Well, I first thought that I'd ask whether or not Balrogs had wings. But thinking about it, I don't want to know the answer! So I guess I'd ask what Tom really was.....

I would like to know how powerful he concidered Gandalf to be when he wrote the Hobbit. Did he already have the Istari idea of Gandalf there from the beginning, or was that something he developed later when writing LotR.
It's just that in one part of the Hobbit, the whole company are trapped up some trees by a group of wargs. At that point Gandalf is contemplating leaping on top of them in the hope that his fall kills one or two of them. Very noble, but not exactly leaping to your death battling a Balrog. It always struck me as something an Istari wouldn't really consider.

What about Goldberry? Did we ever find out where she came from or is "river daughter" it?
That's something that I've always wanted to know.

There are so many questions to ask, really. So you're right, Golly, we'd have to keep inventing disguises to go back!

Hey, good idea G! I'll keep it in mind for my next disguise when Gimli kicks the Karaoke Monster out of his tavern for hogging the megaphone.

Well. my question would be, will Elves and Humans be reunited somewhere at the end of time, and in what sort of a world?

I'd say: And of course his response would be... And in my little fantasy world, perfection

*reads* LOL!
*reads it again* ROFLMAO!!

Great one, Taz! And you're right, of course.

I think I would just ask him, to come over for dinner, and promise that Matthew would cook something special. If he accepted I would just see where the conversation led. Of couse we would only discuss ME

Or I might just ask him to describe the first time that he knew that he saw his wife, and describe how he knew she was the right one for him. Guess I am just a romantic. I would love to hear him tell the story. I have read, it in different books and articles, but to hear JRR tell it must be facinating.

I might also just ask him to what his favorite story was and have him read part of it to my family and me. Wouldn't that be exciting to hear JRR reading his favorite parts of ME to you? Wow. That would be ideal to me.

I would also like to hear him read his rendition of Beowolf. I have heard that was facinating as well. I have always love that story, and have read it several times.

I always seem to be interested in people that are more intelligent than myself and just want to sit around and listen to what they have to say, in hopes of learning something new, and gaining another insight. I would be in such AWE of just listening to Tolkien speaking for even 3 minutes. That would be like a dream come true.

A second Nazgul was named as Khamul the Easterling, Luthien, if that is of any use to you.

I've actually got a book in which all nine are named, along with a detailed history of each. It's very interesting and convincing, except it was written as a game aid for Middle Earth Role Playing and was not written by any of the Tolkiens. For those that are interested, here are the names (because they are pretty cool)

Khamul the Easterling (named by Tolkien in UT)

THE EIGHT NAMES THAT TOLKIEN DID NOT GIVE HIS NAZGUL

1) Er-Murazor (the second son of Numenorian King Tar-Ciryatan) became the Witch King of Angmar
2) Adunaphel the Quiet (Numenorian Lady) became Ard Once Vain (of Vamag near Umbar)
3) Akhorahil (cousin of Er-Murazor) became Akhorahil the Storm King
4) Dendra Dwar (a Walim Easterling) became Dwar of Waw
5) Hoarmurath (Urd) became Hoarmurath of Dir
6) Ji Indur (Kiran Prince) became Indur Dawndeath, the Shadow of the South
7) Ulk Jey Ama (Chey wizard) became Ren the Unclean
8) Uvathar Achef (Variag Prince) became Uvatha the Hoseman.

REMEMBER... TOLKIEN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THESE NAMES

I'd ask just one question:

Who put this rotting corpse in my flat?

Valedhelgwath!

Khamul was the one I was talking about. He was the one the hobbits saw at the landing stage on the brandywine when they had crossed. You don't know the actual names of any of the others. "Witchking of Angmar", is only a title, not a name.

I'm only interested in what Tolkien wrote. After all, the names that somebody else gives them could be totally wrong from what Tokien would want it to be. As convincing as they might be, they don't catch my interest, I'm afraid.

Okay Melly, I'd ask him if he actually had a real life as well.

Probably because, while he gave life to his written word, he not being a professional actor, could not fill his spoken word with life. Doing this takes a nack that most people don't have; this is especially so with dusty old acedemics. However, just because he couldn't do justice to his works when reading them, he still remains our hero for the more important achievement of imagining them and getting them down on paper for the enjoyment of future generations.

You are right, Tommy. I did ask for it, but I just wanted a real question out of Plastic. He is always so insightful, that I would love to see what he would ask.

Perhaps Tolkien, could not act out the parts of his books, but while he was reading, maybe he could explain things as he went along. lol

I thought I wrote this here before, but I can't find it...in any case, I would take him to see PJ's movies and ask him what he thought of them. He writes about the abominable BBC portrayal of his books, so I would like to get his opinion of the latest movies as well.