The Revived Tolkien Trivia

[Grimward]

Should have complimented you before on the The Clave and the Grim; had forgotten my cameo at Revelstone, HB...Clanny's reference, however, is truly the inspiration for my Chronsian moniker...

Right then, what prize is found above the waters?

 

[Marky Lazer]

I'm pretty sure this is not correct, but what the Hell! I don't have time to think now. I assumed "prize" could be interpreted as treasure, too and all. So, here goes nothing:

They still throve on the trade that came up the great river from the South and was carted past the falls to their town; but in the great days of old, when Dale in the North was rich and prosperous, they had been wealthy and powerful, and there had been fleets of boats on the waters, and some were filled with gold and some with warriors in armour, and there had been wars and deeds which were now only a legend.

The Hobbit, Ch. 10: A Warm Welcome

 

[Grimward]

A worthy submission, Marky, but not what I'm looking for, I'm afraid. Play on!

 

[Marky Lazer]

I knew that! But this was something I thought up in .7 seconds

 

[Grimward]

Well, you'll find more than .7 degrees of separation between your Long Lake submission and the correct answer, good sir!

 

[Grimward]

So, 4 days after posing the challenge, the cricket chorus is deafening; is a hint necessary, or are you all trying to work off your sugar rushes from too much Halloween candy?

 

[Grimward]

*In his best Jim Carey voice....*

Alllllllllllll righty, then....

A hint, you say?

*Ponders*

Well, this may be too tasty a turnip, but let's just say civil engineering was involved....

 

[Grimward]

Well now, we have three possibilities here:

1. I'm in need of a shower *checks* ....not true, therefore;
2. The challenge was too cryptic; or
3. You're:EEK!:all too busy to be quoting the Professor

Give me something to work with, and I promise to respond in kind!

 

[HareBrain]

For me personally, it was a bit El Crypto. But my problem is that I only know LOTR and the Hobbit well enough to find quotes. If I knew it was in either of those books, I'd put my brains through the Unholy Inquisition, but I suspect it isn't. Hence apathy.

 

[Celeritas]

...working on it as we speak...have ideas of possible answers...looking for corresponding quotes...

someone will likely beat me to though...I suck at this compared to you ultra dweebers..(<--spoken with profound respect)

 

[Grimward]

Take heart, then, HB; it is to be found in the midst of the Trilogy.....and one is only as good as the last question, Cece!

 

[HareBrain]

Ah, Grimy, I think you might have gone from too-cryptic to handing-on-a-plate (assuming I've got it right of course!) - still, time was marching on.

"It was through our search for man-food that Pippin discovered the prize of all the flotsam, those Hornblower barrels."

LOTR book3, Ch9: Flotsam and Jetsam.

 

[Grimward]

Ting!

*A bell engravened with tobacco leaves and the Hornblower logo materializes in front of the Hare, with cession of the floor.....*

Good show, mate; your turn!

 

[HareBrain]

Thanks, Grim. Right, you lot have two days to answer this, as then I'll be away for two weeks with patchy net access at best. So here's an easy one(?):

When did gold worship dark?

 

[HareBrain]

Oh, did everyone else go on holiday too?

If I said golden rather than gold, would that help?

 

[Marky Lazer]

The mightiest and proudest was Ar-Pharazon the Golden...

Then Ar-Pharazon the King turned back to the worship of the Dark, and of Melkor the Lord thereof...

The Silmarillion: Akallabêth.

 

[HareBrain]

Ting! A golden bell (more than a little tarnished) for Marky.

Your go.

 

[KESpires]

Well...Letters, 25, refutes the idea that Hobbits are based on "furry African Pigmies", mentioned as being so by a letter-writer to the Observer signing himself "Habit".?
But...JRRT also repeats the "nassty little rabbit" calumny spoken by Bert the Troll in The Hobbit, Ch.2, Roast Mutton in the same letter, refuting that derivation as well, so I guess it's one of those two - and as Grim said "creature (singular) of habit", I'm torn.

Sod it, I'll go for the Furry African Pigmy....

The amount of obscure Tolkien knowledge kicking around here is simply scary

 

[Marky Lazer]

Okay, thank you HB.

How about this one: Provide me with ten names, titles, ranks, pet names, nicknames, etc, for Meriadoc Brandybuck.

 

[Rider]

Ten of each?