String or nothing!
Already asked as question #7, and answered by me in post #6.
I’ve created a monster! Great to see this thread taking off so quickly and enthusiastically.
- What name does King Elessar take for his ruling house?
- What does the name mean?
- Gandalf recalls the old rhyme, “Seven stars and seven stones and ____ ____ ____.”
- What common English first name appears more often than any other (given to different individuals) in the Tolkien canon?
- Telcontar
- Strider
- one white tree
- Tom
- As the OP and the guy with the username, I’d have to say… it was never stated, at least by Tolkien, IIRC. Logically it’s Aragorn/Elessar, but the usual formulation was “Isildur’s Heir.” I’ve always liked Elendil more than Isildur, though (mostly because the numbnuts didn’t toss the Ring into the volcano when he had the chance), hence my username.
- through 79. - correct. Well done!
- I don’t think so. I’ll wait for more answers before I reveal the answer I had in mind…
Thank you again, between you and eleanorigby I am in my glory.
- What name does King Elessar take for his ruling house? TelContir
- What does the name mean? Strider
- Gandalf recalls the old rhyme, “Seven stars and seven stones and ____ ____ ____.” One White Tree?
- What common English first name appears more often than any other (given to different individuals) in the Tolkien canon? Bill or William I believe
I am still waiting for an answer to my Barrow Downs Question. Doesn’t anyone remember?
- All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
Please complete
- Who was the Mormegil?
- What does Mormegil mean?
- What branch of Hobbitry was Smeagol most likely related to?
- Name all branches of Hobbitry
- What king of Arnor did the hobbits of the shire send a group of archers to, to lend aid?
- Who was that king fighting?
- Smeagol was most related to the Stoors a small portion stayed by the Anduin when the rest crossed the Mountains
- Stoors, Fallohides and Harfoots
- the Last King of Arnor: Ardevui???
- the WitchKing of Angmar
There’s lots of versions, if you read HOMES.
The old that is strong does not wither
deep roots are untouched by the frost
From the ashes a fire shall be woken
Something Something something shall spring
Renewed shall be blade that was broken
The crownless again shall be king.
This one?
I remember something like :
Ho Tom Bombadil, harken now and hear us
Something something and our need is near us.
Woot - one that I know…
“A light from the shadows shall spring”
Strangely, the poetry is what I remember best…
- Complete:
Gil-galad was an elven king
Of him the harpers sadly sing
The last whose realm was fair and free
…
His lance was long, his sword was keen
His shining helm afar was seen
And all the stars of heaven’s field
…
But long ago he rode away
and where he dwelleth, none can say
For into darkness fell his star
…
- Who recited that poem and where?
Grim
I remember there being a “Tom Bombadil-o” in there somewhere, but that could have been any one of his other rhymes, they’re liberally sprinkled with “Bombadil-o’s”
Maybe:
Ho Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadil-o
Something something something willow
Ho Tom Bombadil, harken now and hear us
Something something and our need is near us.
Grim
True, but also, Merry and Pippin sent no strong drink along with the King’s rations: Treebeard said there would be water to drink, and that was good enough for Ents and Men alike - whereas the five had wine and beer, which was more to Legolas’s interest than pipe-weed was (he affected not to understand why they were polluting the fresh morning air).
80) Tom.
- Sam, on Weathertop; but Aragorn interrupted the story and told them one a little less dark.
- After the War, how did the Bucklanders celebrate November 2nd and why?
They were Blue, not Red.
You can toss “Incanus” in there as well. One of the names recited by Faramir.
90) What did the Shire idiom “on Friday the first” mean, and why?
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A golden ring that Bilbo found in the dark. A trifle, really, of no interest to anyone…
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Yes, I was thinking of Bill or William as the common English first name used more than any other by JRRT (William the troll in The Hobbit; Bill the pony and Bill Ferny in LOTR). I don’t think there were three Toms, were there?
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Stoors.
Some new questions:
- What was the original name of Weathertop?
- List five other names by which Aragorn was known during his lifetime.
- What did the people of Rohan call Minas Tirith?
Turin, a.k.a. that really really REALLY unlucky guy from the Silmarillion, which is really saying something. And it means “the black sword”. Because he had a black sword.
Between the mountains and the sea.
Were something mirrored in his shield?
In Mordor where the shadows are.
I am fairly sure that’s mostly right. I am surprised I even remember that much since I’m one of those readers who gloss over the poems.
I noticed someone question paternity in an earlier post, so I might as well ask 91) Who was Gil-galad’s father?
Argeleb I
(*either Arglebargle I, or somebody else…ok, that’s enough BotR references…)
correct of course but bonus points for the answer. We are scoring this Whose Line is it style aren’t we?
- What was the original name of Weathertop? Ammon Sul I think.
- What color is the arrow used by Minas Tirith to Summon Aid from Rohan?
BTW: It has mostly been done but from Memory:
Ho Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo
By Water, Wood and Hill, by Reed and Willow
By Fire, Sun and Moon, Hearken now and hear us
Come Tom Bombadil, for our need is near us.
Almost sad in a way isn’t it.
Jim