# Lord of the Rings Mafia **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 10, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867 "2010-08-10T19:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 133
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2641 "2010-09-16T15:34:42Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > \*\*As the Alliance of Light separated to sleep, a very distinct and unusual feeling began to fill the air. > > Something important was happening. Something powerful and bold…and perhaps terrible. > > The earth began to shake and the very air seemed to vibrate. A loud, cracking noise erupted around them. > > Then, in the distance, a terrible, terrible scream was heard. > > And then silence. > > The Alliance of Light returned to sleep, unsure of what had just happened.\*\* I hope that wasn’t Sauron violating a hobbit… ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2642 "2010-09-16T15:35:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > \*\*As the Alliance of Light separated to sleep, a very distinct and unusual feeling began to fill the air. > > Something important was happening. Something powerful and bold…and perhaps terrible. > > The earth began to shake and the very air seemed to vibrate. A loud, cracking noise erupted around them. > > Then, in the distance, a terrible, terrible scream was heard. > > And then silence. > > The Alliance of Light returned to sleep, unsure of what had just happened.\*\* how come this makes it feel like **cucuy** just bought it? **mod question: care to expound a wee bit?** ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2643 "2010-09-16T15:35:53Z")
Here’s something to keep you busy during the Night. [LOTR Quiz](http://www.sporcle.com/games/hilasterion/LOTRnametoname). ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2644 "2010-09-16T15:38:07Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > I hope that wasn’t Sauron violating a hobbit… well that would be better than violating a man of gondor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2645 "2010-09-16T15:44:22Z")
Rock on! But nuts about **Mahaloth** ’s last, too - now I’m all nervous. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2646 "2010-09-16T15:49:55Z")
it’s Night so i will fluff. does anyone at all have experience with this particular product? [http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/squeez-bacon.html?cpg=cj&ref&CJURL](http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/squeez-bacon.html?cpg=cj&ref&CJURL) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2647 "2010-09-16T15:49:56Z")
1. I’m not saying anything further unless the rules require it. 2. No strategy discussion at Night. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2648 "2010-09-16T15:51:21Z")
> [@peekercpa](#): > > it’s Night so i will fluff. > > does anyone at all have experience with this particular product? > > [http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/squeez-bacon.html?cpg=cj&ref&CJURL](http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/squeez-bacon.html?cpg=cj&ref&CJURL) Great, another product I must have. I have several bottles of Bacon Salt still, too. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2649 "2010-09-16T15:51:35Z")
i mean seriously, a shelf life of twelve years. :eek: crap even big red doesn’t last that long. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2650 "2010-09-16T15:52:10Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > Mahaloth is a tease! Seconded! (But in a good way…) ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2651 "2010-09-16T16:17:03Z")
I dunno…“As healthy as real bacon” isn’t a really ringing endorsement. I mean, I love bacon as much as the next gal, but I don’t know if it can really be classified as “healthy.” Squeeze bacon doesn’t really grab my hot button, honestly. And it’s from Sweden - look at what they do to cod, for the love of Mike! I’m not convinced that the land of lutefisk will get a bacon condiment right. ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2652 "2010-09-16T16:24:19Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > Here’s something to keep you busy during the Night. > > [LOTR Quiz](http://www.sporcle.com/games/hilasterion/LOTRnametoname). Thanks. Interesting. Some answers were easy, some… not so. Geography seems particularly challenging, going by the percentage of correct answers given each question. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2653 "2010-09-16T16:56:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Will any moderatorial action be taken with respect to the absent cucuy?** No comment. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2654 "2010-09-16T17:49:24Z")
Excellent! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2655 "2010-09-16T17:52:38Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Excellent! Why do you think it’s excellent that Mahaloth is not going to comment? Hmmm… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2656 "2010-09-16T18:20:46Z")
> [@Doctor\_Who](#): > > > [@USCDiver](#): > > > > Excellent! > > Why do you think it’s excellent that Mahaloth is not going to comment? Hmmm… 😛 rut roh. i was thinking the exact same thing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2657 "2010-09-16T18:46:59Z")
Suck it, Trebek! ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2658 "2010-09-16T19:33:50Z")
Here are a couple more challenging ones: [Top 50 Characters](http://www.sporcle.com/games/dolebanana/alllotr) (think it includes the appendices). [Country Quiz: Mordor](http://www.sporcle.com/games/Nightcrawler/mordorquiz) ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2659 "2010-09-16T19:49:04Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > Here are a couple more challenging ones: > > [Top 50 Characters](http://www.sporcle.com/games/dolebanana/alllotr) (think it includes the appendices). And The Hobbit. I scored 35 because I missed a hyphen.It’s Witch-King > [@](#): > > [Country Quiz: Mordor](http://www.sporcle.com/games/Nightcrawler/mordorquiz) I don’t agree with the alternate entrance.It’s Morgul Vale. Cirith Gorgor is a side-trail off Morgul Vale. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/2660 "2010-09-16T19:57:33Z")
I think there’s some omissions in the character-list quiz-- I’m sure that Elbereth is mentioned more than that, for instance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867.md?page=132) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867.md?page=134)