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Turambar · 04-09-2002, 07:26 AM

Hint #2 - THink of a famous Tolkien subtitle.

zifnab · 04-09-2002, 09:00 AM

Here's a couple wild guesses:

1. Samwise was the only one not born in the First-Age?

2. Thingol is the only one that is missing the letter "a"?

3. All of them either touched a Silmaril or held the "Light of the trees" except Aredhal(I forget if the Phial of Galadriel was the Light of the Trees)?

4. Aredhal was the only one slain by a loved one?

5. Galadriel is the only one to wear one of the 3 Elven Rings(Ring of Adamant)?

Turambar · 04-09-2002, 10:39 AM

I guess this wan't a very good question - I have trouble making up OMOs. To repeat the two hints: (1) All but one person did something, and (2) think of a famous Tolkien subtitle.

Telchar · 04-09-2002, 10:46 AM

Is The Subtitle, The Return of the King Turamber?
Just hoping to close in... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Turambar · 04-09-2002, 11:59 AM

Uh no (realizing that this question really sucks).

Narya · 04-10-2002, 04:13 AM

Thanks, Turambar... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
here´s a guess (but i´m not sure about it)

Finarfin- because he never learnt or spoke in Sindarin (or did he?)
Sam did at Minas Morgul...

Turambar · 04-10-2002, 06:22 AM

Nope. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

HINT - an old Tolkien subtitle . . .

[ April 10, 2002: Message edited by: Turambar ]

Belegfanaion · 04-14-2002, 09:51 PM

How's about I just pick Galadriel for the fun of it, and we call it OK? (J/K... lol!) [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Turambar · 04-16-2002, 05:20 PM

Yeah let's call ths one. The answer was Thingol - all the others famously returned to their former home - Finarfin and Galadriel to Aman; Aredhel to Gondolin, and Samwise to Hobbiton. The subtitle in the hint was There and Back Again.

Here's a better question, and an easier one, I think:

Elrond reads moon letters.
The Old Took throws fireworks parties.
Sauron falls.
Arwen arrives in Gondor for her wedding.

Narya · 04-17-2002, 08:42 AM

This wasn´t a bad question.. maybe just a little difficult... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Well, for the new one:
The Old Took- sentence could be odd out:
-because it didn´t happen it the Hobbit or LoTR
- because it was done by somebody else again (Bilbo´s party).
-because it´s the only thing we don´t know the exact date for

Turambar · 04-17-2002, 10:01 AM

Narya - your last guess is close - except we DO know the exact date of at least some of the Old Took's parties - check the first chapter of The Hobbit

Turambar · 04-18-2002, 01:55 PM

C'mon this is an easy one !!

Susan Delgado · 04-19-2002, 12:17 PM

The Old Took's parties is the only one we don't witness first hand?

[ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ]

Turambar · 04-20-2002, 02:57 PM

Hint - 3 of them happened on the same date; the 4th did not.

Susan Delgado · 04-20-2002, 05:21 PM

The Fall of Sauron because it didn't take place on Midsummer's Eve.

Turambar · 04-21-2002, 03:13 PM

Thank you Susan !!

Your turn.

Susan Delgado · 04-21-2002, 03:48 PM

All right:

Eowyn
Boromir I
Elrond
Merry

Turambar · 04-21-2002, 06:52 PM

Was Elrond the only one not wounded by the Witch King? Or by a Nazgul in any case?

Susan Delgado · 04-21-2002, 07:13 PM

Yes, that's it.

Turambar · 04-24-2002, 06:03 AM

Good question, S.D.

Here's a new one:

Turin
Hurin
Beren
Maeglin

HINT: it is NOT that Maeglin is the only elf. Three of these did something that the fourth did not (at least, not in the Silmarillion). I guess there's a hint in that proviso, too.

[ April 24, 2002: Message edited by: Turambar ]

Dior · 04-24-2002, 02:52 PM

Maeglin was the only one not to go to Doriath?

Turambar · 04-24-2002, 04:32 PM

Hmm that works too, but not what I was thinking. I find it hard to come up with "Odd Man Out"s with only 1 correct answer.

How's this - you could add Fingolfin to the group, and HE didn't go to Doriath (that I know of).

Perhaps it would be better to say that 4 of these guys had a certain (bad) experience, the 5th did not (at least, in the Silm).

[ April 25, 2002: Message edited by: Turambar ]

Turambar · 04-27-2002, 03:27 PM

To repeat:

Fingolfin
Turin
Hurin
Beren
Maeglin

HINT: it is NOT that Maeglin is the only elf. Four of these did something (or had a certain not pleasant experience) that the fifth did not (at least, not in the Silmarillion).

Dior · 04-28-2002, 10:30 PM

Beren eventually died of natural causes, and the others were either killed or killed themselves?

Dior · 04-29-2002, 08:45 AM

AAhhh, they all met Morgoth except Turin?

Turambar · 04-29-2002, 11:32 AM

Good answer, Dior. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Your turn.

Dior · 04-29-2002, 08:39 PM

Alright! First one I've gotten!

Ok:
All of these people a very significant person the other didn't.

Hurin
Finarfin
Galadriel
Hador

Dior · 04-29-2002, 08:58 PM

Whoops! Make that all these people MET a very significant person the fourth didn't.

Susan Delgado · 04-30-2002, 01:25 PM

Everyone except Hurin met Fingolfin?

Rosa_Baggins · 04-30-2002, 01:28 PM

hiya im new.....ish joined this morning lol wha you doing? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Susan Delgado · 05-01-2002, 03:13 AM

Welcome, Rosa Baggins. This is a great site with great people. I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time being dead! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

What we're doing here is, someone makes a list and everyone else has to guess what one of them does not have in common with the others. It's fun.

Dior · 05-01-2002, 08:52 AM

You could add Tuor to the list, and he didn't meet Fingolfin. So the list could go like this:

Hurin
Galadriel
Finarfin
Hador
Tuor

Lómelindi · 05-01-2002, 08:19 PM

Hrm…I'm probably wrong, but is it Hador?

I recall that all the others led or took place in uprisings against dominating powers of some sort, except Hador who was slain at Ethel Sirio in the Dagor Bragollach.

Dior · 05-01-2002, 08:53 PM

No, um, the odd man is someone who didn't meet that significant person.

Dior · 05-02-2002, 03:02 PM

I'm not saying you're wrong, just that you have to say who he DIDN'T meet.

Lindolirian · 05-02-2002, 05:00 PM

I'd go with Finarfin. He's the only one of the listed that didn't live in Middle earth so i'd say he didn't meet Melian perhaps?

Dior · 05-06-2002, 08:56 AM

Not what I was thinking of, but ok, I'll let you have it. I was thinking Hador didn't meet Turgon, but thats ok too.

Lindolirian · 05-08-2002, 03:50 PM

ok, so how about:

Khamûl
Finrod Felagund
Ar-Pharazôn
Tar-Aldarion

[ May 08, 2002: Message edited by: Lindolirian ]

Dior · 05-08-2002, 07:22 PM

Kamul's the only one to live in the Third Age?

Lómelindi · 05-08-2002, 07:54 PM

Hrm…Tar-Aldarion was the only one not lost to or influenced by Sauron?

Because Khamûl was second to the Lord of the Nazgûl and Sauron's lieutenant…Finrod Felagund was lost in the Pits of Sauron…and Ar-Pharazôn was wooed by Sauron to sail on Valinor, and to his ultimate demise?

04-09-2002, 07:26 AM	#161
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	Hint #2 - THink of a famous Tolkien subtitle. __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-09-2002, 09:00 AM	#162
zifnab Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: omni-presence Posts: 329	Here's a couple wild guesses: 1. Samwise was the only one not born in the First-Age? 2. Thingol is the only one that is missing the letter "a"? 3. All of them either touched a Silmaril or held the "Light of the trees" except Aredhal(I forget if the Phial of Galadriel was the Light of the Trees)? 4. Aredhal was the only one slain by a loved one? 5. Galadriel is the only one to wear one of the 3 Elven Rings(Ring of Adamant)? __________________ Facebook.

04-09-2002, 10:39 AM	#163
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	I guess this wan't a very good question - I have trouble making up OMOs. To repeat the two hints: (1) All but one person did something, and (2) think of a famous Tolkien subtitle. __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-09-2002, 10:46 AM	#164
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	Is The Subtitle, The Return of the King Turamber? Just hoping to close in... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

04-09-2002, 11:59 AM	#165
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	Uh no (realizing that this question really sucks). __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-10-2002, 04:13 AM	#166
Narya Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: not here... floating down the Liffey Posts: 124	Thanks, Turambar... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] here´s a guess (but i´m not sure about it) Finarfin- because he never learnt or spoke in Sindarin (or did he?) Sam did at Minas Morgul... __________________ ...for we know the joy of life is the peace* that love can bring* So spoke the wizard in his mountain home.

04-10-2002, 06:22 AM	#167
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	Nope. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] HINT - an old Tolkien subtitle . . . [ April 10, 2002: Message edited by: Turambar ] __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-14-2002, 09:51 PM	#168
Belegfanaion Animated Skeleton Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 45	How's about I just pick Galadriel for the fun of it, and we call it OK? (J/K... lol!) [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ "'Hold it up!' said Gandalf. 'And look closely.' As Frodo did so, he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest pen-strokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form the letters of a flowing script. They shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth. 'I cannot read the fiery letters,' said Frodo in a quavering voice. 'No,' said Gandalf, 'but I can. The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough: One Ring to Bring them all and in the darkness bind them.'"

04-16-2002, 05:20 PM	#169
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	Yeah let's call ths one. The answer was Thingol - all the others famously returned to their former home - Finarfin and Galadriel to Aman; Aredhel to Gondolin, and Samwise to Hobbiton. The subtitle in the hint was There and Back Again. Here's a better question, and an easier one, I think: Elrond reads moon letters. The Old Took throws fireworks parties. Sauron falls. Arwen arrives in Gondor for her wedding. __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-17-2002, 08:42 AM	#170
Narya Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: not here... floating down the Liffey Posts: 124	This wasn´t a bad question.. maybe just a little difficult... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] Well, for the new one: The Old Took- sentence could be odd out: -because it didn´t happen it the Hobbit or LoTR - because it was done by somebody else again (Bilbo´s party). -because it´s the only thing we don´t know the exact date for __________________ ...for we know the joy of life is the peace* that love can bring* So spoke the wizard in his mountain home.

04-17-2002, 10:01 AM	#171
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	Narya - your last guess is close - except we DO know the exact date of at least some of the Old Took's parties - check the first chapter of The Hobbit __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-18-2002, 01:55 PM	#172
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	C'mon this is an easy one !! __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-19-2002, 12:17 PM	#173
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	The Old Took's parties is the only one we don't witness first hand? [ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ] __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

04-20-2002, 02:57 PM	#174
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	Hint - 3 of them happened on the same date; the 4th did not. __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-20-2002, 05:21 PM	#175
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	The Fall of Sauron because it didn't take place on Midsummer's Eve. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

04-21-2002, 03:13 PM	#176
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	Thank you Susan !! Your turn. __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-21-2002, 03:48 PM	#177
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	All right: Eowyn Boromir I Elrond Merry __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

04-21-2002, 06:52 PM	#178
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	Was Elrond the only one not wounded by the Witch King? Or by a Nazgul in any case? __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-21-2002, 07:13 PM	#179
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Yes, that's it. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

04-24-2002, 06:03 AM	#180
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	Good question, S.D. Here's a new one: Turin Hurin Beren Maeglin HINT: it is NOT that Maeglin is the only elf. Three of these did something that the fourth did not (at least, not in the Silmarillion). I guess there's a hint in that proviso, too. [ April 24, 2002: Message edited by: Turambar ] __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-24-2002, 02:52 PM	#181
Dior Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Doriath Posts: 242	Maeglin was the only one not to go to Doriath? __________________ Goodbye everybody, I've got to go... Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth....

04-24-2002, 04:32 PM	#182
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	Hmm that works too, but not what I was thinking. I find it hard to come up with "Odd Man Out"s with only 1 correct answer. How's this - you could add Fingolfin to the group, and HE didn't go to Doriath (that I know of). Perhaps it would be better to say that 4 of these guys had a certain (bad) experience, the 5th did not (at least, in the Silm). [ April 25, 2002: Message edited by: Turambar ] __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-27-2002, 03:27 PM	#183
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	To repeat: Fingolfin Turin Hurin Beren Maeglin HINT: it is NOT that Maeglin is the only elf. Four of these did something (or had a certain not pleasant experience) that the fifth did not (at least, not in the Silmarillion). __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-28-2002, 10:30 PM	#184
Dior Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Doriath Posts: 242	Beren eventually died of natural causes, and the others were either killed or killed themselves? __________________ Goodbye everybody, I've got to go... Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth....

04-29-2002, 08:45 AM	#185
Dior Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Doriath Posts: 242	AAhhh, they all met Morgoth except Turin? __________________ Goodbye everybody, I've got to go... Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth....

04-29-2002, 11:32 AM	#186
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	Good answer, Dior. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Your turn. __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-29-2002, 08:39 PM	#187
Dior Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Doriath Posts: 242	Alright! First one I've gotten! Ok: All of these people a very significant person the other didn't. Hurin Finarfin Galadriel Hador __________________ Goodbye everybody, I've got to go... Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth....

04-29-2002, 08:58 PM	#188
Dior Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Doriath Posts: 242	Whoops! Make that all these people MET a very significant person the fourth didn't. __________________ Goodbye everybody, I've got to go... Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth....

04-30-2002, 01:25 PM	#189
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Everyone except Hurin met Fingolfin? __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

04-30-2002, 01:28 PM	#190
Rosa_Baggins Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Hobbiton in the Shire Posts: 145	hiya im new.....ish joined this morning lol wha you doing? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ There is ever a Rose without thorns.

05-01-2002, 03:13 AM	#191
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Welcome, Rosa Baggins. This is a great site with great people. I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time being dead! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] What we're doing here is, someone makes a list and everyone else has to guess what one of them does not have in common with the others. It's fun. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

05-01-2002, 08:52 AM	#192
Dior Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Doriath Posts: 242	You could add Tuor to the list, and he didn't meet Fingolfin. So the list could go like this: Hurin Galadriel Finarfin Hador Tuor __________________ Goodbye everybody, I've got to go... Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth....

05-01-2002, 08:19 PM	#193
Lómelindi Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: a swirling miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas Posts: 155	Hrm…I'm probably wrong, but is it Hador? I recall that all the others led or took place in uprisings against dominating powers of some sort, except Hador who was slain at Ethel Sirio in the Dagor Bragollach. __________________ "The fires of Isengard will spread, and the woods of Tookborough and Buckland will burn, and...and all that was once green and good in this world will be gone! There won't be a Shire, Pippin." ~ Merry, TTT

05-01-2002, 08:53 PM	#194
Dior Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Doriath Posts: 242	No, um, the odd man is someone who didn't meet that significant person. __________________ Goodbye everybody, I've got to go... Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth....

05-02-2002, 03:02 PM	#195
Dior Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Doriath Posts: 242	I'm not saying you're wrong, just that you have to say who he DIDN'T meet. __________________ Goodbye everybody, I've got to go... Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth....