The Revived Tolkien Trivia

[Pyan]

Ding dong....

 

[Wybren]

Ok Who Said

"Do as you please in this madness, but let me first get down from this horse"

 

[Marky Lazer]

Gimli, of course. But I've some problems finding where... Gimme a couple of hours, good human!

 

[Marky Lazer]

'No, no!' cried Gimli. 'Do as you please in your madness, but let me first get down from this horse! I wish to see no eyes.

LOTR, TTT, Ch. 8: The Road to Isengard.

 

[Wybren]

* Hands a bell to Marky Lazer*

 

[Marky Lazer]

Thanks! Shiny!

Who or what looks far away?

 

[Marky Lazer]

Are we slacking, Mr Pyan?

 

[Higher Perfection]

The palantir.

'About the palantiri of the Kings of Old' said Gandalf.
'And what are they?'
'The name meant that which looks far away. The Orthanc-stone was one'

Chapter XI - The Palantir, Book Three, The Two Towers, LotR.

What's 'The Gaffer's delight and a good ballast for an empty belly?'

 

[Clansman]

I have read some of the posts above with joy. Allow me to jump in:

"Po-ta-toes." followed by your quote, of course.

I don't have my copy of The Two Towers handy, but it is from the chapter "Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit".

Now, to think up something to ask...

Ah! A trollish insult, same as a kind of bird...

 

[Pyan]

Must be a Booby!

"You're a booby," said William.
"Booby yerself!" said Tom.

Tom and William (and Bert) arguing over the best way to cook Dwarf....

The Hobbit - Ch.2 - Roast Mutton.

 

[Clansman]

And the bell is rung!

 

[Pyan]

Hokay....

Which stars are a direct challenge to Melkor?

 

[Clansman]

Answer: Valacirca

"And high in the north as a challenge to Melkor she set the crown of seven mighty stars to swing, Valacirca, the Sickle of the Valar and sign of doom."

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, "Of the Coming of the Elves", p. 48.

 

[Clansman]

Alright.

who belonged to the Ostler?

 

[Pyan]

Good job you're correct!

And the answer to yours?

A Tipsy Cat...

The ostler has a tipsy cat
that plays a five-stringed fiddle;
And up and down he runs his bow,
Now squeaking high, now purring low,
now sawing in the middle.

FotR - Book I - Chapter IX - At the Sign of the Prancing Pony

 

[Clansman]

Ring-a-ling-a-ding-dong!

Has anyone set that poem to music? It's just the sort of thing I would expect to hear at a good pub (just like in the book). Sort of a celtic thing with guitars, drums and penny whistles, etc?

 

[Pyan]

And a deranged fiddler, of course!

Who was the Lord of Werewolves?

 

[Marky Lazer]

Sauron was become now a sorcerer of dreadful power, master of shadows and of phantoms, foul in wisdom, cruel in strength, misshaping what he touched, twisting what he ruled, lord of werewolves; his dominion was torment.

Silmarillion, Ch. 18 Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin

 

[Pyan]

Ting!
And you to go....!

 

[Marky Lazer]

Gracias!

What kind of were-creatures are there besides werewolves?