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Forum: Quiz Room 02-27-2023, 04:15 PM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
I thought of Kheled Zaram, but not the rest!

I thought of Kheled Zaram, but not the rest!
Forum: Quiz Room 02-21-2023, 12:51 AM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
I wonder if the people are personifications of...

I wonder if the people are personifications of rivers.

The mother could be the main river, the 'I' and the sister tributaries of her.

The father could be frozen up, (bound), in the north, and...
Forum: Quiz Room 02-20-2023, 04:57 PM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Could it be Turgon? No ... not a ruler of...

Could it be Turgon?

No ... not a ruler of men. And the mother bit doesn't fit.
Forum: Quiz Room 09-20-2022, 02:14 PM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Is it the spoons that Lobelia pinches? Or...

Is it the spoons that Lobelia pinches?

Or the stolen things she hides in her umbrella?

Or the case of spoons Bilbo gives her?
Forum: Quiz Room 09-18-2022, 01:06 PM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Is it athelas? Seems dull, Ioreth speaks of it,...

Is it athelas? Seems dull, Ioreth speaks of it, it leads to a rhyme, and it presumably grows *relatively* near to Mundburg and Imladris.

(P.S. I thought Ioreth - Lobelia - Umbrella too - then...
Forum: Quiz Room 07-28-2022, 01:08 AM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Is the last verse about Aragorn? Is the...

Is the last verse about Aragorn? Is the motherland Numenor?

Tears sounds like Nienna. She lived alone, but did she have a sister?

I meant the first and second elves to wake - was the first...
Forum: Quiz Room 07-27-2022, 03:08 PM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Is verse 1 the 1st and 2nd elf, and then Feanor...

Is verse 1 the 1st and 2nd elf, and then Feanor burning the ships and ... not sure what else, then getting killed by a Balrog?
Forum: Quiz Room 04-12-2020, 10:55 AM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Pervinca is Latin, means dogsbane, and has 3...

Pervinca is Latin, means dogsbane, and has 3 siblings.

Yes. :)
Forum: Quiz Room 04-12-2020, 09:23 AM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Toxic to dogs is right, and it is a hobbit, but...

Toxic to dogs is right, and it is a hobbit, but it isn't Primrose Boffin.

3 siblings is right too.

P.S. Besides, the Latin would be Primula! (vulgaris).
Forum: Quiz Room 04-12-2020, 08:13 AM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
No.

No.
Forum: Quiz Room 04-12-2020, 06:15 AM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
You were fairly close with Belladonna.

You were fairly close with Belladonna.
Forum: Quiz Room 04-11-2020, 05:13 PM
Replies: 4,075
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Posted By Pervinca Took
That's why I used the conditional mood, and a...

That's why I used the conditional mood, and a question mark.
Forum: Quiz Room 04-11-2020, 02:33 PM
Replies: 4,075
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Posted By Pervinca Took
OK, then: Latinate am I And one of four. ...

OK, then:

Latinate am I
And one of four.
If Huan had devoured me
He'd have quickly reached death's door?
Forum: Quiz Room 04-11-2020, 07:40 AM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Is it Merry's barrow-blade?

Is it Merry's barrow-blade?
Forum: Quiz Room 10-26-2019, 04:11 PM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Isildur stole the fruit of Nimloth. (It died,...

Isildur stole the fruit of Nimloth. (It died, but the fruit didn't).
Forum: Quiz Room 10-26-2019, 09:56 AM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Thorin and the Arkenstone? (The thief riddle).

Thorin and the Arkenstone? (The thief riddle).
Forum: Quiz Room 09-24-2019, 03:48 PM
Replies: 4,075
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Bilbo and Smaug and the stolen cup?

Bilbo and Smaug and the stolen cup?
Forum: Quiz Room 09-23-2019, 04:45 PM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Correct again. One of the dwarves asks for...

Correct again. One of the dwarves asks for raspberry jam and apple tart. I stretched 'half-baked' because a tart has pastry only around the edge and at the bottom (sort of half as much as a pie...
Forum: Quiz Room 09-23-2019, 04:06 PM
Replies: 4,075
Views: 645,214
Posted By Pervinca Took
Correct. Does it say wrinkled rather than...

Correct. Does it say wrinkled rather than withered? Those are the ones I meant, anyway.

Now, for the other line, I stretch the possible meaning of 'half-baked' a bit ... can you think, though,...
Forum: Quiz Room 09-23-2019, 02:50 PM
Replies: 4,075
Views: 645,214
Posted By Pervinca Took
I didn't say they weren't good. ;) The...

I didn't say they weren't good. ;)

The answer is, indeed, APPLES.

The AIRBORNE RIPOSTE is, as Mithalwen guessed, the one Sam throws at Bill Ferny.

Can you work out where the apples in the...
Forum: Quiz Room 09-20-2019, 02:52 AM
Replies: 4,075
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Nope. The answer is a physical thing. A...

Nope.

The answer is a physical thing. A common noun (in the plural), not an abstract.

Big Clue: 'half-baked' is literal. Not the metaphorical sense of 'gormless.'
Forum: Quiz Room 09-17-2019, 12:44 PM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Sorry, didn't see your reply. Good try! Not...

Sorry, didn't see your reply.

Good try! Not the Silmarils, though.
Forum: Quiz Room 09-13-2019, 07:28 PM
Replies: 4,075
Views: 645,214
Posted By Pervinca Took
Oh dear. I have two passwords ready to go, but...

Oh dear. I have two passwords ready to go, but I'm crap at making riddles.

Let's see.

Withering with our fellows,
An airborne riposte,
And in a request both impertinent and half-baked?
What...
Forum: Quiz Room 09-13-2019, 10:43 AM
Replies: 4,075
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Posted By Pervinca Took
The food Mim provided. Which I once called Mim's...

The food Mim provided. Which I once called Mim's Taters for a password.
Forum: Quiz Room 07-25-2019, 10:22 AM
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Posted By Pervinca Took
Or maybe the very first elf to awaken, who is...

Or maybe the very first elf to awaken, who is never heard of again?

Imin, was it?
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