Numbers......

[Samwise]

This game has do do with the "numbers" of LOTR...
The first person will post a number, and the answer will have to be (correctly) what that number has to do with LOTR.

For example, if I put up the number "9", the answer would be: "The number of Walkers" or "The number of the Ringrwraiths".(some might have more than one answer. It's up to the poster how many of the possible answers they want)

Anyway, if you'd like to try it, here's the first number:
99
What's the significance of this number in LOTR? smilies/wink.gif
"I don't know about that," said Sam. "But how would this suit? It ain't what I call proper poetry, if you understand me: just a bit of nonsense. But these old images here brought it to my mind."
Standing up, with his hands behind his back, as if he was at school, he began to sing to an old tune.

[Lothiriel Silmarien]

This is a really great idea Samwise!!! I don't recall any significant thing that has to do with 99. I'll have to go look or something! I'll be back! smilies/wink.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Samwise]

TY, Lothriel! 99 does have to do with something! smilies/wink.gif
Troll sat alone on his seat of stone,
And munched and mumbled a bare old bone;
For many a year he had gnawed it near,
For meat was hard to come by.
Done by! Gum by!
In a cave in the hills he dwelt alone,
And meat was hard to come by.

[Telchar]

The talk did not die down in nine or even ninety-nine days.

which is probably what you are after... you could also claim that 99 was the age at which Bilbo began to be called 'Well preserved' or maybe you are thinking about the age of Dora Baggins ? smilies/smile.gif

[Lothiriel Silmarien]

I don't even need to try to guess now! smilies/wink.gif

[Samwise]

Goodness....actually, though, no. None of those were the answer I was going for in this case.
Said Tom: 'I don't see why the likes o' thee
without axin' leave should go makin' free
With the shank or the shin o' my father's kin;
So hand the old bone over!
Rover! Trover!
Though dead he be, it belongs to he;
So hand the old bone over!'

[Lothiriel Silmarien]

The only thing I can remember currently is 99 bottles of beer on the wall. But I know that isn't it. Could 99 be how many years for something. Like, in the First Age, it was one year before the foundation of Nargothrond. Or how about (First Age still) it was 1 year after the Return of the Noldor. Eh, probably not. Can you spare us a hint??

[Samwise]

It's not as complicated as you're making it. smilies/wink.gif Hint: the answer is in the very beginning of the story (well, down a paragraph or two....)
'For a couple o' pins,' says Troll, and grins,
'I'll eat thee, too, and gnaw thy shins.
A bit o' flesh meat will go down sweet!
I'll try my teeth on thee now.
Hee now! See now!
I'm tired o' gnawing old bones and skins;
I've a mind to dine on thee, now.'

[The Green Ringwraith]

When bilbo was 99, he adoptd Frodo as his heir!!

[Samwise]

That's it!!!!! You're up!
But harder than stone is the flesh and bone
Of a troll that sints in the hills alone.
As well set your boot to the mountain's root,
For the seat of a troll don't feel it.
Peel it! Heal it!
Old Troll laughed, when he heard Tom groan,
And he knew his toes could feel it.

[Amantathraiel]

smilies/biggrin.gifhurry up this is fun smilies/biggrin.gif

[The Green Ringwraith]

Oh. My. Um, lets see... This MIGHT be a bt hard, it might not... Dunno. I'm not too terribly good at riddles, making them up at least.

What does the number "20" have to do with the books?

[Samwise]

20.....hm......Frodo was 21 when he was adopted by Bilbo.....mmmm.....let me get back to you....does this have more than one answer, or are you looking for something specific?
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[ August 08, 2002: Message edited by: Samwise ]

[The Green Ringwraith]

Kinda something specific. Its kinda easy, so easy you might skip over it. Either that or I'm screwed, on a cafiene high at midnight, and not perceiving how hard it is. Probably the latter. I'm going to bed now- gotta get up erly to watch that new DVD! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/cool.gif smilies/cool.gif smilies/tongue.gif smilies/wink.gif ANYWAYS.. yeah. specific

[Telchar]

9+7+3+1 = 20 rings of power

[Samwise]

Hm. Telchar, I think the next time I see you in a game, I'll just split 'cause you're too smart! smilies/wink.gif That's probably it!

"If you don't come back, sir, then I shan't, that's certain." said Sam. "'Don't you leave him!' they said to me. 'Leave him!' I said. 'I never mean to. I am going with him, if he climbs to the moon, and if any of those Black Riders try to stop him, they'll have Sam Gamgee to reckon with.' I said. "

[The Green Ringwraith]

You're right telchar! *gasps* I knew that wasn't hard. Or else you're just really smart.

[Lothiriel Silmarien]

AH! Came too late, came too late! As I was reading along, (I start from my last post) and I saw your quetion, I knew it was the Rings of Power! Hey, that's enough for me, atleast I didn't guess to myself!!

[Telchar]

OK - what about 5 ?

[The Green Ringwraith]

At one point in their lives, each member of the Fellowship was five years old. Well, anyone in ME for that matter, but...

[NazgulNumberTen]

5 istari

[Samwise]

Okay, this is really stretching it.... smilies/rolleyes.gif
Holman the Green-handed, my great-grandfather
(me bein' Samwise, o' course), had five children.
"Elves! " exclaimed Sam. "Elves, sir!" He would have burst out of the trees and dashed off, if they had not pulled him back.
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[Telchar]

NN10 is of course right smilies/smile.gif

[NazgulNumberTen]

cool, now i gotta think of something
ok, 1431.

[Samwise]

Hm. Well, in that year, Sam's daughter Goldilocks was born....(she later married Faramir I, son of Thain Peregrin I....)
Sam looked from bank to bank uneasily. The trees had seemed hostile before, as if they harboured secret eyes and lurking dangers; now he wished that the trees were still there. He felt that the company was on a river that was the frontier of war.

[NazgulNumberTen]

how did i know samwise would know that?
well i guess it's your turn...

[Samwise]

Well, now, Mr. Nazgul, sir, don't you think I'd remember when my own kids were born? smilies/wink.gif

Hm. Now I've got to think something up.....
Um.

[NazgulNumberTen]

it's like asking you gardening tips...

[Samwise]

Okay, here goes.....
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"Swans!" said Sam. "And mighty big ones, too! "

[Samwise]

it's like asking you gardening tips...
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"For you, little gardener and lover of trees," she said to Sam, "I have only a small gift." She put into his hand a little box of plain grey wood, unadorned save for a single silver rune upon the lid. http://www.plauder-smilies.de/natur/flower.gif

[Wandering but not lost]

The age of the Great Took when he died?

[Samwise]

<font color=aqua>Well, I never knew the Old Took, but I'll say he was a Great guy, why not? smilies/biggrin.gif Yes, "Wandering", that's the answer. Welcome both to the 'Downs and the game! Go ahead and post a number!
At that moment Sam came running back from the edge of the dell.

[Wandering but not lost]

Thanks.
the number is.... 6

[Samwise]

6....hm....
Two LOTR-Based Stories I've Started...... (http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/187925)
"I don't know what it is," he said, "--but I suddenly felt afraid. I durstn't go outside this dell for any money. I felt that something was creeping up the slope. "

[Samwise]

Hm. Well, there are the 6 children of Hamfast and Bell (Goodchild)Gamgee...
Hamson
Halfred
Daisy
May
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and
Marigold...


"They're all Elvish enough, but they're not all the same. "

[ August 13, 2002: Message edited by: Samwise ]

[Telchar]

Gollum claimed only to have 6 teeth, however Butterbur made a strong point that he didnt have six legs and six eyes - and Merry of course had six ponies in the stables in Buckland - Gloin told Frodo that it took six young Dwarfs to lift fat old Bombur and Bergil brought Aragorn six leaves of Kingsfoil.... just to mention a few.

[Samwise]

Wandering but not lost, which were you going for....if any of these?
"You don't need to tell me that!" said Sam. "I came without any, and I've been worried ever since. But I was wondering what these were made of, knowing a bit about rope-making: it's in the family as you might say. "

[Wandering but not lost]

ummmm no it's none of those. hate to say it but it's simpler than that. keep trying

[Lothiriel Silmarien]

There were 6 members of the Fellowship at one time, after Frodo and Gandalf went into the West-Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Sam, Merry, and last but definetly not least, Pippin.

[Samwise]

Hm. Well, I think that one was a little bit confusing. A trophy goes to "Wandering" for stumping us. smilies/wink.gif Anywho, I'd like to post another number, since it's been over a week since the last post.

The number...
15


Any idea what this pertains to? smilies/wink.gif

[Bruce MacCulloch]

There were fifteen members of the quest for Erebor. As the goblins put it: Fifteen birds in five firtrees ... http://www.plauder-smilies.de/user.gif

[ September 12, 2002: Message edited by: Bruce MacCulloch ]

[Samwise]

Yep, Bruce, that's it. smilies/wink.gif Care to have a go?

[Bruce MacCulloch]

17

[Telchar]

The number of days Frodo bore the splinter from the Nazgul knife in his shoulder... maybe?

[Aiwendil]

The number of years between the party and Frodo's departure.

[Bruce MacCulloch]

Either one of those answers I would have taken, but telchar got it first. Your shot. http://www.plauder-smilies.de/spiny.gif

[Telchar]

153

HINT: Its the age of someone/something/somebody...

[Turambar]

Wild guess - Gimli's age during the War of the Ring ?

[Nevtalathiel]

Another wild guess - Bilbo's age when he sailed into the West?

[Orome]

possibly the age of aragorn during war of the ring? or when he died?

[Orome]

or the age of thorin when he left on the quest to the lonely mountain?

[Telchar]

Neither! smilies/wink.gif
HINT2: Someone clearly states that this is his age. - So you dont have to do all the math and go through tale of years smilies/wink.gif

[Telchar]

HINT3: (This will narrow it down alot) The Speaker that names his age is NON-human - NON-Elvish - NON-Dwarvish - and of course NON-Hobittish. Actually Its a creature that you wouldnt normally expect to be able to speak... smilies/wink.gif

[The Laurenendorian]

Roac?

[Samwise]

Treebeard? http://www.plauder-smilies.de/sad/conf.gif http://www.plauder-smilies.de/nosmile/rand.gif http://www.plauder-smilies.de/sad/confused3.gif

[Telchar]

The Laurenendorian gets it - very good smilies/smile.gif

I am Roac son of Carc. Carc is dead, but he was well known to you once. It is a hundred years and three and fifty since I came out of the egg, but I do not forget what my father told me. Now I am the chief of the great ravens of the Mountain.

[ September 24, 2002: Message edited by: Telchar ]

[Lostgaeriel]

Since The Laurenendorian has not come back to post a number, I thought I'd revive this game.

105

That's one hundred and five .

[Samwise]

Thank you for doing so. 105....Hm....have to think on that one...

[Lady_Báin]

can we have a hint?

[Lostgaeriel]

Yes, I guess a hint is in order; it's been over a month. Hmmm.

HINT #1: It's from The Two Towers.

[the real findorfin]

The amount of Riders of Rohan who attacked the company of orcs who had Pippin and Merry?

[Lostgaeriel]

Ooh, not quite. But you're close enough.

One hundred and five is the number of riders who survived the attack on the orcs at Fangorn. There had been one hundred and twenty. Fifteen men and twelve horses perished in the attack. (I had forgotten about the fifteen.)

'Riders! cried Aragorn, springing to his feet. 'Many riders on swift steeds are coming towards us!'
'Yes,' said Legolas, 'there are one hundred and five. Yellow is their hair, and bright are their spears. Their leader is very tall.'
...
'There are three empty saddles, but I see no hobbits,' said Legolas.

Further away, not far from the river, where it came streaming out from the edge of the wood, there was a mound. It was newly raised: the raw earth was covered with fresh-cut turves: about it were planted fifteen spears.

So there were 105 riders and 108 horses when they met the three walkers.

Your turn.

[ December 12, 2002: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

[the real findorfin]

4 - a clue would be Numenor!

[Nevolosse Maehayanda]

the number of palantirs?

Probably not...but a guess is in order...it's been nearly a month since anybody's posted...could we have a clue?

[zacattack]

I think it might be 4 Kings of Numenor before the sceptre was passed to the youngest son of Tar-Elendil instead of his daughter who was elder.

[The Saucepan Man]

This is such a great game that it deserves to be dug up from the Quiz Room vaults.

So, I will ask a new question, a nice easy one to start with.

What is the significance of the number 3019?

[Beren87]

Year of the Crowning of King Elesar?

[The Saucepan Man]

Well I had in mind the year of the destruction of the Ring, but that works too. So, you're up next, Beren. smilies/smile.gif

[Beren87]

hmm..spiffy.

18

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

The generations of the Dunedain between Arwen's birth and Aragorn's?

[Beren87]

As odd an answer as that is, no.

[The Saucepan Man]

Looks like we might need a hint here, Beren.

[Beren87]

Yeah..me too..I've no idea what the answer is.

Wait, no, now I got it.

It had to do with more than one book.

[Lostgaeriel]

This is probably not what you're looking for, but...

Mr. Butterbur paid for it himself, and offered Merry another eighteen pence as some compensation for the lost animals.

[Beren87]

Nope, still not what I'm going for.

[Arwen_Evenstar]

Just a guess, 3018 the year the fellowship was formed...i think...

~nat~

[Beren87]

Your all making this much too difficult. =P

[Cathelm]

Just thought I'd jump in with a wild guess, but maybe...

The combined total of the Walkers and Riders?

Or also possibly the number of Aragorn's kinsmen that came to their rescue in the two towers.

Or... days days, how many days did they stay in certain places? I can't remember...

Probably not right, but maybe someone elses memory will get sparked.

[Beren87]

Out of the box people, think out of the box. As I said before, it has to do with more than one book.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Out of the Boxed Set, perhaps?

Eighteen Middle Earth Books would do it, I suppose. 12 HoME+3Trilogy+Hobbit+Silm+UT= 18! *drumroll*

[Beren87]

*Bad-da-da-dum*

That's it!

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

*bows*

22

[Lyta_Underhill]

OK, this may be a bad case of free association, but how about...the number of feet in the Fellowship, counting Bill the Pony? smilies/biggrin.gif

[Arwen_Evenstar]

Bilbo and Frodo's birthdays?

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

lol, very bad free association, though it is right... smilies/wink.gif

And it is Bilbo and Frodo's birthdate, but it is also something else...

[Galadriel55]

It took Frodo 22 days to get from Bree to Rivendell - He was wounded on the 6th day of his travel and he resisted for 17 days; that's with 1 day overlaping. That makes 22.

Edit: wrong information, sorry for that: there are 22 days between Frodo leaving Bree and the day when Elrond cured him of the splinter, which was a day after he arrived in Rivendell