Trivia, anyone?

[gilgalad]

A scolaire dhil

In another section of the forum someone has struck upon the excellent idea of a "trivia" thread.
I don't know what everyone else thinks but i thought it really worked well.
For anyone who hasnt seen it the idea is to ask a trivia question and whoever gets it right asks the next question.
How would people feel about starting a similar thread here?
yours without wax
gilgalad

[Morgoth]

Fair enough. Without looking at the Silmarillion, what is the translation into English of Ainulindale?

[Lhunithiliel]

"The Music of the Ainur" ?

[Morgoth]

Well done Lhun, your turn

[Lhunithiliel]

To whom did Eorl give his oath?

[Mithlond]

Cirion, twelfth steward of Gondor.

[Melian]

Who was the fairly armoured warrior whose skeleton is seen by Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas in the Passage of the Dead ?

[Beleg]

The man might be Baldor s/o Brego.

[gilgalad]

Okay, it's been 4 days since beleg posted, and since he didn't ask any question i'll put one up:

Who was the wife of eomer??

[Lhunithiliel]

If I can remember well, it was Prince Imrahil's sister.
Prince Imrahil and the young King Eomer established a great friendship during the battles for MT.

[Beleg]

I think it is Lothiriel but i clearly remember she is the daughter of Imrahil.

6-4=4? need to work on my maths?

[gilgalad]

That's right Beleg, your turn to ask a trivia question.

[Lhunithiliel]

Am I not absent-minded!!!! :o
I relly meant 'DAUGHTER"!
Why have I written "SISTER"??? :o :eek:

Commom, Beleg! Your turn! :)

[Lhunithiliel]

What is "tark" ?

[Beleg]

Dont you dare call Men of Gondor (Minas Tirith) this name!!! Lol, joking. But the name given by the orcs of Morgul Vale to Gondorians..(i cant ask questions, i am the lamest quizer ever born):o

[Anamatar IV]

mind if I ask one?:D

What was the name of the first person to wound Glaurung?

[Beleg]

erm actually Fingon and his group of Archers were the first people to scare off/hurt The Dragon but I think the first real wound dealt upon him was by the King of the Dwarves with his mighty Axe.

[Anamatar IV]

yes....and that Dwarf's name was?

[Beleg]

that would be azaghal lord of Belegost? Right? I am not too sure though.

[Morgoth]

Seeing as no-one has posted anything for a while, here's a question, it's easy: Who slayed Gothmog, lord of the Balrogs

[Beleg]

Ecthelion

And Let me ask a Little bit of a Fay question..;)

What are the Seven RIvers of Ossiriand?

[Lhunithiliel]

Gelion, Ascar,Thalos, Legolin, Brilthor, Duilwen, Adurant

[Ecthelion]

I'm going to try and restart this thread so, who was the third son of Isuldur?

[Beleg]

Ciryon

[Ecthelion]

Correct, ask a Q

[Lhunithiliel]

I will because my answer was correct and I was not given the chance ;)

So,
Who was the Lord of Lossarnach (Gondorian Kingdom at the time of the War of the Ring) ?

[Ecthelion]

Forlong the Fat!

Q: Who is Samwise Gamgee's mother?

[Beleg]

BELL goodchild something. I remember reading the bell child thing. It reminded me of Graham bell but i am not sure of the middle name. Its probably "god" or "good". If i'am correct then here's the question.


1. What was the last task Given to Sador concerning Hùrin?

:cool:

[Finarfin]

Sador's last job was to make a chair or a throne of some sort!! It was left unfinished, i think, after Hurin went to the Nirnaeth Arnoediad

[gilgalad]

I'm sure that's right, so ask away Finarfin.

[Finarfin]

This should be easy for anyone who read the silmarillion pretty well. What colour were the Feanorian lamps? For extra credit: name one or two people who had them?

[gilgalad]

Originally posted by Finarfin
This should be easy for anyone who read the silmarillion pretty well. What colour were the Feanorian lamps? For extra credit: name one or two people who had them?

the guys who had them were the 2 elves that helped Tuor out anway - Gelmir and Arminas. The lamps were blue in white glass or something, right?

[Finarfin]

The other guy's name was Gwindor i think, he helped out Turin. Go Keano!

[gilgalad]

Here's one that stumped me in the ranking test:
Who challenged Pippin to a wrestling match? (hint, from ROTK)

[Finarfin]

The son of that tower guard guy in Minas Tirith, i forget all their names, i think im wrong

[gilgalad]

Nah, youre right - It was Bergil son of Beregond. Ask away.

[Finarfin]

Who were the three representatives of the elves that first went to Valinor?

[gilgalad]

Ingwe, Olwe and Finwe. Right?

[Finarfin]

Correct, this is getting repetetive. When is that thing under my name going to change from apprentice, when am i going to get tested etc and so forth?!

[Beleg]

Since Gil-Galad hasn't posted from a while now, I'll restart this thread,


Lets see if anyone can answer this!!!!;)

Q. Who wrote the Narn I Hin Húrin?

[Lhunithiliel]

Early in the morning with only one cup of coffee... I will try to remember...but of course I might be wrong. - Pengolod? :o

[Beleg]

Sorry, wrong! A Hint.

Its niether Rumil nor Penegolod.

[Inderjit S]

Dirhavael, the Hadorian poet. He had assistance from Mablung and Andvir, son of Androg. He wrote it whilst in refuge in Sirion.

[Lhunithiliel]

Hehehe! :D
I know who in fact wrote it!!!!!!
Why.... J.R.R.Tolkien OF COURSE!!!!!! :p

Only to find time as to remember whose writings he had "translated"...:rolleyes:

Maybe tomorrow...

[Inderjit S]

NEW QUESTION: If you were a Noldorin loremaster upon Tirion then what would you call the Nogeth niben?

[Eöl]

Correct, this is getting repetetive. When is that thing under my name going to change from apprentice, when am i going to get tested etc and so forth?!

Sorry to interrupt like this, but I noticed this question went unanswered. Finarfin, the 'title' under your name is not designed specifically for Tolkienology. It changes to loremaster once you reach 100 posts, then you may change the title to anything you want, and have an avatar.

[Lhunithiliel]

But...Indy, the previous question????????
OK...here is the answer to:
Q. Who wrote the Narn I Hin Húrin?
It was Dirhavel.

[Inderjit S]

Lhun-I answered the question: LOOK AT MY POST:


Dirhavael, the Hadorian poet. He had assistance from Mablung and Andvir, son of Androg. He wrote it whilst in refuge in Sirion.

Also none of our answeres are *fully correct* Elfwine wrote the prose version of the Narn which he translated from the Sindarin poem version by Dirhavel. I also remember reading in M.T that the three 'Great tales', Turin, Luthien and Earendil were of Numenorean oirigin though as we later learn most of the Quenta is.

[Beleg]

The three Great Tales must be Númenórean, and derived from matter preserved in Gondor. They were part of the Atanatárion (or the Legendarium of the Fathers of Men). ?Sindarin Nern in Edenedair (or In Adanath).
They are
(1) Narn Beren ion Barahir also called Narn e·Dinúviel (Tale of the Nightingale)
(2) Narn e·mbar Hador containing (a) Narn i·Chîn Húrin (or Narn e·'Rach Morgoth Tale of the Curse of Morgoth); and (b) Narn en·Êl (or Narn e·Dant Gondolin ar Orthad en·Êl)



MT, HOME10.

[Beleg]

*Bump*

Since no one asked any question and Inderjit didnt supply us with the answer to his Question, I will hesitantly ask one myself.

1. Who was Oswin Errol?

[Chymaera]

He was the father of Alboin the time traveller in the story the Lost Roads (HoME V)

Thank you Beleg I have not read this story yet (I knew about it from the Biography but did not know that it was in the HoME)and you have brought it to my attention:)

By what route did Tuor come to the sea?

[Beleg]

Gate of the Noldor?

[Chymaera]

Yes
Annon-in-Gelydh, the Gates of the Noldor

then a tunnel under the mountain to

Cirith Ninniach, The Rainbow Cleft

which ran to the sea:)

[Beleg]

What would be Arwens exact relation to Aragon? :p

Edit: I changed the Question because Initial was very difficult.

[Chymaera]

Wife :p :D

[Beleg]

Lol, yeah right. Post on!

[Melian]

She was also his distant auntie!!! Well, about 300 yeras older...

I see no one has posted yet. I also see it's obviously not my right to post, but who cares?:p

So. What does the name of Arwen's horse mean?

[illuvator]

translate....
"Ugluk u bagronk...sha... pushdug.. saruman-glob bhubhosh... skai... lugburz ishi ghash... nazgul sauron snaga"

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