Geography Direction Quiz! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Gil-Galad · 12-22-2007, 10:10 PM

This is another idea i just came up with. basically the question-asker states a posistion on any Tolkien map and gives a direct (North, south-east etc.)

EI: Gondolin, South-West

and the next person gives a name of a place

Falas

the question-asker then goes off of that location, saying the direction is desired place is

North-East

it goes on from there till someone names the desired place, in this case it will be Nargothrond.

it doesn't have to be a city! it can be a mountain, river, anything located on a map!

Isengard, South-East

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-23-2007, 04:53 AM

Wow, looks interesting.

I will start close. Though there is still something that can be between. Edoras?

The Might · 12-23-2007, 05:28 AM

I have a question.
Do we have to wait for the question asker to cofirm the guess or give a new direction or can we post another location on that direction we think might be correct.

For example, am I allowed to say Minas Tirith now or do I have to wait for you to tell Legate if he's right?

Gil-Galad · 12-23-2007, 04:24 PM

i think for now we should wait on the question asker, if it gets too easy then we could step it up to make it difficult

Edoras -> South-East

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-23-2007, 04:35 PM

Fords of Erui (in Lossarnach)

Still south-east?

The Might · 12-23-2007, 06:39 PM

I find it somewhat unfair that you have in a way to be lucky to be the first to post after the asker posts in order to have a chance.
Now I can't post and after you'll answer Gil, who knows who will.
It's not like I am bothered by this but...it's just that without the possibility to post at all times the game seems to lack any dynamic...

Gil-Galad · 12-23-2007, 10:18 PM

hmmm.... alright we'll go your way after someone gets it right.

Fords of Erui (in Lossarnach) -> North-West

by the way, the easiest way to do this is when your looking on a map, split it into qudarants with the axis on the current location. for example, isengard to carn dum isn't exactly north-west, but it is in that quadrant.

McCaber · 12-23-2007, 10:29 PM

Minas Tirith?

Gil-Galad · 12-24-2007, 07:55 PM

Aye it be Minas Tirith.

from now one we are going to do altered rules where it won't go one at a time.

McCaber · 12-24-2007, 10:44 PM

Sweet. Ok, here I go.

From Minas Tirith, going north.

Gil-Galad · 12-25-2007, 02:22 AM

Lothlorien

The Might · 12-25-2007, 05:40 AM

What about the Mountains of Mirkwood.

McCaber · 12-25-2007, 08:58 AM

Neither of those. Think a bit closer to home.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-25-2007, 09:09 AM

I say Dead Marshes.

McCaber · 12-25-2007, 09:34 AM

Dead Marshes it is! Nice job, Legate. Your go.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-25-2007, 09:42 AM

Okay.

From Dead Marshes, let's go to the north-west (surprisingly

).

Marky Lazer · 12-25-2007, 10:20 AM

Ettenmoors?

The Might · 12-25-2007, 10:46 AM

The Wold

Gil-Galad · 12-25-2007, 01:07 PM

Fangorn.

wow i like how this thread is turning out so far...

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-25-2007, 01:14 PM

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Wold: North-west. Fangorn: Still north-west. Ettenmoors: west.

McCaber · 12-25-2007, 02:08 PM

Fornost?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-25-2007, 02:12 PM

No. South.

The Might · 12-25-2007, 06:18 PM

The Barrow-Downs?

Gil-Galad · 12-25-2007, 08:21 PM

Amon Hen?... or is that Sul... always get those two mixed up

McCaber · 12-25-2007, 09:12 PM

Bree?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-26-2007, 01:58 AM

Barrow-downs: north-east
Amon Sul (if you mean it, you could have simply said Weathertop): west
Bree: north-east

The Might · 12-26-2007, 07:57 AM

I'll go with Midgewater.

Groin Redbeard · 12-26-2007, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Might

I'll go with Midgewater.

I think you got it, Might!

The Might · 12-26-2007, 10:06 AM

Nah, it could also be something else just west of Midgewater (not gonna say what, cause that would be two answers) Debatably it could also be considered NE of Bree.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-26-2007, 11:07 AM

Yes, you did wrong not to try anything else, Groin. It is not Midgewater. West.

Gil-Galad · 12-26-2007, 01:38 PM

Buckland

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-26-2007, 02:27 PM

Buckland? No way. East.

Gil-Galad · 12-26-2007, 06:38 PM

looking on my giant wall map and i see nothing between Bree and Midgewater save The Great East Road

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-26-2007, 06:44 PM

Then you are obviously looking wrong. Great East Road you say? North.

The Might · 12-26-2007, 08:26 PM

Then maybe it is that, that I was talking about in my last post. Chetwood.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-27-2007, 02:57 AM

Of course, Chetwood, what else. Your turn, Miggy

The Might · 12-27-2007, 09:01 AM

Indeed, I thought that after my last post things were pretty clear about the other option. But I like Midgewater better, they have neeker-breekers. So, Iron Hills -> SW

Gil-Galad · 12-27-2007, 12:42 PM

Dol Guldur

McCaber · 12-27-2007, 03:26 PM

The Field of Celebrant?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-27-2007, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Might

Indeed, I thought that after my last post things were pretty clear about the other option. But I like Midgewater better, they have neeker-breekers. So, Iron Hills -> SW

By the way, Miggy, I believe the game was supposed to work the way you continue from the last place. So you should have started at Chetwood.

Anyway, I wanted to say Amon Lanc

, yet I see it was (technically

) already taken. So I say Fangorn, just to make it interesting.

12-22-2007, 10:10 PM	#1
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Geography Direction Quiz! This is another idea i just came up with. basically the question-asker states a posistion on any Tolkien map and gives a direct (North, south-east etc.) EI: Gondolin, South-West and the next person gives a name of a place Falas the question-asker then goes off of that location, saying the direction is desired place is North-East it goes on from there till someone names the desired place, in this case it will be Nargothrond. it doesn't have to be a city! it can be a mountain, river, anything located on a map! Isengard, South-East __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

12-23-2007, 04:53 AM	#2
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Wow, looks interesting. I will start close. Though there is still something that can be between. Edoras? __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-23-2007, 05:28 AM	#3
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I have a question. Do we have to wait for the question asker to cofirm the guess or give a new direction or can we post another location on that direction we think might be correct. For example, am I allowed to say Minas Tirith now or do I have to wait for you to tell Legate if he's right? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-23-2007, 04:24 PM	#4
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	i think for now we should wait on the question asker, if it gets too easy then we could step it up to make it difficult Edoras -> South-East __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

12-23-2007, 04:35 PM	#5
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Fords of Erui (in Lossarnach) Still south-east? __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-23-2007, 06:39 PM	#6
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I find it somewhat unfair that you have in a way to be lucky to be the first to post after the asker posts in order to have a chance. Now I can't post and after you'll answer Gil, who knows who will. It's not like I am bothered by this but...it's just that without the possibility to post at all times the game seems to lack any dynamic... __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-23-2007, 10:18 PM	#7
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	hmmm.... alright we'll go your way after someone gets it right. Fords of Erui (in Lossarnach) -> North-West by the way, the easiest way to do this is when your looking on a map, split it into qudarants with the axis on the current location. for example, isengard to carn dum isn't exactly north-west, but it is in that quadrant. __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

12-23-2007, 10:29 PM	#8
McCaber Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Skyrim, again. Posts: 820	Minas Tirith? __________________ Werewolves vs. Fishmen. The battle of the century.

12-24-2007, 07:55 PM	#9
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Aye it be Minas Tirith. from now one we are going to do altered rules where it won't go one at a time. __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

12-24-2007, 10:44 PM	#10
McCaber Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Skyrim, again. Posts: 820	Sweet. Ok, here I go. From Minas Tirith, going north. __________________ Werewolves vs. Fishmen. The battle of the century.

12-25-2007, 02:22 AM	#11
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Lothlorien __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

12-25-2007, 05:40 AM	#12
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	What about the Mountains of Mirkwood. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-25-2007, 08:58 AM	#13
McCaber Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Skyrim, again. Posts: 820	Neither of those. Think a bit closer to home. __________________ Werewolves vs. Fishmen. The battle of the century.

12-25-2007, 09:09 AM	#14
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	I say Dead Marshes. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-25-2007, 09:34 AM	#15
McCaber Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Skyrim, again. Posts: 820	Dead Marshes it is! Nice job, Legate. Your go. __________________ Werewolves vs. Fishmen. The battle of the century.

12-25-2007, 09:42 AM	#16
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Okay. From Dead Marshes, let's go to the north-west (surprisingly ). __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-25-2007, 10:20 AM	#17
Marky Lazer Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 82	Ettenmoors? __________________ There are two kind of people. Those who have read Tolkien, and those who are going to read Tolkien.

12-25-2007, 10:46 AM	#18
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	The Wold __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-25-2007, 01:07 PM	#19
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Fangorn. wow i like how this thread is turning out so far... __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

12-25-2007, 01:14 PM	#20
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wold: North-west. Fangorn: Still north-west. Ettenmoors: west. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-25-2007, 02:08 PM	#21
McCaber Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Skyrim, again. Posts: 820	Fornost? __________________ Werewolves vs. Fishmen. The battle of the century.

12-25-2007, 02:12 PM	#22
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	No. South. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-25-2007, 06:18 PM	#23
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	The Barrow-Downs? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-25-2007, 08:21 PM	#24
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Amon Hen?... or is that Sul... always get those two mixed up __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

12-25-2007, 09:12 PM	#25
McCaber Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Skyrim, again. Posts: 820	Bree? __________________ Werewolves vs. Fishmen. The battle of the century.

12-26-2007, 01:58 AM	#26
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Barrow-downs: north-east Amon Sul (if you mean it, you could have simply said Weathertop): west Bree: north-east __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-26-2007, 07:57 AM	#27
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I'll go with Midgewater. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-26-2007, 10:06 AM	#29
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Nah, it could also be something else just west of Midgewater (not gonna say what, cause that would be two answers) Debatably it could also be considered NE of Bree. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-26-2007, 11:07 AM	#30
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Yes, you did wrong not to try anything else, Groin. It is not Midgewater. West. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-26-2007, 01:38 PM	#31
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Buckland __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

12-26-2007, 02:27 PM	#32
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Buckland? No way. East. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-26-2007, 06:38 PM	#33
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	looking on my giant wall map and i see nothing between Bree and Midgewater save The Great East Road __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

12-26-2007, 06:44 PM	#34
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Then you are obviously looking wrong. Great East Road you say? North. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-26-2007, 08:26 PM	#35
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Then maybe it is that, that I was talking about in my last post. Chetwood. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-27-2007, 02:57 AM	#36
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Of course, Chetwood, what else. Your turn, Miggy __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories