The Revived Tolkien Trivia

[Marky Lazer]

How weak a quotation there!

*mutters* Well, if you want to play it this way...

 

[Pyan]

What do you want - a picture? How the hell else can I reference a map??

 

[Marky Lazer]

I was kidding, sir!

 

[Pyan]

Difficult to tell at times!!

Well, assuming I'm correct (heavy irony!):

Who did Bilbo pass on Dain's gift to?

 

[Marky Lazer]

"I beg of you," said Bilbo stammering and standing on one foot, "to accept this gift!" and he brought out a necklace of silver and pearls that Dain had given him at their parting.
"In what way have I earned such a gift, O hobbit?" said the king.

The Hobbit, Chapter 18: The Return Journey

The king being "the Elven king," of course.

 

[Pyan]

Correctamundo - and far too quick!
Your go, and a new silver bell (remember?)

 

[Marky Lazer]

Oh, the bells... Yes, I keep them in an old shoebox under my bed!

Which words isn't Bilbo allowed to use near Beorn?

 

[Pyan]

Furrier, Rug, Cape, Tippet, Muff.

(Gandalf said) ...and in the name of all wonder don't mention the word furrier again as long as you are within a hundred miles of his house, nor rug, cape, tippet, muff, nor any other such unfortunate word!

The Hobbit, Ch7, Queer Lodgings

 

[Marky Lazer]

Tsk... now who's talking about "far too quick?"

 

[Pyan]

Yep! but accurate!

Who was the Captain of Gondor against the Witch-King of Angmar?

 

[Pyan]

Need a clue, Marky?

 

[Marky Lazer]

Never. And last of all from you!

Fear fell upon all who beheld [the Witch-king]; but he singled out the Captain of Gondor for the fullness of his hatred, and with a terrible cry he rode straight upon him. Eärnur would have withstood him; but his horse could not endure that onset...

The Lord Of The Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, (iv) Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion

 

[Pyan]

Correct, eventually.

Your go ......

 

[Marky Lazer]

Hey, I had a birthday to attend! Anyway...

There's a day when no month ever starts. Which one is it?

 

[Pyan]

Friday.

It will be noted if one glances at a Shire Calendar, that the only weekday on which no month began was Friday. It thus became a jesting idiom in the Shire to speak of 'on Friday the first' when referring to a day that did not exist, or to a day on which very unlikely events such as the flying of pigs .... might occur.

LotR, Appendix D: Shire Calendar, footnote.

 

[Marky Lazer]

*Muttering gives up a silver bell*

 

[Pyan]

Jingle, jingle....

Nine ships there were .......

But how were they divided up?

 

[Marky Lazer]

Nine ships there were: four for Elendil, and for Isildur three, and for Anarion two...

The Silmarillon, Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor)

 

[Pyan]

(returns bell, reluctantly.)

Away you go, Marky!

 

[Marky Lazer]

Gimme! Gimme!

What type of verse does Strider cite to the Hobbits--after Samwise asked--when they're heading for Rivendell?