# Tolkien trivia contest **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963 "2006-04-09T15:31:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/381 "2006-04-18T20:14:22Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It does do that, but that’s not exactly a healing quality. There’s something else I’m looking for. > > **5 time champ** , don’t feel bad. My brain kept on going back to West-Man’s Weed, too, in trying to remember the other name. So the other term for athelas is not sweet galenas? > [@](#): > > 1. Even in the hands of a non-king, athelas had one healing quality. What was it? Common folk use an infusion of the herb for headaches. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/382 "2006-04-18T20:20:56Z")
And while we are grinding athelas into a figurative pulp. . . 183. What was it called in the Numenorean tongue? ---
**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:** [April 19, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/383 "2006-04-19T01:58:25Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > 1. Burrahobbit. > > 2. Glamring owned by Turgil King of Gondolin > > 3. Branduin to Brandywine. > > 4. Please describe Bilbo’s “Hole in the Ground” > > 5. Please describe his door. 1. Correct. 2. Sorry… just one out of three correct. Anyone else? 3. Correct. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/384 "2006-04-19T02:09:54Z")
A slight tangent. From _Publishers Weekly_’s recap of the plot of Walter Mosley’s new book, _Fortunate Son_: “White Los Angeles heart surgeon Minas Nolan, a very recent widower, meets African-American flower-shop employee Branwyn Beerman when her son Thomas is born prematurely with a hole in his lung, and without a father in his life.” Minas makes me think of Minas Tirith (Gondor); Branwyn sounds like a very Rohanesque name to me. Wonder if Mosley is a Tolkien fan? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/385 "2006-04-19T02:10:53Z")
> [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > 1. Sorry… just one out of three correct. Anyone else? Glamdring, owned by Turgon, king of Gondolin (and High King of the Noldor in Middle-Earth) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/386 "2006-04-19T02:12:32Z")
> [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > > [@What Exit?](#): > > > > 1. Glamring owned by Turgil King of Gondolin > > 1. Correct. > 2. Sorry… just one out of three correct. Anyone else? > 3. Correct. OK, I misspelled the name of the sword in my haste. Glamdring, I am sure of the King of Gondolin part, so the king’s name was Turgon right? :smack: 😃 I don’t think there was a King Turgil except in a D&D Game I ran. Jim ---
**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:** [April 19, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/387 "2006-04-19T03:17:31Z")
> [@](#): > > So the other term for athelas is not sweet galenas? So far as I can remember, “sweet galenas” is correct. I just meant, don’t feel bad about accidentally naming Westman’s Weed instead, since I almost made the same mistake. > [@](#): > > Common folk use an infusion of the herb for headaches. Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/388 "2006-04-19T03:23:15Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Who was called “wise woman of Gondor”? Ioreth, I think. > [@](#): > > 1. This prominent river in the Shire’s name was corrupted by the hobbits from \_\_\_\_ to \_\_\_\_. > > 2. Branduin to Brandywine. Actually Baranduin. 1. Who was the last man born in Numenor? 2. The ropes the Elves of Lothlorien gave to the Fellowship were made out of what material? 3. Who was the first person Tuor and Voronwe met when the reached the borders of Gondolin? (The whole valley, not just the city.) 4. Who wrote the Red Book of Westmarch? 5. Who said “Oh no, not another fucking elf!” when Tolkien read his work to the Inklings? Galenas is actually the Sindarin word for pipeweed, not athelas. I don’t remember the other name for athelas, so I just looked it up. ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/389 "2006-04-19T03:29:59Z")
Oh, I know I’ve been asking more questions than I’ve been answering but not everyone who answers asks a question. I also like making up the questions. I hope no one minds. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/390 "2006-04-19T03:40:21Z")
> [@Arien](#): > > Oh, I know I’ve been asking more questions than I’ve been answering but not everyone who answers asks a question. I also like making up the questions. I hope no one minds. Go right ahead, let’s keep the thread going. I think we are still getting some interesting questions. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/391 "2006-04-19T03:51:07Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Who was the last man born in Numenor? Anorien, son of Elendil > [@](#): > > 1. The ropes the Elves of Lothlorien gave to the Fellowship were made out of what material? hithlum > [@](#): > > 1. Who wrote the Red Book of Westmarch? Bilbo, Frodo, Sam, and didn’t Sam’s grandson Elfstan Fairbairn preserve it? ---
**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:** [April 19, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/392 "2006-04-19T05:00:21Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [170.] Glamdring, owned by Turgon, king of Gondolin (and High King of the Noldor in Middle-Earth) Correctamundo! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/393 "2006-04-19T09:32:28Z")
> [@5 time champ](#): > > And while we are grinding athelas into a figurative pulp. . . > 183. What was it called in the Numenorean tongue? _asea anarion_ as near as I can remember the spelling. There’s an umlaut in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/394 "2006-04-19T11:02:31Z")
1. What lit the sky when Feanor reached Middle Earth? 2. How many days later did Fingolfin arrive? 3. How long was the siege of Angbang? 4. Who forged Turin’s black sword? 5. What happened to the sword maker? 6. What is the name of the north western island in the 2nd and 3rd Age? 7. What son of Feanor would have been associated with it? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/395 "2006-04-19T11:10:37Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > 1. What lit the sky when Feanor reached Middle Earth? > 2. Who forged Turin’s black sword? > 3. What happened to the sword maker? 1. The sun 2. Eol (?) 3. He was killed by Turgon’s guards when he attempted to murder his half-Noldor son in the king’s court. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/396 "2006-04-19T11:13:22Z")
1. Himling 2. Maedhros (it was originally the hills in Beleriand on which Maedhros’s fortress stood) ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/397 "2006-04-19T13:17:11Z")
Nice one with Himling being the old hill Himring! 170 and 174 are still open though. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/398 "2006-04-19T13:40:04Z")
Okay, I was confused with which one rose when which Noldo stepped foot on M-E… 1. The Moon 2. It was Eol and you just want more detail then? He was thrown from the top of the mesa on which Gondolin sat. ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/399 "2006-04-19T14:17:32Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. How long was the siege of Angbang? I know it ended in 455 of the First Age but I don’t recall when it started… > [@5timechamp](#): > > 1. Who was the last man born in Numenor? > > Anorien, son of Elendil > > 1. The ropes the Elves of Lothlorien gave to the Fellowship were made out of what material? > > hithlum These are both almost right. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/400 "2006-04-19T16:56:05Z")
> [@](#): > > **ArienOriginally Posted by 5timechamp** > 184. Who was the last man born in Numenor? > > Anorien, son of Elendil > > 1. The ropes the Elves of Lothlorien gave to the Fellowship were made out of what material? > > hithlum > These are both almost right. Hmm- something tells me I am conflating the younger son of Elendil the Tall: Anarion \ with a province of Gondor: Anorien. I don’t remember how to correctly spell either of them however. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963.md?page=21)