The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Journey to the Cross-roads
The Two Towers Edition

Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)

Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.

[Corin Stormhands]

Ahem! Cheater!

You know, that's no way to get him to move to Washington...

[ksen]

Ok, here are the answers:

(page numbers from the 1999 Harper Collins anniversary edition)

1. 144, combined ages of Bilbo and Frodo, 111 + 33. p37
2. Farmer Maggot. p120
3. North Wing, first storey. p203
4. A brooch for Goldberry, leaf-bladed daggers for all the Hobbits. p192
5. Gandalf. p297
6. Narsil, sword of Elendil and Aiglos, spear of Gil-Galad. p318
7. Miruvor, the cordial of Imladris. A mouthful each. p381
8. Nimrodel (or Amroth). p444
9. Aragorn – Stone from Arwen (Elfstone);
Boromir – Belt of gold;
Merry and Pippin – Small silver belts;
Sam – Box full of soil from Galadriel’s orchard (and a Mallorn seed),
Legolas – Bow and arrows;
Gimli – Lock of Galadriel’s hair;
Frodo – The Phial of Galadriel (pendant containing light from Earendil’s star and water from the Mirror of Galadriel). p493-495
10. Amon Hen – Hill of Sight; Amon Lhaw – Hill of Hearing. p517

Here is the link: http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/quizes/Glor/quizGlor1A.htm

[RosieCotton]

Most of the time I'm perfectly happy in my singleness...I'd LIKE to meet someone and settle down, but if it doesn't happen, I still have a pretty nice life.

On the other hand, last week I had a dream that I had a private audience with the Pope. The first thing he did was ask me why I wasn't married yet. Does that say something about my subconsious mind? It was kinda depressing, in any case...

[HairOfTheDog]

You know, that's no way to get him to move to Washington...

I hold him to a high standard! - Wouldn't want him to cheats us!

[ecurbh]

Well I assumed that since it wasn't mentioned, it was an open-book test. I will freely admit that I didn't know the name of Gil-galad's spear, or exactly which wing the hobbit rooms were located in.

[ksen]

There was a little known hill situated a ways to the west of Amon Hen-the Hill of Seeing and Amon Lhaw-the Hill of Hearing.....

...it was Amon Nia-the Hill of Cleaning.

[Corin Stormhands]

I had a dream that I had a private audience with the Pope. The first thing he did was ask me why I wasn't married yet.

Okay, I apologize to every Catholic that has ever lived before I say this, but I can't resist.

Did you say, "You tell me first?"

[HairOfTheDog]

If you tell me that you would have gotten the gifts all correct, you can keep the doll set.

[Corin Stormhands]

I hold him to a high standard!

Standards won't keep you warm when you're 64!

[ecurbh]

Wanna move to Washington? :~D

How about meeting halfway, in Montana?

[Pippin]

Is that good? :O)

[HairOfTheDog]

I had a dream that I had a private audience with the Pope. The first thing he did was ask me why I wasn't married yet.

If that is the most prickly question he asked me, I would be relieved indeed!

[HairOfTheDog]

Montana is nice, I hear a river runs through it!

[Pippin]

IS 45 good?

[HairOfTheDog]

Standards won't keep you warm when you're 64!

Very true. OK - Ecurbh, feel free to lie to me!

[ecurbh]

If you tell me that you would have gotten the gifts all correct, you can keep the doll set.

I guess I can't do that, because I forgot to mention the cloaks, so I only get half credit on that one.

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, it is better than never having taken the test at all! Yes!

[Pippin]

LOL!

You had thsi Catholic ROTFLOL!

[HairOfTheDog]

But I don't think the cloaks really count.

[Pippin]

Neat!