance to stump you! !

. Will post the bookcover of this week's challenge. ...

No more letters, no more numbers, but there definitely is something in the title where you see those two blanks... Can anyone get it? I'm betting on Fry!

JoanP · « **Reply #3825 on:** May 05, 2013, 10:26:54 AM »

There are still a few more hours left in the morning...considering West Coast time. I feel kind of badly that you've all given up. Has this ever happened before?

One last clue... the missing symbol that goes where you see the dashes - is right in front of you...on your keyboard.

pedln · « **Reply #3826 on:** May 05, 2013, 10:39:48 AM »

This makes me think of my aunt, who when she was little would say "me an mommy" and her mother, trying to get good grammar, would say "do you have a mean mommy?"

JoanP · « **Reply #3827 on:** May 05, 2013, 10:43:08 AM »

You are really, really close to the title, Pedln!

JoanP · « **Reply #3828 on:** May 05, 2013, 02:08:21 PM »

Just out - Maya Angelou's just relaeased autobiography...

What do you think...was Pedln closest? Is she the winner - or was choosing a title with an ampersand not cricket? You decide...

jane · « **Reply #3829 on:** May 05, 2013, 03:17:08 PM »

Yes, Pedln is the winner, as far as I'm concerned.

JoanK · « **Reply #3830 on:** May 05, 2013, 04:03:10 PM »

Pedlin definately. I guessed it was mom _ me, but couldn't think of the &. Duh, headslap.

pedln · « **Reply #3831 on:** May 05, 2013, 05:46:38 PM »

I think JoanP should do it again.

JoanP · « **Reply #3832 on:** May 05, 2013, 07:06:29 PM »

JoanP · « **Reply #3833 on:** May 06, 2013, 09:55:27 AM »

You asked for it!

Fiction!

A _ _ _ _ _ & _ E _ _ _ _

jane · « **Reply #3834 on:** May 06, 2013, 10:25:46 AM »

pedln · « **Reply #3835 on:** May 06, 2013, 11:20:31 AM »

I ?

(I think she lies awake at night thinking of titles with single letters

)

PatH · « **Reply #3836 on:** May 06, 2013, 11:20:50 AM »

&, @, !, $, ?

JoanP · « **Reply #3837 on:** May 06, 2013, 11:23:16 AM »

One of each!

You're ganging up! You just want to get rid of me, I know...

Fiction!

A _ _ _ _ _ & _ E _ _ _ _

jane · « **Reply #3838 on:** May 06, 2013, 01:02:22 PM »

PatH · « **Reply #3839 on:** May 06, 2013, 04:04:16 PM »

I thought I was joking with my symbols!

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