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This character was famous for horses.
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Thanks Boraxxe! Next one:
This character was famous for horses.
Who was Eomer? His name in Anglo-Saxon means "Horse-famous."
Who is Orome? Huntsman of the Valar
You got it! Hit me with your riddle stick!Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
Yay!! I got it right! :D Ok, here's the "hit". He was the greatest warrior of all the Dunedain.
Who is Aragorn II Elessar, also known as Strider? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
Who was Elendil The Tall?Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
Although I love Strider, alas... Good job, Boraxxe!! Elendil the Tall, also known as Elendil the Fair. YOU get "hit" with the riddle stick!! :p
OK, next:
With this, you could buy the whole homeland of the furry-footed farmers.
Time for a hint?Quote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
The gaffer would probably just call this a fancy weskit.
How much was Bilbo’s mithril shirt worth?Quote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
(Didn’t need the clue, honest :) just didn’t check the forums yesterday ...)
Well A-man, you win the Jeopardy Jacket!Quote:
Originally Posted by TheArtilleryman
(Yes, we are transferring the riddle-stick back to x-word trivia and will from now on award a Mithril Jacket).
Awww, no more Riddle Stick to "hit" someone with?? Oh, well, guess we will just have to make do with a Mithril Jacket to "steal back" from whomever wins it..LOL!! Just kidding, just had to have a bit of fun!! :) :) :)
It might not fit, but I’ll look after it as long as it is mine to do so :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
Next up:
Middle Earth’s answer to Joseph, son of Jacob
Well, ya give a guy a jacket and see what happens?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheArtilleryman
He constructs a jacket question.
This set me off on what I assumed would be an extensive research session, but the longer I pursued this endeavor, the less I was convinced I was on the right track.
Then I thought, maybe I am thinking this one too hard.
Then I recalled Sister Mary Anastasia's second-grade catechism class.
Joseph, with the coat of many colors.
Who is Saruman?
From LOTR:
“For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!'
I looked then and saw that his robes, which had seemed white, were not so, but were woven of all colours, and if he moved they shimmered and changed hue so that the eye was bewildered.
I liked white better,' I said.
White!' he sneered. 'It serves as a beginning. White cloth may be dyed. The white page can be overwritten; and the white light can be broken.'
In which case it is no longer white,' said I. 'And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.' - Gandalf”
J.R.R. Tolkien
Sister Mary Anastasia served you well! I’m sure she would be proud of the use her teachings have been put to :p
Please don the jacket - I wonder how many colours ours has ...
It seems to fit well. Maybe it has some magical, er...elvish properties.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheArtilleryman
On to the next riddle:
This stronghold of orcs was where the father of the dwarves started his search for a home.
Where is the Mount Gundabad? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
That's the one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirhaen
You have the Jeopardy Jacket!
Yay my lore master is happy, got stick and got jacket, her gear is considerably upgraded! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
Here is next one: Treebeard called it Dreamflower.
What is Lothlorien, the elvish land of golden Mallorn trees?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirhaen
Yes that's it! Jacket is back to you :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...LCOuQLNVUorvidQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirhaen
OK. The jacket seems to be holding up to the trading back and forth:
Here's a new one:
This person unfurled a blank standard.
Not sure who to say for this guess. I am thinking this is related to the plain white banner of the stewards of Gondor (this excerpt from ten appendices of TLOTR:
“Nonetheless the Stewards never sat on the ancient throne; and they wore no crown, and held no sceptre. They bore a white rod only as the token of their office; and their banner was white without charge;”
But you need a question, and someone specific, so I’ll go with “who is Mardil, first of the ruling Stewards of Gondor?”
A-man, you bring forth a reference that I had forgotten and it is indeed close to answering the riddle.
But not exactly.
There is a passage that more closely matches the "answer".
A hint: This standard is not white.
Time for another hint...
Hint 1: This standard is not white.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
Hint 2: This person was a member of the Grey Company.
Very tricksy, this hobbitses is!Quote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
This really confused me because the standard borne by the Grey Company is revealed as the White tree with the crown and the seven stars, when it is unfurled at Harlond during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. But we are talking about the same banner, unfurled earlier at the Stone of Erech. The answer is something along the lines of: “What did Halbarad do at the Stone or Erech?”
“And with that he bade Halbarad unfurl the great standard which he had brought; and behold! it was black, and if there was any device upon it, it was hidden in the darkness. Then there was silence, and not a whisper nor a sigh was heard again all the long night. The Company camped beside the Stone, but they slept little, because of the dread of the Shadows that hedged them round.”
Excerpt From
The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien
Gratz.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheArtilleryman
You have the Jacket!
I am a bit confused by your confusion.
The original riddle: This person unfurled a blank standard.
The answer: Who is Halbarad?
The confusion was because the first person I thought of was Halbarad, but then I thought “wait, the standard bears the tree, stars and crowns.” Your riddle was very tricksy because it was the same standard, but under different conditions. Nice riddle sir!
Anyway, I digress. Next one:
A location in which the penumbras recline
Time for a hint:
Pure wordplay...
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheArtilleryman
What is Mordor, where the shadows lie?
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheArtilleryman
Excellent riddle....a bow to both ends of the puzzle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfhelm
You got it! Please don the jacket.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfhelm
Thanks for dry cleaning it for me too :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TheArtilleryman
Ok, this may proove to be a bit obscure, but we'll see.
This man could be said to have practiced Dragon-speech.
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Originally Posted by Wolfhelm
No attempts at this one after 3 days, it may be time for a clue.
This is the name of a man who was alive during the War of the Ring, and whose name can be arrived at by simple word association.
Who is Grima Wormtongue? :p
Well done Kittykatt, the jacket is yours :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
Yay, now I have the jacket...now WHERE did I put that box of lace, & those bright pink buttons?? :p
OK, now for "THE RIDDLE."
She was Treebeard's beloved.
Who was Fimbrethil, known also as Wandlimb?Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
You got it! Hope you like lots of lace & bright pink buttons...LOL!!
Hurray! Let me find my yellow ribbon and it will be perfect! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
The riddle is:
Nightingale's Nest
I'm gonna try :) Where is the river-isle Tol Galen?Quote:
Originally Posted by Samwise_Sotall
That's very, very close but not what I had in mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirhaen
Right story, wrong time
Where is Dor Firn-i-Guina, where Beren & Luthien lived after their return from the dead?
What is the woods of Nan Elmoth where Melian and Elwe (Thingol) met?Quote:
Originally Posted by Samwise_Sotall
Congratulations! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
I was looking for Doriath. Nan Elmoth was held to be a part of Doriath so the jacket passes to you!
OK, next one:
Digital Exciser was not one of this person's titles, but in modern times it could be.
Who is Isildur? (Ouch...)
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
The Jacket has passed.
Good, now I can add more lace...hmmm, maybe some narrow white lace along the collar?? Ok. now for the riddle...
This is where Shelob's Lair lies..bonus points for what the name means! :p
Where is Torech Ungol (literally spider-hole or spider-lair)?Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
Well, that is one name for it, I found out..you have the jacket, complete with new lace collar!! (That's the bonus points, lol) :)
Thanks very much ...Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
What was the other name?
Actually, it's more of a where, a location ..nonetheless, a good job! :)
"Her lair lies in Cirith Ungol ("the pass of the spider") leading into Mordor."
Ah right, gotcha!
OK, next one (should be fairly easy ...):
A pair of obscenely immense effigies to a duo of legendary but controversial potentates (well, at least one was controversial)...
What is The Argonath?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheArtilleryman
http://tolkiengateway.net/w/images/t...e_Argonath.jpg
John Howe
Statues of Ilsildur and Anarion
Isildur is controversial because he kept the One?
That’s the one! Yes, I was thinking he was a great hero for defeating Sauron, but also a weak man for not destroying the ring...Quote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
You’re up.
OK, next one:
This member of the fellowship did not celebrate his own birthday.
Who was Legolas, who only celebrated his "begetting"? (Elves do not celebrate birthdays,alas..)
Well, it seems that I have chosen poor wording for my answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
I did a bit of research and could not find much of anything about elves celebrating birthdays.
If that is true and they did not, then there are two possible solutions. Legolas, being one of them.
On the other hand, if the answer had been phrased like this:
"This member of the fellowship could not celebrate his birthday." (Exchanging "did not" with "could not"), then there would only be one answer.
As it is I will pass the Jacket on to you kittykatt.
Gratz!
Kitttykatt wins, no argument there. I'd still like to know who your original non-birthday-boy was, Gandalf perhaps?Quote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
You got it. Since Gandalf was Maia he was never really "born" in the sense that we know birth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfhelm
He was, er, thought up, or something....
Yeppers, that was my first thought,too..Gandalf!! But then I thought...hhmmmm...something here seems a bit, well, different, interesting, something...lol!! So then I found out that Elves celebrate their "begetting", & thought, "That's It!!" I do thank you for the use of the jacket again..guess there are 2 answers, then! We learned something from each other this time!! Yay!!:cool:
Ok, now for the new puzzler. Maia are not "born", so they come into existence in a different way.
From The Ainulindalë:Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
And then:Quote:
There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made.
And:Quote:
Then it came to pass that of the Ainur some abode still with Ilúvatar beyond the confines of the World; but others, and among them many of the greatest and most fair, took the leave of Ilúvatar and descended into it. But this condition Ilúvatar made, or it is the necessity of their love, that their power should thenceforward be contained and bounded in the World, to be within it for ever, until it is complete, so that they are its life and it is theirs. And therefore they are named the Valar, the Powers of the World.
So my answer is:Quote:
With the Valar came other spirits whose being also began before the World, of the same order as the Valar but of less degree. These are the Maiar, the people of the Valar, and their servants and helpers.
How did the Maiar come to be?
Edit: This is not strictly in the correct "answer/question" format, but its my shot at answering...
Boraxxe, your "answer" (or is it question?) is accepted. I think the way I worded it, it would be hard to phrase!! So, have the Jacket, in all it's lacy & pink glory!! Enjoy!! :p
OK, Next one:
She came to mind at the end of all things.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
I think the following lines were only in the movies, not the book, but I'll quote them here anyway...
Frodo: It's gone! It's done!
Sam: Yes, Mr. Frodo. It's over now.
Frodo: I can see the Shire. The Brandywine River. Bag End. Gandalf's fireworks, the lights, the party tree.
Sam: Rosie Cotton dancing. She had ribbons in her hair. If ever I was to marry someone... it would have been her. It would have been her!
Frodo: I'm glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee. Here, at the end of all things.
So my guess is "who is Rose Cotton?"
You have the correct answer!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfhelm
And I think you have correctly quoted the movie.
And I think Peter Jackson took me for a ride...
I was sure that that line was directly quoted from the text, but, no.
There is a line about "the end of all things", but not related to Rosie.
Your turn!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
Thanks Boraxxe.
Youthful and faithful, this warrior received a bountiful reward for his honor.
Ok, it may be time for a clue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfhelm
This young warrior was also a king, he lived and died in the Third Age.
Who is Eorl the Young?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfhelm
Correct Estelwyn!Quote:
Originally Posted by Estelwyn
Your turn.
Yay! Here's the next one:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfhelm
She had ten servants - nine black cats and one white. She would set these evil creatures around Gondor to discover all of its secrets - whether wonderful or dark.
Who is Queen Berúthiel?Quote:
Originally Posted by Estelwyn
Aragorn mentioned her to the Hobbits when he was reassuring them about the skills of Gandalf.
J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings (p. 311). Harper Collins, Inc.. Kindle Edition.Quote:
He is surer of finding the way home in a blind night than the cats of Queen Berúthiel.
And I'm not so sure the cats were "evil".
Now, the queen...that's another story.
You are correct,Boraxxe!Quote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
(Tolkien, Unfinished Tales)
"Queen Berúthiel a Black Númenórean, was the loveless, ruthless, evil, and solitary wife of Tarannon - the twelfth king of Gondor, (First of the "Ship Kings" ) despised everything from the house her Husband built to the ocean. She hated color, decoration, thus robed all in black and silver. The garden of her house in Osgiliath were "filled with tormented sculptures beneath cypresses and yews." She had ten servants - nine black cats and one white. The evil Queen would set these evil creatures around Gondor to discover all of its secrets - whether wonderful or dark, placing the white cat among the black ones to spy on them and torment them. Then the cats would converse with the Queen, and the Queen would at times read their minds.
The people of Gondor dreaded the Ten Cats, and were too afraid to touch them, cursing with anger at the very sight of them. The men, especially, despised them, for the Queen used the cats most to find out what "...men wish most to keep hidden." The Queen's name was erased from the Book of Kings (Though men still remembered the Cats and the Queen, a dark memory with a ripple of fear). Queen Berúthiel's lack of love caused Tarannon to be the first childless monarch. Tarannon, seeing his wife for what she was, had her set assail on a ship with all ten cats borne by a wind from the north. "The ship was last seen flying past Umbar under a sickle moon, with a cat at the masthead and another as a figure-head on the prow." "
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Originally Posted by Estelwyn
Great!
And it looks like you were 'on the nose' about the -evil- description... thank you!.
Next up:
He introduced explosive ordnance to middle-earth military technology.
Next up:
He introduced explosive ordnance to middle-earth military technology.
Who is Saruman?
Correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by MourneBlade
You have the jacket.
Quote:
Originally Posted by MourneBlade
Well, its been 10 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
MourneBlade seems to be MIA so...
First one in with a Tolkien Jeopardy! riddle gets the honor.
Go for it!
I will have a go at it..
At the time of the War of the Ring, it had been a long time since Treebeard had seen his beloved, Fimbrethil. A LONG time....
(Hope this is not too difficult...)
Maybe I can explain this better.. :D this is the number of years it had been.
"At the time of the War of the Ring, it had been a long time since Treebeard had seen his beloved, Fimbrethil."
What is over 3000 years?
Nice job, Estelwyn. Jacket is all yours..now entertain us with a new riddle !!! Please & thank you :)
Yay!
Here's the next one:
He briefly took control of the Shire as Saruman's puppet during the War of the Ring.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Estelwyn
Who is Lotho Sackville-Baggins, son of Lobelia and quiet possibly one of Gríma Wormtongue's last meals.
Good job Wolfhelm!
Your turn :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Estelwyn
Thank you.
This former capital could be said to be a "stellar city".
What is Elenarda? (another name for Ilmen, the "Stellar Kingdom".)
Great answer, and one I admit I hadn't considered. My answer though is a literal city of Middle-earth.Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
Hmmm, maybe a bit of overthinking on my part, lol!!! So here's another try...
What is Osgiliath? ;)
What is Armenelos?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfhelm
This was the capital of Numenor and became it's largest city. It's "former" because it went "under the wave".
The name is a Quenya word that translates as Royal Fortress of the Heavens. (Maybe not exactly "stellar", but close).
Nice try Boraxxe, but Kittykatt was right on the money, Osgiliath it is.
The literal Sindarin translation is "Citadel of the Stars".
Gratz Kittykatt, the jacket of many colors is yours once again :)
Oh, ty!! Now let's try this one...
A pretty mirror to look in, but not to see your face in.
What is Mirrormere or Kheled-zaram?Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
This lake did not show a viewer's reflection, but it did reflect stars in the night sky, even during daytime.
"There like jewels sunk in the deep shone glinting stars, though sunlight was in the sky above. Of their own stooping forms no shadow could be seen."—The Fellowship of the Ring
Ooooh, good guess...I forgot about that one, lol!!! But not the one I was thinking of..keep trying!!! :)
What is the Mirror of Galadriel?Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
Yay, Rea, you now have the jacket to wear & decorate!! Give us a good riddle!! :)
Well, it has been over 2 weeks, anyone else want to take a turn?
Yes please- open to anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by kittykatt
thanks!
OK
I'll jump in.
Six each day would be quite a lot for dwarves but would not be unusual for these folks.
(Sort of a double-whammy here... extra points if you get both.)*
* Points will be awarded when this riddle-game finishes .