draw a blank

verb2

1. •
   To be unable to recall a required piece of information.

   • I should know that person's name, but I'm drawing a blank.
2. •
   To fail; not to find anything; to produce no successful response.

   • "Oh," she replied, "when I came to think of it, I saw, that you were right. I thought, 'twas quite likely it [the lottery ticket] would draw a blank.[…]" — 1856