Tolkien Trivia

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:44 pm

Are you considering worms an animal?

Beren · Post by **Beren** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:46 pm

Yes i am! And so you found the answer...

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:55 pm

Phew! I thought I'd gone around the bend.

Level I

What time of the year was it when Bilbo and Gandalf came back to Beorn's house.

Extra: What time of year did they leave Beorn's house?

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:30 pm

Does anyone need a hint?

serinde · Post by **serinde** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:45 am

Philipa wrote:
Level I

What time of the year was it when Bilbo and Gandalf came back to Beorn's house.

Extra: What time of year did they leave Beorn's house?

Didn't really need a hint, just time, eh?

It was Mid-Winter when they arrived back at Beorn's house, and spent a very merry Yule there(which is very apropos), not leaving until spring (which seems very sensible to me).

Now, my question...

What's the riddle to which "time" is the answer?

Serinde

Lindariel · Post by **Lindariel** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:25 pm

Ah! Gollum's last question in the riddle contest:

This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.

Bilbo couldn't think of an answer, and was so frightened to see Gollum creeping up on him hungrily that all he could do was squeak out, "Time, time!" Which, fortunately, just happened to be the answer.

Assuming I am correct, here's my level 1 question:

Who is "Moneybags"?

Beren · Post by **Beren** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:25 pm

haha... do you mean the politicians of the European and American states? No.. o... then i think this is what you are looking for, namely the Master of Lake-town:

"We will have King Bard!" the people near at hand shouted in reply. "We have had enough of the old men and the money-counters!" And people further off took up the cry: "Up the Bowman and down with Moneybags," till the clamour echoed along the shore.

Tolkien, The Hobbit, pp. 249-53

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:02 pm

Good job Beren!

Lindariel · Post by **Lindariel** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:03 pm

Right you are Beren! Your turn!

Beren · Post by **Beren** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:30 pm

Oops... were you all waiting?

Ok here is a new level 3 question:

Who had the nickname "Gabriel"?

Hint: i'm not looking for a character from inside the books. This person also had another nickname which was more common used.

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:20 pm

This might turn into a '20 questions' exercise! Was it a real person? An Inkling?

Beren · Post by **Beren** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:23 pm

A real person and an inkling...

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:42 pm

A wild guess: Gervase Mathew?

Beren · Post by **Beren** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:06 pm

much too wild... he is one of the three most famous inklings...

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:29 am

Okay! Well, in my opinion, these three would be JRRT, CSL, and Charles Williams. Right?