Tolkien Trivia

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:46 am

Oh, Philipa, I'm terrible at this! But maybe I'll goad somebody into the right answer by my awful guesses. (I've always thought that we ought to try to answer trivia questions from memory rather than from research.)

So was the beginning of the Peace when Morgoth was imprisoned by the Valar?

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:19 pm

Yes Merry it was after the Battle of the Powers and the chaining of Melkor.

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:15 am

Well, that was just dumb luck!

Level 2:

What was the name of the knife that Beren used to cut the Silmaril from Morgoth's crown?

bruce rerek · Post by **bruce rerek** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:09 am

Telchar's handiwork again looms large in all of the ages. Think of a distant cousin of Sting.

Riv Res · Post by **Riv Res** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:33 pm

Wasn't Beren's knife called Angrist

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:29 am

Yes, it was, Riv Res! Wasn't it lucky that Beren had a knife named 'Iron Cleaver' when Morgoth's crown was made of iron?

What if it had been 'Gold Cleaver' or 'Butter Cleaver'?

Your turn!

bruce rerek · Post by **bruce rerek** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:07 pm

Didn't Beren also have a prototype of the the Swiss Army knife?

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:17 pm

Ha! Was that also made by Telchar?

Riv Res · Post by **Riv Res** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:51 pm

Yes it was.

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:37 pm

Merry do you care to give us a trivia question?

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:12 pm

Oh, my gosh, I didn't realize! And it's been a month! Thanks for the reminder, Philipa.

Here's an easy one: What does TCBS stand for?

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:43 pm

Tea Club and Barrovian Society!

I had to Google it.

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:42 am

Thank the Valar for Google!

Your turn--

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:21 pm

OK let's have some dwarf trivia...a multiple choice perhaps?

The Hobbit is the resource.

Was Dwalin the first, second or third born to his father.

Bonus question;

What was his father's name.

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:59 pm

No takers huh? OK the answer was the second son.

The bonus answer is Fundin.

Next trivia question is a level 2

What is the elvish word for 'orcs'?

Hint: the answer is found in the chapter which is being discussed in another forum.