Thread: Trivia: Barad-dur
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What you talking about Loss? The 24 hour rule only applies if you correctly answered the previous question, which Virumor hasn't done for ages.
The Battle of Bywater, perhaps?
oh correctly, I see now, but as the clocks went back he could have posted an hour or less before the question was given, I thought that was quite clever............ 
Aldaradan has the correct answer and the Pseudo-Silmaril. 
When I said 'correctly' I meant most of Virumor's recent answers have been meant as humour. They missed the correctness mark by such a distance that they exceeded the margin of error for a guess, especially for a Tolkien expert of Virumor's caliber.
Thus they have been considered as a laughable material rather than legitimate guesses.
Where did Bilbo discover Sting?
When I said 'correctly' I meant most of Virumor's recent answers have been meant as humour. They missed the correctness mark by such a distance that they exceeded the margin of error for a guess, especially for a Tolkien expert of Virumor's caliber.
Thus they have been considered as a laughable material rather than legitimate guesses. Where did Bilbo discover Sting?
In the Trolls' cave or house, whichever it was.
It was their cave, so Fionw’ gets the pretty bauble.
What did Bilbo first steal from the dragon-hoard
What did Bilbo first steal from the dragon-hoard
big diamond... ...arg... ...dont remember what is called
It was some kind of golden pot...possibly a goblet or trophey, and i think it was filled with coines..
A large two-handled goblet, I think.
Fionw’ has the correctest (most correct) answer, but as he answered too soon I'll award the Pseudo-Silmaril to Etharion whose earlier answer wasn't as concise, but I understood what he meant by his 'trophy'.
Which ruler of men, whose kingdom bordered on the Misty Mountains, was to become one of Sauron's most trusted servants
Which ruler of men, whose kingdom bordered on the Misty Mountains, was to become one of Sauron's most trusted servants
Sorry, didn't look at the times.
I suppose the answer is Witch-King of Angmar.
You suppose right Virumor; another pretty bauble to you.
Why did Gandalf have difficulty in opening the West-door of Khazad-d’m :questiom:
Why did Gandalf have difficulty in opening the West-door of Khazad-d’m :questiom:
I ought to know this Grondy ..but here goes .Gandalf didn't see the door and the inscription upon it at first because the words were invisible but when they appeared Gandalf tried every password he knew /in any languages )and said "speak friend and enter "but then he finally realized ( with help from Merry I )that he had to say "MELLON "the elvish word for friend
And here was I thinking he said "Melon" because he was hungry, but luck as it may, it was also the password to Khazad-D’m!
Or, could it be because he went into Moria from the East the previous time and not through the West Door, and thus didn't know how to open the West Door.
"Friend" has it and the pretty bauble to boot! Gandalf had misinterpeted the inscription.
What were the three Dwarf-realms mentioned in Elven histories, and under what mountain ranges had they been delved
Gandalf had misinterpeted the inscription.What were the three Dwarf-realms mentioned in Elven histories, and under what mountain ranges had they been delved
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And here was I thinking he said "Melon " because he was hungry ..
Vir, you made my day !! And here was I thinking he said "Melon " because he was hungry ..
Okay, it has been twenty-four hours, you may guess now.
Belegost (Ered Luin ) and Nogrod (Ered Lindon ) in the Blue Mountains and of course Khazad-d’m in the Misty Mountains
You got 'em all Mellon; have a Pseudo-Silmaril.
Which river joined the Anduin between the Falls of Rauros and Cair Andros
Which river joined the Anduin between the Falls of Rauros and Cair Andros
The R. Entwash, I believe is the answer. You know, the map in the front of the book is very difficult to make out in parts. I'm hoping that's the answer you're looking for, 'cause I can think of another one that might be the correct answer, and I'm beginning to have doubts.
No Fionw’, the Entwash is the answer I was looking for; so you get the pretty bauble.
By what other name was the plant athelas known, and what was its chief virtue
By what other name was the plant athelas known, and what was its chief virtue
Ioreth didn't know, though she thought it smelled.....wholesome.
kingsfoil
Correct Gud, you get the Pseudo-Silmaril.
In the Second and Third Ages of the Sun, where did Cirdan the Shipwright live
In the Second and Third Ages of the Sun, where did Cirdan the Shipwright live
He lived in the Blue Mountains in Lindon???
Sorry Elessar, that's not specific enough.
Mithlond.
Yes, Mithlond = The Grey Havens, so Virumor gets the pretty bauble.
What false name did Frodo adopt when he set out for Rivendell
What false name did Frodo adopt when he set out for Rivendell
Mr Underhill (Sir ,you also posted this question April 6th this year )
(Sir ,you also posted this question April 6th this year )Correct and correct Mellon. I also used it on 19th July 2004, but we wouldn't have known this if we hadn't used our Search function, now would we?
I'd rather you looked the answers up in the book instead of doing computer
searches for them. And as I had already announced: I often, or usually, repeat the questions’like after five years of running this thread, coming up with new original questions is a real pain in the neck. 
Anyway, Mellon gets the Pseudo-Silmaril.
Who or what was Herugrim
I also used it on 19th July 2004, but we wouldn't have known this if we hadn't used our Search function, now would we? I'd rather you looked the answers up in the book instead of doing computer
searches for them. And as I had already announced: I often, or usually, repeat the questions’like after five years of running this thread, coming up with new original questions is a real pain in the neck. Anyway, Mellon gets the Pseudo-Silmaril.
Who or what was Herugrim
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But we wouldn't have know this haven't we used our Search funchtion now would we ?
But we wouldn't have know this haven't we used our Search funchtion now would we ?
Back then and also this time I knew the answer Sir
theyoden's sword
Good on you Mellon, it is nice that you haven't lost your memory in these your elder years. I only nod-off in mine’knock on wood’of cource I've got a forty year head start on you.
Master Gud has the answer to this last question; though I haven't seen that particular spelling; is it from the West Canadian translation?
What sword did Gandalf take from the Trolls' cave
I only nod-off in mine’knock on wood’of cource I've got a forty year head start on you.Master Gud has the answer to this last question; though I haven't seen that particular spelling; is it from the West Canadian translation?
What sword did Gandalf take from the Trolls' cave
Glamdring
Mellon gets the pretty bauble.
What colour was the front door of Bag End
What colour was the front door of Bag End
green
Right your are Gud; you get the Pseudo-Silmaril.
Who were the mother-in-law and the father-in-law of Nimloth of Doriath
Who were the mother-in-law and the father-in-law of Nimloth of Doriath
Luthien and Beren ?
Correct again Mellon, you get the pretty bauble.
Who felt Sauron looking for him on the summit of Amon Hen
Who felt Sauron looking for him on the summit of Amon Hen
Frodo?
Yes Etharion, you get the Pseudo-Silmaril.
Where was the Nauglamir made
Where was the Nauglamir made
It was made in Menegroth I think, by the Dwarfes from Belegost .They had been invited by Thingol to make it out of the treasure H’rin Thalion brought with him to Doriath..
But it was made first for Finrod Felagund by the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains, in Nargothrond is my guess, although it doesn't explicitly say where. The Nauglamir was remade, and the Silmaril was put into it at Menegroth.
Yay, my 200th post.
Yay, my 200th post.
Fionw’ has the more complete answer: It, 'The Necklace of the Dwarves' was originally fabricated (probably in Nargothrond) by the Dwarven craftsmen of Norgrod and/or Belegost (unless they took it back home to finish it there after or while they were finishing Nargothrond).
Whose purse could talk
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It was a carcanet of gold, and set therein were gems uncounted from Valinor; but it had a power within it so that it rested lightly on its wearer as a strand of flax, and whatsoever neck it clasped it sat always with grace and loveliness.
Later it was taken to Menegroth where Beren's Silmaril was added it. Anyway it seems this was a bad question, but Fionw’ still gets the pretty bauble. It was a carcanet of gold, and set therein were gems uncounted from Valinor; but it had a power within it so that it rested lightly on its wearer as a strand of flax, and whatsoever neck it clasped it sat always with grace and loveliness.
Whose purse could talk
Not mine ..empty as usual
Gollum's purse, when he had his set of teeth in there. When Tolkien taken breaks when he originally written Gollum's parts, Gollum would purely put them back in
That would be the troll's purse, I believe. William's?
Yup, Amari’ gets the Pseudo-Silmaril for her answer of William (Bill) Huggins.
Where did N’mo live, and what was his role
Where did N’mo live, and what was his role
