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> Oh, Third Age city, stupid! Next time I'll read the whole question.

I figured you knew that one but you were just reading too fast :)

> Valacirca would be the Elvish translation of "Sickle of the Valar" - what we would call the Big Dipper.

Now it's my turn to feel stupid! I was trying to translate "Valacirca" without looking it up and I kept thinking of "circa" in relation to the Latin word for "around" which is used with dates ("circa 2004"), without thinking to relate it to "sickle", i.e., a sickle has a round shape. Doh! Guess that shows I've gotta brush up on my Elvish!

Okay, here's some questions on "Ainulindale":

1. By what other name was Iluvatar better known in the Third Age?
2. Who were the Ainur?
3. What did Iluvatar show the Ainur after the Great Music?
4. Which Ainu disrupted the Great Music?
5. What name was given to the first of the Ainur that descended into the world, and what did it mean?
6. What were the fanar?
7. Who were the Children of Iluvatar, and in what order were they conceived?
8. What was Melkor's amibition concerning the children of Iluvatar?
9. When Melkor went into the Void, what was he seeking?
10. Who was the chief instrument of the second theme Iluvatar raised against the discord of Melkor?

1. By what other name was Iluvatar better known in the Third Age?
Eru

2. Who were the Ainur?
The collective name for the Valar and Maiar, as well as those spirits who did not enter the world. Equivalent to angels.

3. What did Iluvatar show the Ainur after the Great Music?
Ea - the Earth

4. Which Ainu disrupted the Great Music?
That would be Melkor, later known as Morgoth

5. What name was given to the first of the Ainur that descended into the world, and what did it mean?
Manwe - Spirit of... something

6. What were the fanar?
Um...

7. Who were the Children of Iluvatar, and in what order were they conceived?
Elves and Men, the Firstborn and the Followers. Elves came first, then Men

8. What was Melkor's amibition concerning the children of Iluvatar?
He wished to rule over them

9. When Melkor went into the Void, what was he seeking?
Power - specifically, I think, fire?

10. Who was the chief instrument of the second theme Iluvatar raised against the discord of Melkor?
Manwe