The Revived Tolkien Trivia

[scalem X]

Wasn't there this one dude, who was going to torch both him and his son?
I'm too lazy to quote and can't think of any questions so...

 

[Pyan]

Time for some hint, maybe?

Sorry, Marky, don't need one this time.....

Eöl, the Dark Elf, father of Maeglin.

Therefore when Eöl was brought before Turgon he found no mercy; and they led him forth to the Caragdur, a precipice of black rock upon the north side of the hill of Gondolin, there to cast him down from the sheer walls of the city. And Maeglin stood by and said nothing; but at the last Eöl cried out: 'So you forsake your father and his kin, ill-gotten son! Here shall you fail of all your hopes, and here you may yet die the same death as I.'

Silmarillion - Quenta Silmarillion - 16: Of Maeglin

Tuor sought to rescue Idril from the sack of the city, but Maeglin had laid hands on her, and on Eärendil; and Tuor fought with Maeglin on the walls, and cast him far out, and his body as it fell smote the rocky slopes of Amon Gwareth thrice ere it pitched into the flames below.

Silmarillion - Quenta Silmarillion - 23: Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin.

 

[Marky Lazer]

Ting!!!

 

[Pyan]

Dank je wel, Marky.

...great as a dove's egg, and its sheen was as starlight on the foam of the sea.

What was it?

 

[Marky Lazer]

One there was as great as a dove's egg, and its sheen was as starlight on the foam of the sea; Nimphelos it was named, and the chieftain of the Dwarves of Belegost prized it above a mountain of wealth.

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. X Of the Sindar.

 

[Pyan]

Ooh, if I was a pedantic person, I'd say: "Sorry, you haven't answered the question"......

 

[Marky Lazer]

*mutters some abuse*

...and Thingol rewarded them with many fair pearls.

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. X Of the Sindar.

 

[Pyan]

*mutters some abuse*

Now, now...as I recall, it was a certain ML who set the conditions for this thread.....

Two bells, Marky - one for "Pearl", and one I missed for "Byzantium".

And it's your turn, of course.

 

[Marky Lazer]

*mutters abuse at a certain ML*

Name me an Elvish lament, please.

 

[Pyan]

Namárië: Galadriels Lament.

Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen,
yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron!
Yéni ve lintë yuldar avánier
mi oromardi lissë-miruvóreva
Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar
nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni
ómaryo airetári-lírinen.

Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva?

An sí Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo
ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë
ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë;
ar sindanóriello caita mornië
i falmalinnar imbë met,ar hísië
untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë.
Sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar!

Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar.
Nai elyë hiruva. Namárië!

FotR - Book II - Chapter VIII - A Farewell to Lórien
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[Marky Lazer]

That was too quick. Um... I said, two laments!

Okay, I was kidding. Go ahead!

 

[Pyan]

Ooh, you Grima, you! You did no such thing!

Galadriel, again....for the Lost West....

I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
Of wind I sang, a wind there came and in the branches blew.
Beyond the sun, beyond the Moon, the foam was on the Sea,
And by the strand of Ilmarin there grew a golden Tree.
Beneath the stars of Elven-eve in Eldamar it shone,
In Eldamar beside the walls of Elven Tirion.
There long the golden leaves have grown upon the branching years,
While here beyond the Sundering Seas now fall the Elven-tears.
O Lorien! The winter comes, the bare and leafless Day.
The leaves are falling in the stream, the River flows away.
O Lorien! Too long I have dwelt upon this Hither Shore
And in a fading crown have twined the golden elanor.
But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me,
What ship would bear me ever back across so wild a Sea?

FotR - Book II - Chapter VIII - A Farewell to Lórien

Edit - Not fair editing while I'm answering!!

 

[Marky Lazer]

Can't you just say "Noldolante"? The answer I was looking for?

 

[Pyan]

What, and deny casual visitors to the thread the chance to read them?

Hokay, here we go.....
Can you give me the only two examples of the Black Speech in LotR? Not single words, or names, please.....

 

[Kissmequick]

Ash nazg durbatuluk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatuluk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

The inscription on the Ring, Council of Elrond.

Ugluk u bagronk sha pushdug Saruman-glob bubhosh skai!

Ugluk get's a bit of disrespect. The Uruk Hai

 

[Pyan]

Spot-on, KMQ!
Your go.....

 

[Marky Lazer]

'That I have done, and this I have read :

Ash nazg durbatuluk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg trakatuluk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.'

The Council of Elrond

'Ghash!' muttered Gandalf. 'I wonder if that is what they meant : that the lower levels are on fire? Still, we can only go on.

The Bridge of Khazad-Dum.

One word, okay.... then you must mean:

'Don't draw attention to yourself, or I may forget my orders. Curse the Isengarders! Ugluk u bagronk sha pushdug Saruman-glob bubhosh skai' : he passed into a long angry speech in his own tongue that slowly died away into muttering and snarling.

The Uruk-Hai

Edit: Oops like half an hour late!

 

[Pyan]

Just a tad, Marky...but you got them right, anyway. Have a clapper.

 

[Kissmequick]

Okay *does a little dance*

So, in keeping with the traditional booze up on New Years Eve, please name me the seven Inn's that are mentioned in LOTR.

For an extra bell, which had the beer that Pip praised so highly?

 

[Marky Lazer]

The home and centre of the art is thus to be found in the old inn of Bree, The Prancing Pony (1), that has been kept by the family of Butterbur from time beyond record.

Prologue 2 Concerning Pipe-weed

He held forth at The Ivy Bush (2), a small inn on the Bywater Road.

A Long-expected Party

The conversation in The Green Dragon (3) at Bywater, one evening in Frodo's fiftieth year, showed that even in the comfortable heart of the Shire rumours had been heard, though most hobbits still laughed at them,

The Shadow of the Past

'I don't know if the Road has ever been meausred in miles beyond the Forsaken Inn (4), in a day's journey east of Bree,' answered Strider.

A Knife in the Dark

'So much for your Big Man,' said Merry. 'We'll see the Chief later. In the mean time we want a lodging for the night, and as you seem to have pulled down the Bridge Inn (5) and built this dismal place instead, you'll have to put us up.'

The Scourging of the Shire

There they meant to stay the night; The Floating Log (6) at Frogmorton was a good inn.

The Scourging of the Shire

And the bonus one:

'All right!' said Pippin. 'I will follow you into every bog and ditch. But it is hard! I had counted on passing the Golden Perch (7) at Stock before sundown. The best beer in the Eastfarthing, or used to be: it is a long time since it tasted it.'

A Short Cut to Mushrooms