Tolkien Jeopardy!

[Reaboj]

You have the jacket!

Why thank you- it is quite lovely!

OK next up:

His map-reading skills sparked a momentous (and monstrous) discovery.

[AConyl]

Why thank you- it is quite lovely!

OK next up:

His map-reading skills sparked a momentous (and monstrous) discovery.

Who is Elrond Halfelven?

[Rucagorn]

You have the jacket!

The answer is indeed Gléowine, mentioned only very briefly in the book, but realised by the devs into a fully fleshed out character in his own right, with his own in-depth storyline. Another great example of the great lore-faithful storycrafting that we enjoy in this game.

Sorry for the off topic but indeed /skal to that and long live LOTRO <3
Happy 14th @ )

[Reaboj]

Who is Elrond Halfelven?

I'm afraid that is not the answer I am looking for. I will give a hint in a day or so if needed.

[Reaboj]

I'm afraid that is not the answer I am looking for. I will give a hint in a day or so if needed.

HINT: While Elrond certainly deciphered elements on a map he was not reading it, as in attempting to follow it.

[MourneBlade]

Who is Bilbo Baggins?

[Reaboj]

Who is Bilbo Baggins?

Yes, that is the map reader. The jacket is yours.

"None of them had much spirit left.
Now strange to say Mr. Baggins had more than the others. He would often borrow Thorin's map and gaze at it, pondering over the runes and the message of the moon-letters Elrond had read. It was he that made the dwarves begin the dangerous search on the western slopes for the secret door."

The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien

[MourneBlade]

Okay I'm better at guessing these things than coming up with any. Someone else can have the jacket!

[Boraxxe]

Okay I'm better at guessing these things than coming up with any. Someone else can have the jacket!

Ok, I am holding the Jacket in-trust.

Anyone that chooses is welcome to post a new Tolkien Jeopardy! riddle.

Go for it...anyone...

Bo

[Pontin_Finnberry]

Ok i have one to get things moving:

He who is the second greatest of all under the divine

[Swanee]

Ok i have one to get things moving:

He who is the second greatest of all under the divine

Who is Manwë? King of Arda, Chief of the Valar, second in power only to Melkor.

[Pontin_Finnberry]

Who is Manwë? King of Arda, Chief of the Valar, second in power only to Melkor.

That is correct! the stick is yours

[Swanee]

Alright, let me try my hand at this.

I am he who is most like our creator.

[Erionor]

Alright, let me try my hand at this.

I am he who is most like our creator.

Who is Eru Illuvatar? The closest thing in Middle Earth to a representation of God?

[Swanee]

Who is Eru Illuvatar? The closest thing in Middle Earth to a representation of God?

Nope. I expected that guess but wasn’t sure if I should have clarified the “answer” with different punctuation. Perhaps this is better;

I am he who is most like our “creator”.

[Boraxxe]

Who the heck is Ronald Dwale?



This fellow we meet at Hob Hillbrow's home in Glass-blowers' Camp in Evendim.
And we can also spot him as a member of the Writing Society which meets regularly at The Bird and Baby Inn in Michel Delving.
And I have heard that he can also be found in the back room of the Frostbluff Theatre, during the Yule Festival, finishing a play.

While this sort of fits into Lotro Trivia it also certainly fits in Tolkien Trivia. Some clever blending of IP-creator and Game.

[Swanee]

No, but that was interesting.

I am he who is most like our “creator”.

Hint #1: We share a dream. (The “creator” and I.)

[Swanee]

No, but that was interesting.

I am he who is most like our “creator”.

Hint #1: We share a dream. (The “creator” and I.)

Hint #2 Peter Jackson gave Éowen my dream.

[Samwise_Sotall]

Who is Faramir?

From Tolkien Gateway:

“‘This legend or myth or dim memory of some ancient history has always troubled me. In sleep I had the dreadful dream of the ineluctable Wave, either coming out of the quiet sea, or coming in towering over the green inlands. It still occurs occasionally, though now exorcized by writing about it. It always ends by surrender, and I awake gasping out of deep water. I used to draw it or write bad poems about it.’
—J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 257
It was this dream that inspired the story of the Downfall of Númenor. In The Lord of the Rings, the Professor transfers his dream to Faramir.”
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Atlantis

Faramir dreamed of this several times, and Boromir also dreamt of it. They told Denethor about it and he sent Boromir to Rivendell to seek counsel.

[Swanee]

Way to go Samwise! Tolkien, the “creator” of Middle Earth, had a recurring dream of a large wave that he gave to Faramir. A character that the Professor once said, “As far as any character is like me, it is Faramir”. Peter Jackson chose to give Faramir’s “Wave” dream to Éowyn in Return of the King.

I cede the stick to you wise traveler.

[Samwise_Sotall]

Way to go Samwise! Tolkien, the “creator” of Middle Earth, had a recurring dream of a large wave that he gave to Faramir. A character that the Professor once said, “As far as any character is like me, it is Faramir”. Peter Jackson chose to give Faramir’s “Wave” dream to Éowyn in Return of the King.

I cede the stick to you wise traveler.

Thank you!

Here’s the new riddle:

An most unnatural autumn

[Samwise_Sotall]

Thank you!
Here’s the new riddle:
An most unnatural autumn

Hint: greenery gone

[Boraxxe]

Thank you!

Here’s the new riddle:

An most unnatural autumn

Hint: greenery gone

What is The Brown Lands?

Some believe that this is the last place where the Ent Wives were seen.

[Samwise_Sotall]

What is The Brown Lands?

Some believe that this is the last place where the Ent Wives were seen.

Not what I have in mind, although I like your thinking.

[Boraxxe]

Not what I have in mind, although I like your thinking.

Darn!, I thought I had it...
OK, here's another guess;

What is the "ruined" Shire that the 4 Hobbits find when they return?

Sam remarks, "This is worse than Mordor! . . . It comes home to you, they say; because it is home, and you remember it before it was ruined."