Middle Earth Trivia Thread

Wayfarer · 01-26-2002, 04:33 PM

What happened to the older Q&A trvia thread? I haen't been able to find it, so I'm starting a new one.

Question:

Turin was first cousin's with Tuor. On which side, His Mother's or His Father's, were they related?

Kirinki54 · 01-26-2002, 05:21 PM

Their fathers, Hurin and Huor, were brothers, isnÂ´t it? Famous lot!

Assuming this answer is right:

Where was BilboÂ´s mithril coat kept, before he left for the Road following his 111 Birthday?

Wayfarer · 01-26-2002, 05:29 PM

It was a trick question. That answer is partially incorrect. ]: )

However, bilbo kept his mithril coat on loan to the Mathom House at Michel Delving.

Ã‘Ã³lendil · 01-26-2002, 05:52 PM

Ooh! I like this question! I've spent a great deal of (wasted) time making out a genealogy of the Three Houses of Men from Beor the Old, Haleth and Marach down to Elrond and Elros.

The answer: they were related on both sides. Tuor's mother RÃ*an and TÃºrin's mother Morwen were first cousins, their parents being Belegund and Baragund respectively. (Belegund and Baragund were brothers, Bregolas' children, and two of Barahir's solitary outlaws in Dorthonion). But Tuor's father Huor was the brother of TÃºrin's father HÃºrin, them being the children of Galdor and Hareth. In the words of many immature children ten years ago: BOOYA!

My question: how many teeth did Gollum have?

Wayfarer · 01-26-2002, 06:02 PM

"Teeth! Teeth! Chestnuts! But we only have six!"

Another question: What Noldorin lord was named in Quenya, Khudzul, and Old Westron?

Bonus: What were the three names, and what did they mean?

markedel · 01-26-2002, 08:53 PM

Fingon Felagund Friend-of-Men

Fingon=Mighty Descendant of Finwe

Felagund=Hewer of Caves

Friend-of-men=discoverer of the first Atani in beleriand

markedel · 01-26-2002, 08:57 PM

What does a certain Hindu diety and Merry Brandybuck have in common?

athelas · 01-27-2002, 06:15 AM

Merry's name in the Westron tongue is Kalimac. Kali was the Hindu goddess of destruction and dissolution.

Kirinki54 · 01-27-2002, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by markedel
Fingon Felagund Friend-of-Men

Fingon=Mighty Descendant of Finwe

Felagund=Hewer of Caves

Friend-of-men=discoverer of the first Atani in beleriand

Fingon?

Kirinki54 · 01-27-2002, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Wayfarer
It was a trick question. That answer is partially incorrect. ]: )

Should have expected that, you truly insufferable!

Ã‘Ã³lendil · 01-27-2002, 06:30 PM

Wayfarer, the Beorians did not speak 'Old Westron' but a tongue called Taliskan. Westron in any form didn't exist until the Third Age.

markedel, 'Fingon' doesn't mean 'mighty descendant of FinwÃ«'. It's a Sindarin adaptation of Quenderin FindecÃ¡no. 'CÃ¡no' in Quenya means 'commander', it was prefixed by his father with findÃ« because of Fingon's exceptional hair, which was long and plaited with gold. It may also be an 'echo' of the name of FinwÃ« (which probably -- according to Tolkien -- had no connexion with 'hair'). FindecÃ¡no thus means hair-commander. In Sindarin it may have conveyed 'hair-shout', but it was just taken as a name of great antiquity and not analyzed. Also, 'Felagund' isn't pure Dwarvish but an Elvish adaptation, the genuine Dwarvish name was Felakgundu or Felaggundu.

In any case Wayfarer asked for a name in Quenya, Khuzdul and 'Old Westron' (by which I think he meant Taliskan). The answer (if he's talking about Finrod) would be: FindarÃ¡to, Felakgundu and Nom.

I believe Nom meant 'wisdom'.

athelas, it's your turn to ask a question.

athelas · 01-28-2002, 06:02 AM

What was the name of Moria in the Common Speech?

barrelrider110 · 01-28-2002, 11:49 AM

Dwarrowdelf

markedel · 01-28-2002, 01:10 PM

Phurunargian-Dwarrordelf

markedel · 01-28-2002, 01:11 PM

uh dwarrowdelf is the translation of the Westron.

barrelrider110 · 01-28-2002, 01:13 PM

What was the Dwarvish name for the constellation of the Big Dipper?

Ã‘Ã³lendil · 01-28-2002, 05:29 PM

I believe it's markedel's turn as you got it wrong, barrelrider

markedel · 01-28-2002, 11:28 PM

Who predicted the Gondor would be better off if Arvedui claimed the crown.

Bonus: where else was this character mentioned?

barrelrider110 · 01-29-2002, 10:02 AM

Malbeth the Seer to Araphant, Arvedui's sire: "A choice will come to the Dunedain, and if they take the one that seems less hopeful, then your son will change his name and become king of a great realm. If not, then much sorrow and many lives of men shall pass, until the Dunedain arise and are united again."

Malbeth the Seer was also mentioned in ROTK, when his prophesy was recalled that "The heir of him to whom the oath they swore" (Aragorn) would summon the oathbreakers from the Paths of the Dead.

Ã‘Ã³lendil · 01-29-2002, 06:52 PM

Your turn to ask a question now Bilbo.

01-26-2002, 04:33 PM	#1
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Middle Earth Trivia Thread What happened to the older Q&A trvia thread? I haen't been able to find it, so I'm starting a new one. Question: Turin was first cousin's with Tuor. On which side, His Mother's or His Father's, were they related? __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

01-26-2002, 05:21 PM	#2
Kirinki54 Elven Warrior Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: European Union Posts: 463	Their fathers, Hurin and Huor, were brothers, isnÂ´t it? Famous lot! Assuming this answer is right: Where was BilboÂ´s mithril coat kept, before he left for the Road following his 111 Birthday? __________________ 'They need more gardens,' said Legolas. 'The houses are dead, and there is too little here that grows and is glad. If Aragorn comes into his own, the people of the Wood shall bring him birds that sing and trees that do not die.'

01-26-2002, 05:29 PM	#3
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	It was a trick question. That answer is partially incorrect. ]: ) However, bilbo kept his mithril coat on loan to the Mathom House at Michel Delving. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

01-26-2002, 05:52 PM	#4
Ã‘Ã³lendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	Ooh! I like this question! I've spent a great deal of (wasted) time making out a genealogy of the Three Houses of Men from Beor the Old, Haleth and Marach down to Elrond and Elros. The answer: they were related on both sides. Tuor's mother RÃan and TÃºrin's mother Morwen were first cousins, their parents being Belegund and Baragund respectively. (Belegund and Baragund were brothers, Bregolas' children, and two of Barahir's solitary outlaws in Dorthonion). But Tuor's father Huor was the brother of TÃºrin's father HÃºrin, them being the children of Galdor and Hareth. In the words of many immature children ten years ago: BOOYA!* My question: how many teeth did Gollum have? __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

01-26-2002, 06:02 PM	#5
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	"Teeth! Teeth! Chestnuts! But we only have six!" Another question: What Noldorin lord was named in Quenya, Khudzul, and Old Westron? Bonus: What were the three names, and what did they mean? __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

01-26-2002, 08:53 PM	#6
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	Fingon Felagund Friend-of-Men Fingon=Mighty Descendant of Finwe Felagund=Hewer of Caves Friend-of-men=discoverer of the first Atani in beleriand __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

01-26-2002, 08:57 PM	#7
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	What does a certain Hindu diety and Merry Brandybuck have in common? __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

01-27-2002, 06:15 AM	#8
athelas Enting Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The Twilight Meres Posts: 87	Merry's name in the Westron tongue is Kalimac. Kali was the Hindu goddess of destruction and dissolution. __________________ Farewell sweet earth and nortern sky, for ever blest,since here did lie and here with lissom limbs did run beneath the Moon, beneath the Sun, LÃ¹thien TinÃ¹viel more fair than mortal tongue can tell. Though all to ruin fell the world and were dissolved and backward hurled unmade into old abyss, yet were its making good, for this-- the dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea-- that LÃ¹thien for a time should be. "I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam."-Frodo FRODO LIVES!!! (erm...Sam does too, right?)

01-27-2002, 06:30 PM	#11
Ã‘Ã³lendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	Wayfarer, the Beorians did not speak 'Old Westron' but a tongue called Taliskan. Westron in any form didn't exist until the Third Age. markedel, 'Fingon' doesn't mean 'mighty descendant of FinwÃ«'. It's a Sindarin adaptation of Quenderin FindecÃ¡no. 'CÃ¡no' in Quenya means 'commander', it was prefixed by his father with findÃ« because of Fingon's exceptional hair, which was long and plaited with gold. It may also be an 'echo' of the name of FinwÃ« (which probably -- according to Tolkien -- had no connexion with 'hair'). FindecÃ¡no thus means hair-commander. In Sindarin it may have conveyed 'hair-shout', but it was just taken as a name of great antiquity and not analyzed. Also, 'Felagund' isn't pure Dwarvish but an Elvish adaptation, the genuine Dwarvish name was Felakgundu or Felaggundu. In any case Wayfarer asked for a name in Quenya, Khuzdul and 'Old Westron' (by which I think he meant Taliskan). The answer (if he's talking about Finrod) would be: FindarÃ¡to, Felakgundu and Nom. I believe Nom meant 'wisdom'. athelas, it's your turn to ask a question. __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

01-28-2002, 06:02 AM	#12
athelas Enting Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The Twilight Meres Posts: 87	What was the name of Moria in the Common Speech? __________________ Farewell sweet earth and nortern sky, for ever blest,since here did lie and here with lissom limbs did run beneath the Moon, beneath the Sun, LÃ¹thien TinÃ¹viel more fair than mortal tongue can tell. Though all to ruin fell the world and were dissolved and backward hurled unmade into old abyss, yet were its making good, for this-- the dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea-- that LÃ¹thien for a time should be. "I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam."-Frodo FRODO LIVES!!! (erm...Sam does too, right?)

01-28-2002, 11:49 AM	#13
barrelrider110 Peer of the realm of Sanguine Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Hill, Marlton, NJ Posts: 798	Dwarrowdelf

01-28-2002, 01:10 PM	#14
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	Phurunargian-Dwarrordelf __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

01-28-2002, 01:11 PM	#15
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	uh dwarrowdelf is the translation of the Westron. __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

01-28-2002, 01:13 PM	#16
barrelrider110 Peer of the realm of Sanguine Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Hill, Marlton, NJ Posts: 798	What was the Dwarvish name for the constellation of the Big Dipper?

01-28-2002, 05:29 PM	#17
Ã‘Ã³lendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	I believe it's markedel's turn as you got it wrong, barrelrider __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

01-28-2002, 11:28 PM	#18
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	Who predicted the Gondor would be better off if Arvedui claimed the crown. Bonus: where else was this character mentioned? __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

01-29-2002, 10:02 AM	#19
barrelrider110 Peer of the realm of Sanguine Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Hill, Marlton, NJ Posts: 798	Malbeth the Seer Malbeth the Seer to Araphant, Arvedui's sire: "A choice will come to the Dunedain, and if they take the one that seems less hopeful, then your son will change his name and become king of a great realm. If not, then much sorrow and many lives of men shall pass, until the Dunedain arise and are united again." Malbeth the Seer was also mentioned in ROTK, when his prophesy was recalled that "The heir of him to whom the oath they swore" (Aragorn) would summon the oathbreakers from the Paths of the Dead.

01-29-2002, 06:52 PM	#20
Ã‘Ã³lendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	Your turn to ask a question now Bilbo. __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

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