Lord of the Rings Trivia

by **Simon Viavant** on Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:40 pm

They reproduce the same way humans do, but humans can't tell the difference between male and female so they think they form out of stone.

How old is Frodo in the first chapter of the book?
How old is he in the rest of the book?

by **The1exile** on Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:47 pm

Simon Viavant wrote:How old is Frodo in the first chapter of the book?
How old is he in the rest of the book?

Well, he turns 33 (coming of age, and bilbo's age 111 plus frodo's 33 make the "one gross" that bilbo refers to), so I presume the answer is 32, then 33, although I believe he's older when he leaves with the elves.

by **Minister Masket** on Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:58 pm

InkL0sed wrote:
Minister Masket wrote:Nice try, but think what Gimli says after that, right before he falls off the horse.

Oh and Ink, I haven't read the Silmarillion!

Then how are you the only one who gets the answers about it??

A little something called The Red Book of Westmarch.
Loads of references to the Silmarillion in there.

by **Simon Viavant** on Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:14 pm

Yes, 33 in the first chapter. And the rest of the book?

by **InkL0sed** on Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:14 am

Minister Masket wrote:
InkL0sed wrote:
Minister Masket wrote:Nice try, but think what Gimli says after that, right before he falls off the horse.

Oh and Ink, I haven't read the Silmarillion!

Then how are you the only one who gets the answers about it??

A little something called The Red Book of Westmarch.
Loads of references to the Silmarillion in there.

Only vaguely heard of it... maybe I'll check it out.

by **Minister Masket** on Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:27 am

Simon Viavant wrote:Yes, 33 in the first chapter. And the rest of the book?

I believe he's 34 when he sets out, and 35 when he gets back.

by **InkL0sed** on Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:02 pm

Isn't he 50, actually?

by **Simon Viavant** on Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:09 pm

Go, ink. 50 was the answer.

by **InkL0sed** on Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:21 pm

Who sings the second stanza of Boromir's Lament?

by **Simon Viavant** on Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:53 am

Can ANYONE answer that without looking it up in the book?

Next question:
Who is Frodo's cousin's father's brother's aunt's third cousin twice removed?

by **multiplayertim** on Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:08 am

InkL0sed wrote:Who sings the second stanza of Boromir's Lament?

was it Arawoen ( not sure of spelling, but she is the king of rohan's niece )

by **multiplayertim** on Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:42 am

looked up spelling is Eowen

by **The1exile** on Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:11 am

You mean Eowyn?

No, boromir's lament is (I presume) the song where they sing of the winds to bring news of boromir, which ends when Gimli says "you have left the east wind to me, but I shall say naught of it" or something, so the second verse would be sung by Legolas, the first and third being sung by Aragorn.

I think

by **InkL0sed** on Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:38 am

Exile is right

by **The1exile** on Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:03 pm

Who (or what) are the istari?

by **The1exile** on Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:01 pm

by **rocky mountain** on Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:44 pm

no clue...

by **InkL0sed** on Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:59 pm

I've forgotten. Pass.

by **Minister Masket** on Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:18 am

Fools. There's one in my avatar!
The Istari are the wizards sent to Middle Earth, although only 3 are mentioned - Gandlaf, Saruman And Radagast.

by **The1exile** on Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:19 pm

Correctamundo! MM goes.

by **Minister Masket** on Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:43 pm

Who or what are the Olog-hai?

by **InkL0sed** on Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:56 pm

The Uruks' kinder cousins?

by **Simon Viavant** on Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:46 pm

I think you're thinking of the Uruk-hai. But maybe not. Are they trolls?

by **hawkeye** on Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:41 pm

Are they goblins?

by **Incandenza** on Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:57 pm

Wow, I can't believe it took so long for people to know who the Istari were...

As far as Olog-hai, I'm going to go with the concept that they're troll-man hybrids, the same way that the uruk-hai were man-orc hybrids (tho I might be confusing events in the movies with events in the books)