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Forum: Quiz Room 02-12-2011, 07:17 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Aldarion, Erendis, and Uinen/THE SEA.

Aldarion, Erendis, and Uinen/THE SEA.
Forum: Quiz Room 05-10-2010, 02:40 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Ding ding ding!! You even got the...

Ding ding ding!!

You even got the anachronisms and the invasions of dragons. :)

The only thing I'd quibble you with is that Frodo no longer belonged to the Shire because he'd grown beyond it...
Forum: Quiz Room 05-08-2010, 08:50 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
No, that's not it. Urwen was "close" with...

No, that's not it.

Urwen was "close" with Nimrodel because she was able to make most of the lines fit, but not all of them. That doesn't necessarily mean that Nimrodel is close to the answer.
...
Forum: Quiz Room 05-01-2010, 12:59 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
*bump* New page, so I'm reposting the...

*bump*

New page, so I'm reposting the Riddle.



Out of time, out of place,
Gold my hair and green my face.

Maiden-like I fenced me in;
Forum: Quiz Room 04-19-2010, 09:39 AM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Good heavens! The riddle's been up only a day,...

Good heavens! The riddle's been up only a day, and you're the only person who's responded so far!

Give it at least a week, and let some other people think it over. This riddle is not supposed to...
Forum: Quiz Room 04-18-2010, 04:15 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Nor her neither.

Nor her neither.
Forum: Quiz Room 04-18-2010, 12:43 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Close, but no cigar. As you yourself stated,...

Close, but no cigar. As you yourself stated, there was no way anyone could have known Amroth would have jumped ship when he and Nimrodel were separated.

Plus Nimrodel doesn't have a green face. ...
Forum: Quiz Room 04-18-2010, 06:35 AM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Nope.

Nope.
Forum: Quiz Room 04-17-2010, 11:04 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Out of time, out of place, Gold my hair and...

Out of time, out of place,
Gold my hair and green my face.

Maiden-like I fenced me in;
He loved me and I loved him.

Though we quarreled by and by,
For my sake he left to die.

My guards...
Forum: Quiz Room 04-01-2010, 07:13 AM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Tar-Miriel?

Tar-Miriel?
Forum: Quiz Room 03-13-2010, 04:04 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
I figured. Your riddles are rarely that easy....

I figured. Your riddles are rarely that easy. :smokin:
Forum: Quiz Room 03-13-2010, 03:44 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
So this is just an extension of a comparison...

So this is just an extension of a comparison that's already been done in canon, but let me see...

Before the Black King made his move pre-Siege of Gondor
after the White Queen's done her due Um? ...
Forum: Quiz Room 11-12-2009, 03:53 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
This has to be it. But "Third House" refers to...

This has to be it. But "Third House" refers to number 3, Bagshot Row.

Very, very impressive, Rumil!!
Forum: Quiz Room 09-29-2009, 06:45 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Celebrimbor? From the house of...

Celebrimbor?



From the house of Feanor...



Was involved with the early wars of the First Age (certainly the Dagor Bragollach) but repudiated his father (Curufin) and uncle (Celegorm) when...
Forum: Quiz Room 09-28-2009, 02:37 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
HOLY ILLAMATAR! :eek: Well done!

HOLY ILLAMATAR! :eek: Well done!
Forum: Quiz Room 09-28-2009, 11:01 AM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
I'm currently thinking something involving...

I'm currently thinking something involving Aragorn, Arvedui, and Malbeth, but it works better if "we" equals "me" and "other" and I can't quite figure out how "she" would fit in (the very fact that...
Forum: Quiz Room 09-11-2009, 08:33 AM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
I've got the last couplet figured out... will...

I've got the last couplet figured out... will need some Quality Canon time to get it down to specifics...
Forum: Quiz Room 09-11-2009, 02:48 AM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Spoken like a non-native speaker who actually...

Spoken like a non-native speaker who actually understands our grammar more than we do. :)
Forum: Quiz Room 09-10-2009, 04:52 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Question: is the "She" in the riddle meant to be...

Question: is the "She" in the riddle meant to be grammatically equivalent with He (i.e., He meant more for me than She did?)

Or ought it to be "her," but it was changed for the sake of rhyme? ...
Forum: Quiz Room 07-02-2009, 06:03 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Stars visible in daytime, as far as I can tell. ...

Stars visible in daytime, as far as I can tell.

Darn, there was a gray stone there and everything.
Forum: Quiz Room 07-02-2009, 05:10 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Durin in the Mirrormere? Not exactly tall by our...

Durin in the Mirrormere? Not exactly tall by our standards, but by a dwarf's or a hobbit's...

Then again, checking the canon, it looks as if it's his crown, not he himself.
Forum: Quiz Room 05-18-2009, 06:13 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Eonwe's got it. Excellent work; I'm sure now...

Eonwe's got it. Excellent work; I'm sure now that everyone knows the answer I won't need to parse the riddle...

Or I'm just lazy...
Forum: Quiz Room 05-14-2009, 02:19 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
And Gandalf, alas, is wrong. Not that the...

And Gandalf, alas, is wrong.

Not that the fellow himself is wrong, mind, in fact, he's quite right most of the time; but the guess is incorrect.
Forum: Quiz Room 05-13-2009, 06:01 PM
Replies: 4,075
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Nope, although I like the cosmic-ness of your...

Nope, although I like the cosmic-ness of your guess. ^_^
Forum: Quiz Room 05-13-2009, 04:44 PM
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Posted By Mnemosyne
Here you go!

Is either going to be ridiculously hard or ridiculously easy... or neither...

The greatest of all characters,
Created, I sustain.
For without me the memories
Of all the rest would wane.
My...
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