The Revived Tolkien Trivia

'Gollum,' answered Frodo. 'Or at least, so I guess.'
'Ah!' said Aragorn. 'So you know about our little footpad, do you? He padded after us all through Moria and right down to Nimrodel. Since we took to boats, he has been lying on a log and paddling with hands and feet. I have tried to catch him once or twice at night; but he is slier than a fox, and as slippery as a fish. I hoped the river-voyage would beat him, but he is too clever a waterman.
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Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring Chapter 9: The Great River.

Was what I was looking for. So for the taker...
 
Good point, Joel - I re-read everything about Smaug, Grima Wormtongue, the Southerner at Bree....no wonder I couldn't find the quote.....:rolleyes:
 
Come on then, Marky...let's have another one....:D
 
Gandalf
Gandalf was shorter in stature than the other two; but his long white hair, his sweeping silver beard, and his broad shoulders, made him look like some wise king of ancient legend. In his aged face under great snowy brows his dark eyes were set like coals that could leap suddenly into fire.
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FotR - Book II - Chapter I - Many Meetings

Sorry, Marky, I've been cut off from my Tolkiens....:(
 
Ah! So there's more! I was looking for:

But even as they retreated, and before Pippin and Merry had reached the stair outside, a huge orc-chieftain, almost man-high, clad in black mail from head to foot, leaped into the chamber; behind him his followers clustered in the doorway. His broad flat face was swart, his eyes were like coals, and his tongue was red; he wielded a great spear.
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The Bridge of Khazad-dum

But you're correct, too, of course!
 
Well, assuming that's a "correct...your go..."

Whose power was checked by the coming of strong light?
 
Yesss!!


Morgoth had then not long come back into Middle-earth,and his power went not far abroad, and was moreover checked by the sudden coming of great light.
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Silmarillion - Quenta Silmarillion - Chapter 12 - Of Men
 
Shall I set another one, Marky? I'll make it a bit easier if you need it.....:p
 
What?:confused:

Ah! Sarcasm!:rolleyes:

Try this, then:

...a deep and narrow gorge that a hunted deer might overleap.
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But who or what lay at the bottom? " (two names, please.)
 
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