Christmas Riddle 2009

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December 7, 2009 at 6:44 pm #8277
Gildor
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and I agree too
December 7, 2009 at 7:39 pm #8278
erchamion
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Another one….
December 8, 2009 at 9:04 am #8280
hsf62
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What are we agreeing on…?
Doesn’t matter I agree too!:lol:
December 8, 2009 at 2:17 pm #8281
Wendy
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I am in agreem-ent also. Sometimes riddles can simply be for the fun of it.
December 9, 2009 at 3:58 pm #8285
Theobald
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Thank you all.
I will put the last of this years’ riddles … well … say 19th, 20th,21st December. I need some more time to think about it. I really cannot haste all this, as you might guess.
On the other hand I now can be sure about that price to be given this year. Huoommmm.

As for another matter I was kept surprised how many of the words you use are of Entish origin.
December 9, 2009 at 5:09 pm #8286
Barliman
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Entish is taught to all stud-ents at elem-ent-ary school.
December 9, 2009 at 6:02 pm #8287
Theobald
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Rhhuoommm … I’m a bit surprised with what you just reveiled, Master Barliman … rhuuoom …
though up to know I was not aware of them schools in Bree … rhuoommm … hom? … maybe you just were referring to the place across the road, not far from The Mathom House, where I use to spend some time in between, … rhuuoommm … isn’t it called ‘The Prancy Pony’? … rhuoommm … but I’m not sure at all … rhuoommmtodommmdidommm
December 19, 2009 at 11:30 am #8359
Theobald
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Ahem …. rhuoomm … hom … well, so to say …. you know … let me cut it short, please.
I did haste.
So far there are only 10 questions for that riddely-thing being worked out. Originally I was thinking of that “Who-is-who”-question about the upcoming Mx-UP. That would have meant guessing the right names of those fifteen. And this is nonsense, as everybody around here knows Gandalf (disguised not wearing his hat) and Bilbo. Another member of that party also is clearly recognizable (Master Thorin Oakenshield, of course). Then also I reveiled about that Dwarf who likes eating and feasting (Oh, by the way The Man told me a long time ago that it was a bit difficult two create two Bomburs, as there’s also one for the Gold Fellowship- thing to be sculpted). … huomm … so, that means 15 minus 4 which is 11. Right? … Huoommm … 11 eleven is a very special number for Hobbits, by the way … so I do feel fine with that.
I told you that the last riddles will give everybody a chance to win, right? So it will be in the Ent.
7 1/2 points so far is the best score. 10 more points means someone still can be better.
Alas … 11 I said … so I will have to haste to find a last riddle for the third riddle until tomorrow.
Anyway … to cut it short, as I said before and I do mean that and you know us Ents as for keeping what we have decided … because once we take a decision we will stick to it … huomm…
though sometimes it might take some time …
anyway, just to cut it shorter again … I decided to have a mixture in quality of them riddles. Some need certain knowledge, others simply are hazardous to be answered (that, as I hope, leaves everything open until the … ). The weird ones are that lottery things I have been thinking of.
Sorry, I just have to leave (no pun) to find the 11th riddle.
December 19, 2009 at 2:13 pm #8361
Theobald
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What did I say? … 19th to 21st.
No one around here for days. Only me tree.
Anyway, the price of course will be one of the 30 extra-castings of the “Unexpected party”, that’s for sure and that’s what some of you might have guessed.
So it’s up to you to take part in the last riddely-thing by me ever.
….. rhuoommm …. somewhere in my notes I found … alas … where is it? … cannot haste everything, you know …. rhuoomm
December 19, 2009 at 2:29 pm #8362
Theobald
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… just found it …

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… yes, I know what this means, but I forgot the Elven names for it … then I witness that they’re not in the correct order … which one has to be put first? (1st,2nd,3rd,4th) ? … see … I’m a bit puzzled, so to say … but where does the first one you chose to be the first lead to ? … I forgot.

rhuoommm, let’s say, there are two points for this one (correct names + orientation)
December 19, 2009 at 2:37 pm #8363
Theobald
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Alas … of course with this last riddely-things it’s the same as with the other two before.
One answer for each riddle. That means once you have answered once, you have no second chance. This also applies to the next 8 riddles that will altogether might you gain 10 points.
I hope you can agree …
As for the other seven let’s take some time, I cannot haste, you know … maybe tonight or tomorrow … who knows ?
December 19, 2009 at 3:19 pm #8364
Barliman
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I’m not entirely certain what you’re looking for, Master Tree, and your hand-writing is terrible (which is what comes of having twigs instead of fingers, I guess), but are these the ‘Angerthas Daeron’ character values ‘th’, ‘d’, ‘nj/z’ and ‘ng/nd’? If dso then I suppose the order they should go in is almost correct except that the first two should be transposed. If on the other hand you mean that they spell out something special, then that’s lost on me. As to where the first one leads, does it lead to Thorin?

As usual, I’m guessing. Perhaps I should just go back to cleaning up the mess in the Pony.
December 19, 2009 at 3:37 pm #8365
erchamion
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Indeed. I agree with our dear Barliman: Master tree´s calligraphy is ominous. Where are the two dots under the third and fourth sign? Unless the first sign is ´khw` instead of ´th` I agree with Master Barliman. However, I say something different, I would say that the correct order is 2nd, 3rd, 1st and 4th, if you follow me….
December 19, 2009 at 6:10 pm #8367
Theobald
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huoomm … those Elvish languages have been some, as far as I know … rhuom … then there’s some development within these ….
I was asking for words, not about analyzing Sindarin or even old Quendya language ….
December 19, 2009 at 7:21 pm #8368
Theobald
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Anyway, Master Erchamion, you were fine about the correct order of the signs – though you mixed up the last two … rhuoomm … for me that is just about having a point (that far I could follow you). If you can answer why starting with the third sign was wrong …
I do hope some others will agree with this decision …
December 19, 2009 at 7:25 pm #8369
Theobald
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ahh, no it’s not ominous me calligraffy, Master Erchamion … just imagine a tree typing outdoors at – 18° C … rhuoomm
December 19, 2009 at 7:28 pm #8370
Theobald
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So an easier one (2nd) [1 point]

“I am in fact a Hobbit in all but size.”

Who said that?
December 19, 2009 at 7:41 pm #8371
Theobald
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Well, as for quotations, I might add the third riddle in this series [1 point]

“It is he whose name is not now spoken; for the Valar have decided you concerning him, putting forward the name of Eru, a phantom devised in the folly of their hearts, seeking to enchain Men in servitude to themselves. For they are the oracle of this Eru, which speaks only what they will. But he that is their master shall yet prevail, and he will deliver you from this phantom; and his name is Melkor, Lord of All, Giver of Freedom, and he shall make you stronger than they.”

The question is: Who answered to which question?
December 19, 2009 at 7:48 pm #8372
erchamion
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Theobald wrote:

So an easier one (2nd) [1 point]

“I am in fact a Hobbit in all but size.”

Who said that?

J.R.R. Tolkien himself

In 1958, Tolkien wrote the following in a letter to a fan, Deborah Webster: “I am in fact a Hobbit (in all but size). I like gardens, trees and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking; I like and even dare to wear in these dull days, ornamental waistcoats. I am fond of mushrooms (out of a field); have a very simple sense of humour (which even my appreciative critics find tiresome); I go to bed late and get up late (when possible). I do not travel much.”
December 19, 2009 at 7:57 pm #8373
erchamion
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Theobald wrote:

Well, as for quotations, I might add the third riddle in this series [1 point]

“It is he whose name is not now spoken; for the Valar have decided you concerning him, putting forward the name of Eru, a phantom devised in the folly of their hearts, seeking to enchain Men in servitude to themselves. For they are the oracle of this Eru, which speaks only what they will. But he that is their master shall yet prevail, and he will deliver you from this phantom; and his name is Melkor, Lord of All, Giver of Freedom, and he shall make you stronger than they.”

The question is: Who answered to which question?

Sauron talking with Pharazôn

Silmarillion, Akallabêth
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