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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:25 pm
by Gil
Thanks Bruce!
Level 1.5 - 2
"...we did not grumble - our labours had been well rewarded".
So, who said it?????
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:00 pm
by Philipa
Sounds dwarfish to me.
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:49 pm
by Gil
guess again.... Not dwarves!!!
sorry Philipa!
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:17 pm
by Gil
I'm uncertain of the conventions here. When do I give a hint??????
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:47 pm
by Merry
There are no conventions, Gil: give a hint when you're tired of waiting on us!
I'll hazard a guess: Boromir?
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:03 pm
by Gil
sorry Merry, not Boromir.
It is Lotr.
The speaker comes from a rural food-loving society. He is addressing a group of people, having survived a battle that he feared would never be fought.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:35 pm
by Philipa
Gil wrote:sorry Merry, not Boromir.
It is Lotr.
The speaker comes from a rural food-loving society. He is addressing a group of people, having survived a battle that he feared would never be fought.
'a battle he feared would never be fought' you say? Hobbit for sure but which one feared a battle wouldn't be fought? Quite a puzzler.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:16 pm
by Gil
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:27 pm
by Merry
Was in Mippin?
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:14 pm
by Gil
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:58 pm
by Philipa
Wait a minute, was it not Merry who was asked by Theoden to stay behind before riding to Gondor and Minas Tirith?
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:00 am
by Gil
Yes he was Philippa, but that is not the incident I have in mind, sorry!!!
Battle, unexpected (certainly to those being attacked) involving both M and P????? The attackers had been dismissed as harmless by their enemy. Really well done in the films although this quote is not in the film.
I think this is becoming a level 3 question.
That wasn't my intention but the quote IS a bit obscure! It came as a surprise to me when I was looking for something, and I thought I knew LOTR backwards.
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:42 pm
by Merry
Maybe not a level 3 question, Gil, but some of us try to rely on our rather ancient and decrepit memories on these questions rather than just picking up the book and looking it up! This keeps us humble.
The attack on Isengard?
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:19 am
by Philipa
Gil wrote:
Level 1.5 - 2
"...we did not grumble - our labours had been well rewarded".
So, who said it?????
oh for heaven's sake. I've been re-reading The Two Towers of late and I just stumbled on the answer to your quiz question.
Merry was recounting what Treebeard had asked of him and Pippen to collect 'man foods' for Theoden, Gandalf and guests after the down fall of Isengard. Collecting the food was the 'labours' and the 'reward' was the success of finding pipeweed in floating barrels.
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:41 am
by Gil
Well done Philippa!!!!!!!
Over to you.
