# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/41 "2020-05-26T11:47:54Z")
> [@susan](#): > > _Bored of the Rings_ adds to the difficulty by bridging the categories of Tolkien and science-y brand names. Only 15 out of 24! I think I need some of Tim Benzedrine’s stash right now. _Hash! Boo! Valvoline!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/42 "2020-05-26T12:02:11Z")
23 out of 24. Basically I clicked on whatever Tolkien names I recognized, the others I figured were drugs. I wonder who names those things. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/43 "2020-05-26T12:54:41Z")
15/24, and I literally finished reading LOTR the day before I took it. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/44 "2020-05-26T14:33:20Z")
21/24. Huge Tolkien nerd, though apparently not so good on obscure Gondorian/Numernorian kings. (And I stared at “Nardil” for like thirty seconds before shrugging and taking a random guess). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/45 "2020-05-28T03:47:19Z")
> [@Sangahyando](#): > > 22 out of 24. I mistook one character for a drug, and one vice-versa. Me, too, on both counts. Fun quiz! ---
**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/46 "2020-05-31T03:53:07Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > 23 out of 24! > > Bow to my mighty geekdom! Also 23 out of 24! Kiss my delicate elven foot! 😃 Let me guess - did the last one get you too? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/47 "2020-05-31T04:01:46Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > 23 out of 24! > > Bow to my mighty geekdom! um, was that identifying tolkein or drugs? \ ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/48 "2020-05-31T13:58:42Z")
There was one drug that I thought was a Numenorean. But it wasn’t the one with the diacritic. (Although that one almost fooled me.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349.md?page=2)