Tolkien Quiz
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inzilbethI’ve taken part in two RL Tolkien quizzes so far this year. The one in April at the Moreton in Marsh art exhibition was very formal – we sat down with question papers and had a set time to complete. The one at Sarehole was more a matter of pick up a form and submit it if you want to. As most of the questions were of the ‘what colour is Gandalf’s hat?’ variety, I didn’t bother. The Moreton one was more challenging but still with lots of very easy questions that pandered to all levels of knowledge. So I thought it would be interesting to try and write one that was more of a challenge but without being so hard and obscure that it was no fun to actually take part.
So while I’ve been going about my mundane chores [mucking out the sheds mostly – very boring] I’ve been dredging my knowledge and dreaming up what I hope are interesting questions.
If you would like to have a go, questions are under the cut and I’ll post the answers tomorrow.
1. Who were the three mariners who accompanied Eärendil on his voyage to Valinor?
2. Which Steward hunted the wild Kine of Araw?
3. Who was Silmariën’s husband?
4. Names the two trees that Turgon made for his court in Gondolin?
5. In birth order, name Isildur’s four sons.
6. Identify the three characters named Eärendur.
7. Who were the parents of Erendis?
8. Which Chieftain of the Dúnedain succeeded Aragorn I?
9. What were the dates of the Fell Winter and the Long Winter [Third age]?
10. Name Ondoher’s three children?
11. What was the name of the Elvenking’s butler?
12. List the four Sea Kings of Gondor in the order in which they ruled.
13. From whom did Olórin learn patience in Valinor?
14. Give three alternative names for Taniquetil?
15. Which Elves from Doriath attended the Mereth Aderthad?
16. Where did Hador die?
17. Which king of Númenor was called the Unwilling?
18. Who were the two Blue wizards?
19. Name Bilbo’s parents.
20. What was the name of Tar-Minastir’s Admiral?
21. Name Mîm’s two sons.
22. Who were the two great grandson’s of Castamir who defeated Minardil?
23. Who was the first Chieftain of the Dúnedain to be fostered at Rivendell?
24. Why did Súrion succeed Tar- Anárion as king of Númenor?
25. What was the name of the Drûg who aided Barach?
26. Which king of Númenor was omitted from the 1st edition of LOTR?
27. Who slew Golfimbul and so invented the game of golf?
28. Whose daughter did Valacar marry?
29. How old were Aragorn and Arwen when they wed?
30. In what year did Elrond found Imladris?
31. Who slew Thrór?
33. Which king of Arthedain first permitted hobbits to settle in the Shire?
34. On which tributary of the Gelion did Beren and Lúthien make their home?
35. Who was the tallest of the Edain?
36. Who was the elf-maiden who befriended
37. Which three Elves were slain by Gothmog?
38. Which Rohan warrior rode Hasufel before Aragorn?
39. What is the Westron for ‘hobbit’?
40. The butchering of which Elf triggered the start of the Nírnaeth Arnoediad?
And if you sail through all those without so much as lifting up a text, try this question which was the killer tie-break at Moreton this year.
Name the children of Ronald and Hilary in the order in which they were born.
No one, including some of the most knowledgeable minds in the Tolkien Society, knew the answer to that one!
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Date: 2009-05-31 03:10 pm (UTC)19. Bungo and Belladonna
27. The Bullroarer
35. Elendil
Ack, that's pathetic! I didn't even know all the hobbit questions! (Assuming I even got *these* four correct without looking anything up.)
*hangs head in shame and needs to read the books AGAIN*
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Date: 2009-05-31 03:17 pm (UTC)I tried this out on Passolargo and she warned me I needed to distinquish between Edain and Numenorean in 35.
Thank you, Shirebound, for being such a good sport!
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Date: 2009-05-31 03:33 pm (UTC)Well, maybe 'Bandobras Took' will net me an additional 1/16th of a point for #27. :)
And I'll take a few completely wild guesses before I slink off to breakfast.
8. Arador
29. Aragorn was 88 and Arwen was... older.
33. Arvedui
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Date: 2009-05-31 04:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-31 03:28 pm (UTC)I am obviously at the 'What colour is Gandalf's hat' level.
BTW, have you, or anybody reading this, ever seen a picture that does justice to Gandalf's description where it states that " He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak and a silver scarf. He had a long white beard and bushy eyebrows that stuck out beyond the brim of his hat. I have never been able to imagine it, especially the eyebrows!
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Date: 2009-05-31 04:57 pm (UTC)I can't think of any picture off the top of my head which shows either the scarf or the bushy eyebrows but I'll look into it. You have me curious!
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Date: 2009-05-31 07:06 pm (UTC)I have had numerous attempts to read the Silm but have always given up. I am detirmined that it isn't going to beat me this time!!!
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Date: 2009-05-31 08:17 pm (UTC)I have a RL friend who simply can not finish the Silm even though she's a fanatical LOTR fan. It's not for everyone but one of the reasons I love it is all the facts and figures and UT even more so.
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Date: 2009-05-31 03:54 pm (UTC)4. Belthil, Glingal
15. Beleg and Mablung
16. Eithel Sirion
18. Alatar and Pallando
21. Khim and Ibun
27. Bandobras
31. Azog
35. Tuor
36. Nellas
37. Feanor, Fingon and Ecthelion
40. Gelmir
Shame to me!:)
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Date: 2009-05-31 04:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-05-31 06:32 pm (UTC)Um, I can take a stab at 35 and say Elendil. And 29, Aragorn was (um, taking off shoes to count on toes... oh, dear, I don't have that many...) okay, 3019-2931 would be... 88!! (I hope that's right... Damn it, Jim, I'm a writer, not a mathematician!) As for Arwen, um, she was a thousand or two thousand years older. (Obviously, I know Aragorn better than Arwen!)
Other than that... I'll come back in a few years after I've read the books several more times. LOL
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Date: 2009-05-31 08:23 pm (UTC)I must admit though, I am beginning to feel a bit like I'm the only sad really geeky nerd round here!
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Date: 2009-05-31 08:26 pm (UTC)And no, you're not the only geeky nerd... just the brightest of the lot of us! :)
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Date: 2009-05-31 08:47 pm (UTC)Yes, I would expect you to know your stuff!
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Date: 2009-05-31 09:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-06-01 01:24 am (UTC)1) Falathar, Erellont and Aerandir
2) Vorondil of Gondor
3) Elatan, Lord of Andúnië
4) Glingal and Belthil
5) Elendur, Aratan, Ciryon and Valandil
6) Earendür - the younger brother of Tar-Elendil, 4th king of Númenor; Earendür - Dúnadan of Númenor, Lord of Andúnïe; and Earendür, Dúnadan, tenth and last King of Arnor (TA 777-861)
7) Beregar, and Nüneth
8) Araglas
9) Fell Winter Third Age 2911 / Long Winter TA 2758-59
10) Ardamir, Faramir, Fíriel (Arvedui's wife and Aragorn's most important foremother, after Lúthien *grin*)
11) Galion
12) Tarannon Falastur, Ëarnil I, Ciryandil, Hyarmendacil I.
13) Nienna
14) Oiolossë, Amon Uilos, Elerrína
15) Mablung and Daeron
16) During Dagor Bragollach, commanding the rearguard of Fingolfin, in the defense of Eithel Sirion.
17) Tar-Atanamir, The Great
18) Alatar and Pallando
19) Bungo Baggins and Belladonna Took
20) Ciryatur
21) Khîm and Ibun
22) Angamaitë and Sangahyando
23) Arahael, Aranarth's son and 2nd Chieftain of The Dúnedain of Arnor.
24) Because his two daughters, who feared and disliked Tar-Ancalimë refused the Sceptre
25) Aghan
26) Tar-Ardamin
27) Bandrobras Took, The Bullroarer, the third tallest hobbit in history. I should know because he was four feet five inches tall, a bit smaller than I am. Yaaaaaaaaaaay!
28) He married Vidumavi, Vidugavia's daughter. I do love these Gothic names. They sound beautiful to my ears.
29) Aragorn was 88 years old - He was born Third Age, March 1st 2931; Arwen was 2778 years old -She was born TA 241.
30) Second Age 1697
31) Azog
32 - Is missing, Thank the Valar. LOL
33) Argeleb II
34) The Adurant
35) Tuor, son of Huor, was the tallest of the Edain of the First Age. Elendil, The Tall, was the tallest of the Númenóreans who escaped the Downfall. *Sorry, I'm a nitpicker when it comes to heights. Maybe because I'm just 4'11" LOL
36) Nellas
37) Fëanor, Fingon and Ecthelion of The Fountain (beautiful name, isn't it?)
38) Gárulf
39) Kuduk, related to the Rohirric kûd-dûkan (hole-dweller)
40) Gelmir
Thanks for taking the time for writing it, Inzilbeth.
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