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Forum: Quiz Room 04-14-2025, 02:41 PM
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Posted By Urwen
Bold of you to call Formenos a cave, or to think...

Bold of you to call Formenos a cave, or to think that Feanor welcomed Melkor, ever.
Forum: Quiz Room 04-05-2025, 06:22 AM
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Posted By Urwen
This one is...kinda out there. I followed...

This one is...kinda out there.


I followed him far to a distant land
Where he had been exiled by his own hand
I arrived to shelter, his humble abode
A pitiful cavern his comrades called home...
Forum: Quiz Room 04-04-2025, 02:28 PM
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Posted By Urwen
I can

One is ancient, ever-new - Eldest of all, the elf-children
One lurks deep in shadow black - Dwarf the delver, dark are his houses
One came from stone and stone followed - Ent the earthborn, old as...
Forum: Quiz Room 04-04-2025, 10:48 AM
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Posted By Urwen
Well, that poem might not be online, but this one...

Well, that poem might not be online, but this one (https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Long_List_of_the_Ents) does come close.
Forum: Quiz Room 04-04-2025, 07:54 AM
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Posted By Urwen
I've got nothing, then. I have had passing...

I've got nothing, then.

I have had passing thoughts about Durins and Houses of Gondolin, but both lead nowhere.
Forum: Quiz Room 03-30-2025, 07:19 AM
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Posted By Urwen
To follow up on that - One is ancient,...

To follow up on that -

One is ancient, ever-new - Vana?
One lurks deep in shadow black - Melkor?
One came from stone and stone followed - Aule?
One rides high but falls swift - Orome?
One lies...
Forum: Quiz Room 03-30-2025, 05:39 AM
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Posted By Urwen
I have a feeling that the descriptions are based...

I have a feeling that the descriptions are based on the elvish names.
Forum: Quiz Room 03-18-2025, 03:26 PM
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Posted By Urwen
Indeed it's so. Although I think you meant...

Indeed it's so.

Although I think you meant to say 'serpent of Angband', not 'England'.
Forum: Quiz Room 03-18-2025, 05:44 AM
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Posted By Urwen
Oh, you're so close. So close. Just think a...

Oh, you're so close. So close. Just think a little more.

The riddle is a poetic reinterpretation of speaker's own words from [specific source].
Forum: Quiz Room 03-17-2025, 05:42 AM
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Posted By Urwen
That's not it. This, too, is from a very specific...

That's not it. This, too, is from a very specific source.

Also, the 'he' in the fifth line refers to 'father'.

The 'he' in the first line, the 'father', the speaker and the addressees are all...
Forum: Quiz Room 03-15-2025, 03:49 PM
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Posted By Urwen
How about a simpler one? He's done much for...

How about a simpler one?

He's done much for our welfare
So your lives I shall spare
But our leader he did slay
So you may not stay
And I shall meet his father, if here he finds his way
But...
Forum: Quiz Room 03-15-2025, 07:09 AM
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Posted By Urwen
I've figured it out! When spring unfolds the...

I've figured it out!

When spring unfolds the beechen leaf upon a sunny day, - There was sun shining, and the branches of trees were waving and tossing in the wind
When endless the assent, and...
Forum: Quiz Room 03-13-2025, 06:37 PM
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Posted By Urwen
The textual source is LOTR, right?

The textual source is LOTR, right?
Forum: Quiz Room 03-13-2025, 05:05 PM
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Posted By Urwen
Maybe Fredegar Bolger, then? Unless the...

Maybe Fredegar Bolger, then?


Unless the Mirror of Galadriel is involved in the 'saw' line? In which case, it must be Sam, who was convinced to turn back in the Havens, and who saw the scouring...
Forum: Quiz Room 03-12-2025, 07:52 AM
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Posted By Urwen
Mine too I had a vague Finarfin thought, as...

Mine too

I had a vague Finarfin thought, as per 'turn back' hint.

When enemy is tracking you like hunter tracks his prey - This line, on the other hand, makes me think of Frodo


Unless,...
Forum: Quiz Room 03-12-2025, 07:21 AM
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Posted By Urwen
The fact that they stayed behind after the last...

The fact that they stayed behind after the last ships sailed (along with a few others.)


Plus, the way the riddle is phrased has a Hobbitish feel, and they're the ones who didn't sail.
Forum: Quiz Room 03-11-2025, 06:50 PM
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Posted By Urwen
Well, this kinda screams Merry and/or Pippin, but...

Well, this kinda screams Merry and/or Pippin, but I am reluctant to make that guess, since I doubt you'd make it that obvious.
Forum: Quiz Room 03-06-2025, 05:14 PM
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Posted By Urwen
Methinks you're correct with that one. I just...

Methinks you're correct with that one. I just remembered Huey's line about Melko being chased up a tree by Huan. If the tree in question is an elm, that could be it.

But I'll toss out another...
Forum: Quiz Room 02-27-2025, 04:25 AM
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Posted By Urwen
It can't be those, unless I misinterpreted Huey...

It can't be those, unless I misinterpreted Huey entirely and 'right length' doesn't mean a number of letters...
Forum: Quiz Room 02-26-2025, 06:54 PM
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Posted By Urwen
Elfs? Or maybe Orcs...it all fits, except...

Elfs?

Or maybe Orcs...it all fits, except maybe the third line...but it only has one letter that is the same, not two.


Or maybe cats, though I don't know how cats can hold anyone..
Forum: Quiz Room 01-09-2025, 05:32 PM
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Posted By Urwen
Horses? The 'haggard hero' line made me think of...

Horses? The 'haggard hero' line made me think of that one scene from the movies...
Forum: Quiz Room 11-15-2024, 06:30 AM
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Posted By Urwen
Well, I have no real explanation, other than that...

Well, I have no real explanation, other than that this line made me think of Quickbeam
Forum: Quiz Room 11-12-2024, 05:19 AM
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Posted By Urwen
I can't think of anything as of now. If anyone...

I can't think of anything as of now. If anyone else creates one before I can think of something, they can go instead.
Forum: Quiz Room 11-11-2024, 06:00 PM
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Posted By Urwen
The Ents?

The Ents?
Forum: Quiz Room 11-09-2024, 04:10 AM
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Posted By Urwen
Well, it could be your kind. The Eagles, that is....

Well, it could be your kind. The Eagles, that is. Except they don't fit the last two lines. And they did enter Mordor.
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