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Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:44 pm
by Philipa
Are you considering worms an animal?
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:46 pm
by Beren
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.
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:55 pm
by Philipa
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?
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:30 pm
by Philipa
Does anyone need a hint?
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:45 am
by serinde
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
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:25 pm
by Lindariel
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"?
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:25 pm
by Beren
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
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:02 pm
by Philipa
Good job Beren!
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:03 pm
by Lindariel
Right you are Beren! Your turn!
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:30 pm
by Beren
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.
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:20 pm
by Merry
This might turn into a '20 questions' exercise! Was it a real person? An Inkling?
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:23 pm
by Beren
A real person and an inkling...
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:42 pm
by Merry
A wild guess: Gervase Mathew?
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:06 pm
by Beren
much too wild... he is one of the three most famous inklings...
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:29 am
by Merry
Okay! Well, in my opinion, these three would be JRRT, CSL, and Charles Williams. Right?