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05-22-2004, 03:05 AM | #161 |
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His bicycle (at least it looked just like his used to) upon leaving the train on his way to what was later called 'Niggle's Parish'.
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05-22-2004, 05:34 PM | #162 |
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yes, indeed
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05-23-2004, 10:48 AM | #163 |
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Smith of Wootton Major had a grandson. What was his name?
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05-23-2004, 01:18 PM | #164 |
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Tomling?
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05-23-2004, 02:50 PM | #165 |
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Right, NightKnight! Go ahead with the next question!
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05-24-2004, 10:59 AM | #166 |
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Who was farmer Giles's wife?
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06-01-2004, 04:36 AM | #167 | |
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Her name was Agatha; when Giles became king, she was described as:
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06-01-2004, 08:32 AM | #168 |
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Absolutely.
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06-06-2004, 06:24 AM | #169 |
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How were Nokes of Townsend and Smith of Wootton Major related?
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06-06-2004, 09:01 AM | #170 |
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Smith was Nokes' father-in-law.
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06-06-2004, 10:13 AM | #171 |
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nope - try again!
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06-06-2004, 10:17 AM | #172 |
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That's the problem with thinking too much and not reading carefully enough. Nokes and Smith were brothers in law. Their wives were sisters.
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06-06-2004, 10:27 AM | #173 |
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That's closer, but still not quite right.
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06-06-2004, 10:39 AM | #174 |
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This is truly humiliating. Three times reading the same two passages and only the last furnishes the right answer. Smith is Nokes of Townsend's uncle by marriage.
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06-06-2004, 10:46 AM | #175 |
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That's the right answer! Almost complicated enough for a Hobbit, isn't it?!
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06-06-2004, 10:51 AM | #176 |
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Just too complicated for an unlearned lore-student in these dark times.
What was the subject of the unfinished sequel to Farmer Giles of Ham?
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06-08-2004, 02:32 PM | #177 | |
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It was:
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06-08-2004, 02:37 PM | #178 |
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Indeed it is. Your turn
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06-08-2004, 02:59 PM | #179 |
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Who does not believe the tale of Rover's adventures?
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06-08-2004, 04:25 PM | #180 |
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The second Rover that Roverandom met, under the sea?
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06-12-2004, 02:23 AM | #181 | |
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No -
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06-16-2004, 10:42 AM | #182 |
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That'd be Tinker the Cat (and she was being jealous!)
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06-16-2004, 12:47 PM | #183 |
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Yes indeed, HI! Go ahead with a new one!
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06-17-2004, 01:10 AM | #184 |
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Thanks
What does PAM stand for?
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06-17-2004, 05:16 AM | #185 |
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Artaxerxes' job title
Pacific and Atlantic Magician.
According to my annotated copy of Roverandom, this could be an oblique reference to the British Prime Minister Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerstone (1784-1865), who was often referred to as 'Pam'.
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06-18-2004, 01:34 AM | #186 |
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exactly take it over
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06-18-2004, 07:04 AM | #187 |
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The Dark Side of Forn
Of which creature's skin does Tom Bombadil threaten to make a gift to our illustrious founder and his kin?
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06-27-2004, 07:04 AM | #188 | |
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That's an otter.
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06-27-2004, 02:40 PM | #189 |
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What a fate for whom?
I don't know: I think that BW would look quite good in an otter-skin hat. That's the answer, though.
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06-28-2004, 02:26 AM | #190 |
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Which method of transportation did Mrs Artaxerxes use on land?
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06-28-2004, 02:31 AM | #191 |
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That'd be aquarium on the wheelchair, if I'm not mistaken
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06-28-2004, 02:46 AM | #192 |
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Nice try, but it's not what Tolkien tells us!
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06-28-2004, 03:04 AM | #193 |
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hum, to be more precise (having scanned the book, not trusting my memory any more), that definitely was:
bath-chair drawn by white ponies
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06-28-2004, 03:07 AM | #194 |
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A bath-chair it was indeed! Your turn...
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06-28-2004, 03:55 AM | #195 |
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Thanks
Next serve: Nokes accused Alf of being 'nimble' and something else (which, as far as I may judge, is representation of what Tolkien himself may have been accused of (there are at least two senses to the word, that is). Name that another accusation
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06-28-2004, 12:34 PM | #196 |
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An accusation of economy
"You were always a tricky fellow: nimble one might say. And thrifty: wouldn't waste a bee's knee of butter."
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06-28-2004, 12:42 PM | #197 |
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nice try, but not cylindrical smoking thing!
Not quite. Tolkien may have been tight-fisted, but that was not main characteristic of him, I daresay. Besides, second word I'm after in its second sense, a sense not applicable to Tolkien, means something close to 'cunning'
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Advice from an 'elder'
Kindly old Nokes warns Alf not to let his apprentice play him any tricks:
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06-28-2004, 03:01 PM | #199 |
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Spot on, Squatter
take it away
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06-29-2004, 05:31 AM | #200 |
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A rubbish question
According to J.R.R. Tolkien, how did the littering of Britain's beauty spots begin, and who was responsible?
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