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Hadn't posted a Baker's dozen in a while, no. I reminded them of your puzzle, which no one has figured out, including myself. As for "Ick and Yuck" on Stephen King, I make these lists from computer generated bestseller lists and famous novels. If I used my own bookshelf, you can be sure King would NOT appear. I can't stand him either! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by starrwriter
#10 A Passage to India by E.M. Forster ??
To be sure!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eva Marina
Has a Ticket = A Passage
To the subcontinent = To India
Ergo = A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Nanners: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :nod:
Well, I finally made one either too hard or too obscure, and having votes for this as a favorite game, I must resolve this, so hint city, here we come!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
#1.) Think Bates
#3.) What's another word for "glow"?
#4.) Quite John's first name is John and he was created by Algeron Blackwood
#5.) In plain English, such a person is the villiage __________.
#7.) King David had a favorite son whom he mourned over by name.
#8.) Would memorbilia help?
#11.) A famous document starts, "We the people..." Now if these aren't dead?
#12.) No one knows this guy and he's lost. He's a ________.in a______ _____.
The bonus question I'll give you, as I consider the writer deadly dull. It's Wineburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, who is actually buried in Round Hill Cemetary about 500 yards from my own family's plots (grandfather, grandmother, etc.) His cabin/home, Ripshin, is close to my dad-in-law's land, and I've been there. Pictures of hime on the main street of marion hang in our library. Whoo! ;)
5. Idiot by Dostoyevski
1. American Psycho
11. Living Constitution???
12. Stranger in a strange land
What, isn't Three "The Shining"?
Lord love a duck, Robin! I missed this post entirely! Don't shoot! I'm sorry! Yes, Yes, Yes! The Shining is correct!Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
Extra Nanners: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
OOPS! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Please let me know at once by PM if I miss your post! :blush: It's not only embarassing to eat crow, they don't taste too good either! :p !Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
#12 is correctQuote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
#1 I'll pass, I was looking for just Psycho by Robert Bloch
Reread the clues for #11
Nanners for the lady! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
1 Robert Bloch - Psycho?
5 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot?
7 William Faulkner - Absolom! Absolom!?
11 Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Living to Tell the Tale?
4 - John Silence by Algernon Blackwood
BINGO! XC, you are a winner! It's a fair read by the way, I have a nice copy myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xamonas Chegwe
Nanners for XC! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
3 out of four, and I'll give you full credit on #1 so you get a HAT TRICK! Sorry, #11 is still wrong, think Ann Rand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xamonas Chegwe
More nannners for XC! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :thumbs_up
Down to two means MAJOR HINTS!
"We ain't dead..." The Book is by Ann Rand and starts We
Reminiscing Thinking about long lost things that have been. That should do it. :D :cool:
Haven't you got any other fruit? I'm allergic to bananas. They make me :rage:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
11 We the living - by Ayn Rand
Not Ann Rand, who writes children's books.
We the Living?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
Quite so. I rechecked my sheves of booklists. Unfortunately, I deleted the answers to the list when I typed it and have been having to look them up myself! :blush:Quote:
Originally Posted by Xamonas Chegwe
I trust you aren't alergic to pocorn, XC?
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:D :D :D
Yeah, Beaker, but XC got there first, I think this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
What the heck, Nanners: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Baker’s Dozen #10
1.) Guests check in but often don’t check out! = Psycho by Robert Bloch
2.) Sounds like a land offer near Gallows Hill in this haunted New England town = Salem's Lot by Stephen King
3.) The glow from the bar in a haunted hotel = The Shining by Stephen King
4.) This detective might have been called “Quiet John”. = John Silence by Algernon Blackwood
5.) Estupido = The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
6.) The crystal clear dude = The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
7.) King David mourns his son = Absolom! Absolom by William Faulkner
8.) He made a deal and a dare with the big man downstairs = The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet
9.) Reminiscing = Rememberence of Things Past by Marcel Proust
10.) Has a ticket to the subcontinent = A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
11.) “We ain’t dead…” We the Living by Ayn Rand
12.) “Pardon me. I know you don’t know me, but I don’t know where I am!” = Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
13.) About enslaved people. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Bonus Question:
They stomp a lot of grapes in this Berg in a state that’s high in the middle and round on both ends! (Had to throw this one in since my daughter had to read it for college, and the author is buried here in my hometown of Marion, VA., and his writing cabin is across the mountain about three miles from where my dad-in-law grew up and owns land.) = Wineberg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
Tiring of this list, I give the final answer!
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1.) Bridget did it, sweetheart.
2.) Principle boulevard = Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
3.) Must be The Joker’s Flat
4.) A reporter gets one, a dog owner requires one = Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
5.) In my death throes
6.) A chamber with a vista = A Room With a View by E. M. Forester
7.) A streaker’s midday meal = Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
8.) Duh! So does the moon, big guy! = The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
9.) THAT THING! = IT by Stephen King
10.) This plant might rust = Iron Orchid by Stuart Woods or Ironweed by William Kennedy
11.) What Lord James Pomroy might be called by close friends, but not too close.
12.) Mirages = Illusions by Richard Bach
13.) The bending of the body as one reclines.
And they're off! And eight winners!
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Lesse how this round goes...Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
#7 Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
#10 Iron Orchid by Stuart Woods
It goes four out of five, so the Archer gets his aim back! I don't recall a book about the Greek Philosopher/Scientist's Lunch, no! :lol: The others are BULLSEYES!Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
Uh, you not allergic to bananas?
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Well, Eva, you managed to trap me again! I shall have to give you #10 even though it's not the book I had in mind because it fits the given clue! The book I was looking for is Ironweed by William Kennedy. This plant is so common around here, I never thought about any other plant. #7 is spot-on! DOUBLE-SHOT!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eva Marina
Nanners: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Hmm. Perhaps someone should write Archimedes's Lunch--that'd be bound to catch someone's eye in the library...Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
True. The cover illustration could have him relaxing in the bath, eating and going over notes on the Archimedes Screw.... ;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
Much better thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
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12. Illusions? (by Richard Bach)
A score for the Crow Boy! Exactly! Book and author!Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
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PS: I was just wondering if you are of Native American blood from your nickname Crow Boy? I am 1/8 Cherokee myself. http://www.websmileys.com/sm/dressed/bek127.gif
Nope.
We live in North-eastern Europe, in Estonia.
We have the nick Crow Boy because of a book called "Someplace to be Flying" It was the book of December 2005 in Book Club
Cool! There is a tribe of Native Americans called Crow, that's why I asked. Estonia, eh. Wow. I'm getting to know the world, I think on this forum! I'm in America, SW VA, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. 50 miles as the Crow flies will put you in three different states. "If the Crow has to walk", as we say around here, it'll take a little longer to reach West Virginia, but North Carolina and Tennessee are almost exactly 50 miles. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
Long shot here, but:
#4 Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
Not so long a shot, a perfect reading of the clue! Nanners: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by Eva Marina
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1.) Bridget did it, sweetheart.
2.) Principle boulevard = Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
3.) Must be The Joker’s Flat = The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
4.) A reporter gets one, a dog owner requires one = Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
5.) In my death throes As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
6.) A chamber with a vista = A Room With a View by E. M. Forester
7.) A streaker’s midday meal = Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
8.) Duh! So does the moon, big guy! = The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
9.) THAT THING! = IT by Stephen King
10.) This plant might rust = Iron Orchid by Stuart Woods or Ironweed by William Kennedy
11.) What Lord James Pomroy might be called by close friends, but not too close.
12.) Mirages = Illusions by Richard Bach
13.) The bending of the body as one reclines.
And they're off! And Ten winners!
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That's a pretty funny clue for #4!
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1.) Bridget did it, sweetheart. (Which detective calls everyone "Sweetheart" and what book does he appear in?)
11.) What Lord James Pomroy might be called by close friends, but not too close. (Being not too close they would use his title, but maybe a nickname?)
13.) The bending of the body as one reclines. (A bend is an ________. To recline is to lie in ____________.)
Do hope the hints are helpful!
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#3 The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton ?