The Revived Tolkien Trivia

[Pyan]

Exactly, Wybren.Your turn to pose one.....

 

[Wybren]

Ok
Hope this isn't too easy

What did Thror bequeath to Thrain?

 

[Marky Lazer]

'Surely you do not think of returning to Erebor?' said Thrain.
'Not at my age,' said Thror. 'Our vengeance on Smaug I bequeath to you and your sons. But I am tired of poverty and the scorn of Men. I go to see what I can find.'

Lord of the Rings Appendix A - Durin's Folk

 

[Wybren]

Thats it Mark

Your turn

 

[Marky Lazer]

Old in evil, lord and sire.

Who is?

 

[Pyan]

Draugluin, the wolf.

Then Sauron sent Draugluin, a dread beast, old in evil, lord and sire of the werewolves of Angband. His might was great; and the battle of Huan and Draugluin was long and fierce. Yet at length Draugluin escaped, and fleeing back into the tower he died before Sauron’s feet

Silmarillion - Quenta Silmarillion - Chapter 19 - Of Beren and Lúthien

 

[Marky Lazer]

Because it's almost Christmas, I'll give you a candle instead of a bell for that answer!

 

[Pyan]

Vrolijk kerstfeest, Marky!

Where did Eledhwen die?

 

[Marky Lazer]

...and therefore Hurin was not stayed, and he came at last to the place of the burning of Glaurung, and saw the tall stone standing near the brink of Cabed Naeramath. ... Sitting in the shadow of the stone there was a woman. ... for in them that long ago had earned for her the name Eledhwen. ... But Hurin did not answer, and they sat beside the stone, and did not speak again; and when the sun went down Morwen sighed and clasped his hand, and was still. and Hurin knew that she had died.

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. XXII Of the Ruin of Doriath

 

[Pyan]

Baubles!

You to go, Marky...

 

[Marky Lazer]

What's baubles, precious?

Let us continue on the white; it was funny last time and with Christmas on its way and all...

What is everlasting white?

 

[Ryan Synik]

I would say athelas... But do I need a quote?

 

[Marky Lazer]

Yes you'd need a quote.

 

[Pyan]

A Elbereth Gilthoniel
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chaered palan-díriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, sí nef aearon!

Aerlinn in Edhil o Imladris. (Song of the Elves of Rivendell)
FotR - BkII - Ch.I - Many Meetings

Fanuilos, or Amon Uilos, or [SIZE=-1]Oiolossë[/SIZE] is the highest point of the Mountains of Valinor. The name translates as Mount Everwhite, or Mount Snow-white.

Letters - No.211 - To Rhona Beare

 

[Marky Lazer]

I was looking for this quote (though it's not less correct, of course!)

Taniquetil the Elves name that holy mountain, and Oiolosse Everlasting Whiteness...

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. 1 Of the Beginning Days

A bell and the floor, Green one.

 

[Pyan]

I thank you!

What civilization of Earth did Tolkien consider to be closest to Numenorean Gondor?

 

[Marky Lazer]

In the south Gondor rises to a peak of power, almost reflecting Numenor, and then fades slowly to decayed Middle Age, a kind of proud, venerable, but increasingly impotent Byzantium.

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, No. 131 To Milton Waldman

 

[Pyan]

I'll give you that, Marky...actually I was thinking of Letters, no.211, to Rhona Beare:

The Numenóreans of Gondor were proud, peculiar, and archaic, and I think are best pictured in (say) Egyptian terms. In many ways they resembled 'Egyptians'.......)

...but certainly the Byzantine reference holds up.

You to go, sir!

 

[Marky Lazer]

Where's the bell?

Who swore his son would die the same death as himself?

 

[Marky Lazer]

Time for some hint, maybe?