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**The Saucepan Man** · 10-17-2003, 06:38 PM

To clarify, I mean invertebrates that we have in our world, but which feature in Tolkien's works in larger varieties.

We don't know what the Watcher in the Water was. It may have been a giant squid or octopus, but we just can't be sure, so I'm not counting that one (good answer, though).

I don't get the sense that Ents and Huorns are larger than standard trees. And plants don't count as invertebrates*.

But you got one: Spiders are definately in there.

Two more to go ...

*Edit: Interesting side question - did Ents have backbones? Anyone fancy raising that on the Books forum? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[ October 17, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ]

Arestevana · 10-18-2003, 05:29 PM

Bees? Specifically, Beorn's honeybees?
Spiders, of course.
And the large snails Bilbo's friend the thrush was cracking?

Telchar · 10-19-2003, 01:03 PM

I think that Arestevana has the bees correct, then the spiders and thirdly the black moth of Mirkwood that were rather big [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

**The Saucepan Man** · 10-19-2003, 05:19 PM

You are correct, Arestevana. Well done. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Spiders, Beorn's bees, the snails of Erebor and the moths of Mirkwood were the four that I had in mind.

Since you got three of the four first, Arestevana, the thread is yours (but Telchar gets an honourable mention for getting the fourth [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ).

Arestevana · 10-20-2003, 05:03 PM

Okay, following the Mirkwood theme...

When the dwarves sent Bilbo up a tree to see how close the forest's edge was, what kind of tree was it?

Eruanna · 10-22-2003, 02:54 PM

It was an oak tree.

Arestevana · 10-22-2003, 05:21 PM

Yes it was.

Eruanna · 10-26-2003, 04:24 PM

Still with trees [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Name three varieties of tree which grew in Numenor.

Evisse the Blue · 10-27-2003, 03:36 AM

Well- there was Nimloth and Oiolaire for sure, and I'm guessing there were also Mallorns-

Eruanna · 10-28-2003, 07:52 AM

Close enough [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

You could also have had: lairelosse, nessamelda, vardarianna or yavannamire (from "A Description of Numenor" in UT)

Your turn [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Evisse the Blue · 10-29-2003, 05:56 AM

Name three songs /poems from LOTR which feature animals.

NightKnight · 10-29-2003, 06:20 AM

Frodo's song at the Prancing Pony
"Where is the horse and the rider..."
Sam's poem about the Oliphaunt

Evisse the Blue · 11-05-2003, 10:55 AM

Correct of course, your go!

NightKnight · 11-06-2003, 01:45 PM

Which plant was Eregion (and Region) named after?

Arestevana · 11-06-2003, 03:36 PM

Holly.

Arestevana · 11-08-2003, 01:02 PM

*bump*

NightKnight · 11-09-2003, 05:49 AM

You're right. Please continue. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Arestevana · 11-09-2003, 12:34 PM

This is probably too easy, but here goes.

What is asëa aranion?

Child of the 7th Age · 11-09-2003, 06:55 PM

Athelas, or the leaf of the Kings....

Arestevana · 11-10-2003, 03:32 PM

Correct. Please continue... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Child of the 7th Age · 11-10-2003, 06:46 PM

What are two names commonly given to the watery willow-forest that grew up in central Beleriand where the River Narog met the Sirion?

child

NightKnight · 11-11-2003, 12:32 PM

Nan-tathren, Tasarinan and Nan-tasarion. I don't know which two you're looking for.

Child of the 7th Age · 11-11-2003, 02:42 PM

Any two out of the three would do... The floor is yours.

Child

Child of the 7th Age · 11-21-2003, 07:27 AM

It's been ten days so I'm going to try again with another question....

Quote:

His eyes were long and very narrow and slanted, and gleamed both red and green. but his great grey whiskers were as stout and sharp as needles. His purr was like the roll of drums and his growl like thunder, but when he yelled in wrath it turned the blood cold, and indeed small beasts and birds were frozen as to stone, or dropped lifeless often at the very sound.

This character is one of my very favorites!
[img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

What is the name of this character and where in Tolkien's writings does he appear?

Child

[ November 21, 2003: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]

NightKnight · 11-21-2003, 09:51 AM

I'll take a guess at Tevildo, Morgoth's big kitty. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] He was in the tale of Beren and Luthien in the Book of Lost Tales 2, I think.

Child of the 7th Age · 11-22-2003, 05:13 PM

Correct again, Nightknight!

Please do put forward your own question.

Child

NightKnight · 11-23-2003, 06:16 AM

I just forgot about this one last time.
How big was Thorondor's wingspan?

10-17-2003, 06:38 PM	#41
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	To clarify, I mean invertebrates that we have in our world, but which feature in Tolkien's works in larger varieties. We don't know what the Watcher in the Water was. It may have been a giant squid or octopus, but we just can't be sure, so I'm not counting that one (good answer, though). I don't get the sense that Ents and Huorns are larger than standard trees. And plants don't count as invertebrates. But you got one: Spiders are definately in there. Two more to go ... Edit: Interesting side question - did Ents have backbones? Anyone fancy raising that on the Books forum? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [ October 17, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ] __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

10-19-2003, 01:03 PM	#43
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	I think that Arestevana has the bees correct, then the spiders and thirdly the black moth of Mirkwood that were rather big [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

10-19-2003, 05:19 PM	#44
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	You are correct, Arestevana. Well done. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Spiders, Beorn's bees, the snails of Erebor and the moths of Mirkwood were the four that I had in mind. Since you got three of the four first, Arestevana, the thread is yours (but Telchar gets an honourable mention for getting the fourth [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ). __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

10-22-2003, 02:54 PM	#46
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	It was an oak tree. __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."

10-26-2003, 04:24 PM	#48
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	Still with trees [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Name three varieties of tree which grew in Numenor. __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."

10-18-2003, 05:29 PM	#42
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	Bees? Specifically, Beorn's honeybees? Spiders, of course. And the large snails Bilbo's friend the thrush was cracking?

10-20-2003, 05:03 PM	#45
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	Okay, following the Mirkwood theme... When the dwarves sent Bilbo up a tree to see how close the forest's edge was, what kind of tree was it?

10-22-2003, 05:21 PM	#47
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	Yes it was.

10-27-2003, 03:36 AM	#49
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Well- there was Nimloth and Oiolaire for sure, and I'm guessing there were also Mallorns- __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

10-28-2003, 07:52 AM	#50
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	Close enough [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] You could also have had: lairelosse, nessamelda, vardarianna or yavannamire (from "A Description of Numenor" in UT) Your turn [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."

10-29-2003, 05:56 AM	#51
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Name three songs /poems from LOTR which feature animals. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

10-29-2003, 06:20 AM	#52
NightKnight Lost among the Stars Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hiding in Childhood (Sweden) Posts: 2,690	Frodo's song at the Prancing Pony "Where is the horse and the rider..." Sam's poem about the Oliphaunt __________________ There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.

11-05-2003, 10:55 AM	#53
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Correct of course, your go! __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

11-06-2003, 01:45 PM	#54
NightKnight Lost among the Stars Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hiding in Childhood (Sweden) Posts: 2,690	Which plant was Eregion (and Region) named after? __________________ There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.

11-06-2003, 03:36 PM	#55
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	Holly.

11-08-2003, 01:02 PM	#56
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	bump

11-09-2003, 05:49 AM	#57
NightKnight Lost among the Stars Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hiding in Childhood (Sweden) Posts: 2,690	You're right. Please continue. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.

11-09-2003, 12:34 PM	#58
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	This is probably too easy, but here goes. What is asëa aranion?

11-09-2003, 06:55 PM	#59
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Athelas, or the leaf of the Kings.... __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

11-10-2003, 03:32 PM	#60
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	Correct. Please continue... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

11-10-2003, 06:46 PM	#61
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	What are two names commonly given to the watery willow-forest that grew up in central Beleriand where the River Narog met the Sirion? child __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

11-11-2003, 12:32 PM	#62
NightKnight Lost among the Stars Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hiding in Childhood (Sweden) Posts: 2,690	Nan-tathren, Tasarinan and Nan-tasarion. I don't know which two you're looking for. __________________ There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.

11-11-2003, 02:42 PM	#63
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Any two out of the three would do... The floor is yours. Child __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

11-21-2003, 09:51 AM	#65
NightKnight Lost among the Stars Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hiding in Childhood (Sweden) Posts: 2,690	I'll take a guess at Tevildo, Morgoth's big kitty. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] He was in the tale of Beren and Luthien in the Book of Lost Tales 2, I think. __________________ There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.

11-22-2003, 05:13 PM	#66
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Correct again, Nightknight! Please do put forward your own question. Child __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

11-23-2003, 06:16 AM	#67
NightKnight Lost among the Stars Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hiding in Childhood (Sweden) Posts: 2,690	I just forgot about this one last time. How big was Thorondor's wingspan? __________________ There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.