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LOTR Book Trivia

Discussion in 'Booktalk' started by Findae Darkblade, Apr 11, 2005.

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    I was under the impression thast "Ulaire" simply meant 'ringwraith' in Quenya...

    And I've been going over all the monsters Bilbo encountered and all that I came up with was 'troll' - but surely troll isn't just a reference to The Hobbit (especially seeing how different Middle Earth trolls are from D&D ones...) --- or dragon, but I'm sure we can eliminate that one from being it...

    Uh ... giant spiders? :p

    *crawls back into his hole*
     
    Aikanaro, Apr 12, 2005
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    Is it dragonman.The dragonmen of far east.
     
    Argohir, Apr 12, 2005
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    Worg? Warg?
     
    Sticker, Apr 12, 2005
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    Aha. I'm glad this one was a bit tricky. None of you have got it yet. Aikanaro is the closest so far to the type of monster.

    Every time I see this D&D monster's name, I think of Bilbo. It's not trolls or dragons because those are pretty common names. This is a name I have only ever heard of in D&D (and from Bilbo).
     
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    Ettercap?
     
    JSBB, Apr 12, 2005
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    Stone giants?
     
    Argohir, Apr 12, 2005
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    JSBB is right!

    In The Hobbit, Bilbo calls the spiders "Attercops" - a strange word that I have never heard anywhere else.
     
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    I gather that attercop was an old or middle English term for spider.

    O.K. - One of the three trolls that Bilbo encountered had a last name - what was it?
     
    JSBB, Apr 13, 2005
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    it's name was hugger (at least on danish) bill hugger. come to think of it, it might be cutter on english, but I only have the hobbit on danish.

    and attercop is old english or rather old danish/nordish for spider. on danish a spider is called edderkop to day
     
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    His name was Bill Huggins ;)
     
    Lynadin, Apr 13, 2005
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    William/Bill Huggins was his English name - I have no idea what it would have been in Danish.
     
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    honestly I cant understand why they changed it to hugger from huggins, well probably because "er" is the normal ending on Danish while "ings" is normal on English.

    So I guess it's Lynadins turn (damn Danish translation ;) )
     
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    tsk, if its a correct translation shouldn't it be equester's turn considering changes in translation? :p
     
    Enagonios, Apr 14, 2005
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    Yes, I think it should go to Equester for answering his own style... :D
     
    Lynadin, Apr 14, 2005
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    fair enough :) .

    Then what is Gimli's dwarven battlecry?
     
    Equester, Apr 14, 2005
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    The English translation is Axes of the Dwarves, the Dwarves are upon you. I think the Dwarven line was something like Baruk Khazad! Khazad ai-menu!
     
    JSBB, Apr 14, 2005
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    [​IMG] Chakka Shok! Chakka Cor!

    Oh, wait, that was the Dwarves of Mithgar not Middle Earth... :lol:
     
    Blackthorne TA, Apr 14, 2005
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    "All orcs into an orderly line, I'm running out of throwing axes. Tall folk at the back."
     
    Arifirh, Apr 14, 2005
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    I knew it was a softy, but damn that was fast. JSBB is of cause right.
     
    Equester, Apr 14, 2005
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    O.K. - here is a nice softy. What was the final score between Gimli and Legolas at Helm's Deep?
     
    JSBB, Apr 15, 2005
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