8/ They are related - Maeglin, the betrayer of Gondolin, was the son of Eol, the forger of Anglachel/Gurthang.

Asolutely correct [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]


Beren 3
Beruthiel 2
elven maiden Earwen 1
Saucepan Man 1

I'll be back shortly with the last 2 questions.

9/ Who was Legolas' Grandfather, how/where did he die?

10/ Who were the two named Rangers of Ithlien with Faramir?

Two easy questions to finish off this round. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

9/ Oropher. He was slain in the Battle of Dagorlad, while leading a joint force of Elves from Greenwood and Lorien.

10/ Mablung and Damrod.

Edit: In case you need more, "Oropher was slain in the first assault upon Mordor, rushing forward at the head of his most doughty warriors before Gil-Galad had given the signal for the advance" (impetuous fool [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] ).

[ May 13, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ]

Looks like Beren and Saucepan have tied. got a tie breaker there Gilraën?

Okay then, I thought this had been forgotten [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Beren 3
Beruthiel 2
elven maiden Earwen 1
Saucepan Man 3

Tie-breaker

Where does the word Palathrin refer to?

can i still anwser?


Aqualnde, the elves taht made the Palantari for the Numernoreans?

Gil-Galad I'm sorry but this is a tie-breaker for Beren and Saucepan Man, as one of them has already won.

BTW that's not the right answer. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

No idea, but I'll take a guess at Tirion on Tuna.

Strangly, I have no idea either.

Does it have to do with some marsh?

No it is an obscure reference to where Isildur lost his life.

Is it the Gladden Fields, then?

Yes Saucepan Man, your turn [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Oh good. I've not had a go at this one yet. Now, for a question ...

1) What was the name originally given to Finrod?

Finrod the Faithful?
Or do you mean a name other than Finrod? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Yes. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Wasn't it Inglor or Ingold?

Findarato! (Quenya, don'tchaknow)

The original name for Finrod was Inglor Felagund, so Sophia is correct.

Sophia the Thunder Mistress: 1

2) What was believed to be in Mim's sack?

No it's not, Felagund was a name given to him by the Dwarves, meaning cave-hewer, because he excavated Nargothrond.

I meant the original name given to the character by Tolkien. In footnote 20 to the History of Galadriel and Celeborn in the UT Christopher Tolkien states:

Ahh...

Roots and small stones?

I need more. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] I have in mind the mysterious contents that remained after Mim had shared with the outlaws the roots referred to as earth-bread.

[ May 19, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ]

From the footnotes of Narn i Hin Hurin: Possibly Gold, then, but in the long run it's uncertain.

That's what I was looking for.

Sophia the Thunder Mistress: 2

3) What was the Sindarin name for the lands between the rivers Poros and Harnen?

[ May 20, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ]

Harondor

Harondor it was. This is rapidly turning into a runaway victory for Sophia. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Any other challengers out there?

Sophia the Thunder Mistress: 3

4) What was the name of Saeros' father?

Ithilbor(sp?). Sorry it took a while, I had to look that up from my UT. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

I believe his father was Ithilbor.

Whoops, not quick enough. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[ May 21, 2003: Message edited by: Eruanna ]

Ithilbor it is. Annun got there first, so:

Sophia the Thunder Mistress: 3
Annunfuiniel: 1

5) What was the name given to Galadriel by her mother, Earwen?

Nerwen [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

You are, of course, correct, Earwen. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Sophia the Thunder Mistress: 3
Annunfuiniel: 1
elven maiden Earwen : 1

6) Who died in an unfortunate incident involving a tipping wheelchair and a flight of garden steps?

Lalia Clayhanger Took (known as the Fat) wife of Thain Fortinbras II.

And Sophia races further into the lead. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Sophia the Thunder Mistress: 4
Annunfuiniel: 1
elven maiden Earwen : 1

7) Who or what was the "Throng-cleaver"?

Hadhafang - Arwen's sword, in the movies, a name devised for a sword by Tolkien, but never used in his stories.

No, that's not the answer that I'm thinking of ...

Sangahyando, a corsair of Umbar, and great grandson of Castamir?

That's the fellow. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Sophia the Thunder Mistress: 4
Annunfuiniel: 1
elven maiden Earwen: 1
gilraën: 1


8) Which two characters in Lord of the Rings were born in the same year?

Samwise Gamgee and Faramir, son of Denethor and brother of Boromir.