Tolkien Moments

[Deimos]

Indeed, contestant Raquel Matta answered the clue correctly 🙂

"Who is Peter Jackson?"

 

[Radaghast]

"Who is Peter Jackson?"

No, that would be a question for a different answer...

😜😇

 

[Vorondil]

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😜😇

A better way of wording that would have been:

This clown ripped a famous
work by J.R.R. Tolkien to shreds.

That way we could have started calling PJ, Jack the Ripper.

 

[Vorondil]

This morning the Mountains of The Stars looked just like the Ephel Duath:

 

[Ent]

Mountains of The Stars

what a nice shot..! I still have my website, though I've done nothing with it for ages... wanted to post all my studies and works there.
Maybe I can snitch it for the banner on the site?

 

[Vorondil]

Maybe I can snitch it for the banner on the site?

Go ahead! I give thee leave to do so. They're the Tsitsikamma mountains, which the Portuguese originally named Serra das Estrelas, or the Mountains of the Stars (which I prefer to Tsitsikamma), in the 1500s.

 

[Radaghast]

This morning the Mountains of The Stars looked just like the Ephel Duath:

Can't see the image 😕

 

[Radaghast]

Guess I'll see it if/when Ent makes a banner of it.

 

[LaurelinBearsFruit]

Took my doggy for a walk yesterday and we stopped and just listened to the trickling sound of a creek that had formed from snowmelt. The sound was very peaceful and I just stood and took it in for a few minutes. Listening to the music of Ulmo.

 

[Radaghast]

Tolkien got his own category in Double Jeopardy today ("Talking About Tolkien"). Only one contestant chose from the category. I don't remember all the clues, but one of the responses was "Who are the Inklings?" in response to a clue about the group Tolkien's discussion group. Another was "What is Ronald" in response to a clue about which 'R' Tolkien was called in his family, which nobody answered correctly; one answered 'Reuel'; another answered 'Robert'.

 

[Radaghast]

Here are the clues for "Talking About Tolkien" (listing incorrect responses only on the assumption that everyone here knows what the correct ones are):

$400

From 1925 to 1959 J.R.R. Tolkien was a popular language & literature professor at this university $800 Tolkien's son Michael once listed his father's occupation as this, also Gandalf's job $1200 In "The Hobbit" he thinks of picnics below during his trip over the Misty Mountains, inspired by one Tolkien took to Switzerland $1600 To his family & close friends, Tolkien was known by this name, the first "R" in his initials (Answered incorrectly: see previous post) $2000 Humphrey Carpenter's bio of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis & like-minded friends has this title, like their literary circle (Answered incorrectly: "What is the Oxford Group")

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Mars helicopter Ingenuity's final resting place named after 'Undying Lands' in 'Lord of the Rings'

There are Tolkien fans at the Jet Propulsion Lab.

www.space.com

 

[Radaghast]

While channel-surfing I happened to catch a snippet of a program on EWTN called "Great Books Every Catholic Should Know" in which the host was discussing The Lord of the Rings. That red button actually reveals less information 😆

Couldn't find it on YouTube but here's a lecture about LoR by the host of the program, Joseph Pearce, in case anyone's interested.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

He's written several books on Tolkien.

 

[Radaghast]

He's written several books on Tolkien.

I just remembered I have a book by him (which I can't find). Didn't remember his name.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

which I can't find

Tell me about it. 🙄

 

[Radaghast]

At least you have a good excuse 😆

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Yes -- bibliomania!

 

[Vorondil]

Tell me about it. 🙄
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You definitely don't suffer from bibliophobia.

 

[Server Room Gremlin]

Tell me about it. 🙄
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Anything you try to find in there: