Tolkien Trivia

Riv Res · Post by **Riv Res** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:17 pm

Who sang?

Tall ships and tall kings
Three times three,
What brought they from the foundered land
Over the flowing sea?
Seven stars and seven stones
And one white.

Extra points ...

Who was it sung to and where?

shieldmaiden · Post by **shieldmaiden** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:47 pm

Gandalf was singing it to himself, but Pippin over-heard him.

Maedhros

What was his father-name and what did it mean?
What was his mother-name and what did it mean?
What was his epessë and what did it mean?

shieldmaiden · Post by **shieldmaiden** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 3:36 pm

*Yoo hoo* is anybody here?

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 4:04 pm

Oh, my, it seems we have ignored the trivia questions for too long. Apologies, Shieldmaiden! But I have to admit that these questions are too hard for me without some research. Is anyone else an expert on Maedhros?

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:27 pm

shieldmaiden! I've finally had some time to look this up--took long enough, didn't it?

This truly merits the name of 'trivia'!

father-name: Nelyafinwe (Finwe the Third)
mother-name: Maitimo (well-shaped one, ahem!

)
epesse: Russandol (copper-top, because of his reddish hair)

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:07 pm

My goodness Merry you must have really worked at those. Having been locked out of MeJ for so long I had no idea how tough these trivia questions had gotten.

To Shieldmaiden I bow down to you.

serinde · Post by **serinde** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:50 pm

Merry wrote:shieldmaiden! I've finally had some time to look this up--took long enough, didn't it? This truly merits the name of 'trivia'!

father-name: Nelyafinwe (Finwe the Third)
mother-name: Maitimo (well-shaped one, ahem! )
epesse: Russandol (copper-top, because of his reddish hair)

where did you find the answers????

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:13 pm

Hope this is not cheating: I googled it and came up with one of those special Wikis! I'm not sure where this stuff is in the primary sources.

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:07 am

Merry wrote:Hope this is not cheating: I googled it and came up with one of those special Wikis! I'm not sure where this stuff is in the primary sources.

Cheating? For goodness sake women no one will know all the answers off the top of their heads. I've used the net for answers occasionally too. It's all about the fun of knowing or doing research to learn something new right?

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:33 am

I do try to answer them from memory when possible, but this kick-ass question had been dormant for too long! Time for us to move on. If we don't hear from shieldmaiden by this weekend to verify the answers, I'll post a new question.

shieldmaiden · Post by **shieldmaiden** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:01 am

Sorry, Merry ....

I've been very remiss in getting back to you. You are correct.

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:47 am

No problem, shieldmaiden: real life has its own paces!

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:50 pm

Merry?? Can you through us a bone?

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:26 am

Okay, okay! Forgive the delay: I've been writing poetry!

Here's an easy one: what was Bilbo's mother's maiden name?

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:36 pm

Merry wrote:
Here's an easy one: what was Bilbo's mother's maiden name?

Took of course.

What was Bilbo's dad's first name?