Middle-earth Journeys

I would say Owen Barfield would be also important... but OK... it is one of the three you just mentioned. Now you have 1/3 to guess right (or find out in Christina Scull & Wayne Hammond's Chronology). Remember my hint about this person having another nickname (which we all know).

The Professor/Tollers himself?

Yes, I had to decide between Willliams and Barfield for the third Inkling: hard to judge.

Yep Tollers it is... your turn!

So why did they call him Gabriel, Beren? (That's not my official question, but a real one nonetheless!)

Question: What was the TCBS? (Level 1.5, I think.)

Well i know what the TCBS is (it is by the way the name of my team i won the Yearly Belgian Tolkien Quiz with; which i will try and win again next moth)... and Gabriel, well i do not know... it is not mentioned. As far as I know it was his nickname during his early years in school. Maybe it had something to do with his rugby skills???

Okay, Beren: it looks like nobody else knows! So will you do the honors?

And if you have the time, tell us about the Trivia Contest, please?

The semi-secret school club known as the T.C.B.S. (in full Tea Club and Barrovian Society) was formed by pupils at King Edward's School, Birmingham in 1910. At the core of the group were four friends: J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Wiseman, Rob Gilson, and G.B. Smith. All four fought in the Great War, with Wiseman serving in the Royal Navy and the other three becoming junior British Army officers. Wiseman saw action at the Battle of Jutland but suffered no injuries. Smith and Gilson perished in The Battle of the Somme. Tolkien also saw action at the Somme but was uninjured. He contracted trench fever and returned to England, where he spent the rest of the War in hospitals or on light duty. After the War, Wiseman and Tolkien became estranged (Tolkien would go on to teach language and write poems and stories; Wiseman went on to teach music), and the T.C.B.S. was essentially dissolved. The two corresponded sporadically thereafter, including a few letters in the last years of Tolkien's life.

The Belgian Tolkien Quiz is a yearly event which will be held again on 24 february 2007. Last year I won so this year i'll go and defent the title!

So now a new question (i think level 1,5):

In the letter that Barliman Butterbur gives Frodo at Bree, Gandalf has included eight lines of verse that apply to Aragorn. However, Gandalf did not compose them. Who did?

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

was composed by none other than Bilbo Baggins, poet laureate of The Shire, as we discover during the Council of Elrond, when Bilbo leaps to his feet and recites these lines to Boromir in indignation that Boromir would dare to question Aragorn's worthiness as the Heir of Elendil. Bilbo then whispers to Frodo, "I made that up myself for the Dunadan, a long time ago when he first told me about himself. I almost wish that my adventures were not over, and that I could go with him when his day comes."

If I am correct, here is my level 1 question:

Who or what is "The Winged Messenger," by whom was this messenger unseated, where and how?

It's been a week, so I guess a hint is in order:

Check out the chapter "The White Rider" in TTT.

Lindariel, I believe in that chapter, The Winged Messenger was one of the Nine. It was Legolas who slew not him, but only his "steed". Legolas shot him from the sky above Sarn Gebir with an arrow and using the bow tha Galadriel gave him in Lothlorien.

Spot on, Riv! Your turn!

Level 1

Who was the last of the First Line Kings of the Mark, and why is it that he was the last? Who began the Second Line and by what right?

Riv Res wrote:Level 1

Who was the last of the First Line Kings of the Mark, and why is it that he was the last? Who began the Second Line and by what right?

Helm Hammerhand and his two sons died defending Helm's Deep during the Long Winter (in a war with the Dunlendings)

his sisterson Fréaláf, son of Hild, drove out Wulf & the Dunlendings, thus earning the right to the Throne

Level 1:

Who began the Third Line of the Kings of the Mark, and what right?

Marshal of the Mark was the highest military rank in Rohan. King Théoden acted in the capacity of First Marshal of the Mark, his son Théodred was Second Marshal of the Mark, and Éomer was Third Marshal of the Mark. Éomer was the son of Théoden's sister and was thus called sister-son by his uncle.

Éomer became king on March 15, 3019, during the War of the Ring, when Théoden was killed by his horse, Snowmane. Théoden named Éomer king before his death because his only son, Théodred, had recently been killed by Saruman's forces while defending the Fords of Isen. As such he was also called King of the Mark (the 18th king of the Mark). He was the first of the third line.

At the time of the great victories of that year, Éomer was still just twenty-eight years old. From then he was called Éomer Éadig... The word éadig means "fortunate, prosperous, blessed" in Old English. During Éomer's reign, Rohan and its people prospered. Éomer wedded Lothíriel, the daughter of Prince Imrahil of Dol Amroth; and reigned for sixty-five years.