Quiz on all 3 LOTR films - Page 7 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Anorial · 05-20-2004, 08:25 PM

Weta had a mascot. To get the answer correct, you must provide ALL THREE of these:
- name
- gender
- type of animal

Orcrist · 05-20-2004, 08:36 PM

The mascot was a female Huntaway-Alsatian dog named Gemma.

Anorial · 05-20-2004, 08:38 PM

"Huntaway-Alsatian"!! Man you can't get more specific than that!!

lol Okay Orcrist, back to you

Orcrist · 05-20-2004, 08:51 PM

What is the address of Weta Workshop?
I'll need the-
-#
-street
-town
(Hey everyone, it's my 100th post. CELEBRATE!!!!

)

Anorial · 05-20-2004, 09:01 PM

Weta Workshop
Camperdown Studios
Camperdown Road
Miramar
Wellington 6003
New Zealand

Orcrist · 05-21-2004, 07:23 PM

No. Sorry. You got part of it.

Anorial · 05-21-2004, 07:41 PM

Okay, what about 208 Miramar Wellington?

Orcrist · 05-21-2004, 07:45 PM

No. And I need the street.

Orcrist · 06-01-2004, 09:29 PM

It's been 11 days

. Anyone up to a bit of research? This isn't too hard. Is it?

Anorial · 06-01-2004, 09:46 PM

I did man! Except for calling them directly to ask or sitting watching special features for a couple days hoping for a glimpse, I don't know how to get more specific than from the directory

http://www.ubd.co.nz/company-profiles/206692013/

Orcrist · 06-01-2004, 09:56 PM

Try "The Making of the Movie Trilogy"

We need a new smiley, an evil smile, not just a mad one. This is the perfect opportunity to use it

Anorial · 06-01-2004, 10:06 PM

Okay, I can't decide if you are evil or a brat

How about No. 1, Weka Street, Miramar?

(Thanks for the hint and how do you know they didn't move? double

)

Orcrist · 06-02-2004, 07:45 PM

Darn you Anorial

I was having fun

Did they move? That wouldn't make sense but I guess...

Anorial · 06-05-2004, 01:07 PM

Why shouldn't they move? I understand they've been very successful these days.

Okay, here goes:

According to Matt Aitken, Weta Digital Model Supervisor, how high in meters was Dwarrowdelf from floor to ceiling?

Gil-Galad · 06-06-2004, 07:27 PM

funny how this whole part of thread has only been two people...too bad i forgot anwser since i got a good question...

Orcrist · 06-07-2004, 11:33 AM

7 meters?

Kath · 06-07-2004, 12:04 PM

I thought 9m?

Anorial · 06-07-2004, 07:04 PM

7 or 9 meters....that's not very high.....are we talking about the same Dwarrowdelf here?

Orcrist · 06-07-2004, 08:10 PM

100m?
Wait, are you talking about the miniature or the actual thing?

Samwise · 06-07-2004, 09:17 PM

50 meters?

Kath · 06-08-2004, 12:14 PM

27 feet? Its a number I remeber from somewhere.

Anorial · 06-09-2004, 06:32 PM

Okay, here's a hint...you can find it in the same DVD package which features the Dwarrowdelf in the movie. Finding out what the Dwarrowdelf is, especially in the context of the movie-making process, would be a big help. And no, not the miniature because there wasn't one.

Thorongil · 06-10-2004, 02:29 AM

Dwarrowdelf is the dwarwen city in Moria. And I guess it's about 20 meters or so.

Kath · 06-10-2004, 12:48 PM

Ah there was no miniature - no wonder i couldn't find it in the book!
Ok one last guess before i go and look it up - 1000 feet?

Samwise · 06-10-2004, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Darrowdelf is...

Thank you, Thorongil. I haven't got a DVD, so I'm afraid the above clue helped me none whatsoever.

This is probably just me, but I find it interesting that a Dwarven city would have the word "elf" in it.

As to my guess, (though Thorongil's probably right) 23 meters?

Anorial · 06-14-2004, 09:08 PM

Well, here's the ultimate hint...from the book cause it's easier.

"'I will now risk a little real light.' He raised his staff, and for a brief instant there was a blaze like a flash of lightning. Great shadows sprang up and fled, and for a second they saw a vast roof far above their heads upheld by many mighty pillars hewn of stone. Before them and on either side stretched a huge empty hall; its black walls, polished and smooth as glass, flashed and glittered."

What the moviemakers called the Dwarrowdelf was that massively huge hall in Moria with all those pillars (and, in my opinon, one of the most emotional musical pieces on the soundtrack). Matt Aitken, Weta Digital Model Supervisor, was saying that they couldn't make a miniature of it because it was just so massive. It was, he said, 45 meters from floor to ceiling, which is staggering considering that's around 135 feet. Very cool!

None of you got it exactly but Samwise was very close at 50 meters so your turn Samwise son of Hamfast.

Orcrist · 06-14-2004, 09:45 PM

I didn't know we were playing "closest guess wins", but oh well.

Anorial · 06-14-2004, 10:24 PM

Well, I read the rules and couldn't find how to handle it and emailed Saucepanman and he didn't answer so I made a decision. I'm sure Samwise will have an excellent question! (no pressure now!

)

**The Saucepan Man** · 06-15-2004, 10:04 AM

Sorry for not replying Anoriel, but I was away for the weekend. To belatedly answer the point, it's within the question-setter's discretion to accept an answer that he/she thinks is sufficiently close.

Samwise · 06-21-2004, 07:45 PM

Just got the note from Orcist. My computer's down, so I'm on my mother's, plus we've had company galore all week. I will see what I can do about a question ASAP, though I certainly cannot promise anything all that challenging.

Samwise · 06-22-2004, 05:06 PM

This will either be really easy, or wrong. If it's wrong, I apologize, I have a killer headache and a busy household at the moment.

In FOTR, who played the adorable little big-eyed Hobbit child who was listening to Bilbo's troll story at the party?

I know, there were a lot of children there, but there was a little girl right in the front with huge eyes. Don't need her name, just "who" she was (ie: she was related to a member of the "crew".)

Probably super easy, but-- I've got a killer headache, what can I say.

Orcrist · 06-22-2004, 08:21 PM

She was Peter Jackson's daughter.

Samwise · 06-22-2004, 09:28 PM

...totally easy. Killer headache, what can I say?

Darn cute she was, though. Oddly, seeing her in that scene made me think of Sam sitting at Bilbo's feet listening to the same story...

Your go, Orcist.

Lady of the Pants · 06-22-2004, 10:48 PM

Orcist, please post a question soon. I just got finished reading all seven pages and I'm hooked. I want to answer one.

Anorial · 06-23-2004, 03:57 PM

Darn, that was an easy one! I was on holidays so I missed it

Point of fact, both of his children were hobbit children. You also see them as Rohan children in the caves at Helm's Deep and Gondorian children when Faramir is riding through the streets on Gondor on the suicide mission to Osgiliath.

C'mon Orcrist, make it a goodie! (and see if you can find a source to use other than the Making of the Movie Trilogy book

)

Samwise · 06-23-2004, 05:11 PM

Sheesh. Talk about a family affair.....

Orcist?

Orcrist · 06-23-2004, 08:37 PM

How many "dead horses" did Jackson ask Weta to make?

Have fun

(Maybe next time Anorial

)

Samwise · 06-23-2004, 08:48 PM

500?

Orcrist · 06-23-2004, 08:52 PM

Ouch! A little off there Samwise.

The Perky Ent · 06-23-2004, 09:39 PM

2,000? I really have no clue, but it's fun anyways

05-20-2004, 08:25 PM	#241
Anorial Wight Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Walking with Frodo and Sam back to Rivendell! (2869 miles) Posts: 125	Woo-hoo!! Weta had a mascot. To get the answer correct, you must provide ALL THREE of these: - name - gender - type of animal __________________ Home is behind, the world ahead....And there are many paths to tread.

05-20-2004, 08:36 PM	#242
Orcrist Wight Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Mines of Moria Posts: 239	The mascot was a female Huntaway-Alsatian dog named Gemma. __________________ "A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around!" Jack Sparrow

05-20-2004, 08:38 PM	#243
Anorial Wight Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Walking with Frodo and Sam back to Rivendell! (2869 miles) Posts: 125	"Huntaway-Alsatian"!! Man you can't get more specific than that!! lol Okay Orcrist, back to you __________________ Home is behind, the world ahead....And there are many paths to tread.

05-20-2004, 08:51 PM	#244
Orcrist Wight Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Mines of Moria Posts: 239	My 100th post!! WOOHOO!!! What is the address of Weta Workshop? I'll need the- -# -street -town (Hey everyone, it's my 100th post. CELEBRATE!!!! ) __________________ "A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around!" Jack Sparrow

05-20-2004, 09:01 PM	#245
Anorial Wight Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Walking with Frodo and Sam back to Rivendell! (2869 miles) Posts: 125	Weta Workshop Camperdown Studios Camperdown Road Miramar Wellington 6003 New Zealand __________________ Home is behind, the world ahead....And there are many paths to tread.

05-21-2004, 07:23 PM	#246
Orcrist Wight Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Mines of Moria Posts: 239	Yeeeeaaaa... No. Sorry. You got part of it. __________________ "A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around!" Jack Sparrow

05-21-2004, 07:41 PM	#247
Anorial Wight Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Walking with Frodo and Sam back to Rivendell! (2869 miles) Posts: 125	Okay, what about 208 Miramar Wellington? __________________ Home is behind, the world ahead....And there are many paths to tread.

05-21-2004, 07:45 PM	#248
Orcrist Wight Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Mines of Moria Posts: 239	No. And I need the street. __________________ "A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around!" Jack Sparrow

06-01-2004, 09:29 PM	#249
Orcrist Wight Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Mines of Moria Posts: 239	It's been 11 days. Anyone up to a bit of research? This isn't too hard. Is it? __________________ "A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around!" Jack Sparrow

06-01-2004, 09:46 PM	#250
Anorial Wight Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Walking with Frodo and Sam back to Rivendell! (2869 miles) Posts: 125	I did man! Except for calling them directly to ask or sitting watching special features for a couple days hoping for a glimpse, I don't know how to get more specific than from the directory http://www.ubd.co.nz/company-profiles/206692013/ __________________ Home is behind, the world ahead....And there are many paths to tread.

06-01-2004, 09:56 PM	#251
Orcrist Wight Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Mines of Moria Posts: 239	This is fun (laughs sadistically)... Try "The Making of the Movie Trilogy" We need a new smiley, an evil smile, not just a mad one. This is the perfect opportunity to use it __________________ "A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around!" Jack Sparrow

06-01-2004, 10:06 PM	#252
Anorial Wight Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Walking with Frodo and Sam back to Rivendell! (2869 miles) Posts: 125	Okay, I can't decide if you are evil or a brat How about No. 1, Weka Street, Miramar? (Thanks for the hint and how do you know they didn't move? double ) __________________ Home is behind, the world ahead....And there are many paths to tread.

06-02-2004, 07:45 PM	#253
Orcrist Wight Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Mines of Moria Posts: 239	Yup Darn you Anorial I was having fun Did they move? That wouldn't make sense but I guess... __________________ "A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around!" Jack Sparrow

06-05-2004, 01:07 PM	#254
Anorial Wight Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Walking with Frodo and Sam back to Rivendell! (2869 miles) Posts: 125	Why shouldn't they move? I understand they've been very successful these days. Okay, here goes: According to Matt Aitken, Weta Digital Model Supervisor, how high in meters was Dwarrowdelf from floor to ceiling? __________________ Home is behind, the world ahead....And there are many paths to tread. Last edited by Anorial; 06-05-2004 at 01:10 PM.

06-06-2004, 07:27 PM	#255
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	funny how this whole part of thread has only been two people...too bad i forgot anwser since i got a good question... __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

06-07-2004, 11:33 AM	#256
Orcrist Wight Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Mines of Moria Posts: 239	7 meters? __________________ "A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around!" Jack Sparrow

06-07-2004, 12:04 PM	#257
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	I thought 9m? __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

06-07-2004, 07:04 PM	#258
Anorial Wight Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Walking with Frodo and Sam back to Rivendell! (2869 miles) Posts: 125	Not even close! 7 or 9 meters....that's not very high.....are we talking about the same Dwarrowdelf here? __________________ Home is behind, the world ahead....And there are many paths to tread.

06-07-2004, 08:10 PM	#259
Orcrist Wight Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Mines of Moria Posts: 239	100m? Wait, are you talking about the miniature or the actual thing? __________________ "A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around!" Jack Sparrow

06-07-2004, 09:17 PM	#260
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Sam dosen't even know what a Darrowdelf is....:( 50 meters? __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

06-08-2004, 12:14 PM	#261
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	27 feet? Its a number I remeber from somewhere. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

06-09-2004, 06:32 PM	#262
Anorial Wight Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Walking with Frodo and Sam back to Rivendell! (2869 miles) Posts: 125	Okay, here's a hint...you can find it in the same DVD package which features the Dwarrowdelf in the movie. Finding out what the Dwarrowdelf is, especially in the context of the movie-making process, would be a big help. And no, not the miniature because there wasn't one. __________________ Home is behind, the world ahead....And there are many paths to tread.

06-10-2004, 02:29 AM	#263
Thorongil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Elvenpath Posts: 780	Just a helping hand... Dwarrowdelf is the dwarwen city in Moria. And I guess it's about 20 meters or so. __________________ To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. ~Sun Tzu

06-10-2004, 12:48 PM	#264
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Ah there was no miniature - no wonder i couldn't find it in the book! Ok one last guess before i go and look it up - 1000 feet? __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

06-14-2004, 09:08 PM	#266
Anorial Wight Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Walking with Frodo and Sam back to Rivendell! (2869 miles) Posts: 125	Well, here's the ultimate hint...from the book cause it's easier. "'I will now risk a little real light.' He raised his staff, and for a brief instant there was a blaze like a flash of lightning. Great shadows sprang up and fled, and for a second they saw a vast roof far above their heads upheld by many mighty pillars hewn of stone. Before them and on either side stretched a huge empty hall; its black walls, polished and smooth as glass, flashed and glittered." What the moviemakers called the Dwarrowdelf was that massively huge hall in Moria with all those pillars (and, in my opinon, one of the most emotional musical pieces on the soundtrack). Matt Aitken, Weta Digital Model Supervisor, was saying that they couldn't make a miniature of it because it was just so massive. It was, he said, 45 meters from floor to ceiling, which is staggering considering that's around 135 feet. Very cool! None of you got it exactly but Samwise was very close at 50 meters so your turn Samwise son of Hamfast. __________________ Home is behind, the world ahead....And there are many paths to tread. Last edited by Anorial; 06-15-2004 at 07:20 AM.

06-14-2004, 09:45 PM	#267
Orcrist Wight Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Mines of Moria Posts: 239	I didn't know we were playing "closest guess wins", but oh well. __________________ "A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around!" Jack Sparrow

06-14-2004, 10:24 PM	#268
Anorial Wight Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Walking with Frodo and Sam back to Rivendell! (2869 miles) Posts: 125	Well, I read the rules and couldn't find how to handle it and emailed Saucepanman and he didn't answer so I made a decision. I'm sure Samwise will have an excellent question! (no pressure now! ) __________________ Home is behind, the world ahead....And there are many paths to tread.

06-15-2004, 10:04 AM	#269
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Belated reply Sorry for not replying Anoriel, but I was away for the weekend. To belatedly answer the point, it's within the question-setter's discretion to accept an answer that he/she thinks is sufficiently close. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

06-21-2004, 07:45 PM	#270
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Sorry.... Just got the note from Orcist. My computer's down, so I'm on my mother's, plus we've had company galore all week. I will see what I can do about a question ASAP, though I certainly cannot promise anything all that challenging. __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

06-22-2004, 05:06 PM	#271
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Okay.... This will either be really easy, or wrong. If it's wrong, I apologize, I have a killer headache and a busy household at the moment. In FOTR, who played the adorable little big-eyed Hobbit child who was listening to Bilbo's troll story at the party? I know, there were a lot of children there, but there was a little girl right in the front with huge eyes. Don't need her name, just "who" she was (ie: she was related to a member of the "crew".) Probably super easy, but-- I've got a killer headache, what can I say. __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

06-22-2004, 08:21 PM	#272
Orcrist Wight Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Mines of Moria Posts: 239	She was Peter Jackson's daughter. __________________ "A wedding! I love weddings! Drinks all around!" Jack Sparrow

06-22-2004, 09:28 PM	#273
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Like I said.... ...totally easy. Killer headache, what can I say? Darn cute she was, though. Oddly, seeing her in that scene made me think of Sam sitting at Bilbo's feet listening to the same story... Your go, Orcist. __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

06-22-2004, 10:48 PM	#274
Lady of the Pants Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: In front of my computer. Posts: 13	Orcist, please post a question soon. I just got finished reading all seven pages and I'm hooked. I want to answer one. __________________ If at first you don't suceed, maybe failing is your thing

06-23-2004, 03:57 PM	#275
Anorial Wight Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Walking with Frodo and Sam back to Rivendell! (2869 miles) Posts: 125	To expand y'all's knowledge! Darn, that was an easy one! I was on holidays so I missed it Point of fact, both of his children were hobbit children. You also see them as Rohan children in the caves at Helm's Deep and Gondorian children when Faramir is riding through the streets on Gondor on the suicide mission to Osgiliath. C'mon Orcrist, make it a goodie! (and see if you can find a source to use other than the Making of the Movie Trilogy book ) __________________ Home is behind, the world ahead....And there are many paths to tread.

06-23-2004, 05:11 PM	#276
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Sheesh. Talk about a family affair..... Orcist? __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)