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Forum: Quiz Room
10-02-2018, 12:19 PM
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9 is more likely to be Old Forest, although I'm...9 is more likely to be Old Forest, although I'm not convinced that 'fo' can be 'four'. |
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Forum: Quiz Room
09-29-2018, 07:15 AM
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Or just Dwarves. 13 after the unexpected party,...Or just Dwarves. 13 after the unexpected party, then three leaving with Bilbo sixty years later. I think that 12 is Fatty (Bolger and Lumpkin) |
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Forum: Quiz Room
08-16-2018, 01:49 PM
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Forum: Quiz Room
12-10-2017, 01:42 PM
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Well, the theme is Middle-earth couples:...Well, the theme is Middle-earth couples: Finduilas of Dol Amroth and Denethor II, Faramir Took and Goldilocks Gamgee, Elanor Gamgee and Fastred of Greenholm. That leaves Arwen and Thorongil (Toil,... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
12-10-2017, 07:59 AM
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Might as well clear this one upI think these are probably the remaining answers. 1. Finduilas: Find, u, anagram of sail 4. Turgon: T[rade] U[nion], and anagram of Gron[d] 7. Denethor: Den, E, thor Welcome to the Downs,... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-30-2017, 05:54 AM
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I don't know how I missed this. That is the right...I don't know how I missed this. That is the right answer. Sorry about the mix up: I've been particularly tired lately. Now that you've mentioned it, all I'm thinking is: Dunhere ye cannae get guid... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-28-2017, 04:34 PM
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It's not Háma, but you'll get there if you follow...It's not Háma, but you'll get there if you follow various ideas you've put forward already. |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-28-2017, 12:15 PM
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Neither of those, I'm afraid. Try more wordplay...Neither of those, I'm afraid. Try more wordplay and less allusion. |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-28-2017, 05:39 AM
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That fits the clue nicely, but it's not the...That fits the clue nicely, but it's not the answer I had in mind. I was being a bit less metaphorical about the stairs. |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-25-2017, 12:34 PM
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None of those are the right answer, but Mithalwen...None of those are the right answer, but Mithalwen is headed in the right direction. |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-23-2017, 06:25 PM
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It is Halifirien. Setter (I) doubly and En,...It is Halifirien. Setter (I) doubly and En, around fir, after Lah backwards. The definition is rubbish, though, as nobody ever hid anything there. I must have confused it with Dunharrow. 1. CIRION... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-23-2017, 05:59 PM
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Quite so
Both reasonable. It's probably...Quite so Both reasonable. It's probably worth seeing where they go. There are more options that you're not considering, but that's also a good direction to try. Not to me. I like the... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-23-2017, 03:10 PM
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Huan isn't a setter. Tolkien seems to imply that...Huan isn't a setter. Tolkien seems to imply that he's some special breed native to Valinor. Also the answer isn't Hornburg, which is too close to Aglarond to make for a good password. As for doubly... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-23-2017, 08:09 AM
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Not a trap, although I may claim later that it...Not a trap, although I may claim later that it was a cunning double bluff. In any case, that's the right answer. 1. CIRION - Just over a century before rise of moody cinema, this character was... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-23-2017, 07:33 AM
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At the Council of Elrond
Orald is an...At the Council of Elrond Orald is an Old English word, so should represent Rohirric. It's likely that it survives from a now extinct language spoken by the ancestors of the Rohirrim before... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-21-2017, 03:05 PM
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While the primary meaning is intended to recall...While the primary meaning is intended to recall genius loci and therefore Tom, the alternative meaning is an intentional misdirection. |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-21-2017, 03:39 AM
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The very same. Your confidence is well placed.
...The very same. Your confidence is well placed. 1. CIRION - Just over a century before rise of moody cinema, this character was known to be good 2. AGLAROND - Silver youth admits little Tolkien to... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-20-2017, 04:11 PM
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Did it really? Just goes to show how little help...Did it really? Just goes to show how little help Google is going to be, I suppose. Rock on, though. I think you might get closer to the answer if you considered the other six and a half words in... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-20-2017, 02:39 PM
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Exactly.
There's a very good reason why you...Exactly. There's a very good reason why you can't get Helm's Deep to work for 9: it's not the solution. I can tell a setter from a collie, even when it's barking up the wrong tree. 1. CIRION -... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-20-2017, 08:16 AM
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I think some answers predate or are otherwise not...I think some answers predate or are otherwise not exclusive to Rohan, so I suppose it's an important distinction. Having a theme that's not the password just seems like too much work to me. |
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11-20-2017, 05:36 AM
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You're right about everything except 10. And the...You're right about everything except 10. And the theme if I'm being really pedantic. Speaking of pedantry: D is 500; M is a thousand. Wear on saddle = Rider mark. Also I appear to have confused... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-20-2017, 03:01 AM
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Indeed so
That's more like it.
...Indeed so That's more like it. Not even if she is, I'm afraid. 1. Just over a century before rise of moody cinema, this character was known to be good 2. Silver youth admits little... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-19-2017, 05:44 PM
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Not quite. You're not accounting for the whole...Not quite. You're not accounting for the whole clue. |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-19-2017, 05:04 PM
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That was a good little theme, and Ithil does fit,...That was a good little theme, and Ithil does fit, albeit tangentially. Minas Anor only became Minas Tirith after the fall of its sister city. I've put this together in something of a hurry, but... |
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11-17-2017, 05:26 PM
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