Trivia - Page 63

***Valandil*** · 10-08-2003, 10:21 AM

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?

***Valandil*** · 10-08-2003, 10:24 AM

Oh - and that made it 100 years before the unexpected party... like the previous (or next) Tuesday or something.

jsandecker · 10-08-2003, 06:02 PM

Glad I found such a good one. Actually, it is in the book, and you're close.

***Valandil*** · 10-09-2003, 02:06 PM

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.

Radagast The Brown · 10-09-2003, 04:04 PM

Valandil is right. It was exactly 100 years before the unexpected party.

jsandecker · 10-09-2003, 04:12 PM

The Hobbit doesn't say the year, but you are very close for the day.

I'll give it to you. The answer given by the Hobbit is "And Thrain your father went away on the twenty-first of April, a hundred years ago last Thursday, and has never been seen by you since-" It's said by Gandalf during the Unexpected Party. Your turn, Valandil.

***Valandil*** · 10-09-2003, 04:33 PM

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'?"

Radagast The Brown · 10-09-2003, 04:43 PM

one year?

***Valandil*** · 10-09-2003, 04:46 PM

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...

***Valandil*** · 10-10-2003, 10:27 AM

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.

Radagast The Brown · 10-10-2003, 04:28 PM

Ok. I can't ask a qustion because I lent the book to my aunt.

***Valandil*** · 10-10-2003, 04:51 PM

(temptation...)

OK! I'll try again:

What was Bilbo doing on his 51st birthday?

***Valandil*** · 10-19-2003, 11:11 PM

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!

Elvengirl · 10-24-2003, 07:19 PM

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?

Radagast The Brown · 10-25-2003, 01:31 PM

the wallet of the trolls?

jsandecker · 10-25-2003, 01:47 PM

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.

Lizra · 10-25-2003, 03:09 PM

Hey! He didn't steal that ring! He FOUND it!

Elvengirl · 10-25-2003, 08:29 PM

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

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I think the taking of food from the elves is correct, so take it away jsandecker.

jsandecker · 10-26-2003, 11:12 PM

Thanks, Elvengirl. Let's see... Here we go.

This should be an easy one. Sorry, I don't have my book with me. Why did Smaug think that Bilbo called himself "Barrel-rider?"

Elvengirl · 10-27-2003, 09:50 AM

He thought Bilbo rode a pony named Barrel?

10-08-2003, 06:02 PM	#1243
jsandecker Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 26	Glad I found such a good one. Actually, it is in the book, and you're close. __________________ "'Hrum, Hoom,' murmured the voice, a deep voice like a very deep woodwind instrument. 'Very odd indeed! Do not be hasty, that is my motto...'" -The Two Towers "Achoo! Sorry, I'm allergic to bullsh!t." -Will Smith, I ROBOT

10-09-2003, 04:04 PM	#1245
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	Valandil is right. It was exactly 100 years before the unexpected party. __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

10-09-2003, 04:12 PM	#1246
jsandecker Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 26	The Hobbit doesn't say the year, but you are very close for the day. I'll give it to you. The answer given by the Hobbit is "And Thrain your father went away on the twenty-first of April, a hundred years ago last Thursday, and has never been seen by you since-" It's said by Gandalf during the Unexpected Party. Your turn, Valandil. __________________ "'Hrum, Hoom,' murmured the voice, a deep voice like a very deep woodwind instrument. 'Very odd indeed! Do not be hasty, that is my motto...'" -The Two Towers "Achoo! Sorry, I'm allergic to bullsh!t." -Will Smith, I ROBOT

10-09-2003, 04:43 PM	#1248
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	one year? __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

10-10-2003, 04:28 PM	#1251
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	Ok. I can't ask a qustion because I lent the book to my aunt. __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

10-08-2003, 10:21 AM	#1241
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	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?

10-08-2003, 10:24 AM	#1242
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Oh - and that made it 100 years before the unexpected party... like the previous (or next) Tuesday or something.

10-09-2003, 02:06 PM	#1244
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	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.

10-09-2003, 04:33 PM	#1247
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	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'?"

10-09-2003, 04:46 PM	#1249
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	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...

10-10-2003, 10:27 AM	#1250
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	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.

10-10-2003, 04:51 PM	#1252
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	(temptation...) OK! I'll try again: What was Bilbo doing on his 51st birthday?

10-19-2003, 11:11 PM	#1253
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Oops I did it again! 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!

10-24-2003, 07:19 PM	#1254
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	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? __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com

10-25-2003, 01:31 PM	#1255
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	the wallet of the trolls? __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

10-25-2003, 01:47 PM	#1256
jsandecker Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 26	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. __________________ "'Hrum, Hoom,' murmured the voice, a deep voice like a very deep woodwind instrument. 'Very odd indeed! Do not be hasty, that is my motto...'" -The Two Towers "Achoo! Sorry, I'm allergic to bullsh!t." -Will Smith, I ROBOT

10-25-2003, 03:09 PM	#1257
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Hey! He didn't steal that ring! He FOUND it! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

10-25-2003, 08:29 PM	#1258
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	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. __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com

10-26-2003, 11:12 PM	#1259
jsandecker Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 26	Thanks, Elvengirl. Let's see... Here we go. This should be an easy one. Sorry, I don't have my book with me. Why did Smaug think that Bilbo called himself "Barrel-rider?" __________________ "'Hrum, Hoom,' murmured the voice, a deep voice like a very deep woodwind instrument. 'Very odd indeed! Do not be hasty, that is my motto...'" -The Two Towers "Achoo! Sorry, I'm allergic to bullsh!t." -Will Smith, I ROBOT

10-27-2003, 09:50 AM	#1260
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	He thought Bilbo rode a pony named Barrel? __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com

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