"Two Towers" Trivia - Page 51

Lotesse · 10-03-2005, 12:46 PM

The Gaffer it was, Rconsole! It's all yours.

Rconsole · 10-04-2005, 07:30 AM

Ok what were the two towers after which the book was named?
(according to Tolkien)

Spock · 10-04-2005, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rconsole

Ok what were the two towers after which the book was named?
(according to Tolkien)

Baradur and Ornthac?

Telcontar_Dunedain · 10-04-2005, 11:43 AM

Cirith Ungol and Orthanc?

This thread has reached 1000 posts+. I suggest whoever posts the next question does it a new thread.

Rconsole · 10-04-2005, 03:48 PM

Nope and Nope, Orthanc is one of them though

Lotesse · 10-04-2005, 03:55 PM

Tolkien said:
"I am not at all happy about the title 'the Two Towers'. It must if there is any real reference in it to Vol II refer to Orthanc and the Tower of Cirith Ungol. But since there is so much made of the basic opposition of the Dark Tower and Minas Tirith, that seems very misleading."
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien No 143, dated 1954

Tolkien also considered at least five other combinations of the towers of Barad-dûr, Cirith Ungol, Minas Morgul, Minas Tirith and Orthanc, and it seems that he never settled on a definitive identity for the eponymous towers.

Spock · 10-04-2005, 03:59 PM

Lotesse, where does it say that in the book? My copy doesn't have it in the introduction or the synopsis.

Lotesse · 10-04-2005, 04:03 PM

Say what? You mean - no, that's from "Letters," if you're tryna gently tell me to just answer the question as put forth within the text of The Two Towers, well, i WOULD but I can't find it yet.

Still lookin'.

I always thought the two towers were Orthanc and Minas Morgul.

Spock · 10-04-2005, 04:05 PM

No, no, I thought you were stating where the answer was and I couldn't find it. It will be interesting to see where *in the book* Rconsole says it is.

Lotesse · 10-04-2005, 04:19 PM

Indeed. It will be - Rconsole, you around right now?

Rconsole · 10-04-2005, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lotesse

I always thought the two towers were Orthanc and Minas Morgul.

that's what I was looking for

and I wasn't aware that questions had to be *from the book*

Here is an intro that tolkien wrote for the book

Quote:

The second part is called The Two Towers,
since the events recounted in it are dominated by Orthanc,
the citadel of Saruman, and the fortress of Minas Morgul
that guards the secret entrance to Mordor…

so technically it could have been either...

I based my question off of this page, and I also found this
page apparently on one of the original covers of the books Orthanc and Minas Morgul were featured

So Lotesse you gave the correct answer your go

Lotesse · 10-04-2005, 05:53 PM

O.K., thanx Rconsole, but in the future, please remember we are supposed to create trivia questions from the CONTENTS of the actual story writings of Lord of the Rings, not from the introcdution or whatever. Well, now you know!

Who was it who had his bow cocked and ready to shoot Smeagol for fishing in Henneth Annun?

Telcontar_Dunedain · 10-05-2005, 12:48 PM

Anborn?

Lotesse · 10-05-2005, 12:54 PM

Mais oui, TD!

It's all yours...

Spock · 10-06-2005, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telcontar_Dunedain

Anborn?

Lotesse confirmed that Telcontar Dunedain was correct. He now posts the next question

***Valandil*** · 10-06-2005, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spock

Lotesse confirmed that Telcontar Dunedain was correct. He now posts the next question

In the Part II thread, of course.

Closing... (due to our efforts to keep active threads below 1000 posts - for aid in use of bandwidth space)

10-03-2005, 12:46 PM	#1001
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	The Gaffer it was, Rconsole! It's all yours. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10-04-2005, 11:43 AM	#1004
Telcontar_Dunedain Warrior of the House of Hador Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,651	Cirith Ungol and Orthanc? This thread has reached 1000 posts+. I suggest whoever posts the next question does it a new thread. __________________ Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230

10-04-2005, 03:55 PM	#1006
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Tolkien said: "I am not at all happy about the title 'the Two Towers'. It must if there is any real reference in it to Vol II refer to Orthanc and the Tower of Cirith Ungol. But since there is so much made of the basic opposition of the Dark Tower and Minas Tirith, that seems very misleading." The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien No 143, dated 1954 Tolkien also considered at least five other combinations of the towers of Barad-dûr, Cirith Ungol, Minas Morgul, Minas Tirith and Orthanc, and it seems that he never settled on a definitive identity for the eponymous towers. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10-04-2005, 03:59 PM	#1007
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Lotesse, where does it say that in the book? My copy doesn't have it in the introduction or the synopsis. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

10-04-2005, 04:03 PM	#1008
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Say what? You mean - no, that's from "Letters," if you're tryna gently tell me to just answer the question as put forth within the text of The Two Towers, well, i WOULD but I can't find it yet. Still lookin'. I always thought the two towers were Orthanc and Minas Morgul. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10-04-2005, 07:30 AM	#1002
Rconsole Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 359	Ok what were the two towers after which the book was named? (according to Tolkien)

10-04-2005, 03:48 PM	#1005
Rconsole Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 359	Nope and Nope, Orthanc is one of them though

10-04-2005, 04:05 PM	#1009
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	No, no, I thought you were stating where the answer was and I couldn't find it. It will be interesting to see where in the book Rconsole says it is. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

10-04-2005, 04:19 PM	#1010
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Indeed. It will be - Rconsole, you around right now? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10-04-2005, 05:53 PM	#1012
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	O.K., thanx Rconsole, but in the future, please remember we are supposed to create trivia questions from the CONTENTS of the actual story writings of Lord of the Rings, not from the introcdution or whatever. Well, now you know! Who was it who had his bow cocked and ready to shoot Smeagol for fishing in Henneth Annun? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10-05-2005, 12:48 PM	#1013
Telcontar_Dunedain Warrior of the House of Hador Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,651	Anborn? __________________ Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230

10-05-2005, 12:54 PM	#1014
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Mais oui, TD! It's all yours... __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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