The Tolkien Quoting Trivia

[pyan]

You got it! *passes a bell over*

[Majimaune]

I was half right, I think thats the best I have done so far in this thread. Also I have never read the Letters so I am a bit of a disadvantage to you two.

[pyan]

If you are interested in the circumstances around the creation of LotR, and you can get the Letters, Maj, I thoroughly recommend reading it. Not just for this thread () but to get some idea of what the man was like.

Carpenter's J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography is also a good book to read if you are interested in JRRT.

[pyan]

Tap, tap, tappitty tap ......

[Marky Lazer]

What's with the hastiness there? Speaking off that... who was the hasty ent?

[pyan]

Bregalad, or Quickbeam

(Fangorn) Hm, hm, he is the nearest thing among us to a hasty Ent

(Bregalad) They have called me that (Quickbeam) ever since I said yes to an elder Ent beforehe had finished his question.

TT: Book III: Ch IV: Treebeard

[Marky Lazer]

Your go, Quickbeam!

[Nesacat]

*Wanders in to leave a basket-full of bells*

Have fun

[pyan]

Thanks, Cat! (Ooh, there's coloured ones in here as well ..... Ahem!)

What would you need to write Moon-letters?

[Majimaune]

Well according to my sources (my head) they say it requires silver pens.

"'Moon-letters are rune-letters, but you cannot see them.' said Elrond, 'not when you look straight at them.
They can only be seen when the moon shines behind them, and what is more, with the most cunning sort
it must be a moon of the same shape and season as the day when they were written.
The dwarves invented them and wrote them with silver pens, as your friends could tell you.
These must have been written on a midsummer's eve in a cresent moon, a long while ago.'"

- The Hobbit (There And Back Again, A Hobbit's Tale), A Short Rest. I couldn't tell you what page it is on though.

[pyan]

Yes!
Away you go, Maji

[Majimaune]

Finally I got one but now I don't have a question (could be because I'm at school) so when I get home I will post one up.

Also whats with the bells?

[Marky Lazer]

Bells... well, in a previous Trivia, Nesacat gave you a bell if you answered a question correctly. Don't ask why; it's a long story and includes a kraken and red underpants...

[Majimaune]

Right...Anyway here we have a new question, a very easy one because I have to do other stuff.

Was Tuor's Wedding with Idril the first or second between the Eldar and Edain?

[Marky Lazer]

Second.

Then there was made a great and joyful feast, for Tuor had won the hearts of all that people, save only of Maeglin and his secret following; and thus there came to pass the second union of Elves and Men.

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, XXIII Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin.