Tolkien Jeopardy!

[Erionor]

Thanks Boraxxe! Next one:

This character was famous for horses.

[kittykatt]

Who was Eomer? His name in Anglo-Saxon means "Horse-famous."

[Boraxxe]

Who is Orome? Huntsman of the Valar

[Erionor]

Who was Eomer? His name in Anglo-Saxon means "Horse-famous."

You got it! Hit me with your riddle stick!

[kittykatt]

Yay!! I got it right! Ok, here's the "hit". He was the greatest warrior of all the Dunedain.

[Mirhaen]

Yay!! I got it right! Ok, here's the "hit". He was the greatest warrior of all the Dunedain.

Who is Aragorn II Elessar, also known as Strider?

[Boraxxe]

Yay!! I got it right! Ok, here's the "hit". He was the greatest warrior of all the Dunedain.

Who was Elendil The Tall?

[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!!

[Boraxxe]

OK, next:

With this, you could buy the whole homeland of the furry-footed farmers.

[Boraxxe]

OK, next:

With this, you could buy the whole homeland of the furry-footed farmers.

Time for a hint?

The gaffer would probably just call this a fancy weskit.

[Erionor]

OK, next:

With this, you could buy the whole homeland of the furry-footed farmers.

How much was Bilbo’s mithril shirt worth?

(Didn’t need the clue, honest just didn’t check the forums yesterday ...)

[Boraxxe]

How much was Bilbo’s mithril shirt worth?

(Didn’t need the clue, honest just didn’t check the forums yesterday ...)

Well A-man, you win the Jeopardy Jacket!

(Yes, we are transferring the riddle-stick back to x-word trivia and will from now on award a Mithril Jacket).

[kittykatt]

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!!

[Erionor]

Well A-man, you win the Jeopardy Jacket!

(Yes, we are transferring the riddle-stick back to x-word trivia and will from now on award a Mithril Jacket).

It might not fit, but I’ll look after it as long as it is mine to do so

Next up:

Middle Earth’s answer to Joseph, son of Jacob

[Boraxxe]

It might not fit, but I’ll look after it as long as it is mine to do so

Next up:

Middle Earth’s answer to Joseph, son of Jacob

Well, ya give a guy a jacket and see what happens?
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

[Erionor]

Sister Mary Anastasia served you well! I’m sure she would be proud of the use her teachings have been put to

Please don the jacket - I wonder how many colours ours has ...

[Boraxxe]

Sister Mary Anastasia served you well! I’m sure she would be proud of the use her teachings have been put to

Please don the jacket - I wonder how many colours ours has ...

It seems to fit well. Maybe it has some magical, er...elvish properties.

On to the next riddle:

This stronghold of orcs was where the father of the dwarves started his search for a home.

[Mirhaen]

It seems to fit well. Maybe it has some magical, er...elvish properties.

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?

[Boraxxe]

Where is the Mount Gundabad?

That's the one!
You have the Jeopardy Jacket!

[Mirhaen]

That's the one!
You have the Jeopardy Jacket!

Yay my lore master is happy, got stick and got jacket, her gear is considerably upgraded!

Here is next one: Treebeard called it Dreamflower.

[Boraxxe]

Yay my lore master is happy, got stick and got jacket, her gear is considerably upgraded!

Here is next one: Treebeard called it Dreamflower.

What is Lothlorien, the elvish land of golden Mallorn trees?

[Mirhaen]

What is Lothlorien, the elvish land of golden Mallorn trees?

Yes that's it! Jacket is back to you

[Boraxxe]

Yes that's it! Jacket is back to you

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.

[Erionor]

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?”

[Boraxxe]

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.