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Forum: Quiz Room
03-20-2020, 12:55 AM
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03-19-2020, 03:58 PM
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-19-2020, 03:06 PM
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-19-2020, 01:39 PM
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Which three (named) bad guys all tried to fulfill...
Which three (named) bad guys all tried to fulfill the same prophecy? hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-16-2020, 07:10 AM
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-06-2020, 05:10 PM
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Mmm... Caradhras?
Or rather, the genius loci...
Mmm... Caradhras? Or rather, the genius loci (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius_loci) of the mountain. hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-04-2020, 02:35 AM
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I think the Kings of Numenor are a good route to...
I think the Kings of Numenor are a good route to take, so... how about Tar-Herunumen/Ar-Adunakhor? The true "Lord of the West" is kind of morally washy at times, but certainly not a bad guy, and he's... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-03-2020, 08:51 AM
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Correct, though arguably you should have said...
Correct, though arguably you should have said Melko. :) This is the great pine tree of Shugborough Hall, which is convincingly (in my mind) described as the inspiration for the House of a Hundred... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-03-2020, 08:12 AM
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I am very sorry for Google. :)
If that's the...
I am very sorry for Google. :) If that's the route you're taking, you might want to check whether the house it's in the grounds of has any possible connection to Tolkien. hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-03-2020, 07:37 AM
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Nope and nope.
I don't mean 'a tree that...
Nope and nope. I don't mean 'a tree that looked like this'; I mean this tree. hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-03-2020, 07:19 AM
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Tevildo is actually involved in this story,...
Tevildo is actually involved in this story, though only because he gnaws through something before the tree-chasing episode. Huan is not. hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-03-2020, 07:04 AM
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I'm still not convinced that Meglin of the...I'm still not convinced that Meglin of the BoLT-Fall of Gondolin survived to reach the fires - the story specifically says he bounced three times on the way down. But we got there in the end, so I... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-02-2020, 05:44 PM
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Sure, if you're tired of us guessing.
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Sure, if you're tired of us guessing. Though from one of the other threads (riddles, maybe?) I'll hazard a guess at 'in the fires that consumed Gondolin'. hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-02-2020, 05:33 PM
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I just figured Tolkien's writing was tricky...
I just figured Tolkien's writing was tricky enough that the one name might have been a misreading by CT of the other. (cue another trip to the bookshelf) Okay, so since G55's answer is deemed... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-02-2020, 05:09 PM
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I am intrigued to see that the standalone Fall of...
I am intrigued to see that the standalone Fall of Gondolin indexes 'Moeleg' as the Sindarin form of 'Melkor'. Could be the same name in a different reading, which I think means that, per the Second... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
03-01-2020, 02:21 PM
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I had actually forgotten that it was bad guys......
I had actually forgotten that it was bad guys... :) If you're being deceptive, I'm going to go with 'He didn't'. :D hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
02-29-2020, 05:47 PM
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Okay. 'Mor' is dark. 'leg' shows up at the end of...
Okay. 'Mor' is dark. 'leg' shows up at the end of Beleg, but I think there it's actually -eg. Definitely a Sindarin name, either way. But maybe not late Sindarin? 'Morl' has a slightly early feel... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
05-16-2019, 08:13 AM
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Ah. In that case, Utumno is (was) far to the east...
Ah. In that case, Utumno is (was) far to the east of Beleriand, probably somewhere in the Grey Mountains; it's not in Aman. hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
05-16-2019, 08:09 AM
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Mordor is the correct answer.
I was...
Mordor is the correct answer. I was specifically thinking of Sauron's dark towers, with Beleriand being Tol-in-Gaurhoth; probably should have said 'West Beleriand' to keep people from thinking of... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
05-16-2019, 07:51 AM
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Two of them are in Beleriand and Rhovanion.
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Two of them are in Beleriand and Rhovanion. Where is the third? hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
05-16-2019, 07:11 AM
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True - but you did specify 'evildoer', not...
True - but you did specify 'evildoer', not 'evil-be-er'. ;) Didn't Bill Ferny show up pretty early in the Scouring (as well as, of course, getting an apple lobbed at his head on departing Bree)? ... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
05-16-2019, 02:44 AM
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Bilbo Baggins, noted thief and traitor, who...
Bilbo Baggins, noted thief and traitor, who opened one book with "Good morning!" and the other with "I bid you all a very fond farewell." :D hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
05-15-2019, 10:12 AM
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He fled the Witch-King to Forochel, and when a...
He fled the Witch-King to Forochel, and when a boat came to pick him up the Snowmen said if he got in it the Witch-King would sink him. He got in it. It sank. hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
05-15-2019, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 821
Views: 134,793
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That's who I had, sure enough. He also gets...
That's who I had, sure enough. He also gets Arvedui - we're specifically told that the ice in the north was under his power. That takes him to 3, which is enough to win the bronze unless someone can... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
05-15-2019, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 821
Views: 134,793
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We're not going to give a bronze medal to a...
We're not going to give a bronze medal to a concept. ;) There is a specific character who can make a firm claim to at least 5 king-killings. For the record, my final count give Morgoth six... |
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