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The Laurenendorian · 12-03-2003, 09:04 PM

No.

Telchar · 12-04-2003, 07:34 AM

Does it tave to do with either distances or groups of people ?

Telchar · 12-04-2003, 07:49 AM

This answer is eiher totally lame or totally brilliant [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Its has to do with escape, measured in days in relation to the destruction of the Ring!

10 days before the destruction of the Ring: Frodo and Sam escapes from the Tower of Cirith Ungol

25 days before the destruction of the Ring: Merry & Pippin escapes from the Uruk-hai

32 days before the destruction of the Ring: Gandalf escapes from the peak of Zirak-Zigil by aid of Gwaihir.

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The Laurenendorian · 12-04-2003, 08:19 PM

Absolutely brilliant, and I'm afraid not what I was after.

It's to do with groups of people.

Turambar · 12-11-2003, 11:25 AM

Is the Council of Elrond related to the answer ?

*doubts it*

EDIT: there were 25 in the company that went with Gandalf to Isengard after the battle of Helm's Deep. "We want man-food for twenty-five," the Ents said, so you can see that somebody had counted your company carefully before you arrived. (Merry)

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Turambar · 12-22-2003, 10:23 AM

Laur ? How about another hint?

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The Laurenendorian · 01-14-2004, 01:25 PM

In any one of the groups, only a handful of them might have been gathered into one place at one time.

Turambar · 01-14-2004, 01:31 PM

So they might be inter-generational "groups" - like a line of kings or something . . .

The Laurenendorian · 01-22-2004, 03:56 AM

Fairly exactly like a line of kings. The number of monarchs of Númenor, Arnor and Gondor (before the coming of Envinyatar), actually.

Play on, Master of Doom.

**The Saucepan Man** · 06-08-2004, 11:11 AM

*Bump*

Evisse the Blue · 10-09-2004, 09:39 AM

It's been way more than 10 days so...

Old Forest
Emyn Muil
Mirkwood
Moria

NightKnight · 10-09-2004, 02:10 PM

Gollum was never in the Old Forest?

Evisse the Blue · 10-10-2004, 08:06 AM

Not what I had in mind.

Lindolirian · 12-06-2004, 10:34 AM

Hobbits were never lost in Moria... not quite anyway.

Evisse the Blue · 12-06-2004, 03:31 PM

You know what, I've forgotten the answer I was looking for, and your answer fits...sort of. Anyway, it's time for a proper revival of this thread, so go ahead with the next one.

Firefoot · 12-06-2004, 03:43 PM

Just a quick question: it seems like the guesses for the last question were more like Odd One Out guesses rather than One Thing in Common like the game is called... Am I just confused here?

Evisse the Blue · 12-06-2004, 03:56 PM

Of course you're right, Firefoot, we're the confused ones here.

So that means I'm overlooking Lindo's answer, and everyone is welcome to guess at my riddle. If you can explain your answer, the thread is yours!

Lindolirian · 12-06-2004, 04:04 PM

Hahaha! I feel so silly. Uhhh... it was NightKnight who made me do it!

Well if you use the loophole in my last answer (hehehe) you can count Gandalf's forgetting his way at the three doors, you might be able to say the Hobbits were lost in Moria. So these were all places in which Hobbits were lost!

Evisse the Blue · 12-06-2004, 04:20 PM

Right! You're correct, so go on. ( lol. It's been surreal)

Lindolirian · 01-11-2005, 03:41 PM

One Thing in Common, now

Peregrin Took
Mithrandir
Hurin

Fingolfin II · 01-11-2005, 04:49 PM

They all had some sort of mental contest with a Dark Lord?

Pippin - Sauron in the palantir
Gandalf - Sauron on Amon Hen
Hurin - Morgoth in Thangorodrim

Lindolirian · 01-11-2005, 07:50 PM

That's it!

Evisse the Blue · 02-12-2005, 08:55 AM

Very easy, this one:

Anduril
Elessar
Narya

paavo · 02-12-2005, 12:12 PM

They all brought hope in the hearts of men?

Vinyacoriel · 02-12-2005, 12:23 PM

They all had something to do with the Elves?

Anduril = (re)made by an elf (Elrond)

Elessar = elvish name given to Aragorn by Galadriel

Narya = one of the three elvish rings

Evisse the Blue · 02-12-2005, 12:51 PM

Paavo has it.

paavo · 02-13-2005, 04:43 AM

Thank you very much.

This one is quite difficult I think, my apologies if it proves to be too hard.

Gandalf
Túrin Turambar
Nienor Níniel

Evisse the Blue · 02-13-2005, 07:02 AM

At one point, they were all taken for someone else then who they were?

paavo · 02-13-2005, 09:08 AM

not the answer I was looking for...

paavo · 02-20-2005, 04:47 AM

One could go to the "quotes in other languages" thread if one would wish for a hint...

paavo · 02-25-2005, 06:18 AM

ok, since no one seems to even try this one I'll let Evisse have the thread since her(?) answer was quite right.

Evisse the Blue · 02-26-2005, 07:53 AM

No, wait! I was just thinking about this one.

Is it that all of them chose to end their lives by their own will? Well, Gandalf didn't actually die, but still what he did was sort of like a suicide mission.

paavo · 02-26-2005, 09:35 AM

Yet anothet fine answer but again not the one I was looking for.

since you already have two perfectly good answers you can decide yourself whether you want to continue or pose a new question.

Evisse the Blue · 02-27-2005, 01:18 AM

Why doesn't anyone smarter than me try a guess at this?

Now I'm really curious what you had in mind, Paavo. Can you please reveal the answer?

Meanwhile, I'll think of the next one.

paavo · 02-27-2005, 07:02 AM

What I was thinking of was that they each have an equivalent character in the Kalevala (surprise surprise Kalevala again!

) . Gandalf could be Väinämöinen, Túrin and Kullervo are similar as are Nienor and Marjatta (Kullervos sister).
But anyway, good job Evisse. take the thread.

Evisse the Blue · 02-27-2005, 12:01 PM

Well, yeah! It makes sense!

here's the next one:

Sting
The One Ring
Bill the Pony

Thinlómien · 03-02-2005, 07:39 AM

All were borrowed by Sam?

Evisse the Blue · 03-02-2005, 11:00 AM

Yep! I was thinking all at one point belonged to Sam, but that's exactly the same thing, so your turn!

Thinlómien · 03-09-2005, 09:24 AM

Oh, I got it right? Suppose I did, though this was my first quiz reply ever...

And sorry, I didn't post earlier, because I wasn't online.

Here are my three:
1. Lúthien&Beren
2. Boromir
3. Gondor

NightKnight · 03-09-2005, 12:39 PM

My guess is that Aragorn sung of all of them.

12-03-2003, 09:04 PM	#601
The Laurenendorian Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Taruithorn Posts: 57	No. __________________ And Beren desperate then aside / thrust Lúthien, and forth did stride, unarmed, defenceless to defend / Tinúviel until the end

12-04-2003, 07:34 AM	#602
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	Does it tave to do with either distances or groups of people ? __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

12-04-2003, 07:49 AM	#603
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	This answer is eiher totally lame or totally brilliant [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Its has to do with escape, measured in days in relation to the destruction of the Ring! 10 days before the destruction of the Ring: Frodo and Sam escapes from the Tower of Cirith Ungol 25 days before the destruction of the Ring: Merry & Pippin escapes from the Uruk-hai 32 days before the destruction of the Ring: Gandalf escapes from the peak of Zirak-Zigil by aid of Gwaihir. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

12-04-2003, 08:19 PM	#604
The Laurenendorian Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Taruithorn Posts: 57	Absolutely brilliant, and I'm afraid not what I was after. It's to do with groups of people. __________________ And Beren desperate then aside / thrust Lúthien, and forth did stride, unarmed, defenceless to defend / Tinúviel until the end

12-11-2003, 11:25 AM	#605
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	Is the Council of Elrond related to the answer ? doubts it EDIT: there were 25 in the company that went with Gandalf to Isengard after the battle of Helm's Deep. "We want man-food for twenty-five," the Ents said, so you can see that somebody had counted your company carefully before you arrived. (Merry) <font size=1 color=339966>[ 1:42 PM December 12, 2003: Message edited by: Turambar ] __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

12-22-2003, 10:23 AM	#606
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	Laur ? How about another hint? <font size=1 color=339966>[ 3:57 PM December 22, 2003: Message edited by: Turambar ] <font size=1 color=339966>[ 9:52 PM December 22, 2003: Message edited by: Turambar ] __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

01-14-2004, 01:25 PM	#607
The Laurenendorian Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Taruithorn Posts: 57	In any one of the groups, only a handful of them might have been gathered into one place at one time. __________________ And Beren desperate then aside / thrust Lúthien, and forth did stride, unarmed, defenceless to defend / Tinúviel until the end

01-14-2004, 01:31 PM	#608
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	So they might be inter-generational "groups" - like a line of kings or something . . . __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

01-22-2004, 03:56 AM	#609
The Laurenendorian Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Taruithorn Posts: 57	Fairly exactly like a line of kings. The number of monarchs of Númenor, Arnor and Gondor (before the coming of Envinyatar), actually. Play on, Master of Doom. __________________ And Beren desperate then aside / thrust Lúthien, and forth did stride, unarmed, defenceless to defend / Tinúviel until the end

06-08-2004, 11:11 AM	#610
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Official Bump Bump __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

10-09-2004, 09:39 AM	#611
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	unofficial bump It's been way more than 10 days so... Old Forest Emyn Muil Mirkwood Moria __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

10-09-2004, 02:10 PM	#612
NightKnight Lost among the Stars Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hiding in Childhood (Sweden) Posts: 2,690	Gollum was never in the Old Forest? __________________ There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.

10-10-2004, 08:06 AM	#613
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Not what I had in mind. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

12-06-2004, 10:34 AM	#614
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	Hobbits were never lost in Moria... not quite anyway. __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

12-06-2004, 03:31 PM	#615
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	You know what, I've forgotten the answer I was looking for, and your answer fits...sort of. Anyway, it's time for a proper revival of this thread, so go ahead with the next one. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

12-06-2004, 03:43 PM	#616
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Just a quick question: it seems like the guesses for the last question were more like Odd One Out guesses rather than One Thing in Common like the game is called... Am I just confused here?

12-06-2004, 03:56 PM	#617
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Duh! Of course you're right, Firefoot, we're the confused ones here. So that means I'm overlooking Lindo's answer, and everyone is welcome to guess at my riddle. If you can explain your answer, the thread is yours! __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

12-06-2004, 04:04 PM	#618
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	Hahaha! I feel so silly. Uhhh... it was NightKnight who made me do it! Well if you use the loophole in my last answer (hehehe) you can count Gandalf's forgetting his way at the three doors, you might be able to say the Hobbits were lost in Moria. So these were all places in which Hobbits were lost! __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

12-06-2004, 04:20 PM	#619
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Right! You're correct, so go on. ( lol. It's been surreal) __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

01-11-2005, 03:41 PM	#620
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	Looky what I forgot about... One Thing in Common, now Peregrin Took Mithrandir Hurin __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

01-11-2005, 04:49 PM	#621
Fingolfin II Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Where you want me to be Posts: 1,036	They all had some sort of mental contest with a Dark Lord? Pippin - Sauron in the palantir Gandalf - Sauron on Amon Hen Hurin - Morgoth in Thangorodrim __________________ Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta.

01-11-2005, 07:50 PM	#622
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	That's it! __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

02-12-2005, 08:55 AM	#623
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	10 days rule strikes again! Very easy, this one: Anduril Elessar Narya __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

02-12-2005, 12:12 PM	#624
paavo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 426	They all brought hope in the hearts of men? __________________ It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

02-12-2005, 12:23 PM	#625
Vinyacoriel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 59	They all had something to do with the Elves? Anduril = (re)made by an elf (Elrond) Elessar = elvish name given to Aragorn by Galadriel Narya = one of the three elvish rings __________________ So there's this totally awsome Ring and there's some lord of it who i think isn't Frodo, but hey, it's a trillogy of tales so rock on!!!

02-12-2005, 12:51 PM	#626
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Paavo has it. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

02-13-2005, 04:43 AM	#627
paavo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 426	Thank you very much. This one is quite difficult I think, my apologies if it proves to be too hard. Gandalf Túrin Turambar Nienor Níniel __________________ It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

02-13-2005, 07:02 AM	#628
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	At one point, they were all taken for someone else then who they were? __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

02-13-2005, 09:08 AM	#629
paavo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 426	not the answer I was looking for... __________________ It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

02-20-2005, 04:47 AM	#630
paavo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 426	One could go to the "quotes in other languages" thread if one would wish for a hint... __________________ It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

02-25-2005, 06:18 AM	#631
paavo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 426	ok, since no one seems to even try this one I'll let Evisse have the thread since her(?) answer was quite right. __________________ It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

02-26-2005, 07:53 AM	#632
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	No, wait! I was just thinking about this one. Is it that all of them chose to end their lives by their own will? Well, Gandalf didn't actually die, but still what he did was sort of like a suicide mission. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

02-26-2005, 09:35 AM	#633
paavo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 426	Yet anothet fine answer but again not the one I was looking for. since you already have two perfectly good answers you can decide yourself whether you want to continue or pose a new question. __________________ It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

02-27-2005, 01:18 AM	#634
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Why doesn't anyone smarter than me try a guess at this? Now I'm really curious what you had in mind, Paavo. Can you please reveal the answer? Meanwhile, I'll think of the next one. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

02-27-2005, 07:02 AM	#635
paavo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 426	What I was thinking of was that they each have an equivalent character in the Kalevala (surprise surprise Kalevala again! ) . Gandalf could be Väinämöinen, Túrin and Kullervo are similar as are Nienor and Marjatta (Kullervos sister). But anyway, good job Evisse. take the thread. __________________ It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.