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Joy · 02-21-2002, 08:21 PM

It was Dwalin

Watcher in the Water · 02-21-2002, 08:48 PM

Yes I believe it was...

Joy · 02-21-2002, 09:15 PM

With what was Smuag killed?

Vilya Elathelas of Rivendell · 02-21-2002, 09:30 PM

an arrow
If i remember right, it was a poisned arrow...but then I seldom remember anything right...

Joy · 02-21-2002, 09:36 PM

A little more specific please. You are partly right.

Vilya Elathelas of Rivendell · 02-21-2002, 09:45 PM

smaug was killed by the black arrow of Bard.

Joy · 02-21-2002, 10:06 PM

Very good, Vilya. Your turn now.

Vilya Elathelas of Rivendell · 02-21-2002, 10:14 PM

yay!! Ok, let's see...

Quote:

"Not at all far. I shouldn't think above twelve yards."

Who said this, to whom, about what, where?? [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]

Watcher in the Water · 02-21-2002, 10:28 PM

I am guessing that this was said about the drop to the water in the cellars of the elf king. I cant remember anything about who would have said it... bilbo to one of the dwarves.

I case you didnt realise this was a shot in the dark!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Mat_Heathertoes · 02-22-2002, 09:08 AM

Quote:

"Not at all far, I shouldn't think above twelve yards."

Bilbo, talking to Thorin Oakenshield about the width from the near bank of the Enchanted River to the boat moored on the other side..

Vilya Elathelas of Rivendell · 02-22-2002, 04:18 PM

correct mat!! Go on ahead!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Mat_Heathertoes · 02-22-2002, 05:09 PM

Quote:

A very good tale!

Said by whom?

Vilya Elathelas of Rivendell · 02-22-2002, 09:59 PM

bilbo???

Bruce MacCulloch · 02-22-2002, 10:08 PM

Beorn to Gandalf, after Gandalf finished telling the story of their adventures.

Mat_Heathertoes · 02-23-2002, 04:15 PM

Spot on Mr MacCulloch, as usual over to you!

Bruce MacCulloch · 02-23-2002, 08:52 PM

Who was Thranduil's butler?

Mat_Heathertoes · 02-24-2002, 09:24 AM

That was Galion, reputed to be partial to a drop of Dorwinions finest

Bruce MacCulloch · 02-24-2002, 04:29 PM

Technically, your answer is correct. The name I was actually looking for was the one his school-friends called him, "Percy". [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
Just kidding - your turn, Mat.

Mat_Heathertoes · 02-24-2002, 04:47 PM

What was Thranduils favourite type of gemstone?

Bruce MacCulloch · 02-24-2002, 05:06 PM

Emeralds

Mat_Heathertoes · 02-24-2002, 06:47 PM

Yup! Your turn!

Bruce MacCulloch · 02-24-2002, 08:05 PM

What kind of a pen was used to write the moon-letters on the map?

Watcher in the Water · 02-24-2002, 10:50 PM

A special mithril type one?

Legolas · 02-24-2002, 11:49 PM

silver pens...

"The dwarves invented them and wrote them with silver pens, as your friends could tell you." - Elrond to Bilbo

Bruce MacCulloch · 02-25-2002, 12:41 AM

All yours, Leg.

Legolas · 02-25-2002, 08:23 PM

Here goes:

The Arkenstone is worth what?

Bruce MacCulloch · 02-25-2002, 10:13 PM

Well, according to Bilbo, Thorin valued it "above a river of gold".

Watcher in the Water · 02-25-2002, 11:26 PM

Or it could be argued that it was worth one fourteenth of the pile of treasure as Bilbo claimed.

Legolas · 02-27-2002, 11:31 AM

From the first page of A Thief in the Night:

"For the Arkenstone of my father," he [Thorin] said, "is worth more than a river of gold in itself, and to me it is beyond price."

Go Bruce.

[ February 27, 2002: Message edited by: Legalos ]

Bruce MacCulloch · 02-27-2002, 12:20 PM

The problem with questions from The Hobbit is that finding a new question is increasingly more and more difficult. But - no worries, here's one:

What did Gollum teach his grandmother?

Mat_Heathertoes · 02-27-2002, 04:17 PM

To suck eggses

[img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

[ February 27, 2002: Message edited by: Mat_Heathertoes ]

Melime · 02-27-2002, 04:59 PM

You know...my school colors are Red and Black...maybe the administrators or whoever picked the colors are Orc decendants?! Or quite possibly Orcs themselves?! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] LOL

Mat_Heathertoes · 02-27-2002, 05:19 PM

Your Principle isn't a Mr B.Olg by some remote chance ?

Bruce MacCulloch · 02-27-2002, 11:14 PM

That is correct, Master Heathertoes!

Mat_Heathertoes · 02-28-2002, 06:24 PM

Many thanks Mr Macc. It's getting tricksy to find new and ever more obscure questions for this book, but here goes..

How many times does the word 'precious' (or precioussss!) appear in Riddles in the Dark, The Hobbit 4th Edition....?

02-28-2002, 09:55 PM

complete guess, but 23?

Joy · 02-28-2002, 11:31 PM

If I counted right, it is 24.

Mat_Heathertoes · 03-03-2002, 09:24 AM

I'm afraid you haven't

Joy · 03-03-2002, 02:42 PM

27??

Mat_Heathertoes · 03-03-2002, 04:17 PM

Keep going [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

02-21-2002, 08:21 PM	#81
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	It was Dwalin __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

02-21-2002, 08:48 PM	#82
Watcher in the Water Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Green Dragon Posts: 48	Yes I believe it was... __________________ The Road Goes Ever On and On...

02-21-2002, 09:15 PM	#83
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	With what was Smuag killed? __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

02-21-2002, 09:30 PM	#84
Vilya Elathelas of Rivendell Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 27	an arrow If i remember right, it was a poisned arrow...but then I seldom remember anything right... __________________ "Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes."

02-21-2002, 09:36 PM	#85
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	A little more specific please. You are partly right. __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

02-21-2002, 09:45 PM	#86
Vilya Elathelas of Rivendell Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 27	smaug was killed by the black arrow of Bard. __________________ "Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes."

02-21-2002, 10:06 PM	#87
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	Very good, Vilya. Your turn now. __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

02-21-2002, 10:28 PM	#89
Watcher in the Water Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Green Dragon Posts: 48	I am guessing that this was said about the drop to the water in the cellars of the elf king. I cant remember anything about who would have said it... bilbo to one of the dwarves. I case you didnt realise this was a shot in the dark!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ The Road Goes Ever On and On...

02-22-2002, 04:18 PM	#91
Vilya Elathelas of Rivendell Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 27	correct mat!! Go on ahead!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ "Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes."

02-22-2002, 09:59 PM	#93
Vilya Elathelas of Rivendell Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 27	bilbo??? __________________ "Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes."

02-22-2002, 10:08 PM	#94
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	Beorn to Gandalf, after Gandalf finished telling the story of their adventures. __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

02-23-2002, 04:15 PM	#95
Mat_Heathertoes Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: A Broom cupboard in Utumno Posts: 185	Spot on Mr MacCulloch, as usual over to you! __________________ Give me fish now, and keep nassty chips!

02-23-2002, 08:52 PM	#96
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	Who was Thranduil's butler? __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

02-24-2002, 09:24 AM	#97
Mat_Heathertoes Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: A Broom cupboard in Utumno Posts: 185	That was Galion, reputed to be partial to a drop of Dorwinions finest __________________ Give me fish now, and keep nassty chips!

02-24-2002, 04:29 PM	#98
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	Technically, your answer is correct. The name I was actually looking for was the one his school-friends called him, "Percy". [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] Just kidding - your turn, Mat. __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

02-24-2002, 04:47 PM	#99
Mat_Heathertoes Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: A Broom cupboard in Utumno Posts: 185	What was Thranduils favourite type of gemstone? __________________ Give me fish now, and keep nassty chips!

02-24-2002, 05:06 PM	#100
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	Emeralds __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

02-24-2002, 06:47 PM	#101
Mat_Heathertoes Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: A Broom cupboard in Utumno Posts: 185	Yup! Your turn! __________________ Give me fish now, and keep nassty chips!

02-24-2002, 08:05 PM	#102
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	What kind of a pen was used to write the moon-letters on the map? __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

02-24-2002, 10:50 PM	#103
Watcher in the Water Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Green Dragon Posts: 48	A special mithril type one? __________________ The Road Goes Ever On and On...

02-24-2002, 11:49 PM	#104
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,847	silver pens... "The dwarves invented them and wrote them with silver pens, as your friends could tell you." - Elrond to Bilbo __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.

02-25-2002, 12:41 AM	#105
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	All yours, Leg. __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

02-25-2002, 08:23 PM	#106
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,847	Here goes: The Arkenstone is worth what? __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.

02-25-2002, 10:13 PM	#107
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	Well, according to Bilbo, Thorin valued it "above a river of gold". __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

02-25-2002, 11:26 PM	#108
Watcher in the Water Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Green Dragon Posts: 48	Or it could be argued that it was worth one fourteenth of the pile of treasure as Bilbo claimed. __________________ The Road Goes Ever On and On...

02-27-2002, 11:31 AM	#109
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,847	From the first page of A Thief in the Night: "For the Arkenstone of my father," he [Thorin] said, "is worth more than a river of gold in itself, and to me it is beyond price." Go Bruce. [ February 27, 2002: Message edited by: Legalos ] __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.

02-27-2002, 12:20 PM	#110
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	The problem with questions from The Hobbit is that finding a new question is increasingly more and more difficult. But - no worries, here's one: What did Gollum teach his grandmother? __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

02-27-2002, 04:17 PM	#111
Mat_Heathertoes Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: A Broom cupboard in Utumno Posts: 185	To suck eggses [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [ February 27, 2002: Message edited by: Mat_Heathertoes ] __________________ Give me fish now, and keep nassty chips!

02-27-2002, 04:59 PM	#112
Melime Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Pennsylvania... Posts: 19	You know...my school colors are Red and Black...maybe the administrators or whoever picked the colors are Orc decendants?! Or quite possibly Orcs themselves?! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] LOL

02-27-2002, 05:19 PM	#113
Mat_Heathertoes Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: A Broom cupboard in Utumno Posts: 185	Your Principle isn't a Mr B.Olg by some remote chance ? __________________ Give me fish now, and keep nassty chips!

02-27-2002, 11:14 PM	#114
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	That is correct, Master Heathertoes! __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

02-28-2002, 06:24 PM	#115
Mat_Heathertoes Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: A Broom cupboard in Utumno Posts: 185	Many thanks Mr Macc. It's getting tricksy to find new and ever more obscure questions for this book, but here goes.. How many times does the word 'precious' (or precioussss!) appear in Riddles in the Dark, The Hobbit 4th Edition....? __________________ Give me fish now, and keep nassty chips!

02-28-2002, 09:55 PM	#116
Amaryllis Guest Posts: n/a	complete guess, but 23?

02-28-2002, 11:31 PM	#117
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	If I counted right, it is 24. __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

03-03-2002, 09:24 AM	#118
Mat_Heathertoes Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: A Broom cupboard in Utumno Posts: 185	I'm afraid you haven't __________________ Give me fish now, and keep nassty chips!