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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
I think I've got 9.
MIRKWOOD?
MIR + (O)K(AY) + WOOD (tree).
It's a dark place.
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This exactly, and...
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
FATE OF GEMS?
MIRKWOOD - Bilbo gives that jewelled necklace to Thranduil.
FRODO bears Arwen's gem into the West.
TOMB - the Arkenstone on Thorin's breast?
FIRE - One of the Silmarils?
ERESSEA - THE stones in Narya, Nenya and Vilya?
ELESSAR - The Elessar. 
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Yes! All precisely right. Arwen is there because Aragorn gave her the Ring of Barahir, which has several green stones in it; and Elessar also had the Elendilmir(s). I'd sort of presume most of the Gondorian Crown Jewels (so to speak) wound up with Eldarion, but Tolkien never actually said.
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
I have no idea what the rest are, I only get as far as individual bits. The station is perhaps the ISS, and I am almost convinced the element is Francium. But unless the answers are fastissoak and Shirfo, I am afraid that doesn't get me very far. 
If "belly of ship" is actually a part of the ship, not just the element placement, could be something like bay or hold. Brig? Hull? Cargo? Dunno.
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So, it's not Francium; there is actually another element named after France (and sneakily after its discoverer). And the belly of the ship is indeed part of a ship, but none of those.
Also, pandemics aside, how many masks
are there in Middle-earth?
FRODO - A chocolate frog? O but Ed, no! He is no lord!
(Arwen's jewel)
ARWEN - Turn round and restore the sun god in the evening.
(emeralds in the Ring of Barahir)
TOMB - Singer of Middle-earth's GREATEST songs left his signature underground.
(Arkenstone)
ELESSAR - Half-resist the sale, mix it up with many titles.
(two(?) Elfstones, and two Elendilmirs)
5.
O - On the radio, the next word: Aiya Eärendil Elenion Ancalima!
FIRE - One thing the movie archers did not do; it's pretty hot.
(Maedhros' Silmaril)
7.
G - A French element in the belly of a ship; instead of the end, a hole (and French swapped and moved) - wear a mask here!
ERESSEA - Um (not um)... look back, briefly see the Sea, and it's lonesome.
(jewels in the Three Rings)
MIRKWOOD - A space station! Quick, it's okay, it's just a tree (but it's dark...)
(emeralds in the Necklace of Girion)
10.
S - As it took the Fifth, it roared.
You know, if it weren't for Vilya and Narya, I'd be convinced Tolkien didn't know gems came in anything other than white and green...
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