The Revived Tolkien Trivia

YES!!!

That's exactly who I meant! Well done, pdurrant!

Here's a bell for you (a little tarnished, I fear -- I gave up polishing it after two months) and the chance to set a somewhat easier question.
 
Well done, pdurrant - I really thought this thread had fallen into the Cracks of Doom...:p
 
HareBrain said:
Here's a bell for you (a little tarnished, I fear -- I gave up polishing it after two months) and the chance to set a somewhat easier question.
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I shall polish it up and hang it on the top of my Xmas Tree.

Unless someone claims it before the 25th by telling me where there's a mention of such a tree? Quote please!
 
pdurrant said:
I shall polish it up and hang it on the top of my Xmas Tree.

Unless someone claims it before the 25th by telling me where there's a mention of such a tree? Quote please!
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Well, a tree that is described by comparing it to a Christmas tree...
 
No-one else? OK...

It's from the scene where the Wargs have Gandalf, Bilbo and the dwarves treed after their escape from the Goblins of the Misty Mountains:

Fili and Kili were at the top of a tall larch like an enormous Christmas tree.
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The Hobbit, Chapter 6: Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire
 
pyan said:
It's from the scene where the Wargs have Gandalf, Bilbo and the dwarves treed after their escape from the Goblins of the Misty Mountains:
The Hobbit, Chapter 6: Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire
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Yes! Spot on. I pass the bell onto you, now sparkling from its encounter with some Brasso.
 
*passes it back*

No, no, you keep it! It's up to the next question-setter to provide a new one each time...:)


While we're on the subject, can anyone tell me, with a quote, which tree did JRRT associate with his earliest memories of Christmas?
 
*Gasp* So there's life in t'old t'read yet!

Absolutely top-hole, old bean, doncherknow? Have a tentacle-crafted bell, guaranteed to come from the fabled city of R'lyeh...

Oh, and it's your go, as well...:p
 
Yes, the thread has risen from its long sleep, refreshed and raring to go. That is not dead which can eternal lie ...

Hm, and a R'lyeh bell too. I think I'll go insane now. The impossibility of its angles!

But first, my question: how far are the surveyors known to have got along the east-west road? Quote please.
 
Well, I'm taking a rather big leap with this one on several fronts, but here goes nothing....

"But in the wild lands beyond Bree there were mysterious wanderers. The Bree-folk called them Rangers (*cough, surveyors, cough*), and knew nothing of their origin. They were taller and darker than the men of Bree and were believed to have strange powers of sight and hearing, and to understand the languages of beasts and birds. They roamed at will southwards, and eastwards even as far as the Misty Mountains...."

The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I, Chapter IX, At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
 
Sorry, Grim, there's much less coughing involved than that. You're not all that far from the right page though.
 
HareBrain said:
how far are the surveyors known to have got along the east-west road? Quote please.
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HareBrain said:
Might be worth concentrating on what surveyors actually do.
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Oooohhhhh..... Now I understand.

You didn't mean some specific surveryors, but a kind of generic surveyor.

The Lord of the Rings, Book I, Chapter XI, A Knife in the Dark:
‘How far is Rivendell?’ asked Merry, gazing round wearily. The world looked wild and wide from Weathertop.
‘I don’t know if the Road has ever been measured in miles beyond the Forsaken Inn, a day’s journey east of Bree,’ answered Strider.​

The 'surveyors' never got past the Forsaken Inn, a day's journey to the east of Bree!
 
Blast. I was headed there next. Whose idea was it to come up with this work thing, anyway? :rolleyes:
 
Well done, pdurrant. Here's your bell -- in a survey, 78% of respondents said it sounded "tinkly".

Grim, sorry to hear that work is keeping you from more important matters. Good to see you back in the thread though.
 
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