Awakened Analogies #2

[Beregond]

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This is a continuation thread. It is Odysseus's turn! <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

<font size="-2">'They have come!' he said. 'Take courage and look! There are fell things below.'</p>

[Telchar]

Ody???

[Turambar]

This is the ghost of Odysseus.

Try this:

Maeglin is to Idril and WHO is to Niniel?

[Elrian]

Maeglin is a cousin to Idril as Tour is a cousin to Niniel? smilies/smile.gif

[Turambar]

No, not Tuor.

[Telchar]

New line of thinking: Brandir - he loved Niniel and couldn't have her like Maeglin loved Idril and couldn't have her ??? smilies/cool.gif

[Turambar]

Correct, Telchar -- unrequited love was the theme.

[Elrian]

Oops, yeah I guess I did forget the Theme part. smilies/eek.gif

[Telchar]

Bingo is to Frodo as Bladorion is to________???

[Turambar]

Ard Galen ! (Bingo and Bladorion were the original names of Ard galen and Frodo)

[Telchar]

Very good Turambar - proceed smilies/smile.gif

[Turambar]

Dior is to Celegorm as ________________ is to Fingon?

[Telchar]

Gothmog

[Turambar]

Yep, the Danish Dwarf gets it.

[Telchar]

Easy one ...

Hurin is to Turgon as _______ is to Felagund

[Turambar]

Barahir -- his rescuer from among Men.

[Telchar]

Yes Go on Turambar smilies/smile.gif

[Telchar]

Turambar?????

[Turambar]

Sorry I lost the thread and I have trouble with these analogy questions. try this:

Luthien is to Beren as _____________ is to Maedhros.

[Elenhin]

Fingon - he rescued Maedhros from Morgoth, like Luthien rescued Beren from Sauron.

[Turambar]

Exactly.

[Elenhin]

Fingolfin is to Finwe as ________ is to Thingol.

[Turambar]

Dior ?

[Telchar]

Luthien

[Elenhin]

Turambar got it - Dior was Thingol's heir to throne.

[Telchar]

Fingolfin was not the Heir of Finwe! Fëanor was! Fingolfin was named HighKing of the Noldor after Fëanors death.
So the question should be Fingolfin is to Feanor as _______ is to Thingol - and if that had been the case I would have said Olve - and been wrong anyhow smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[ November 30, 2001: Message edited by: Telchar ]

[Turambar]

I think we need Tar Elenion and/or Michael Martinez to smack down the dwarf at this point. smilies/evil.gif

[Turambar]

Gil-galad is to spear as Tuor is to ________?

[Elenhin]

Telchar: You're right in that... I chose my words poorly. I actually meant that Fingolfin was the next High King after Finwe - even though Feanor led the Noldor in the rebelllion, he was never called the High King.

If I recall correctly Gil-galad used Aeglos, a spear, and Tuor used Dramborleg, an axe.

[Turambar]

THAT IS OF COURSE RIGHT, ELENHIN.

[Elenhin]

Ok - I'll try to express myself clearer this time.

Ilmare is to Varda as ______ is to Manwe.

[Telchar]

Eönwë, the Herald of Manwe .... In earlier myth both he and Ilmarë was considered the son and daughter of Varda and Manwë

[Elenhin]

Yep - Ilmare was the greatest of Varda's Maiar and Eonwe was the greatest of Manwe's Maiar.

[Telchar]

Voronwe was to Tuor what _______ was to Frodo?

[twinkle]

Voronwe met with Tuor at Vinyamar and guided him to Gondolin....perhaps Strider is the one you are looking for then?
He met Frodo at The Prancing Pony and guided him at least to Amon Sul....
however, this may not be the idea you were after smilies/wink.gif in which case, i'll keep digging smilies/smile.gif

twinkle

[Telchar]

Well there can be several answers - I was actually thinking of Smeagol as a guide - but Strider fits just as well smilies/smile.gif so please continue smilies/smile.gif

[ April 14, 2002: Message edited by: Telchar ]

[twinkle]

thx telch smilies/wink.gif

here goes a question courtesy of Art_R....
i couldn't come up with an analogy fast enough and seeing as i'm already receiving hatemail to continue smilies/wink.gif thx Art_R for your magnanimous help smilies/smile.gif

Gwaihir is to Gandalf what ____ is to Frodo

twinkle

[Bruce MacCulloch]

Either Landroval or Menelvor. The book isn't very clear as to which of them carried Frodo and which carried Sam.

[Telchar]

Sam!

I - lol - have to add a lil something to that answer, so here goes: Gwaihir carried Gandalf! Either one of the beforenamed three eagles carried Frodo. But also Sam carried Frodo on mount Doom, Asfaloth to the Ford, Bill The Pony (some where I think) and Aragorn In Moria + The snow.
Gwaihir Rescues Gandalf from Orthanc! Sam rescues Frodo from The Tower of Cirith Ungol, Tom Bombadil from The Barrow!

Sam fits both, so thats my answer - good ol' Sam!!!

[ April 16, 2002: Message edited by: Telchar ]

[twinkle]

sorry, sorry, sorry....
should've answered sooner.....

where bruce is not incorrect, the answer was indeed sam.....

the floor is yours master dwarf smilies/wink.gif

twinkle

[Telchar]

easy one:

Asfaloth is to Golrfindel, as ___________ is to Aragorn

[Birdland]

Asfaloth is to Glorfindel, as Roheryn is to Aragorn.

I could have said "Hasufel", but he was just a loaner. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Telchar]

That is correct Birdland smilies/smile.gif

[Birdland]

Hither Shores is to _____________ as Further Shores is to the Undying Lands.

[Birdland]

C'mon guys! This is a question from Bird "I'll-read-the-Silm-when-H***-freezes-over" Land. It can't be that hard!

[Joy]

Birdie, if I'd have known that this thread had died, I would have got to it sooner.

Hither Shores is to _____________ as Further Shores is to the Undying Lands.

Middle Earth, but more specificaly Nevrast.

[Birdland]

That's right, Joy. Carry on!

[Joy]

Alrighty then,

Anglachel:Gurthang :: Narsil:____?

[Lindolirian]

Anduril.

[ November 29, 2002: Message edited by: Lindolirian ]

[Joy]

I think that that was the fastest reply that I have ever seen! smilies/smile.gif

And you are correct.

[Lindolirian]

Galadriel is to Arwen as Ruby Bolger is to _____ _______.

[Joy]

Estella Bolger??

[Lindolirian]

No, I don't think so. If it helps, the Ruby Bolger I'm thinking of (if there is another) is married to Fosco Baggins, I believe.

[Joy]

Oh okay - she was Frodo' grandmother.

[Lindolirian]

That's right. Your go!

[Joy]

This has gone dead for some time.

Turin:Glaurung :: Eärendil:___________

[NightKnight]

Some time? Almost two years! :D Actually, this game seems to be the same as Verbal Reasoning.

Uhm, is your answer Ancalagon?

[Joy]

You're right.

If it is similar, then we'll end it. I lost this thread when I left a while back and looked for it once - couldn't find it. Then last night I got desparate. I am running this game on another board and I was too tired to come up with a question, so I started digging again.

Where is thread 1 now?? Sometimes I really need help in creating these. People on the board like to answer them, but no one will create their own.

[NightKnight]

Yeah, answering is a lot more fun. :D

Sauron is to Beren as Thingol is to ________

[The Saucepan Man]

Actually, this game seems to be the same as Verbal Reasoning.Indeed it is. Please continue there. I'm closing this one as it had, until very recently, been dormant for some time. Here's the link to the Verbal Reasoning game (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?p=348408#post348408).

PS Sorry Nightknight, but you were the one who pointed out the similarity! :p ;)