Tolkien Trivia

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:23 pm

Isn't it 'yrch'? No idea how that is pronounced!

bruce rerek · Post by **bruce rerek** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:28 pm

I think its pronounced with the same revulsion as eech or yuck.

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:59 pm

Works in my book Merry.

It does make you think the elves have hairballs doesn't it?

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:09 pm

Or it might be a kind of allergic sneeze!

Here's a question that honors the birthdays at the end of the week:

What is the exact familial relationship between Frodo and Bilbo?

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Hint: Bilbo is not Frodo's uncle, as the movies claimed.

bruce rerek · Post by **bruce rerek** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:12 pm

If I read my family tree correctly Mr. Frodo is Bilbo's second cousin. That is they share a common ancestor, a great uncle for Bilbo and a great grandfather for Frodo, a Largo Baggins.
As to how second and third cousins go I think that is ancestry claimed by marriage, like Merry and Pip, their ancestor would be a great grandfather, Hildigrim, making them related to the Baggins with a great grandmother, Rosa Baggins.

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:46 am

Your family tree, Bruce? Is there something you haven't told us?

I've never been sure how to count cousins and once removed and all that, but you are correct that Bilbo's grandfather and Frodo's great-grandfather were brothers.

Your turn!

bruce rerek · Post by **bruce rerek** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:05 pm

No, not really, there was a Baggins that lived across the street from us when we lived in Queens, but no familial relation exists that I know.
Mansbane was the name called but what would be the new name and was the context?
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Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:18 pm

bruce rerek wrote: Mansbane was the name called but what would be the new name and was the context?
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Bruce where can this be found? I'm not remembering anything about 'mansbane'.

bruce rerek · Post by **bruce rerek** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:59 pm

It is in LOTR, to give you a hint bane means a curse or fell creature, and it is not the Nazgul.

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:09 pm

I can't remember this, either, but mansbane probably is some weapon used to hurt human beings, maybe some kind of orcish sword? Maybe that'll shake something loose from someone's ancient memory!

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:28 pm

bruce rerek wrote:It is in LOTR, to give you a hint bane means a curse or fell creature, and it is not the Nazgul.

Bruce you crack me up. I know what bane means.

maybe some kind of orcish sword?

Lot's of those cursed kind of swords in the lost tales for sure. I just can't remember one in LoTR.

bruce rerek · Post by **bruce rerek** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:32 am

Ah....nope, it is not an object. Sorry, Philipa I did not mean to seem to patronize, but the professor often used arcane language that might have been a bit too obtuse for current times. Its in the LOTR somewhere between the furthest ranges of the Misty Mountains and the northernmost parts of Mirkwood - near the sources of the Anduin.

bruce rerek · Post by **bruce rerek** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:41 pm

A relative of this line showed us the meaning of haste.

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:45 pm

Okay, let the wild guessing commence! Are we talking about a horse? Then perhaps it is swift Snowmane?

bruce rerek · Post by **bruce rerek** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:34 pm

A horse yes, but neither Snowmane or Shadowfax. His image is shown on the King's Standard.