Anyone for a game of trivia? Just for fun. Ask questions from either book or movie, but beware. If the two conflict, the book presides over the movie. Rules are as follows:

1. Middle Earth only (duh)
2. If you answer a question, you MUST wait for the asker to confirm it before asking a question.
3. If there is conflict, I can resolve it. As in, if two people disagree, and I say one way or the other, please listen to me.
4. In the occasion that a question is not posted or a question is not answered, the question resets and whoever posts a question first gets it.
5. Have fun!

First question: Who, in the end, finally received the evenstar?

[ April 22, 2005, 01:48: Message edited by: Findae Darkblade ]

Frodo

Wow, you're good. Not many people know that one. Almost everyone says "Aragorn." Good job, your question.

Who made Narsil?(Aragon says it in the Two Towers)

Elendil?

No,here is a clue.He also made a knife for Curufin in Silmarillion.Beren took it from Curufin.He cut the silmaril from Morgoth's crown with this knife.It is a hard one...

Feanor?

No.One more clue.When they are entering Theoden's castle(?),guardians try to take his sword,and Aragorn says it.If you can't remember,take a look at the book

Celebrimbor?

No.I think you should read it again :book:
I want to say the answer,but maybe it is against Findae's rules :hmm:

General rule in quiz threads like this is that you keep giving clues until someone gets it. I think this question is too hard for me. Maybe someone else will get it.

He is Nogrod's best smith.He is a dwarf.His name's first letter is T.I have no more clues.I think only Harbourboy and I play this game.Try to find it,guys

Telchar? I am not quitre sure about the spelling...

Yeah,here it is...And your spelling is true Arabwel.It is your turn

Bah, I've read the books more than 20 times and I've never heard of Telchar. Give us an easier one!

Yeah,it was a hard one to start Harbourboy

Lesseee....

Who was Finarfin's wife?

Findae says ONLY LOTR.Did JRR mention it in LotR?

Whoops. Guess I need to rewrite that rule. When I say "LOTR," I mean any book that relates to middle earth. Earwen is the answer to your question, Arabwel.

Ok.She was a Teleri but I can't remember her name now.

Too late, I gotcha Arg! :p

This is a hard one as well. But I have read a little about Galadriel last week, so I think I know this one: Earwen.

edit -- Oh well. Too late. :(

Edit: Earwen is correct

That's what I get for my suckylicious browser being a b-tch

Man! Give us a question that a normal person has a chance of getting.

The what are the rest of us going to do?

Alright, guys, easy one. What prefix do all the ring-wraiths names begin with?

Ar or Tar

I didn't even know they had names.......... I thought you said this was an easy one.

Lol, I thought it was easy. And Ar/Tar is incorrect, guess again!

*EDIT*
Alright, change of question. Try this: Who said the words "Naro Hime, Asfaloth; Naro Hime!" (sp?) The answer to the last one was "Ulaire."

Argh, I didn't even see that one before you changed it!

And that one was Glorfindel.

I have never ever seen the word 'Ulaire' before today. I'm still waiting for a question that does not require a photographic memory.

Yup, Arabwel got that one. Just out of curiosity, did you get the last one? You seem pretty knowledgable in LOTR.

Nope, actually I didn't - it has beena while sine I've read anythingf other than Tpolkien's poetry... should remedy that.

I beluieve it is time to dust Silomarillion and entertain myself with it when I take the bus to Oulu today...

Your question, Ara.

Gah, Evil brain - I thought I already asked it... but noo, my brain is of much silliness today. I blame lack of sleep.

What were the first words of Bilbo's birthday party speech?

My dear Bagginses and Boffins?

Nope

My dear people?

Yup :D

Woohoo!

Here's a slightly different question (may be stretching the rules a bit):

What D&D monster's name is supposedly based on a similar word once spoken by Bilbo with reference to a monster he once encountered?

I was under the impression thast "Ulaire" simply meant 'ringwraith' in Quenya...

And I've been going over all the monsters Bilbo encountered and all that I came up with was 'troll' - but surely troll isn't just a reference to The Hobbit (especially seeing how different Middle Earth trolls are from D&D ones...) --- or dragon, but I'm sure we can eliminate that one from being it...

Uh ... giant spiders? :p

*crawls back into his hole*

Is it dragonman.The dragonmen of far east.

Worg? Warg?

Aha. I'm glad this one was a bit tricky. None of you have got it yet. Aikanaro is the closest so far to the type of monster.

Every time I see this D&D monster's name, I think of Bilbo. It's not trolls or dragons because those are pretty common names. This is a name I have only ever heard of in D&D (and from Bilbo).

Ettercap?

Stone giants?

JSBB is right!

In The Hobbit, Bilbo calls the spiders "Attercops" - a strange word that I have never heard anywhere else.

I gather that attercop was an old or middle English term for spider.

O.K. - One of the three trolls that Bilbo encountered had a last name - what was it?

it's name was hugger (at least on danish) bill hugger. come to think of it, it might be cutter on english, but I only have the hobbit on danish.

and attercop is old english or rather old danish/nordish for spider. on danish a spider is called edderkop to day

His name was Bill Huggins ;)

William/Bill Huggins was his English name - I have no idea what it would have been in Danish.

honestly I cant understand why they changed it to hugger from huggins, well probably because "er" is the normal ending on Danish while "ings" is normal on English.

So I guess it's Lynadins turn (damn Danish translation ;) )

tsk, if its a correct translation shouldn't it be equester's turn considering changes in translation? :p

Yes, I think it should go to Equester for answering his own style... :D

fair enough :) .

Then what is Gimli's dwarven battlecry?

The English translation is Axes of the Dwarves, the Dwarves are upon you. I think the Dwarven line was something like Baruk Khazad! Khazad ai-menu!

Chakka Shok! Chakka Cor!

Oh, wait, that was the Dwarves of Mithgar not Middle Earth... :lol:

"All orcs into an orderly line, I'm running out of throwing axes. Tall folk at the back."

I knew it was a softy, but damn that was fast. JSBB is of cause right.

O.K. - here is a nice softy. What was the final score between Gimli and Legolas at Helm's Deep?

Gimli got 42 to Legsy's 41 - Dwarf tossing gave more artistry points than Tony Hawk-imitation :D

But of course. Go ahead Arabwel.

Yay :D

Since I am tired, here's another easy one: Name the sons of Feanor.

Errr. Maehdros (Sp?). Caranthir. Maglor. Curufin. Celegorm. Amrod and Amras. Is that right?

Maedhros is the true spelling.And Caranthir, Maglor, Curufin, Celegorm, Amrod and Amras I think...

Ara, you want to chime in on this? I'm at work and don't have my copy of the Silmarillion here.

Yes, you got them right. Sorry about the lack of confirmation, but I was doing the sleep thing...

OK. You're allowed to sleep every now and again.

What two names did Turin's sister go by and why is that important?

Nienor and Niniel; the signifigance is that she became Niniel after she lostt her memory thanks to Glaurung, and ended up marrying Turin.

Right-o.

*cough*Kalevalearipoff*cough*

Who or what was Ezellohar?

The mound upon which stood the trees Laurelin and Telperion?

Yup. You're on :D

Who was Turgon's wife and what was her fate?

Elenwë; She died when crossing the Helcaraxë

(Atrgh, took me an age to remember her name - am ashamed...)

I bow humbly to the amazing Tolkien knowledge you all seem to possess. I thought I was a bit of a Tolkien guru, but now I realise I am a mere gnat compared to you Tolkien masters. Next question, I want to see if I can get one.

Ara's turn now.

Here goes.... what is the meaning of the name "Annatar"?

Wasn't that the giver of gifts that Sauron was pretending to be?

Close enough :D

You're on

Name the three queens that actually ruled Numenor (as opposed to being the King's wife).

Tar-Ancalime, Tar-Telperien, and Tar-Vanimelde. Altough, technically, Miriel was one as well, but she was forced to marry.

Go ahead.

Does this one have am IJ clause?

Oops. Sorry I took so long guys. I'm on a homeleave for my boarding academy and couldn't get on. Next question: Give two names that Aragorn took on at his coronation.

Two? I only know Elessar.

Heh. That's one. See if you can find the other.

Telcontar?

Yep. Telcontar is Quenya for strider. It does sound better than the Common name.
My question isn't too hard for any one who has read the Lord of the Rings. What is the name of the first king to rule the Dwarven line of Durin who did not have the name Durin, and how long did he reign?

Hmmm....I thought it's Beren's turn.
But answer to last one is "Nain I" I guess...149 years or so...

I'll but in with my question ... :)

How did the last official king of Arnor die? (before Aragorn that is)

Tough one...you mean Arvedui ? Drowned I guess...or was he frozen with his ship ? Not sure...

Killed by the witch-king?

You both provided parts of the answer. The ice storm was caused by the Witch-king, leaving his ship frozen and stranded. I'll give it to Arendil since he was more descriptive, and answered first. ;)

So...Tolkien sometimes uses same name for someone or something in Silmarillion and in LotR. Give me three examples...with description.

I don't understand the question.Do you ask for the characters who is mentioned in both LOTR and Silmarillion?

No, I mean using same name for different characters, things, whatever. This is not trivial question.

Nimrodel - Name for both the stream that ran through Lothlorien, and the elf-maiden who was the lover of Lothlorien's previous ruler, Amroth.

Fangorn - The name of the forest that Merry and Pippin venture into, but also the shortened true name of Treebeard.

Finduilas - Was the name of the elf-maiden that Turin failed to rescue due to Glaurung's deception, and the name of Denethor's wife, who died early due to depression from removal from her home by the sea and a cold relationship with Denethor. Rather poetic on Tolkien's part to use the same name for both ladies whose deaths can be attributed to love unrequited.

[ April 24, 2005, 02:42: Message edited by: Beren ]

Correct...and for those who are wondering...there are many more such double names...my examples were Grond, Gothmog, and Minas Tirith.
So it's again your turn Beren.

One thing...there is an elf named Glorfindel that died when Gondolin was destroyed, but there is also one Glorfindel in Fellowship of the Ring. They are very similar...I was always wondering whether that was Tolkien's mistake and if this is the same person...

@ Arendil They aren't the same person and it isn't a mistake. Just the using of the same name.

Where does Tolkien hint that the missing Entwives may be located at?

Somewhere north of the Shire?

Go ahead Harbourboy.

Wohoohoo. I don't know any tricky ones like you guys. So to keep it going, what was Frodo's mum's name?

Oh, ffs, why the hell haven't we answered?

*sigh*

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