Simple questions to answer without looking at book

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Ecthelion slew Gothmog.

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Re: Simple questions to answer without looking at book

Or do you mean all three of them? Sorry. <img src=rolleyes.gif ALT=":rolleyes"> . Ecthelion slew and was slain by Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs, and GLorfindel fell in the passes of the Echoriath in combat with a Balrog. In fact everyone who ever slew a Balrog, Maia or Elda, died themselves in the act.

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Re: Simple questions to answer without looking at book

*Grumble*. http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/u...&f=14&t=000168explanation.</a>

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Re: Simple questions to answer without looking at book

Sorry to intrude. Off topic, but, does DHamill stand for Dorothy Hamill? <img src=devil.gif ALT=":evil">

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Re: Simple questions to answer without looking at book

Daniel, actually, Mr Second Greyness. <img src=tongue.gif ALT=":b">

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Re: Simple questions to answer without looking at

Correct as correct can be Gwaihir. Your turn.

What percentage of of this quiz room would you say you make up with posts, Gwaihir?

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Re: Simple questions to answer without looking at

At the time you asked that, Durelin, almost half; but not now. I seem to be suffering a spasm of Quiz Room avoidance at the moment (which I believe is passing as we speak).

Alright, sorry for the delay; a rune appears in my sig. Taking a logical and INFORMED guess, why is it in my sig at all, and what alphabet does it come from?

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Runes in Sigs

As there are only two scripts named by Tolkien, the Tengwar and the Cirth, (and your rune is clearly not Tengwar,) it is the Certhas Daeron that should hold correct as for the alphabet. On further inspection it can be found (esp. in App E of LotR) that that rune represents the sound 'gw' and because you are Gwaihir, it is obvious why the first distinct 'sound' in your name should appear in your sig <img src=wink.gif ALT=""> PS I hope that is informed enough to meet your demand <img src=smile.gif ALT="">

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Re: Runes in Sigs

Excellent answer, enep. Ask us!

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Sword of Theoden

Thanks <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> What is the name of Theoden's sword that Wormtongue had in his keeping?

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Re: Sword of Theoden

I believed this was asked before. Herugrim is the answer.

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True

It probably was - but nonetheless your answer is correct. Ask us! <img src=smile.gif ALT="">

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Re: True

what was the name of the last peak of the Misty Mountains?

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Misty Mountains

Erm... in the North: Mount Gundabad, and in the South above Isengard: Methedras, I'm not sure which you want. <img src=smile.gif ALT="">

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Re: Misty Mountains

I was asking for Methedras. Carry on, enep.

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Esgalduin

Sorry, I'm easily prone to confusion <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> Ok, an easy one - what is the name of the pass that goes over the Esgalduin just outside of the Nan Dungortheb? (i.e. on the northern marches of Doriath)

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Re: Esgalduin

Iant Iaur.

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Yep

True, true. Continue!

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Re: Yep

'We are the fighting Uruk-hai! We slew the great warrior! We took the prisoners!'

From this citation, Ugluk can be seen as a coward from two reasons. What are they?

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Re: Yep

In this word-duell with Grishnakh, he relies on the help of his fellow orc soldiers ('We'). Besides, it was most probably not him who slew Boromir, or took the prisoners (who are only hobbits anyway).

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Re: Yep

I had that there were dozens of Orcs onto the Great Warrior, and many of them wer slain, twenty or thereabouts, before the Orcs succeeded in slaying him; also that so many Orcs onto two untrained Hobbits is quite out-numbering the Hobbits. But your answer is fine. Ask away!

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Re: Yep

Who was Gríma Wormtongue's father?
This maybe isn't an easy one without looking in the books, but it's the best I know right now <img src=smile.gif ALT="">

(btw, Gwaihir, the pic is just a small part of one painting by Theodor Kittelsen, whose supreme art often reminds me of Middle-Earth)

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Re: Yep

Galmod?


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Re: Yep

Yes, correct, although you forgot the accents <img src=wink.gif ALT="">
Ask us!

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Re: Yep

Who were the sentinels of Numenor, and where did they stand?


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Re: Yep

Don't know that one, Voronwe.

Mmmm. And where did you get that sig?

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Re: Yep

The sig is from 'Aldarion and Erendis', one of my favouite stories, not least because it is the only tale of Numemor in the days of its glory. I only wish that Tolkien had finished it.

I'll wait and see if anyone else gets this question before I post a clue.


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Re: Yep

Could those be the Tarmasundar, the mountain ridges running from Meneltarma? Just wild guessing...

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Re: Yep

Nope, they're not mountains. A clue: the company of the Ring passed under their shaddow.


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Are you referring to Gates of Argonath, probably?

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Re: hm

H-I, you have the correct answer. The Argonath were indeed described (by Tolkien) as the Sentinels of Numenor.

Ask away!


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What was the stuff Gandalf's pipe was made of?

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Re: Pipes

That is a tricky one. I suppose it is somewhere where the hobbits are given a pipe or whatnot by Gandalf; but in the meantime I shall take a wild guess. Wood? <img src=ohwell.gif ALT=":/">

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Re: Pipes

Clay?

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Re: Pipes

Ash?

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Ahah!

Bronze? Gold? Silver? Copper? Tin? Carbon? Hafnium? Xenon? Ai! Don't ask me what those are. I looked at a periodic table. <img src=wink.gif ALT=""> Let's all keep at the guessing, someone will get it eventually! Btw, there is an element called Ununoctium. And a whole lot of Unun- type elements. Periodic tables freak me out <img src=eek.gif ALT=":eek">

*Edit: Try Ytterbium <img src=laugh.gif ALT=":lol">

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Re: Ahah!

I think all those are just generic names for elements that they haven't created in a lab or haven't found naturally yet.

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O no, please, no chemistry for me

It was made of clay, actually, so Odysseus carries on

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Re: Ahah!

I have a feeling this is too easy, but:

Where did Tolkien find the names Durin, Thrain, Bifur, Bombur, Nori, Fili and Kili? (And Gandalf too I think).

Hey enep, how many elements were in the periodic table you saw? There were 112 when I was in HS, it's probably up to 200 by now.

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Re: Ahah!

I cannot remember having read those names in the Elder or Poetic Edda by Snorri Sturlosson (except for Gandalf), however I do think that this is what you mean, isn't it?

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