The Tolkien Quoting Trivia

[pyan]

At least he didn't use the words "Hoots", "Och aye", or "Jimmy", Ace!

Right, then...

Apart from the Nine Walkers, who else "stood by Balin's tomb in Moria"?

[Marky Lazer]

Tolkien self, of course...

In spite of the darkness of the next five years I found that the story could not now be wholly abandoned, and I plodded on, mostly by night, till I stood by Balin's tomb in Moria.

LOTR Foreword

[pyan]

Ting!

[Clansman]

Apologies for any offence, Ace. Though not born in Scotland, my descent is purely Scottish (Canada ended up with a lot of Scotsmen during the first wave of settlement after the American Revolution), and I am in fact an actual clansman (Siol Fhearchar, No Fhiunnla' -- Farquharson) by descent. I also bear a thoroughly gaelic name (Angus Findlay). The statement was meant to be self-deprecating.

[Marky Lazer]

Who do we find under the sky?

[pyan]

Marky, Marky....

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

LotR. - various locations, including FotR - Book I, Ch. II, The Shadow of the Past

[Marky Lazer]

Bah! I thought to make a real easy one so people would search harder because it's too obvious...

Well, ting-a-ting. Bah!

[pyan]

Heh...double-bluff fails again....

Okay, then...

How many of the Ringwraiths were originally "great lords of (the) Númenórean race"?

[Marky Lazer]

Yet Sauron was ever guileful, and it is said that among those whom he ensnared with the Nine Rings three were great lords of Númenórean race.

The Silmarillion, Akallabeth.

[pyan]

Yet another hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck, Marky...

[Marky Lazer]

Woot!

Who was the first lord of Lados?

[pyan]

Well, assuming you really mean Ladros...

...and the country of Ladros was given to Boromir, son of Boron, who was the grandson of Béor the Old.

Silmarillion - Qenta Silmarillion - 17: Of the Coming of Men into the West.

[Clansman]

It's been almost a week, so does anybody mind if I jump in?

Who was to consider well, but not too long?

[Marky Lazer]

You're right, oh Green One. Sorry for the delay, I've been in Cambridge for a week...

[pyan]

No problem, Marky.

The answer to Clansman is Dáin II Ironfoot.

A messenger from Mordor has come to the Iron Hills offering friendship and asking for information about hobbits.
Dáin is, rightly, suspicious...

'...but Dáin said: 'I say neither yea nor nay. I must consider this message and what it means under its fair cloak.'

'Consider well, but not too long,' said he.

'The time of my thought is my own to spend,' answered Dáin.

'For the present,' said he, and rode into the darkness.'

FotR - Book II - Chapter II - The Council of Elrond


So....
Who owned a black horn, and a red shield?