# 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:** 25
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/481 "2006-04-28T14:53:42Z")
I think the longest thread ever was the wonderful “What if someone else had written the Lord of the Rings” thread. I think its archived around here somehwere. It’s what brought me to the SDMB, and is Tolkien related to that was a trivia question for this thread too! ---
**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 28, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/482 "2006-04-28T20:46:12Z")
1. Where does one go to hunt the kine of Araw? Rhun? 2. Name the Vala named in The Silmarillion: 3. Where was Tolkien Born? 4. What Year was he Born? 5. What was his first job after WWI? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/483 "2006-04-28T20:54:37Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > 1. Wasn’t it Erendis? And didn’t she tell her daughter not to trust men? It was Erendis, and she did teach her daughter not to trust men, but I was going more for the advice that women fight in their own way, that they are just as strong as the men of Numenor and just as stubborn. That Ancalime should “set her roots into the rock and face the wind, though it blow away all her leaves”, which is as close to a direct quote as I can remember without paging back. And Eregion (answering my own bonus question) is also the name of a character in the expansion to the sequel of Ultima 7. So he’s in Serpent Isle, specifically Silver Seed, though I think he shows up whether you install the expansion or not. He comes from another world, which is proven to sadly not be Middle Earth. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/484 "2006-04-28T20:59:56Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > 1. Where was Tolkien Born? Bloemfontein, South Africa. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/485 "2006-04-28T21:06:57Z")
And because I can… 1. Where did Aragorn and his zombie army camp on their way to Pelargir? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/486 "2006-04-28T21:19:42Z")
> [@Little Plastic Ninja](#): > > And because I can… > > 1. Where did Aragorn and his zombie army camp on their way to Pelargir? This might be a little too esoteric. Specifically I’m looking for the name of the place where the road from Erech goes east. There’s a ford over a river there, and a hill, and there’s a town there. I’m looking for the name of the town. Also, for fun and because I really DO know this… 1. What fiefdom of Gondor is this in, and what is the name of its lord at the time of the War? ---
**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 29, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/487 "2006-04-29T00:27:14Z")
> [@Little Plastic Ninja](#): > > Also, for fun and because I really DO know this… > > 1. What fiefdom of Gondor is this in, and what is the name of its lord at the time of the War? Angbor the Fearless was the leader of the southern fiefdom of Lamedon ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/488 "2006-04-29T18:02:30Z")
Answered 1. What is the name of the land where Men awoke? Hildorien (Arien) 2. Prophecies: a. Who correctly foretold the passing of the Witch-King? Glorfindel (Qadgop the Mercotan) b. After which Battle was said foretelling? The battle of Carn Dum? (Qadgop the Mercotan) c. Who named the last King of the North Kingdom? Malbeth the Seer (Qadgop the Mercotan) d. Why was this done? He’d either be the king of a far greater realm, or no king at all (Qadgop the Mercotan) e. These two met, though all the hosts of Mordor lay between them? Aragorn and Eomer (Qadgop the Mercotan) 1. How much Noldorin blood does Galadriel have? 1/4. Her mother is Telerin and her father is half-Noldorin and half-Vanyarin. (Arien) 2. What characters have come back from the dead in Tolkien’s works? Gandalf the Grey, Beren One-Hand (5 time champ) Luthien Tinuviel, Glorfindel (jayjay) Also arguably Sauron and all of the Ringwraiths, and probably a great deal more unspecified Elves (Feänor is regarded as notable, in that he hasn’t yet come back), and Durin the Deathless. (Chronos) Finrod, who is the only other elf besides Glorfindel who’s reembodiment after death has been mentioned. (Arien) 3. Name as many names of the Sons of Feanor as you can. Maehdros, Maglor, Celegorm, Curufin, Caranthir, Amrod, Amras, Maedros, Cranthir, Damrod, Diriel, Damras, Kelegorm, Kranthir (Qadgop the Mercotan) 4. What was Frodo’s mithril shirt worth? Greater than the entire value of the Shire (5 time champ) …And everything in it (NoCoolUserName) 5. What were the Mearas? Name one. Fathers of Horses, their chieftain at the time of the War of the Ring was Shadowfax (5 time champ) Eorl the Young’s Horse was Felarof and a Mearas (What Exit?) 6. Who, as part of his/her dialogue, says the words of the title in the movie “The Fellowship of the Ring”? Elrond (jsc1953) 7. What was Gil-Galad’s favorite weapon (“personal” name and type)? A spear named Aiglos, which none could withstand. (5 time champ) 8. What did the weapon’s name mean? Snow-point (5 time champ) 9. What was Gil-Galad’s real name? He had a title or honorific of Erinion I think. (What Exit?) His father name was Artanáro, his mother namewas Gil-Galad, meaning “Radiant Star”, and his title was Ereinion, meaning “offspring of kings”. (Qadgop the Mercotan) 10. Whose son was he per the ‘canon’? Son Odereth or Orodreth son of Angrod son of Finarfin youngest son of Finwe who was of course Son of none. (What Exit?) Son of Fingon in Sil, it gets complicated after that. Son of Orodreth, who in some versions was the son of Finarfin, but in others the son of Angrod. (Qadgop the Mercotan) 11. Who was Earwen? Earwen was Galadriel’s mom. I have no idea what her name means. She was the daughter of Olwë, and thus the niece of Elu Thingol. (Qadgop the Mercotan) 12. What does her name mean? (Might help is I give her name as Eär wen. Both pieces of her name are fairly common.) Eärwen means sea-maiden. (Arien) 13. Who’s Dior? (Hint, not a fashion designer…) Son of Beren and Luthien(and Elrond’s grandfather) (dogbutler) 14. What was the name of the refuge in Ithilien where Faramir took Frodo and Sam and what does the name mean? Henneth Annun, Window on the West (jayjay) 15. Where does one go to hunt the kine of Araw? Rhun? (What Exit?) 16. Where was Tolkien Born? Bloemfontein, South Africa. (jsc1953) 17. What fiefdom of Gondor is this in, and what is the name of its lord at the time of the War? Angbor the Fearless was the leader of the southern fiefdom of Lamedon (5 time champ) Unanswered 1. Name the Three Remarkable Daughters of the Old Took Belladonna Took (What Exit?) Estella Bolger (5 time champ) [one more to go!] 2. Who spoke very poor English, and not even dog-Latin? 3. What first name did JRRT originally give to Turin’s father? 4. How many days later did Fingolfin arrive? 5. 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… (Arien) 6. What shape did Gandalf make with his smoke rings at the beginning of the Hobbit that particularly impressed Bilbo? 7. Who was the victorius general in the Battle of Camp? 8. What is the ratio of years of the trees to years of the sun? 9. Who, as part of his/her dialogue, says the words of the title in the movie “The Two Towers”? 10. Who, as part of his/her dialogue, says the words of the title in the movie “The Return of the King”? 11. Whose son was he [Gil-Galad] per other JRRT writings? Is the answer to 242 correct? 1. Name the Vala named in The Silmarillion: 2. What Year was he Born? 3. What was his first job after WWI? 4. Where did Aragorn and his zombie army camp on their way to Pelargir? (Specifically I’m looking for the name of the place where the road from Erech goes east. There’s a ford over a river there, and a hill, and there’s a town there. I’m looking for the name of the town.) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/489 "2006-04-30T04:53:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Is the answer to 242 correct? Yes it is. 1. Was also answered: Orodreth. 2. Vala in Sil: 3. Melkor 4. Manwë 5. Varda 6. Oromë 7. Ulmo 8. Aulë 9. Nienna 10. Nessa 11. Yavanna 12. Mandos (Namo) 13. Lorien (Irmo) 14. Vairë 15. Vana 16. Tulkas 17. Estë Yes, that was from memory! 15) was the hardest! 1. Ringlo? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/490 "2006-05-01T03:07:08Z")
1. Who wielded Grond, Hammer of the Underworld? 2. Forlong the Fat was Lord of? 3. What publishing company printed, what Tolkein felt was, unauthorized editions of LotR? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/491 "2006-05-01T12:33:05Z")
1. Morgoth 2. Lord of Lossarnach 3. Ace paperbacks ---
**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:** [May 1, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/492 "2006-05-01T13:16:10Z")
**5 time champ** 251. What publishing company printed, what Tolkein felt was, unauthorized editions of LotR? \*\*Qadgop the Mercotan \*\* 251. Ace paperbacks BTW: I have a set of these I picked up used. ---
**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 1, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/493 "2006-05-01T13:21:40Z")
OK, I’ll answer 'em myself: 1. Who, as part of his/her dialogue, says the words of the title in the movie “The Two Towers”? Saruman, in V.O. narration. 2. Who, as part of his/her dialogue, says the words of the title in the movie “The Return of the King”? Gandalf, to Denethor. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/494 "2006-05-01T14:05:46Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > 1. Ringlo? Not quite. The river I’m speaking of meets the Ringlo after it flows through this ford. I’m looking for the name of the township there. It _is_ in Lamedon, with Angbor the Fearless (IIRC; at least I know it was Angbor) running it. Have I possibly come up with a question that QtM cannot answer? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/495 "2006-05-01T14:07:57Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > **5 time champ** 251. What publishing company printed, what Tolkein felt was, unauthorized editions of LotR? > \*\*Qadgop the Mercotan \*\* 251. Ace paperbacks > > BTW: I have a set of these I picked up used. Are these the ones with the… oh, how can I describe them. My mother had a set of Tolkien paperbacks, the ones I first read the series with. They had all sorts of wild creatures on them in various seventies-vibrant colors; they looked something like paper cut-outs. Upon Googling, no, apparently not. Ah well. ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/496 "2006-05-02T01:42:48Z")
1. What were the names of the Two Lamps that originally lit the world? 2. How old was Faramir when he died? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/497 "2006-05-02T01:49:04Z")
> [@Arien](#): > > 1. What were the names of the Two Lamps that originally lit the world? 1. Illuin and Ormal ---
**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:** [May 2, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/498 "2006-05-02T01:55:19Z")
> [@Little Plastic Ninja](#): > > Are these the ones with the… oh, how can I describe them. My mother had a set of Tolkien paperbacks, the ones I first read the series with. They had all sorts of wild creatures on them in various seventies-vibrant colors; they looked something like paper cut-outs. > > Upon Googling, no, apparently not. Ah well. FotR: [http://people.uncw.edu/smithms/Ace%20singles/sA-series/sA-004.jpg](http://people.uncw.edu/smithms/Ace%20singles/sA-series/sA-004.jpg) TT: [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://users.telerama.com/~taliesen/tolkien/oop/ace\_tower.jpg&imgrefurl=http://users.telerama.com/~taliesen/tolkien/oop-lotr.html&h=522&w=301&sz=70&tbnid=braydCKi8wQOZM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=74&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3DTwo%2BTowers%2BAce%2B%26svnum%3D100%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://users.telerama.com/~taliesen/tolkien/oop/ace_tower.jpg&imgrefurl=http://users.telerama.com/~taliesen/tolkien/oop-lotr.html&h=522&w=301&sz=70&tbnid=braydCKi8wQOZM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=74&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3DTwo%2BTowers%2BAce%2B%26svnum%3D100%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff) RotK: [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://users.telerama.com/~taliesen/tolkien/oop/ace\_tower.jpg&imgrefurl=http://users.telerama.com/~taliesen/tolkien/oop-lotr.html&h=522&w=301&sz=70&tbnid=braydCKi8wQOZM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=74&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3DTwo%2BTowers%2BAce%2B%26svnum%3D100%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://users.telerama.com/~taliesen/tolkien/oop/ace_tower.jpg&imgrefurl=http://users.telerama.com/~taliesen/tolkien/oop-lotr.html&h=522&w=301&sz=70&tbnid=braydCKi8wQOZM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=74&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3DTwo%2BTowers%2BAce%2B%26svnum%3D100%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff) Poor quality paper, bounding and Artwork. But I am happy to have these little physical pieces of trivia. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/499 "2006-05-02T02:07:39Z")
> [@Little Plastic Ninja](#): > > Not quite. The river I’m speaking of meets the Ringlo after it flows through this ford. I’m looking for the name of the township there. > > It _is_ in Lamedon, with Angbor the Fearless (IIRC; at least I know it was Angbor) running it. > > Have I possibly come up with a question that QtM cannot answer? :eek: Not without my maps, I can’t answer it. I love my ME maps, but I haven’t been able to absorb all the details! Map-inspired question! 254) Where was Hanstovanen? 255) What ship sailed there and for what purpose? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-trivia-contest/351963/500 "2006-05-02T20:03:20Z")
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