Man behind the Mythology - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mariska Greenleaf · 06-14-2004, 11:55 AM

That would be Robert Q Gilson, Christopher Wiseman, Geoffrey B Smith and JRR Tolkien himself of course.

Bêthberry · 06-14-2004, 12:13 PM

Wasn't davem also a member?

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-14-2004, 12:37 PM

Mariska has it right! Bb, I'm not quite sure - perhaps you have an obscure 'Letters' reference for that name?

Mariska Greenleaf · 06-15-2004, 01:57 AM

An easy one, but I'm not that inspired today...
Name two more school clubs that Tolkien founded.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-18-2004, 03:10 AM

Not that easy - it took a bit of research! I hope these are the two you mean:

the Apolausticks ('those devoted to self-indulgence') - started as a feshman at Oxford

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There were papers, discussions, and debates, and there were also large and extravagant dinners.

the Viking Club - founded together with E. V. Gordon at Leeds University

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...which met to drink large quantities of beer, read sagas, and sing comic songs.

Some of the verses the two men wrote were later published privately as Songs for the Philologists - wouldn't it be fun to read them?!

Mariska Greenleaf · 06-18-2004, 03:19 AM

Those were the ones I had in mind, Estelyn!

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-18-2004, 04:03 AM

Which two women were responsible for getting Tolkien to finish writing The Hobbit in order to have it published?

06-14-2004, 11:55 AM	#1
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	That would be Robert Q Gilson, Christopher Wiseman, Geoffrey B Smith and JRR Tolkien himself of course. __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

06-14-2004, 12:13 PM	#2
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Wasn't davem also a member? __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

06-14-2004, 12:37 PM	#3
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Mariska has it right! Bb, I'm not quite sure - perhaps you have an obscure 'Letters' reference for that name? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-15-2004, 01:57 AM	#4
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	An easy one, but I'm not that inspired today... Name two more school clubs that Tolkien founded. __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

06-18-2004, 03:19 AM	#6
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Those were the ones I had in mind, Estelyn! __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

06-18-2004, 04:03 AM	#7
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Which two women were responsible for getting Tolkien to finish writing The Hobbit in order to have it published? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'