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Forum: Quiz Room 06-10-2019, 03:44 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Silmaril Bad enough for you to think ELWING is Spanish? ...

Bad enough for you to think ELWING is Spanish? (Just checking!)
Forum: Quiz Room 06-09-2019, 06:21 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Silmaril I lived in a land without hate -Valinor. With...

I lived in a land without hate -Valinor.
With my apprentices three
But by the hands of fate
All three were taken from me

The first one, second in command
Of the Enemy, Marrer of lands...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-09-2019, 05:57 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
I think the speaker is Aulë, and the...

I think the speaker is Aulë, and the "apprentices" are, in order, Sauron, Saruman and Fëanor. Explanation to follow.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-09-2019, 03:38 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Thumbs up That's it! Well done.

That's it! Well done.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-08-2019, 10:29 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
White Tree I thought it was named after him... but then his...

I thought it was named after him... but then his name contains "tree" anyway. Not him though.

"Orn", as in "Fangorn", is the Sindarin for "tree". You need the Quenya word.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-08-2019, 10:20 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
What an odd password! #2 is PERENTIE + L for...

What an odd password!

#2 is PERENTIE + L for the direction.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-08-2019, 09:40 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
No.

No.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-08-2019, 09:18 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
You've missed someone... Try to break down...

You've missed someone...

Try to break down the parts of the clue- you've seen how it works for Fimbrethil.

Edit: This is a reasonably prominent character- you may not realise what the name...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-08-2019, 07:20 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Not Melian.

Not Melian.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-08-2019, 06:24 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Thumbs up Oooo, you're good!:eek: Fimbrethil is the...

Oooo, you're good!:eek:

Fimbrethil is the speaker, yes. However, the sundering I had in mind was earlier than that, referring to the incompatible interests of the Ents and Entwives- and it is she...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-08-2019, 05:27 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
None of them. "Art" is being used in the...

None of them.

"Art" is being used in the broadest sense, as basically synonymous with "science", "craft" etc.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-08-2019, 03:08 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Urwen did most of the work, actually. ...

Urwen did most of the work, actually.

Anyway-

Named for trees
Both, we be;
Sundered from our loves for art.
I left a desert of the land-
You left a desert of the heart.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-07-2019, 11:51 PM
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Posted By Nerwen
What about the gold pen and ink-bottle given to...

What about the gold pen and ink-bottle given to Milo Burrows, who "never answered letters"?

I was there to give a message -i.e. "how about writing back to people?"
I could help to make some more....
Forum: Quiz Room 06-07-2019, 10:52 PM
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Posted By Nerwen
Hello, all, and sorry about disappearing again. ...

Hello, all, and sorry about disappearing again. I had guests over, and other things.
Forum: Quiz Room 05-23-2019, 07:19 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
#3 must be AEGNOR. (Anagram of...

#3 must be AEGNOR. (Anagram of "onager").
Forum: Quiz Room 05-22-2019, 09:12 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
All three got put under deadly curses- is it that?

All three got put under deadly curses- is it that?
Forum: Quiz Room 05-22-2019, 08:43 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Well, I don't recall Maeglin, Fëanor and Androg...

Well, I don't recall Maeglin, Fëanor and Androg having much in common either. I wonder what it can be..?
Forum: Quiz Room 05-22-2019, 01:21 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
MAEGLIN? ("game" + "nil").

MAEGLIN? ("game" + "nil").
Forum: Quiz Room 05-21-2019, 09:12 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Pipe And is #3 ANGROD? (Anagram of...

And is #3 ANGROD? (Anagram of "dragon").
Forum: Quiz Room 05-21-2019, 09:09 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Silmaril Is #4 FËANOR? ("Fore" + N for direction, but I...

Is #4 FËANOR? ("Fore" + N for direction, but I can't account for the "a").
Forum: Quiz Room 05-20-2019, 09:37 PM
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Posted By Nerwen
Eye Sister, dark sister, Born in the North. ...

Sister, dark sister,
Born in the North. -Black, made by the Dwarves of Erebor.
I don't wound but bring sorrow, -The Red Arrow is "a token of war".
You kill but bring mirth. -The Black Arrow...
Forum: Quiz Room 05-20-2019, 09:10 PM
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Posted By Nerwen
Eye Hmmn. I think one of the elements- the sister...

Hmmn. I think one of the elements- the sister "born in the south" might be Gondor's signal-beacons. The other... hmmn... maybe the banner Arwen made for Aragorn? Explanation to follow.

Edit......
Forum: Quiz Room 05-20-2019, 07:09 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Thumbs up Correct! For the bit that was puzzling...

Correct!

For the bit that was puzzling you: "The ship was last seen flying past Umbar, under a sickle moon."

And I'm aware not all cats hate water- mine loves rain, actually, but then she's...
Forum: The Books 05-20-2019, 06:05 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Then there's Tom, Bert and William, who had...

Then there's Tom, Bert and William, who had accumulated some of their stash from "plundering other plunderers". Would they qualify as "average treasure hunters"?
Forum: Quiz Room 05-20-2019, 05:57 AM
Replies: 4,146
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Posted By Nerwen
Sorry for the hiatus. Here's the new one: ...

Sorry for the hiatus. Here's the new one:

Sailing past the place of doom
Underneath the sickle moon
A captain and a crew of ten
Long kept in the speech of men.

Alas, the kitchen grew too...
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