You enter a contest to imitate a rather famous American polititian (on the radio, no less!), and just happen to win the contest because of the LotR references you put into the imitation. Seriously, the host of the show said she picked me as the winner solely because of the "nerd reference" I put in. (She said she meant "nerd" with love, though.

) I did get a nice prize -- tickets to a Milwaukee Brewers' Game (with very good seats, too!)
I'm purposely not saying who the polititian I imitated is or what party they're associated with in order to avoid a possible large and very OT political argument on this thread. If you want to know who I imitated and the manner in which the LotR reference was inserted, you're welcome to PM me.