Trivia!

let's try and stump each other. I'll start off: Who gave Huan the wolfhound of Valinor to Celegorm? And what does the name Huan mean?

My guess to part A of your question is Orome. For part B, I'll guess "hound with big bark"

Quaff wins a prize. "<FONT COLOR=GREEN>Celegorm the Fair was the third of the seven sons of Fëanor. The most ambitious of the seven, he followed the oath of his father with the greatest ardour, and this led him to his destruction. In Valinor, Celegorm became a great hunter, and had the friendship of Oromë, often hunting with the Vala or visiting his house. From Oromë, Celegorm gained great knowledge of birds and beasts, and he learned to understand their tongues, and he gained also another gift, Huan the great hound. He also had great friendship with his cousin Aredhel, the daughter of Fingolfin.</FONT>" - Arda. (See also Sauron.) Etymology of Huan, roots and comparisons from Ardalambion: <FONT COLOR=GREEN>hound (A, Q, S) KHUG, (R) [KHUGAN]; hound of chase (A, Q, S) ROY1 Huan (Q) KHUG Huor (Q, S) KHÔ-N, (S, A) GOR Hurin (A?, S) KHOR; Húrin, Húrinn (S) ID</FONT> Silmarillion Index of Names simply lists it as 'great dog, hound'.

Way to go, guys! Anyone else have a question?

What were the names and destinies of Gandalf, Saruman and Radagast's blue-clad peers?

Hmm... Their names were Alatar and Pallandro. As to what happened to them... uh, I don't think it was mentioned anywhere but I think they wandered into Harad or something...

C'mon bmilder... Did they go Amish and start a family? Did they go on tour for world peace? Did they set up argument clinics? Casinos? Mafia? Did they invent the question mark? Or did they choke on peanut butter and shuffle off this mortal coil?

Didn't they travel East and start a cult of magic?

I thought they invented the Macarina *Darth Tater runs away*

Loopy has it. Then Tater. Their final appearance was in Good, Bad and the Ugly.

Are Dwarves by tendency right- or left-handed?

Welcome to the board! Hmm, uh, left-handed? (And if I'm wrong, I know the answer )

Just in case Ben's wrong I'm gonna have to guess right handed. If he's right then I agree with him.

Well, since ezboard user Carneldoo has a post history of one, and that being Jan 9th, then I suspect it may be a long time before we learn the answer.

A Tolkien Trivia thread. How enjoyable (having scared off all friends willing to play Tolkien trivia games ) here is a question, What were the Elvish names for the days of the week, and their names for the months.

Elvish months: SPRING - tuile (Q) - ethuil (S) - 54 days SUMMER - laire (Q) - laer (S) - 72 days AUTUMN - yavie (Q) - iavas (S) - 54 days the endari [middle-days] - 3 days - (6 days every 12th year) FADING - quelle or lasse-lanta [leaf-fall] (Q) - firith or narbeleth [sun-waning] (S) - 54 days WINTER - hrive (Q) - rhiw (S) - 72 days STIRRING - coire (Q) - echuir (S) - 54 days the loa - mettare & yestare - 2 days Elvish days: Elenya (Q) - Orgilion (S) - the Stars Anarya (Q) - Oranor (S) - the Sun Isilya (Q) - Orithil (S) - the Moon Alduya (Q) - Orgaladhad (S) - the Two Trees Menelya (Q) - Ormenel (S) - the Heavens Valanya or Tarion (Q) - Orbelain or Rodyn (S) - the Valar or Powers Easy, since its right from Appendix D of LOTR. Got anything more obscure?

Don't worry, I will find some How many versions of the Fall of Numenor were written? Who were the charaters in the Notion Club papers similar to (there are 2 different answers here and I am looking for both). For those of you that cheat, one of the answers is on my page under Numenor Legends Essay.

. I live twilight.

This will leave 3 questions outstanding: What were the early ideas for the LOTR (ie How was Tolkien planning the new adventures) and What were the early party make-ups? (Again, answers are on my site)