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![]() Oh man! I think I was JUST reading this yesterday...
March 25, 2841??? The info is actually not in "The Hobbit" though (or is it - I read it either in Appendix A or in "People of ME") - is that within the rules? |
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#1242 |
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Oh - and that made it 100 years before the unexpected party... like the previous (or next) Tuesday or something.
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#1243 |
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#1244 |
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![]() Then I'll just outright guess... April 15, 2841?
I re-checked what I had read (after my first try) - and found the date that had struck me was March 25, 2941 - the date when Gandalf met Thorin (either on the road on in Bree) when they were both traveling east. |
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#1245 |
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Valandil is right. It was exactly 100 years before the unexpected party.
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#1246 |
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The Hobbit doesn't say the year, but you are very close for the day.
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#1247 |
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![]() OK thanks... I guess I was within a week. Why'd I pick tax day? And yes - you have to go to LOTR appendices to get the year...
Now I have two... but along similar lines to the last one: "EXACTLY how long was Bilbo away on his 'adventure'?" |
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#1248 |
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one year?
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#1249 |
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![]() not exactly... I guess I'm being stricter on you than "jsandecker" was on me (sorry) - but let's see if you or someone can nail it exactly...
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![]() Arghhhh! I was mistaken... I checked and there is no EXACT time given for the trip. Somehow I had THOUGHT it was exactly one year + one day... but I was wrong, since there's the mention of an April departure - and we find out Bilbo and Gandalf are still traveling back in June - so it sounds like it's somewhere around 14 months or so.
I guess my memory is getting foggy - with the advance of age and all... So - sorry! My apologies to all... shall I banish myself from the trivia contest for awhile? Re-read the book before I play again? Radagast... do you want the next question? You were in the ballpark anyway. |
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#1251 |
Elf Lord
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Ok. I can't ask a qustion because I lent the book to my aunt.
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#1252 |
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![]() (temptation...)
OK! I'll try again: What was Bilbo doing on his 51st birthday? |
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#1253 |
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![]() I've GOT to stop posting questions from my memory. I always answer that way - but I've been asking that way and keep coming up with bad questions!
I was pretty certain Bilbo was riding a barrel down the river on his 51st birthday. However, after asking it - and nobody answering, I decided to check the book. I looked and looked and didn't find it. I thought maybe it was before or after (remembered some mention about his b-day!) and STILL didn't find it! Turns out I remembered right, but had the wrong source. In the first chapter of FOTR, while giving his b-day speech, Bilbo mentions that he arrived at Esgaroth on his 51st birthday. So, it was a bad question because it wasn't in "The Hobbit" So... I withdraw the question and open the table for somebody else to ask one... Sorry folks! ![]() |
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Hmm, I don't have my book, but here's a question
What is the first thing Bilbo stole in his role as a thief?
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#1255 |
Elf Lord
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the wallet of the trolls?
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#1256 |
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Bilbo didn't actually get the wallet... Does the ring count? I don't have my book with me, but i think it's either the ring or the food he stole in the elves' castle.
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![]() Hey! He didn't steal that ring! He FOUND it!
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#1258 |
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Hmm... seems to be a debate.
![]() When I asked the question I was thinking of the cup he stole from Smaug, but that is incorrect. Bilbo didn't actually succeed in stealing the wallet and I agree with Lizra that Bilbo FOUND the ring ![]() I think the taking of food from the elves is correct, so take it away jsandecker. ![]()
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#1259 |
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Thanks, Elvengirl. Let's see... Here we go.
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#1260 |
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He thought Bilbo rode a pony named Barrel?
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