"Minor works" trivia - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-06-2004, 10:13 AM

nope - try again!

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-06-2004, 10:17 AM

That's the problem with thinking too much and not reading carefully enough. Nokes and Smith were brothers in law. Their wives were sisters.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-06-2004, 10:27 AM

That's closer, but still not quite right.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-06-2004, 10:39 AM

This is truly humiliating. Three times reading the same two passages and only the last furnishes the right answer. Smith is Nokes of Townsend's uncle by marriage.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-06-2004, 10:46 AM

That's the right answer! Almost complicated enough for a Hobbit, isn't it?!

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-06-2004, 10:51 AM

Just too complicated for an unlearned lore-student in these dark times.

What was the subject of the unfinished sequel to Farmer Giles of Ham?

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-08-2004, 02:32 PM

It was:

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a fragmentary legend of Georgius son of Giles and his page Suovetaurilius

06-06-2004, 10:13 AM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	nope - try again! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-06-2004, 10:17 AM	#2
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	That's the problem with thinking too much and not reading carefully enough. Nokes and Smith were brothers in law. Their wives were sisters. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-06-2004, 10:27 AM	#3
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That's closer, but still not quite right. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-06-2004, 10:39 AM	#4
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	This is truly humiliating. Three times reading the same two passages and only the last furnishes the right answer. Smith is Nokes of Townsend's uncle by marriage. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-06-2004, 10:46 AM	#5
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That's the right answer! Almost complicated enough for a Hobbit, isn't it?! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-06-2004, 10:51 AM	#6
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Just too complicated for an unlearned lore-student in these dark times. What was the subject of the unfinished sequel to Farmer Giles of Ham? __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne? Last edited by The Squatter of Amon Rûdh; 06-06-2004 at 11:13 AM.