The Revived Tolkien Trivia

*wakes up with a start*

Wha --? Tortoise tracks!

But before I dash off in pursuit:

Of the fate of Ungoliant no tale tells. Yet some have said that she ended long ago, when in her uttermost famine she devoured herself at last.
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The Silmarillion, ch9: Of the Flight of the Noldor

And the connection with Shelob:

But none could rival her, Shelob the Great, last child of Ungoliant to trouble the unhappy world
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LOTR, Book IV, ch9: Shelob's Lair.
 
Spot-on, HB - and to go with your avatar:

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And, of course, it's your chance to baffle, bamboozle and bemuse us...:D
 
Thanks Pyan, it's *sniff* beautiful.

Here's my question: Who attributed prescience to cured pig-meat, and was also able to tell a bird from a utensil?

(Quote please)
 
Ah, my fine hare, that would be Dori?
He (Bilbo) was feeling very queer indeed in his head by this time after the dreadful adventures of the last three days with next to nothing to eat, and he found himself saying aloud: "Now I know what a piece of bacon feels like when it is suddenly picked out of the frying pan on a fork and put back on the shelf."

"No you don't!" he heard Dori answering, "because the bacon knows that it will get back in the pan sooner or later; and it is to be hoped we shan't. Also, eagles aren't forks!"
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The Hobbit, Chapter VI, Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire
 
'Twould indeed, Grim, well done!

A Doori-bell for you in the exact note of E (as tested with my tuning eagle). Your question.
 
Hmmm, a doori-bell.....maybe we do have this backwards. Wouldn't one answer a bell, and not bell an answer? I'm so confused.....

*Remembers his manners....*

Er...thank you, kind rabbit sir. A challenge, it is then:

Who bore letters East? I'm taking liberties here, and as per usual require a quote.

P.S. The "tuning eagle" was Ursanian in quality, Hare.
 
Might it be time for a hint? Or are you all just taking a fortnight to celebrate Memorial Day (US observed next week)?
 
And since "puss" was also a nickname for a hare...
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Really? Never run across that one, myself.

All right then, another clue when I get home (cuz' I believe in Separation of Work and Tolkien, at least where my books are concerned....would have a hard time explaining how The Hobbit for example was relevant to my job!).
 
Grimward said:
Who bore letters East? I'm taking liberties here, and as per usual require a quote.
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Roäc's relatives, carrying messages from Thorin?

"Also I would beg of you, if any of you are still young and strong of wing, that you would send messengers to our kin in the mountains of the North, both west from here and east, and tell them of our plight. But go specially to my cousin Dain in the Iron Hills, for he has many people well-armed, and dwells nearest to this place."
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Alas, no, and I fear I mislead you with my Hobbit example above, pd. The hint is the one I entered this morning, as opposed to the parenthetical reference from the 27th...
 
Grimward said:
Alas, no, and I fear I mislead you with my Hobbit example above, pd. The hint is the one I entered this morning, as opposed to the parenthetical reference from the 27th...
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Ah - in that case I think I know the answer. It's the Fëanorian script and later developments. From Appendix E of tLotR:

"The later letters, the Tengwar of Fëanor, [...]were brought to Middle-Earth by the exiled Noldor."
 
You've got the right idea on two fronts, but are not quite there (cardinal point is correct, too.....may have to consider this acceptable if the answer I'm looking for doesn't turn up....).
 
Grimward said:
You've got the right idea on two fronts, but are not quite there (cardinal point is correct, too.....may have to consider this acceptable if the answer I'm looking for doesn't turn up....).
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Hmm... presumably we're looking for an individual then. Hmm....
 
Well, that one didn't draw any interest, apparently....:rolleyes:

How about this: those who bore the letters east were known for making many things, but here they were only carriers.....
 
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