*Appendix Trivia*

[rohirrim TR]

what happened in the autumn of 1484 S.R?

[Valandil]

Are you sure about that? I take it you mean "Fourth Age" since we don't have any year-by-year account of "First Age" - but the Fourth Age accounts don't go as far as 1484. :confused:

I suspect you mean "SR" - is that the case? :p ;)

[rohirrim TR]

Are you sure about that? I take it you mean "Fourth Age" since we don't have any year-by-year account of "First Age" - but the Fourth Age accounts don't go as far as 1484. :confused:

I suspect you mean "SR" - is that the case? :p ;)
yeah sorry i meant shire reckoning but i thought it was in the fourth age

[Valandil]

Well - it was in the Fourth Age, but I wouldn't call it year 1484 of that age. Still - I see you've corrected it now, so I will guess:

Is that when Merry and Pippin saddled up their ponies and left the Shire for the last time, to make a visit to see Rohan and Gondor once more?

[rohirrim TR]

not quite something significant happened in the autumn of that year

[Valandil]

Is that when Pippin and Merry died?

[rohirrim TR]

Is that when Pippin and Merry died?
no you are getting closer though :)

[Valandil]

Oh - is that when Sammy dropped the Redbook off at Westmarch - and kept going on to the Gray Havens... to sail off with Cirdan?

[rohirrim TR]

no... :(
the clue is rohan :)

[Valandil]

When King Eomer died?

[rohirrim TR]

yes it is :)

[Valandil]

OK - who had two sons - named Artamir and Faramir, and at least one daughter?

[rohirrim TR]

Pippin?

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Ondoher

[Valandil]

Ondoher is correct - King Ondoher of Gondor.

Your turn TD. :)

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

I'm currently bookless, so m go is up for grabs. If no one posts a question, I'll post one tomorrow afternoon.

[Curubethion]

Who was Tar-Palantir's father?

[Lotesse]

Ar-Gimilzor.

[Spock]

Are you sure it wasn't Al Roker? :D

[Curubethion]

Ar-Gimilzor.
No, it was actually Gollum. :D No, you're right.

[Lotesse]

Thanx. O.k., let's see..

What is the name of the mountain in the middle of the isle of Elenna?

[rohirrim TR]

the meneltarma

[Lotesse]

Ya-Vol! Yes, you are correct although I'd be good if it were capitalised next time, since it's a proper noun. Or whatever, anyway, your turn...

[rohirrim TR]

what happens in the year 2050 S.R?

[Lotesse]

A whole BUNCH of stuff... :p

[Spock]

Indeed, part of which Minus Morgal was lost.

[rohirrim TR]

very close spock but someone dissapears along with minas morgul

[rohirrim TR]

A whole BUNCH of stuff... :p

specifics, lotesse specifics :D
and capitalisation probably shouldn't go so far as to take over the whole word :D

[Lotesse]

The first Steward of Gondor is instated, that Mardil chap. Is this the answer thou seekest?

[Spock]

The challenge is renewed. Earnur rides to Minas Morgul and is lost. Mardil becomes the first Ruling Steward.

[rohirrim TR]

moment of silence...







ok its your turn

[Valandil]

The challenge is renewed. Earnur rides to Minas Morgul and is lost. Mardil becomes the first Ruling Steward.

Only THAT one is 2050 Third Age! We don't know anything ABOUT 2050 SR! :p :D

[Lotesse]

How funny! Valandil got us all on that one! lol :D at all of us silly geese... :o

[Spock]

Only THAT one is 2050 Third Age! We don't know anything ABOUT 2050 SR! :p :D


apparently your interpretation doesn't count. :p

[Spock]

ok its your turn

In the Third Age ( :p ) what language was retained as a second language by most peoples?

[rohirrim TR]

Only THAT one is 2050 Third Age! We don't know anything ABOUT 2050 SR! :p :D

dang it :mad: not again :o
oh well valandil and spock can fight it out :evil:

[Lotesse]

In the Third Age ( :p ) what language was retained as a second language by most peoples?
Westron? They spoke their own native tongue first, then took Westron as a second tongue?

[Spock]

like, fer sure, fer sure, you know :D

[Tree Dweller]

*just wanted to pop in and say I'll be back in the games soon, been crazy busy.....I miss the trivia :(*

oh, and you guys too ;)

[Lotesse]

Thanx Spock, *waves to Tree Dweller*

Who wrested a silmaril from the Iron Crown of Morgoth?

[Spock]

Hulk Hogan :D

[Lotesse]

:rolleyes: here we go... No, not Hulk Hogan, dear...

[rohirrim TR]

beren and luthien, and spock she said wrested not wrestled :D

[Spock]

oops :D

[Lotesse]

I SAID wrested, horse-boy!! you silly goose... Anyway, you're right so - take it away, rohirrim TR!

(edit) oops - :o was too hasty as usual - thanx 4 the back-up, rohirrim :o :) YEAH, pointy-ears, I SAID wrested, not wrestled! :p

[rohirrim TR]

thanks quickbeam-er Lotesse :D

who is aragorns grandfather?

[Spock]

thanks quickbeam-er Lotesse :D

who is aragorns grandfather?

Arador? :confused:

[rohirrim TR]

wow that was fast :eek: you got it :)

[Spock]

What are tindome and undome?

[Lotesse]

Hearing and ear disorders?

[rohirrim TR]

What are tindome and undome?
is it something to do with the evening and the morning?

[Spock]

is it something to do with the evening and the morning?
It's so close, I have to give it to you.

[Spock]

Hearing and ear disorders?


lmaorotf ;)

[rohirrim TR]

It's so close, I have to give it to you.
thanks, :) could you tell me what it was? please :o

what is sindarin for troll?

[Lotesse]

lmaorotf ;)
What does that stand for, Spock? :confused: This Imaoroff - what is it, preciousss, eh?

[Valandil]

thanks, :) could you tell me what it was? please :o

what is sindarin for troll?


Olog?

[Spock]

thanks, :) what is sindarin for troll?

Torog.

[rohirrim TR]

Torog.
you r correct :)

[Spock]

What was The Yellowskin?

[Lotesse]

an onion? :p

[Spock]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :)

[Lotesse]

What was The Yellowskin?
Some sort of parchment, or ancient scroll or something like that?

[Lotesse]

Yellowskin, yellowskin - aw, this is driving me bananas! bananas, get it? Yellowskin, yellow skin...oh nevermind.

[Spock]

Some sort of parchment, or ancient scroll or something like that?


almost on the right track....but wrong. :(

[Rconsole]

A book?

[Spock]

One might as well say "everything". The answer must be the answer not a broad statement.

[Rconsole]

Oh well I tried :p

[Lotesse]

Yes, at least you tried; it's a friggin' tough question! Spock's questions are always tough. :)

[Valandil]

I'm not sure (AT ALL - in fact, this is little more than a wild guess), but was it another source book for the information in LOTR - sorta like the Redbook of Westmarch?

[Spock]

..you're getting warm Val. :)

[Valandil]

Then was it a particular edition of the Redbook of Westmarch? Did it come from Great Smials or Brandy Hall or something?

[Spock]

....sighs....no :(

[rohirrim TR]

dude i need a hint of some kind, i went through the appendices and i couldn't find anything about yellowskins,say is the answer lions they have yellowskin (well sort've yellow not really) :D

[Spock]

Yes, at least you tried; it's a friggin' tough question! Spock's questions are always tough. :)


Yes, Lotesse has the right attitude on this one. No one guessed it and so I'll post the answer in a trice. :cool:

[Spock]

THE ANSWER:
Not many ancient documents were preserved in the Shire. At the end of the Third Age far the most notable survival was "Yellowskin" or the Year-book of the Tuckborough. Its earliest entries seem to have begun at least nine hundred years before Frodo's time. :D

[Valandil]

What did the Shire Hobbits maintain began on 2 Yule, year 1422 of Shire Reckoning, rather than as others accounted it?

[Curubethion]

The Fourth Age?

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

A new Year?

[Spock]

The first annual White Sale. :D

[Spock]

Remember my hints involving a pun...


FYI, we can't use Puns and expect people to know/find/remember, the answer. Answers are determined by 'what is in the books'. Perhaps you'd like to rephrase your question.

[Lotesse]

FYI, we can't use Puns and expect people to know/find/remember, the answer. Answers are determined by 'what is in the books'. Perhaps you'd like to rephrase your question.
THANK you, Spock!! Yes, what Spock says here - please, be distinct with your questions, and then you may find you receive distinct answers. :)

[Valandil]

Curubethion's question was clear... he just used a 'pun' for a hint, which seems acceptable to me.

[Spock]

Curubethion's question was clear... he just used a 'pun' for a hint, which seems acceptable to me.

Words have meanings. Lotesse gets it, I get it, and others get it. He said "hints involving a pun" so we have to go on the assumption that he meant a pun! Please let's not have a debate about meaning. :(

[Lotesse]

Oh, nice. Ok...who is Gimli's 4th cousin 3 times removed? (does anyone know genealogical terms?...I don't know what it is exactly... :o )
Please use terminology that originates from the book; i.e., the wording from the text itself. ;) :) Then perhaps we'll be better equipped to provide you with an answer. I never DID know what "removed" meant, in reference to cousins and relations... :confused:

[Valandil]

Please use terminology that originates from the book; i.e., the wording from the text itself. ;) :) Then perhaps we'll be better equipped to provide you with an answer. I never DID know what "removed" meant, in reference to cousins and relations... :confused:

Technically, I still disagree with you and Spock on this. The appendices contain charts and other graphic information besides just written narrative text. I think it's OK to open this game to those other parts. :)

[Spock]

NO PUNS

Mr. Praline : But you told me it was Ipswitch!

Owner : (a bit meekly) It was a pun.

It's not a palindrome! The palindrome of "Bolton" would be "Notlob!" It don't work!!

[Valandil]

But Curubethion's "pun" was a hint, not the question itself.

A hint is not even a requisite part of the question-answer format - it's a bonus.

So what's the big deal if someone tells you that their hint is a pun?

Calm down... :p

[Spock]

But Curubethion's "pun" was a hint, not the question itself.

NO it wasn't. It involved a pun. NO PUNS. Questions straight forward and from the book. No inuendos, no puns, no vague references.

We the members HAVE Spoken :rolleyes:

[Lotesse]

I second that. :)

[olorin hamfast]

NO PUNS

Mr. Praline : But you told me it was Ipswitch!

Owner : (a bit meekly) It was a pun.

It's not a palindrome! The palindrome of "Bolton" would be "Notlob!" It don't work!!
I hate to a picky ass, but I believe a palindrome is read the same way forewards as it is backwards. bolton vs notlob is simply bolton backwards. A palindrome would a word or numeric that is read the same foreward as it is backward. For instance, otto is a palindrome as it is the same word backward as it is foreward; the base pairs adenine guanine guanine adenine or agga is also a palindrome, as is ABBA, the swedish supergroup. I think Ill stop now.( incidentally, I like the abba song "SOS" which is , you guessed it, yet anothr palindrome)

[Spock]

I hate to a picky ass, but I believe a palindrome is read the same way forewards as it is backwards. bolton vs notlob is simply bolton backwards.

This was a direct quote from MONTY PYTHON. If you read the post you'll see that it is said "it doesn't work". :(