Tolkien trivia contest

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  1. Red.
  2. How many hobbits came home at the end of the War with stuff that had come from a dragon’s hoard?

(And come on, I’ve got a couple of other hobbit questions whimpering away up there.)

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Mostly right - the second one should be “Were mirrored in his silver shield”

Sam is right, but I thought it was earlier than that (although not by much) - I will have to check. My memory is enhanced by the BBC Radio play version of LOTR which - although more faithful than PJ’s version - did deviate from time to time…

Grim

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Red. Did I get bonus points too?

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Sorry Malacandra already answered that one correctly.
We need someone to pour through the thread and determine which Questions still await answers. Any Takers? :wink:

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I remembered that part this morning and came in to post it but I should have known someone else would have added to it by now and I see What Exit? posted the whole thing, too. I actually thought “Ho Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadil-o” was in there when I posted last night but I couldn’t remember how it fit so I left it out.
A little personal trivia, my boyfriend’s initials are the same as Tom’s and his name sounds very similar so I usually say this line alot “Ho Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadil-o” but with his name.

I believe Frodo and his crew stopped at the place where some of the spoils had been stashed on their way back home and brought some back wih them. Since Frodo is a nice guy I am sure he shared it with Sam, Merry and Pippin so with Bilbo being the first to return with dragon hoard, that would be five hobbits.

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Shucks, you wrecked my question: What character appears in both LotR and Sesame Street?

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The Shire-calendar was fixed from year to year, through a fudging of the days of the week. Since it so happened that by this calendar no month starts on a Friday, the expression “on Friday the first” meant “never”, roughly comparable to our “On February 30th”.

As for common names, Bombadil, Farmer Cotton, and Farmer Maggot are all named “Tom”. But I think that among Hobbits, it’s short for something other than “Thomas”.

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Tolman. Farmer Cotton’s full name is Tolman Cotton.

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Nyetski. You’re mixing that up with The Hobbit, where Bilbo and Gandalf stop off on the way home to pick up some of the troll’s loot that they’d hidden away. The crew weren’t collecting spoils on this trip. One item they had that had previously come from a dragon’s hoard was, of course, Frodo’s (formerly Bilbo’s) mithril shirt. The other, that they picked up on the way, was the horn that Eowyn gave to Merry. So the answer is: two hobbits.
Anyone for question 89 now? :wink:

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Sorry, my request for bonus points was based on the “String or nothing” answer above. :wink:

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  1. What was the name of the dragon from whose hoard that horn came?
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Oh, in that case, yes take some bonus points :smiley:
Just to remind people: **Mal ** you stumped me, I would have to look it up.
89) After the War, how did the Bucklanders celebrate November 2nd and why?

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To 96, the only other dragon whose name I recall seeing mentioned was Ancalagon the Black, but that was long enough ago that I wouldn’t expect any of his old trinkets to still be kicking around.

Question number 97: Whose shin ought to be lying in a graveyard? (well, OK, there’s technically a lot of right answers to this, but one that’s righter than the others)

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My Nuncle Tim?

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  1. How was Cirdan the Shipwright unique among Elves?
    He had a beard (Fabulous Creature)
    (Special credit to astro for: He still used wood instead of fiberglass)

  2. What was Aragorn’s sword called before its reforging?
    Narsil (Ludovic)

  3. What was it called after it was reforged?
    Anduril (Ludovic)

  4. The wine over-enjoyed by the Elves in “The Hobbit” was from where?
    Dorwinion (Ludovic)

  5. Whose giant statues did the Fellowship pass between on the river?
    Isildur & Anarion (Fabulous Creature)

  6. Name at least 3 names for the place where Saruman lived.
    Isengard, Nan Curinir, the Wizard’s Vale (Elendil’s Heir)

  7. Name at least 3 names for the Wizard who is part of the Fellowship.
    Gandalf, Mithrandir, Olorin, Tharkun, Stormcrow, the Grey Pilgrim (Elendil’s Heir)

  8. What geographical region is also a geographical region in Star Wars?
    Endor (Quartz)

  9. Which two Vala were most sympathetic to Melko?
    Makar and Measse (Chronos)

  10. Who was Gwerlum?
    The Spider of Darkness, later known as Ungoliant. (Chronos)

  11. Why did Trotter wear wooden shoes?
    He lost his real Hobbit feet of course. (What Exit?)

  12. Name all five wizards (Maia) sent to Middle-Earth.
    Gandalf the Grey/White, Saruman the White/of Many Colors/of Bupkiss, Radagast the Brown, and Alatar and Pallando the Red Wizards.
    (smiling bandit)
    [corrected to “blue, not red” by lee]

  13. Outside of Cirdan, who was the oldest elf known to have appeared in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
    Galadriel (What Exit?)

  14. In a war against what country/region did Denethor and Aragorn meet?
    In was in Umbar fighting Black numenoreans while Ecthalion was still the Ruling Steward. (What Exit?)

12/13 (numbering screwed up). Which Vala sponsored which Istar?
Sauraman was sponsored by Aule, Gandalf by Manwe himself, Radagast by Yavanna (What Exit?)

  1. Who were the leaders of the company of 500 archers from the Blackroot Vale went to the aid of Minas Tirith during the War of the Ring?
    Duilin (Qadgop the Mercotan) [but apparently there are 2 more]

  2. what was another name for Blackroot Vale ?
    Morthond (Qadgop the Mercotan)

(unnumbered) Now how’d he lose his feet? (meaning Trotter)
I have a vague memory of it being Wolf related. (What Exit?)

  1. What are the only two sports mentioned in The Hobbit?
    Golf, Archery, Sport hunting, Quoits, Dart-throwing, Shooting at the wand, Bowls, Ninepins and other quiet games of the aiming and throwing sort, Rock-throwing (by the stone giants)
    (too many answers from too many people to give credit)
    “picked up and kicked sky high for a football” or something similar? That would imply that soccer or a variant was known.

  2. What does “Baruk” mean, and in what language?
    Axes, Dwarvish (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  3. What did Bilbo give to Lobelia Sackville-Baggins on the occasion of his eleventy-first birthday?
    An invitation to his party. He also gave her offense, as she left in a huff. (Qadgop the Mercotan gets cleverness points)
    The rest of the silver spoons (What Exit?)

  4. Why the hell did the dwarves allow the Elves to carve the word “Moria”- black pit- on the doors to their beautiful stronghold of Khazad-Dum, some 300 years before the Balrog and orcs drove them out and caused that name to be commonly ascribed to what had, up until then, been known also as the Dwarrodelf and the Glittering Hall?
    It was a little Elven Humor. Those Elves were quite the sly jokers. The Dwarves never caught onto the meaning of Moria back then. They were convinced it was meant something good. (What Exit?)
    A simple error in translating the ancient copy of the Red Book (What Exit?)
    I have a theory about this. I believe that ‘Moria’ originally had more pleasant connotations : something like ‘shaded shelter’. However, after the Doors were Shut and Khazad-Dum was now a place of evil, the words acquired more nasty associations, until by the late 3rd age, the best translation was ‘black pit’. (Quercus)

  5. What was the name of the #2 Ringwraith?
    Khamul (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  6. Name 2 petty Dwarves
    Mim and Khim (and Ibun) (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  7. How many children did Aragon & Arwen have?
    At least 3, 1 son and “daughters”. (Qadgop the Mercotan)
    One son, Eldarion, and “many daughters” (Arien)

[number discontinuity]

  1. What was the color of Thorin Oakenshield’s hood in the Hobbit and what else was special about it?
    It was sky-blue, and it had a silver tassel. (bmoak)

  2. Who was the first elf to love a mortal?

  3. What was Celeborn’s, rather humorous to us, name in Quenya?
    Teleporno (kellner)
    [/number disco]

  4. Who was Cirdan’s representative at the Council of Rivendell?
    Galdor (Arien)

  5. Who slew Gothmog, Captain of the Balrogs?
    Ecthalion (What Exit?)

  6. How many Silmarils were made and what happened to each (just the final resting place so to speak)?
    3 Silmarils: One is on Earendil’s ship lighting the night sky as a bright star. One was lost in the sea and one was lost in a Volcano. (What Exit?)

  7. What is the name of Ghan-buri-Ghan’s people?
    Druadain (What Exit?)
    the Woses (BadBadger)

  8. Where is Boromir killed?

  9. What title is bestowed upon Faramir after the War of the Ring?
    Prince of Ithilien (What Exit?)

  10. Where was Boromir and Faramir’s mother from?
    Dol Amroth (What Exit?)

  11. Name Bilbo’s Parents
    Belladonna Took and Bungo Baggins (Humble Servant)

  12. Name Frodo’s Parents
    Drogo (Humble Servant)

  13. Name Eleanor Fairbairn’s Parents
    Sam Gamgee and Rosie Cotton (Humble Servant)

  14. Who was Arien?
    Maia of the Sun (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  15. What did Hurin cry out every time he slew another orc at Nirnaeth Arnoediad? (English and Elvish, please!)
    Day shall return (What Exit?)
    Aure entulieva (Arien) [corrected to Aure entuluva by QtM]

  16. How many times did Hurin cry this phrase?
    70 strikes for 70 Trolls while waiting for the Sun to rise again.

[number discontinuity]
35. Who was Barrelrider?
Bilbo Baggins (What Exit?)

  1. Name the Three Remarkable Daughters of the Old Took
    Belladonna Took (What Exit?)

  2. Why are the Tooks not as respectable as the Baggins? (not a trick question)
    They had adventures. (What Exit?)

  3. What’s the relationship of Galadriel to Elrond?

Mother-In-Law and a distant Cousin many times removed. (What Exit?)
[/number disco]

  1. Do Balrogs have wings? (snerk…heehee)
    We need to flog you with a Balrog’s whip. (What Exit?)

  2. What were the cruel runes written on the Ballhog’s chest?
    Villanova (Chronos)

  3. Who was Tom’s Mother-In-Law?
    The Riverwoman (jayjay)

  4. Who was Tom’s primary contact in the Shire?
    Farmer Maggot (jayjay)

  5. How was Middle-Earth Created?
    The song of Eru and the Ainur (jayjay)

  6. Who once killed a Dunlending with a single punch?
    Helm Hammerhand (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  7. Where was Frodo’s new house (after he moved out of Bag End)?
    Buckland (jayjay)
    Crickhollow (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  8. Who arrived at Frodo’s new house first (and was waiting when Frodo and friends arrived)?
    Fatty Bolger (jayjay)

  9. What is the rocky island in the Anduin near Beorn’s house called?
    Carrock (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  10. Which War-of-the-Ring-era Gondorian noble was said to be part elf?
    Imrahil (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  11. What is the Sindarin name for the inland delta where the Entwash met the Anduin?
    Nindalf (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  12. What was the Westron name for the same area?
    Wetwang (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  13. What term did JRRT use for the language of Rohan?
    “tongue of Rohan” or Rohanese (Qadgop the Mercotan answering his own question)

  14. What term did JRRT not use for the language of Rohan?
    Spanish (Monstre) [correct but not the right answer]
    Rohirric (jayjay)

[YAND]
50. What was the name of the Lake that was the old capitol of Arnor?
Annuminas (Qadgop the Mercotan) Evendim! Evendum? Something like that!!
Lake Nenuial (Arien)

  1. What was Aragron’s Mothers name?
    Gilraen (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  2. What was his nickname as a youth?
    Estel (Qadgop the Mercotan)

What does Bagronk mean, and in what language?
[/YAND]

  1. What was a tark?
    Black speech for an edain, or man of the west (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  2. What was Morgoth’s Ring?
    The World, itself. Into it he poured his malice, just as Sauron poured his into the Ash Nahz Gimbatul. (Chronos)

  3. Name the Mountain that contains the major Goblin/Orc Kingdom in the North of the Misty Mountains where the meet the Grey Mountains.
    Gundabad (BadBadger)

  4. What is the Elvish name of the Grey Mountains?
    Ered Mithrin (jayjay)

  5. What is the only Town shown on the map between Bree and Rohan?
    Tharbad (Dr. Rieux)

  6. What number was the hall closest to the Chamber of Records?
    Hall Twenty-One. (Malacandra)

  7. If the answer is 42, what’s the question?
    How many Orcs did Gimli kill in that battle at Helm’s deep? (What Exit?)

  8. What was the name of the dwarven jewelled necklace into which one of the silmarils was inlaid?
    The Nauglamir (jayjay)

  9. What is the Halcaraxe?
    (Helcaraxe) The Northern Ice sheet that the Host of the Noldorians under Fingolphin had to cross and where many perished. This was because the Sons of Feanor burnt the ships. (What Exit?)

  10. What is the Sindarin name for the valley between Ered Gorgoroth and the northern boundary of Doriath in Beleriand?

62a. What particular danger was that valley known for?

  1. Name the 13 Dwarves of Thorin’s Party.
    Balin, Dwalin, Fili, Kili, Dori, Nori, Ori, Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, plus the man himself (Malacandra)

  2. Who were the Youngest, Oldest and Fattest?
    Fili, Balin and Bombur (Malacandra)

  3. What day was the secret door capable of being opened from the outside?
    Durin’s Day (jayjay)

  4. Which Elf injured Morgoth?
    Fingolfin (jayjay)

  5. Who was the primary Ring Smith?
    Celebrimbor (jayjay)

  6. Who were his Father & Grandfather?
    Curufin and Feanor (jayjay)

  7. What River did Tharbad sit on?
    Greyflood (Malacandra)

  8. Name Shadowfax’s most famous forebear.

  9. Orthanc had two meanings, what were they?
    “Mount Fang” or “The Cunning Mind” (Malacandra)

  10. If you were trapped in the Barrow-downs, how would you summon help?
    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. (What Exit?)

  11. What does “A Elbereth Gilthoniel” translate to?
    O, Elbereth Star-kindler (jayjay)

[YAND]
73. Who was the Elendil’s Heir?
[some discussion]
[/YAND]

  1. What were four other names for Gandalf, among various peoples?
    Tharkun, Mithrandir, Stormcrow, Olorin (jayjay)

  2. When Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas were served lunch by Pippin and Merry, in what respect were they better provided for than Theoden and Gandalf?
    Longbottom PipeWeed (What Exit?) [Correct, but wrong answer.]
    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 (Malacandra)

  3. My wife would like to know, What has it gots in its pocketses?
    A golden ring that Bilbo found in the dark. A trifle, really, of no interest to anyone… (Elendil’s Heir)

  4. What name does King Elessar take for his ruling house?
    Telcontar (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  5. What does the name mean?
    Strider (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  6. Gandalf recalls the old rhyme, “Seven stars and seven stones and ____ ____ ____.”
    One white tree (Qadgop the Mercotan)

  7. What common English first name appears more often than any other (given to different individuals) in the Tolkien canon?
    Tom (Qadgop the Mercotan)
    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? (Elendil’s Heir)

  8. All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    …
    The old that is strong does not wither
    deep roots are untouched by the frost
    From the ashes a fire shall be woken
    A light from the shadows shall spring (grimpixie)
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken
    The crownless again shall be king.
    [except as noted, completed by Qadgop the Mercotan]

  9. Who was the Mormegil?
    Turin (Arien)

  10. What does Mormegil mean?
    The black sword (Arien)

  11. What branch of Hobbitry was Smeagol most likely related to?
    Smeagol was most related to the Stoors (What Exit?)

  12. Name all branches of Hobbitry
    Stoors, Fallohides and Harfoots (What Exit?)

  13. What king of Arnor did the hobbits of the shire send a group of archers to, to lend aid?
    The Last King of Arnor: Ardevui??? (What Exit?)
    Argeleb I (jsc1953)

  14. Who was that king fighting?
    The WitchKing of Angmar (What Exit?)

  15. Complete:

Gil-galad was an elven king
Of him the harpers sadly sing
The last whose realm was fair and free
Between the mountains and the sea. (Arien)

His lance was long, his sword was keen
His shining helm afar was seen
And all the stars of heaven’s field
Were mirrored in his silver shield (grimpixie)

But long ago he rode away
and where he dwelleth, none can say
For into darkness fell his star
In Mordor where the shadows are. (Arien)

  1. Who recited that poem and where?
    Sam (Malacandra)

  2. After the War, how did the Bucklanders celebrate November 2nd and why?

  3. What did the Shire idiom “on Friday the first” mean, and why?
    The Shire-calendar was fixed from year to year, through a fudging of the days of the week. Since it so happened that by this calendar no month starts on a Friday, the expression “on Friday the first” meant “never”, roughly comparable to our “On February 30th”. (Chronos)

  4. What was the original name of Weathertop?
    Ammon Sul (What Exit?)

  5. List five other names by which Aragorn was known during his lifetime.

  6. What did the people of Rohan call Minas Tirith?

[NA]
91. Who was Gil-galad’s father?
[/NA]

  1. What color is the arrow used by Minas Tirith to Summon Aid from Rohan?
    Red (Malacandra)

  2. How many hobbits came home at the end of the War with stuff that had come from a dragon’s hoard?
    One item they had that had previously come from a dragon’s hoard was, of course, Frodo’s (formerly Bilbo’s) mithril shirt. The other, that they picked up on the way, was the horn that Eowyn gave to Merry. So the answer is: two hobbits. (Malacandra correcting previous wrong answer)

  3. What was the name of the dragon from whose hoard that horn came?

  4. Whose shin ought to be lying in a graveyard?
    Nuncle Tim (What Exit?)

ABANDON HOPE, ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE (questions as yet unanswered)

(unnumbered) How’d he [Trotter] lose his feet?

  1. Who was the first elf to love a mortal?
    [still not answered conclusively?]

  2. Where is Boromir killed?

  3. Name Frodo’s Parents
    Drogo (Humble Servant)
    [mom still unnamed]

  4. Name the Three Remarkable Daughters of the Old Took
    Belladonna Took (What Exit?)
    [two more needed]

(unnumbered) What does Bagronk mean, and in what language?

  1. What is the Sindarin name for the valley between Ered Gorgoroth and the northern boundary of Doriath in Beleriand?

62a. What particular danger was that valley known for?

  1. Name Shadowfax’s most famous forebear.

  2. Who was the Elendil’s Heir?
    [perhaps a badly worded question?]

  3. What common English first name appears more often than any other (given to different individuals) in the Tolkien canon?
    Tom (Qadgop the Mercotan)
    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? (Elendil’s Heir)
    [have we agreed on an answer?]

  4. Who recited that poem and where?
    Sam (Malacandra)
    [no answer to “where” yet. I believe the answer is “During their camp in the Midgewater Marshes”]

  5. After the War, how did the Bucklanders celebrate November 2nd and why?

  6. List five other names by which Aragorn was known during his lifetime.
    [One of these was answered in #52?]

  7. What did the people of Rohan call Minas Tirith?

  8. Who was Gil-galad’s father? [out of order becausing of a numbering anomaly]

  9. What was the name of the dragon from whose hoard that horn came?

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That was a lot more work than I had planned to put in today. How’d I do?

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Wow, That was awesome. You da’ man*. :slight_smile: :cool:

Thankyou,
Jim

  • Assuming you are a man, please substitute Lady, Elf, Hobbit, Dwarf or any prefered term.
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Outstanding! How long did that cutting-and-pasting take you, anyway? Many thanks.

Two corrections, though:

  1. Where is Boromir killed?
    Correctly answered (Amon Hen) by Arien in post #77.

  2. What are Gandalf’s other names?
    Already asked as Question 7, and answered by me in post #6.

New question:
98. What town in Valinor had a “fishy” name?

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Tuna :smiley:

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Correct! Along with Wetwang and Teleporno (mentioned earlier), not Tolkien’s finest work… :smiley: