allright then,

finish the sentence: 'I wish I was.....'

(this one comes from the hobbit, and is uttered a few times by Bilbo, as Tolkien says: not for the last time he wished that!)

I wish I was at home in my nice hole by the fire...::sigh:: no, I really do! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

almost, the last words are missing...

...with the kettle just beginning to sing.

and those are the words I was looking for... Proceed!

Thanks.
Who are said to be the ancestors of the Tooks?

Evisse,

Are you referring to the statement in "An Unexpected Party" that "It was often said (in other families) that long ago one of the Took ancestors must have taken a fairy wife"?

I have an earlier edition that even puts this in more drastic terms:

The reference to goblins was apparently dropped about 1966.

Cami/Child

Yes, Cami, that's what I had in mind (the 'fairy' - presumably Elven ancestry to be exact). You're on! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

OK, here goes....

How did the calendar in the Eastfarthing differ from that in the rest of the Shire?

Cami/Child

Hint:

OK, guys....it's not that hard. Just eyeball the calendar section in the Appendix....

Cami/Child

The first, fourth, and twelfth months in the rest of the Shire were known as Afteryule, Astron, and Foreyule respectively. However, in the Eastfarthing these months were called Frery, Chithing, and Yulemath, also respectively. It is noted that these latter names were also used in Bree.

Yes, that's just what I had in mind...

The floor is yours.

Cami/Child

Thank you, Child.

What about Ted Sandyman's mill changed when Sharkey and his men took over?

Pimple destroyed it and let his men build a bigger one, which they stuffed with wheels and 'outlandish machines'. directly after it was build, it stood still, but when saruman came, it always worked, belching smoke and polluting the Shire.

That was just what I was looking for, Firnantoonion. Well done... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

thank you....

allright, here it goes:
In the hobbit, Gandalf makes a comment on Bilbo, on the first evening Bilbo met the dwarves. a comment which was a little exaggerated to say so....

what comment did gandalf make?

[ September 23, 2003: Message edited by: Firnantoonion ]

Is it when he says about him he's 'as fierce as a dragon in a pinch'?

It is - really have to make my questions more difficult... but, the topic is yours...

Thanks.

What are the hobbits' most favourite food of all?

Ah, mushrooms.

You're absolutely right! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

What is Hobbit in genuine Westron?

banakil

That it is. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Your go.

The Shire's borders were extended twice, state how they were in both instances.

As I know of there was only one expansion...

In 740 The Oldbucks founded Buckland, which was east of the Brandywine River and west of the old forrest. Early in the Fourth Age (IV41) the West Downs, between the Far Downs and the Tower Hills, were included as a granted gift of King Elessar. At this time the occupation of Buckland was made official (and not before in 740)

Yes, that was the two instances I was looking for, your go.

Easy one: How many hobbits crossed The Anduin before the Battle of the Pelennor Fields?

Not that easy, apparently...
But I'll bite and say: four?

Which one might that be Blue?

I’m not sure but I think three hobbits of the Shire crossed the anduin before the battle of the Pelennor Field: Bilbo, Frodo and Sam.

Or Bilbo, Frodo, Sam and Gollum? Does Gollum count as a hobbit?

Faulty question, Telchar. Many Hobbits crossed Anduin in the Second Age.

I'll give it to vanwalossien because those four was the ones I was looking for.



Yes Gwaihir you're right - I should have narrowed it down to the time about from the Ring sets out to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields - in that case the answer had been three: Frodo, Sam and Gollum.... my bad [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

I think that was the second time I got a quiz question right... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] What was the old hobbit name for the Brandywine, and what did it mean?

Is it Baranduin, the brown river? But that was the elvish name.

Nope, that's not it. As you said yourself, that was the Elvish name.

Anyone?

Branda-nin was the original name, meaning 'border-water'; but this was superseded by the more common name (in Hobbitish) Bralda-him, 'heady ale'.

Correct [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Pray proceed