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Forum: Quiz Room 12-26-2010, 05:58 PM
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Posted By skip spence
drive-by riddle guess.

Could be that dog, Celegorm's dog. Huan was his name, wasn't it?

I don't get the "madness tore me" line but the others seem to fit well enough.
Forum: Quiz Room 11-28-2009, 05:27 AM
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Posted By skip spence
No time to give it much thought, but some parts...

No time to give it much thought, but some parts of that riddle makes me think of Fatty Bolder.

His fear is felt, hunger is fed etc. obviously in the ringbearer's place in Crickhollow. But I'm...
Forum: Quiz Room 11-17-2009, 10:09 AM
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Posted By skip spence
Could it be the Dead Men of Dunharrow?

Could it be the Dead Men of Dunharrow?
Forum: Quiz Room 09-30-2009, 03:15 PM
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Posted By skip spence
Thumbs up Damn, you are good, Legate! Glad to be of some...

Damn, you are good, Legate! Glad to be of some assistance but it was way over my head.
Forum: Quiz Room 09-30-2009, 01:07 PM
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Posted By skip spence
Dropping by to little avail

Tricksy again...

Hm. A Firestarter. Unless this is metaphorical, there aren't that many cases of fires I can think of. Minas Tirith was set on fire during the siege, and there's the pyre of...
Forum: Quiz Room 08-19-2009, 06:21 AM
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Posted By skip spence
O yes precious, we thinks it tricksy too. The...

O yes precious, we thinks it tricksy too. The best I could come up with was Maedros (basely caught by Morgoth, twice bereaved (of kingship and Silmarils) etc etc) but that can't be right given...
Forum: Quiz Room 05-18-2009, 05:28 AM
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Posted By skip spence
Just read the riddle and came to same conclusion...

Just read the riddle and came to same conclusion as Eönwe did: it's a book surely.

The book perhaps? The first book, the invention of the book...
Forum: Quiz Room 05-09-2009, 04:55 AM
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Posted By skip spence
Ah it's all over... Had a feeling the travellers...

Ah it's all over... Had a feeling the travellers were the returning Hobbits as there isn't exactly a surplus of what could be called 'merry travellers' in Tolkien's books.

Well done Mnemosyne,...
Forum: Quiz Room 05-07-2009, 03:22 PM
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Posted By skip spence
Not feeling too confident about this after my...

Not feeling too confident about this after my previous very hasty guess but I reckon it's worth a shot.

I guess this could be referring to when Frodo and company catch up with Saruman on the way...
Forum: Quiz Room 05-07-2009, 09:41 AM
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Posted By skip spence
Off the top of my head I'm guessing Beorn.

Off the top of my head I'm guessing Beorn.
Forum: Quiz Room 05-04-2009, 03:08 PM
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Posted By skip spence
You got it! Well done good sir. I will not...

You got it!

Well done good sir. I will not eat you now. :)
Forum: Quiz Room 05-04-2009, 02:57 PM
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Posted By skip spence
Close, but no cigar, Rumil. The first four...

Close, but no cigar, Rumil.

The first four lines do refer to Fingolfin though.
Forum: Quiz Room 05-04-2009, 01:18 PM
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Posted By skip spence
I attempted a little riddle. Hope no-one minds me...

I attempted a little riddle. Hope no-one minds me jumping in (or my awkward rhymes)...

Winged sun first light did greet
Flowers sprang beneath his feet
But despite all his valour and might...
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