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Tolkien Questions and Answers, Part II
The Hall of Fire is ready for another chat event, this time a continuation of one from many moons ago. Do you have unanswered questions pertaining to Tolkien and Middle-earth? They might be about characters, plot complexities, Middle-earth history, or about the Professor himself.
What’s an ent? Who was Tom Bombadil? What happened to the rings of the Seven Dwarf Kings? Why did Tolkien have a thing for spiders? Who were his peers?
Questions like these will be answered to the best of our ability, so join your Hall of Fire moderators and regulars on Saturday, June 17, at 5:30 EDT, to put your mind at ease. ; )
Ringer Fan Dougster, sends in this factoid:
3 for the Elven Kings under the sky
7 for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
9 for the Mortal Men doomed to die
1 for the Dark Lord on his Dark throne
Read those numbers upwards….1973… the year of Tolkien’s death! Spooky eh?
Hello again all! Gamgee here with another edition of the Tolkien Fun Section! Our last winner was Jolie Hooper! Good job Jolie!! The answers were:
1-Roac
2-Arathorn
3-Eomer
Here are the questions for today:
1) “What was the true name of Lorien the Vala?”
2) “aolblie” (scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing)
3) “We might try to hurt or frighten this tree to begin with.” (Who said this?)
As always, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to send me all 3 correct answers in one letter will be posted here next time!…..Good luck!…Gamgee
TheOneRing.net will be in Atlanta GA June 29 – July 2 at Dragon*con 2000 for what promises to be the largest fan operated sci-fi/fantasy convention in the USA. TOR.net will be involved in presenting a new program theme, or track, centering on JRR Tolkien and his works.
A couple sessions will consist of trivia contests. Knowing how much many of you enjoy the trivia quiz posted here on the Green Books pages, I thought it would be cool to offer everyone a chance to suggest a trivia question (or a few).
The categories are:
Tolkien, the Man (trivia centered on JRR: his life, his family, his friends)
There and Back Again (questions specifically related to The Hobbit)
Persons, Places, Races, Rings and Things (as it says : ); this is where swords and Crickhollow come to play)
History of Arda and Middle Earth (who begat who, who killed who, and when!!)
LOTR, The Movies (who is playing Hama? Who is the cinematographer?)
Lesser Known Works (Farmer Giles, Smith of South Wootten Major, Roverandom, et al )
Battles (test your battle knowledge… )
Women in LOTR (so few and far between… )
The Silmarillion (a tough category… lots of material to choose from)
Unfinished Tales (not as tough as the Silm, but maybe a bit more obscure)
Love Stories (Luthien and Beren, Aragorn and Arwen…. you get the idea)
Heros and Villians (from Arda to Hobbiton… they’re everywhere!!)
If you have an idea for another category, pass it on to me… : )
Submit your trivia questions, answers (3 or 4 choices, with the correct choice underlined) and the source to jincey. These questions will premiere at DragonCon, and eventually will move onto our already huge trivia page.
Deadline for questions to be in for the DragonCon contests is Sunday, June 25.
Thanks y’all : )
Hello everyone, Gamgee here with another edition of the Tolkien fun section! Our last winner was Morden! Good job old friend! The answers were:
1) 3430
2) Osgiliath
3) Beregond
Here are the questions for today:
1) What was the name of the chief of the ravens, who brought Thorin news in “The Hobbit”?
2) “naahrort” (Scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing)
3) “Then our paths are sundered.” (Who said this?)
As usual, Mail me with your answers the 1st person to send all 3 correct answers will be posted here next time!……Gamgee