# Antidepressants or Tolkien? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349 "2020-05-23T19:55:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/1 "2020-05-23T19:55:43Z")
A fun thing: > **[Antidepressants or Tolkien character?](https://antidepressantsortolkien.vercel.app/)** It’s a quiz asking whether the given word is an antidepressant or a character from Tolkien. Can be tricky! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/2 "2020-05-23T20:23:41Z")
16/24 but i recognized some of the antidepressants from TV ads and some Tolkien names from Doper user names. ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/3 "2020-05-23T20:41:17Z")
Sheesh. Only 13 of 24. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/4 "2020-05-23T20:51:03Z")
23 out of 24! Bow to my mighty geekdom! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/5 "2020-05-23T20:52:14Z")
It is kind of surprising how many drugs have Elvish-sounding names. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/6 "2020-05-23T21:06:05Z")
I got 15/24, but I mostly guessed. I counted three Tolkien characters that I could identify (Bilbo, which was a dead giveaway, Elendil, because of our own honorable **Elendil’s Heir,** and a third one I don’t remember). I knew none of the antidepressants, though I’ve taken a few different ones in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/7 "2020-05-23T21:27:52Z")
I’m embarrassed I got only 16/24. And I’ve even read the appendixes to LOTR (although not recently.) (I thought it was a bit of a cheat that they used at least one antidepressant with an accent mark!) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/8 "2020-05-23T21:32:15Z")
I got 20 of 24. Finarfin made me laugh out loud! It sounds more like a drug than most real drugs. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/9 "2020-05-23T22:05:29Z")
_Bored of the Rings_ adds to the difficulty by bridging the categories of Tolkien and science-y brand names. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/10 "2020-05-24T02:11:29Z")
21 of 24 correct. Gotta go, time for my dose of denethor. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/11 "2020-05-24T02:20:30Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > It is kind of surprising how many drugs have Elvish-sounding names. Well, Elvish took lotsha drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/12 "2020-05-24T02:53:48Z")
The one person I think could ace this is **Qadgop**.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/13 "2020-05-24T02:54:46Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > 23 out of 24! Me too. And now I am feeling pretty damn lucky, not so much for getting a high score but rather for never having had to acquire any significant familiarity with names of antidepressants. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/14 "2020-05-24T04:05:44Z")
Too depressed to click. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/15 "2020-05-24T04:08:42Z")
21 of 24! ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/16 "2020-05-24T04:18:19Z")
1. That is far more difficult than I would have ever believed. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/17 "2020-05-24T05:12:16Z")
12/24 And I’ve only read the trilogy once (\*The Hobbit \* several times), and find the movies great to fall asleep to. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/18 "2020-05-24T06:28:04Z")
19 right. I’m not at all into Elvishness or drug brand names. I mostly guessed. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/19 "2020-05-24T08:15:17Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Well, Elvish took lotsha drugs. This gave me an enormous case of the giggles. ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/20 "2020-05-24T09:55:31Z")
22 out of 24. I mistook one character for a drug, and one vice-versa. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349.md?page=2)