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Old 09-12-2002, 09:56 PM   #41
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There were fifteen members of the quest for Erebor. As the goblins put it:
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Old 09-12-2002, 09:59 PM   #42
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Yep, Bruce, that's it. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Care to have a go?
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Old 09-12-2002, 10:19 PM   #43
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Old 09-13-2002, 03:06 AM   #44
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The number of days Frodo bore the splinter from the Nazgul knife in his shoulder... maybe?
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Old 09-13-2002, 09:37 AM   #45
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The number of years between the party and Frodo's departure.
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Old 09-13-2002, 10:42 PM   #46
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Either one of those answers I would have taken, but telchar got it first. Your shot.
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Old 09-18-2002, 01:23 AM   #47
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153

HINT: Its the age of someone/something/somebody...
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Old 09-18-2002, 12:16 PM   #48
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Wild guess - Gimli's age during the War of the Ring ?
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Old 09-18-2002, 12:27 PM   #49
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Another wild guess - Bilbo's age when he sailed into the West?
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Old 09-18-2002, 08:37 PM   #50
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possibly the age of aragorn during war of the ring? or when he died?
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Old 09-18-2002, 08:38 PM   #51
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or the age of thorin when he left on the quest to the lonely mountain?
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Old 09-19-2002, 04:53 AM   #52
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Neither! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
HINT2: Someone clearly states that this is his age. - So you dont have to do all the math and go through tale of years [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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Old 09-23-2002, 04:59 AM   #53
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HINT3: (This will narrow it down alot) The Speaker that names his age is NON-human - NON-Elvish - NON-Dwarvish - and of course NON-Hobittish. Actually Its a creature that you wouldnt normally expect to be able to speak... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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Old 09-23-2002, 05:46 AM   #54
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Roac?
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Old 09-23-2002, 02:10 PM   #55
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Treebeard?
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Old 09-24-2002, 04:48 AM   #56
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The Laurenendorian gets it - very good [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

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I am Roac son of Carc. Carc is dead, but he was well known to you once. It is a hundred years and three and fifty since I came out of the egg, but I do not forget what my father told me. Now I am the chief of the great ravens of the Mountain.
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Old 11-08-2002, 11:38 PM   #57
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Since The Laurenendorian has not come back to post a number, I thought I'd revive this game.

105

That's one hundred and five .
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Old 11-09-2002, 12:42 AM   #58
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Thank you for doing so. 105....Hm....have to think on that one...
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Old 12-10-2002, 10:43 AM   #59
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can we have a hint?
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Old 12-10-2002, 11:27 AM   #60
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Yes, I guess a hint is in order; it's been over a month. Hmmm.

HINT #1: It's from The Two Towers.
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Old 12-10-2002, 12:46 PM   #61
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The amount of Riders of Rohan who attacked the company of orcs who had Pippin and Merry?
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Old 12-10-2002, 05:09 PM   #62
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Ooh, not quite. But you're close enough.

One hundred and five is the number of riders who survived the attack on the orcs at Fangorn. There had been one hundred and twenty. Fifteen men and twelve horses perished in the attack. (I had forgotten about the fifteen.)

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'Yes,' said Legolas, 'there are one hundred and five. Yellow is their hair, and bright are their spears. Their leader is very tall.'
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So there were 105 riders and 108 horses when they met the three walkers.

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Old 12-10-2002, 05:14 PM   #63
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4 - a clue would be Numenor!
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Old 01-03-2003, 03:44 PM   #64
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the number of palantirs?

Probably not...but a guess is in order...it's been nearly a month since anybody's posted...could we have a clue?
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Old 01-03-2003, 10:15 PM   #65
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I think it might be 4 Kings of Numenor before the sceptre was passed to the youngest son of Tar-Elendil instead of his daughter who was elder.
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Old 06-24-2003, 07:15 PM   #66
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This is such a great game that it deserves to be dug up from the Quiz Room vaults.

So, I will ask a new question, a nice easy one to start with.

What is the significance of the number 3019?
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Old 06-24-2003, 07:20 PM   #67
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Year of the Crowning of King Elesar?
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Old 06-24-2003, 07:26 PM   #68
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Well I had in mind the year of the destruction of the Ring, but that works too. So, you're up next, Beren. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 07-02-2003, 08:52 PM   #69
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hmm..spiffy.

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Old 07-04-2003, 04:49 AM   #70
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The generations of the Dunedain between Arwen's birth and Aragorn's?
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Old 07-04-2003, 12:27 PM   #71
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As odd an answer as that is, no.
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Old 07-22-2003, 06:03 PM   #72
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Looks like we might need a hint here, Beren.
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Old 07-22-2003, 06:08 PM   #73
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Yeah..me too..I've no idea what the answer is.

Wait, no, now I got it.

It had to do with more than one book.
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Old 07-24-2003, 09:44 PM   #74
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This is probably not what you're looking for, but...

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Mr. Butterbur paid for it himself, and offered Merry another eighteen pence as some compensation for the lost animals.
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Old 07-24-2003, 10:24 PM   #75
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Nope, still not what I'm going for.
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Old 07-25-2003, 01:01 AM   #76
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Just a guess, 3018 the year the fellowship was formed...i think...

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Old 07-25-2003, 10:34 AM   #77
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Your all making this much too difficult. =P
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Old 08-04-2003, 12:28 PM   #78
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Just thought I'd jump in with a wild guess, but maybe...

The combined total of the Walkers and Riders?

Or also possibly the number of Aragorn's kinsmen that came to their rescue in the two towers.

Or... days days, how many days did they stay in certain places? I can't remember...

Probably not right, but maybe someone elses memory will get sparked.
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Old 08-04-2003, 02:58 PM   #79
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Out of the box people, think out of the box. As I said before, it has to do with more than one book.
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Out of the Boxed Set, perhaps?

Eighteen Middle Earth Books would do it, I suppose. 12 HoME+3Trilogy+Hobbit+Silm+UT= 18! *drumroll*
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