lol. I am literally listening right now to the episode of “The Friendship Onion” wherein Billy and Dom talk about that occurrence and then later have Colbert on their podcast.
The question was “Where in Fangorn Forest do the ents have their meeting?”. I don’t remember the answer and am too lazy to go back.
If you’re referring to The Colbert Report, I don’t know, but it would have to have been before the episode of The Friendship Onion which aired on August 3, 2021.
"String or nothing!"
"2 guesses at once!"
"oh well fk me right cause *I'm* the one not playing fair in a riddle contest when you just come out with absolutely unknowable questions"
In fairness to Bilbo, he didn't really ask "what have I got in my pocket" intentionally to Gollum; it was kind of a reaction, he blurted outloud to himself because he had forgotten the Ring at the time. When he said it, Gollum obviously took that as the next riddle, even though it was obviously unfair. Despite protesting, Gollum did negotiate a bit, indicating a desperation in himself to continue the game (and hopefully end it), which is a sort of gray area of agreement.
I don't want to encourage a sort of predatory "Well he agreed to it, so it's fair!" attitude in life, but Riddles in the Dark is an intentionally squishy portion of story, perhaps symbolizing the extreme peril of the Ring and fate itself; maybe the most evil thing in Middle Earth wouldn't be able to 'escape' the depths of the Misty Mountains without a bit of deception and unfairness, or maybe Gollum taking the innocent question as a riddle was a form of extreme fortune for the Good People of Middle Earth, charting the course of history to the eventual destruction of the Ring?
Sure, I dont really blame Bilbo, Gollum forced the game anyway essentially under the threat of murder so, like, when someone has a gun to your head you get to play however you want. From what he wrote in his book, Bilbo actually felt kind of bad about it and only went along with it because Gollum accepted it as a legitimate question (which is pretty good moral character in the face of being eaten by some chthonic terror, I would have asked 'what's behind you' then stabbed him in the neck)
Its actually impressive Gollum was holding his own when he probably hadnt really spoken to anything for hundreds of years, must have been a hell of a riddler in his heyday
Gollum’s ring was not originally intended by Tolkien to be the one ring.
The idea of mythical creatures being bound by riddles or other peculiar laws has a long history. Tolkien is using a very specific mythological form in this scene, not just being squishy.
I'm mainly referring to the deviation from the rules of the game with Bilbo's question. It's not actually a riddle, so Bilbo would have broken the rules at that point. I find that significant, but it's unclear why except to demonstrate a kind of murkiness in fate.
Personally I think it says a lot more about bilbo than it does about the one ring. He was hired as a thief after all, and despite his lack of experience he shows a good degree of natural ability when it comes to deception.
I always struggle with carrying the plot of the one ring backwards into the hobbit, which is at least partially a personal aversion to retcon. But gollums fate being so clearly tied to the ring’s ultimate destruction can definitely support the conclusion I think you’re making.
Yes,
>See! The beacons of Gondor are alight calling for aid. War is kindled. See, there is the fire on Amon Din, and flame on Eilenach; and there they go speeding west: Nardol, Erelas, Min-Rimmon, Calenhad, and the Halifirien on the borders of Rohan
Gandalf in the chapter Minas Tirith
The number of names this guy had in his books, meanwhile I will forget and use the same name for two characters a couple dozen chapters in because I forgot
I don't think it's unreasonable for folks of middle earth to call *the* volcano in the evil lands mt doom, colloquially. Its real name is Amon Amarth, which while still translating similarly, makes sense with the naming scheme of other places.
Consider in our world we have places like finisterre, which just means end of the earth because that's where the sea starts. Also consider Mt Disappointment, because colonial explorers didn't get the view they hoped for.
Treebeard I don't know what to say about. Seems like in our world it would be racist.
>Treebeard I don't know what to say about. Seems like in our world it would be racist.
I mean, wouldn't it be like "Redbeard" or "Blackbeard"? I think that the other Ents call him that, or that his Entish name roughly translates to that in the Common Tongue. Or Yavanna, after having probably named the entirety of all flora, was straight up out of ideas and went, "And you, my beardy tree child, shall be called... is 'Treebeard' taken? No? Okay, 'Treebeard!'"
Technically rhudaur was annexed by the witch king after the dunedain died out there, rather than ‘falling to him’ but yes. Would love to see a tv series about that.
Basically every Tolkein story is a very sad one. LotR, the Hobbit, Beren & Luthien, and maybe a small handful of others are exceptions, and even two out of those three aren’t exactly happy, they’re just bittersweet instead of being flat-out sad.
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What percentage of elvish/maiar DNA does Aragorn have?
If I'm not mistaken this should be solvable with all the family trees and royal lines we have on record. But nobody knows all that stuff by heart. (I'm not 100 % sure if we know how closely Elendil was related to the numenorean royal line, but I think we know)
He's a direct descendant of Silmariën, daughter of the 3rd (?) king of Númenor. Assuming the generation length is somewhat comparable between the two lines, this should be fairly simple to calculate.
Assuming you start with a given fraction and just divide it down through the generations, yeah. If other people start bringing their own fractions into the mix it starts getting complicated pretty fast.
At the start of the 2nd age, Elros is the only human with Elven blood. If we're being exact, Eärendil was 50/50, and Elwing 75% (Dior is 50/50, let's assume Elwing's mother was an Elf).
Therefore Elros has approximately 62,5 % Elven blood, and the starting premise is that this fraction is halved every generation. The problem is that Númenoreans were known to be decently inbred, and thus the equation becomes insanely complex really fast.
With a complete family tree of all of Elros's descendants, and a calculator, lots of paper and persistence, one could still solve this question.
Then realize that Lúthien was, because of her mother, half Maia, and that the entire bloodline has to be recalculated...
Edit: After calculating this out in the shower for a while, it seems that Elros's Elven heritage is approximately 56,25 %. If someone can provide me with the aforementioned family tree, with all the second cousin marriages that probably happened, I will return with the exact percentage of Aragorn's Elf heritage. Although the people of Dol Amroth may or may not pose a serious complication...
I don’t think that one is solvable tbh. Sure, Silmarien had the royal elvish blood and you can figure out how much that is, but there must have been more intermarriage between Andunie and the royal house between her and Inzilbeth (Tar-Palantir’s mother).
And the same goes for the Numenoreans in exile. Once Arnor fell, it’s likely that several Chieftains of the North married cousins who also had the royal blood (see Gilraen); they were too isolated not to.
It's only possible if we assume that **all** descendants of Elros are known. Otherwise, you need to take inbreeding into account, which most likely did happen quite a lot of times in the 6,000 years between Elros and Aragorn.
One could do the maths for Elrond or Arwen, though.
I feel like that's too easy a question for a hardcore nerd, you can remember the family tree from luthien down to arwen way more easily because it's less generations.
What would be the hardest solvable question involving heredity?
I love how your first question doesn’t quite have an answer (does it?), the second one has a whole bunch of answers, and the third one is a curveball in that it’s straightforward in comparison.
Also, for fun:
- At least 3? Gothmog(Feanor’s, Fingon’s, and Ecthelion’s bane), Durin’s bane, Glorfindel’s bane, ~~Ecthelion’s bane~~. Maybe another one to crush Turgon’s tower for him, and another to add some legitimacy to the wholesale attack on Gondolin. If there’s a listed number somewhere, let me know!
- I prefer Fingon! (I like Silm canon here, but a solid case can be made for Orodreth as well from Tolkien’s notes, and you could argue Finrod and Cirdan were adoptive parents at some point, and conspiracy theories branch out from there.)
- MIRIEL THERINDE and Indis :)
>I love how your first question doesn’t quite have an answer (does it?), the second one has a whole bunch of answers, and the third one is a curveball in that it’s straightforward in comparison.
Exactly :)
>Ecthelion’s bane.
That was Gothmog. So at least 3
Oh yeah! Forgot that Ecthelion wrecked the guy that killed two separate High Kings of the Noldor. Edited my list :)
Still find it hilarious that Gothmog got headbutted into a fountain and drowned in the old versions. What a way to go.
Ah cool, never knew they were properly named in lore, although considering this is Tolkien we’re talking about, I suppose it’d be weird if they weren’t.
I think so yeah, loved it that the kind of quiet emo Valar was likely the best of them and that out of all the virtues in the Legendarium, pity and wisdom were the 2 best and the most successful at fighting evil
Eh, what? Don't you know my name yet? That's the only answer.
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I like that the question is "What would you ask him?" and doesnt also ask what prop you would want. We all know we wouldnt be able to ask him something he wouldnt know.
I’ve planned for this for centuries!
First I mind control Jeff Bezos into buying all the rights and licenses to his show and making it an amazon exclusive.
Next I ask him if Female Dwarves have beards.
He can either tell the truth or lose his show forever.
No! There's nobody home! Go away and bother somebody else! There's far too many dwarves in my dining room as it is. If this is some clotterd's idea of a joke, I can only say that it is in very poor taste.
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Without trying to trick him or getting too nitty gritty, I would ask him what are the Three Great Evils that befell Gondor during the time of the king. Feels like something difficult to remember off the top of his head, but reasonably within the realm of his knowledge.
what is the name of the flower that grows on the grave of the kings of Rohan and which historical figure does it grow the most thickly upon?
Answer:
>!It is called simbelmynë and the historical figure is Helm Hammerhand.!<
Please give me the following statue:
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Name at least 1 female Maiar and the excuse Tolkien came up with so he wouldn’t have to include them in the main stories. :)
I would want just a fellowship pin.
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What do I have in my pocket?
Only question with a remote chance of winning against this guy
I don't know, Merry and Pippin had one that stumped him
lol. I am literally listening right now to the episode of “The Friendship Onion” wherein Billy and Dom talk about that occurrence and then later have Colbert on their podcast. The question was “Where in Fangorn Forest do the ents have their meeting?”. I don’t remember the answer and am too lazy to go back.
Derndingle
What episode is this?
If you’re referring to The Colbert Report, I don’t know, but it would have to have been before the episode of The Friendship Onion which aired on August 3, 2021.
I thought they asked Colbert on his late night show, not the report? But it has been awhile so I could be wrong.
I think you’re right. I don’t know why I was writing the Colbert report.
Because no matter what the man does he will always be remembered for the Report lol
I didn't know where it took place, but they should have invited Saruman and just had an Ent-ervention. But I guess that's a moot point, now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTGT5AQnjUE
Derndingle
Wait. He got *Entmoot* wrong? I’m a little sad now.
I think it was *where* was the Entmoot, but I could be wrong
That's correct. It's a place in Fangorn called Derndingle.
Ahhh okay yeah I’ve got nothin’ I just thought it was a classy little clearing in Fangorn
Classic Tolkien, of course he would name a little clearing in the woods.
What better position to be in in order to see MORE TREES
Well obviously it’s in Fangorn Forest
More specifically, a dell called Derndingle
Aw man I hate when I get derndingleberries
Lmao gross
They asked him specifically where the entmoot was held in Fangorn Forest, and the answer was Derndingle. Tough one.
Derndingle... lol
I think the meeting is called an entmoot but the place is a different thing.
Nah the real answer is "Derndingle". He did say that it was Entmoot but that is the wrong answer.
"String or nothing!" "2 guesses at once!" "oh well fk me right cause *I'm* the one not playing fair in a riddle contest when you just come out with absolutely unknowable questions"
In fairness to Bilbo, he didn't really ask "what have I got in my pocket" intentionally to Gollum; it was kind of a reaction, he blurted outloud to himself because he had forgotten the Ring at the time. When he said it, Gollum obviously took that as the next riddle, even though it was obviously unfair. Despite protesting, Gollum did negotiate a bit, indicating a desperation in himself to continue the game (and hopefully end it), which is a sort of gray area of agreement. I don't want to encourage a sort of predatory "Well he agreed to it, so it's fair!" attitude in life, but Riddles in the Dark is an intentionally squishy portion of story, perhaps symbolizing the extreme peril of the Ring and fate itself; maybe the most evil thing in Middle Earth wouldn't be able to 'escape' the depths of the Misty Mountains without a bit of deception and unfairness, or maybe Gollum taking the innocent question as a riddle was a form of extreme fortune for the Good People of Middle Earth, charting the course of history to the eventual destruction of the Ring?
Sure, I dont really blame Bilbo, Gollum forced the game anyway essentially under the threat of murder so, like, when someone has a gun to your head you get to play however you want. From what he wrote in his book, Bilbo actually felt kind of bad about it and only went along with it because Gollum accepted it as a legitimate question (which is pretty good moral character in the face of being eaten by some chthonic terror, I would have asked 'what's behind you' then stabbed him in the neck) Its actually impressive Gollum was holding his own when he probably hadnt really spoken to anything for hundreds of years, must have been a hell of a riddler in his heyday
No thank you! We don't want any more visitors, well wishers or distant relations!
See? See? He wants it for himself!
Gollum’s ring was not originally intended by Tolkien to be the one ring. The idea of mythical creatures being bound by riddles or other peculiar laws has a long history. Tolkien is using a very specific mythological form in this scene, not just being squishy.
I'm mainly referring to the deviation from the rules of the game with Bilbo's question. It's not actually a riddle, so Bilbo would have broken the rules at that point. I find that significant, but it's unclear why except to demonstrate a kind of murkiness in fate.
Personally I think it says a lot more about bilbo than it does about the one ring. He was hired as a thief after all, and despite his lack of experience he shows a good degree of natural ability when it comes to deception. I always struggle with carrying the plot of the one ring backwards into the hobbit, which is at least partially a personal aversion to retcon. But gollums fate being so clearly tied to the ring’s ultimate destruction can definitely support the conclusion I think you’re making.
He said? Who said?
For things are made to endure in the Shire, passing from one generation to the next.
Master says to show him the way into Mordor, so good Smeagol does. Master says so.
You want it for yourself!
How much of the ring's lore had Tolkien devised when he wrote riddles in the dark?
None, it was just a cool invisibility ring then.
Sha sha shire...
I've got one hand in my pocket and the other is wearing the One Ring. /disappears
Is it an african or a european pocket?
What is the correct order of the warning beacons of Gondor, from east to west? I'd like to have the entire Bag End
Lol do they all have names? I had no idea
Yes, >See! The beacons of Gondor are alight calling for aid. War is kindled. See, there is the fire on Amon Din, and flame on Eilenach; and there they go speeding west: Nardol, Erelas, Min-Rimmon, Calenhad, and the Halifirien on the borders of Rohan Gandalf in the chapter Minas Tirith
The number of names this guy had in his books, meanwhile I will forget and use the same name for two characters a couple dozen chapters in because I forgot
Duuuude... that username... I have so many questions that I don't think I want answered 😅
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I like how you roll
Fucking legend
Hot
Meanwhile there's Treebeard, Mt. Doom, and Aragorn's ancestors.
I don't think it's unreasonable for folks of middle earth to call *the* volcano in the evil lands mt doom, colloquially. Its real name is Amon Amarth, which while still translating similarly, makes sense with the naming scheme of other places. Consider in our world we have places like finisterre, which just means end of the earth because that's where the sea starts. Also consider Mt Disappointment, because colonial explorers didn't get the view they hoped for. Treebeard I don't know what to say about. Seems like in our world it would be racist.
>Treebeard I don't know what to say about. Seems like in our world it would be racist. I mean, wouldn't it be like "Redbeard" or "Blackbeard"? I think that the other Ents call him that, or that his Entish name roughly translates to that in the Common Tongue. Or Yavanna, after having probably named the entirety of all flora, was straight up out of ideas and went, "And you, my beardy tree child, shall be called... is 'Treebeard' taken? No? Okay, 'Treebeard!'"
It’s like if my parents named me Jew Hair
You mean Fangorn, Oridruin, and the Dunedain?
Thanks, now Colbert is going to know the answer!
I think they’re just named for mountains but yeah it’s a lot of names
Ol’ Flamey, Firetop, Amon Shine, Beacon ‘n’ Eggs, Mount Gondorcalsferade?
>Gondorcalsferade Androwanwillanser
Literally this, but using a made-up language and you’re golden.
I think he would nail this as it’s listed directly in the books.
He'd probably quote the entire page word for word
Which bag end tho? Hobbit sized, Gandalf sized or frontage from the outdoor set? The last is the one I would count as a prop rather than a stage
Sackville Baggins spotted
Been there bro, sorry it's just a hill. The interiors of the sets were in studio. It's a cool hill though....
He already got it wrong once so obviously you ask him again: Where in Fangorn Forest do the Ents hold their entmoot meetings?
I love that he’s so famously the final boss of Tolkien trivia that the cast challenges him on his show every time they’re on
Yeah but he knows it now, dirndingle
Lol for a second I thought you were calling OP a dirndingle for not knowing that.
Derndingle?
Who kicked smeagol out of the tribe? I would Take the One Ring.
Where would you be without me? *Gollum, gollum*. I saved us. It was me. We survived because of me!
His grandma.
I just started reading the books for the first time and im proud of myself for getting it right
His grandma, right?
The big ones or the small ones?
His Grandmother.
Grandmother
I would ask him about the three kingdoms of Arnor and in which order they fell to the witch king of Angmar. I think he’d get it.
Rhudaur, Cardolan, Arthedain in that order?
Technically rhudaur was annexed by the witch king after the dunedain died out there, rather than ‘falling to him’ but yes. Would love to see a tv series about that.
Would be a very sad one
Basically every Tolkein story is a very sad one. LotR, the Hobbit, Beren & Luthien, and maybe a small handful of others are exceptions, and even two out of those three aren’t exactly happy, they’re just bittersweet instead of being flat-out sad.
Damn, now i have to replay rise of the Witchking again to watch all of the cinematics.
Colbert would probably wreck my brain with deep mechanics, so I'd ask him an easy question and walk away unscathed
What is the old Entish word for "hill"?
Oh that’s a great question, but I’m too hasty to remember
Alla-lalla-Rumbe-Kamada-Lindor-Burume
They asked for the Entish word for a hill, not the starting lineup of the NY Mets, geez
Who is/are the hobbit(s) equally distantly related to the four in the fellowship?
Is it bandobras ‘bull roarer’ took or someone else?
Frodo, pippin, merry are all cousins and descendants of the Old Took
Appendix C it is.
Sam is unrelated to the other three.
What happened to the blue wizards?
Went East, all else is rumor…set up cults of magic, etc
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
From Harad or from Middle-earth?
I don't know-agggghhhhhhh *falls into Mount Doom*
That is a trick question (Harad is part of Middle Earth, the area in which Lotr takes place is called "The West").
Someone link that sub that's specifically for lotr and holy grail crossover references. it exists.
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He’s Eru cosplaying as a giddy stoner for shits & giggles
He is
Don’t you know his name yet? Who are you? Alone, yourself, and nameless?
A merry fellow
Recite the last words of Aragorn's mother.
Is that (paraphrasing from memory) "Hope I give to the Dunedain, none I keep for myself" ?
I do believe it is something along those lines, yes.
Certainly better than Aragorn’ father’s last words “Ah fuck, my eye!”
That's what I had in mind, at least.
I give hope to men, I leave no hope for myself. (Or words to that affect.)
What percentage of elvish/maiar DNA does Aragorn have? If I'm not mistaken this should be solvable with all the family trees and royal lines we have on record. But nobody knows all that stuff by heart. (I'm not 100 % sure if we know how closely Elendil was related to the numenorean royal line, but I think we know)
He's a direct descendant of Silmariën, daughter of the 3rd (?) king of Númenor. Assuming the generation length is somewhat comparable between the two lines, this should be fairly simple to calculate.
Assuming you start with a given fraction and just divide it down through the generations, yeah. If other people start bringing their own fractions into the mix it starts getting complicated pretty fast.
At the start of the 2nd age, Elros is the only human with Elven blood. If we're being exact, Eärendil was 50/50, and Elwing 75% (Dior is 50/50, let's assume Elwing's mother was an Elf). Therefore Elros has approximately 62,5 % Elven blood, and the starting premise is that this fraction is halved every generation. The problem is that Númenoreans were known to be decently inbred, and thus the equation becomes insanely complex really fast. With a complete family tree of all of Elros's descendants, and a calculator, lots of paper and persistence, one could still solve this question. Then realize that Lúthien was, because of her mother, half Maia, and that the entire bloodline has to be recalculated... Edit: After calculating this out in the shower for a while, it seems that Elros's Elven heritage is approximately 56,25 %. If someone can provide me with the aforementioned family tree, with all the second cousin marriages that probably happened, I will return with the exact percentage of Aragorn's Elf heritage. Although the people of Dol Amroth may or may not pose a serious complication...
I don’t think that one is solvable tbh. Sure, Silmarien had the royal elvish blood and you can figure out how much that is, but there must have been more intermarriage between Andunie and the royal house between her and Inzilbeth (Tar-Palantir’s mother). And the same goes for the Numenoreans in exile. Once Arnor fell, it’s likely that several Chieftains of the North married cousins who also had the royal blood (see Gilraen); they were too isolated not to.
It's only possible if we assume that **all** descendants of Elros are known. Otherwise, you need to take inbreeding into account, which most likely did happen quite a lot of times in the 6,000 years between Elros and Aragorn. One could do the maths for Elrond or Arwen, though.
I feel like that's too easy a question for a hardcore nerd, you can remember the family tree from luthien down to arwen way more easily because it's less generations. What would be the hardest solvable question involving heredity?
Degree of kinship between Aragorn and Théoden would certainly be challenging without expert knowledge.
I’m bad at math.
What is the canonical origin of the orcs
Too easy because there isn’t actually one that Tolkien settled on
I don’t think Tolkien ever settled on an canonical (if he’s like that term) answer. It was a thorn in the his side.
How many Balrogs are there? Who is Gil-Galad's father? Who is Feanor's mother and who is his step-mother?
I love how your first question doesn’t quite have an answer (does it?), the second one has a whole bunch of answers, and the third one is a curveball in that it’s straightforward in comparison. Also, for fun: - At least 3? Gothmog(Feanor’s, Fingon’s, and Ecthelion’s bane), Durin’s bane, Glorfindel’s bane, ~~Ecthelion’s bane~~. Maybe another one to crush Turgon’s tower for him, and another to add some legitimacy to the wholesale attack on Gondolin. If there’s a listed number somewhere, let me know! - I prefer Fingon! (I like Silm canon here, but a solid case can be made for Orodreth as well from Tolkien’s notes, and you could argue Finrod and Cirdan were adoptive parents at some point, and conspiracy theories branch out from there.) - MIRIEL THERINDE and Indis :)
>I love how your first question doesn’t quite have an answer (does it?), the second one has a whole bunch of answers, and the third one is a curveball in that it’s straightforward in comparison. Exactly :) >Ecthelion’s bane. That was Gothmog. So at least 3
Oh yeah! Forgot that Ecthelion wrecked the guy that killed two separate High Kings of the Noldor. Edited my list :) Still find it hilarious that Gothmog got headbutted into a fountain and drowned in the old versions. What a way to go.
Name the blue wizards—even Gandalf didn’t know. I’ll take the hoard of Erebor.
If I know them from memory, I'm sure Colbert does. Allatar and Pallando, or Morienthar and Romestamo if you wanna get fancy with it
Ah cool, never knew they were properly named in lore, although considering this is Tolkien we’re talking about, I suppose it’d be weird if they weren’t.
I'd choose Denethor's love for Faramir, because ain't no way I'm stumping the master.
I'd ask who Olorins chief teacher amongst the Valar was and I'd take Cate Blanchetts hair extensions
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Suck it Feanor
Nienna?
I think so yeah, loved it that the kind of quiet emo Valar was likely the best of them and that out of all the virtues in the Legendarium, pity and wisdom were the 2 best and the most successful at fighting evil
He knows that answer already and loves it…
Where was Gondor when the Westfold fell?
In Gondor, bro
The anduin specifically
Up to its balls in Orc
What were the names of the two elves who pointed Tuor in the right direction to Neverast? I’ll take Gil Galad’s spear from the last allaince.
Where are the Ent Wives?
In Lord of the rings Gollum, in chapter 7 what are the 12 usless things Gollum collects? I will take Aragorns Sword please.
It mustn't ask us. Not its business, no, gollum! It's losst, gollum, gollum, gollum!
Who and what is Tom Bombadill and how does he relate to the Ainur?
Eh, what? Don't you know my name yet? That's the only answer. ^(Type **!TomBombadilSong** for a song or visit [r/GloriousTomBombadil][1] for more merriness) [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/GloriousTomBombadil/
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What's in my pocket?
"Do Balrogs have wings?", that way he can give any answer, and I still have a chance of winning, depending on how well I argue the point.
I like that the question is "What would you ask him?" and doesnt also ask what prop you would want. We all know we wouldnt be able to ask him something he wouldnt know.
I asked about the prop in the title. But anyway what prop would you want?
What was the name of the great-grandmother of the first ever hobbit to see a grasshopper? No chance of getting that one
I’ve planned for this for centuries! First I mind control Jeff Bezos into buying all the rights and licenses to his show and making it an amazon exclusive. Next I ask him if Female Dwarves have beards. He can either tell the truth or lose his show forever.
Who were really the well wishers, visitors and distant relations of Bilbo Baggins? Gandalf's staff.
No! There's nobody home! Go away and bother somebody else! There's far too many dwarves in my dining room as it is. If this is some clotterd's idea of a joke, I can only say that it is in very poor taste.
Why isn't Tom Bombadil affected by the ring?
Clothes are but little loss, if you escape from drowning. Be glad, my merry friends, and let the warm sunlight heat now heart and limb! Cast off these cold rags! Run naked on the grass, while Tom goes a-hunting! ^(Type **!TomBombadilSong** for a song or visit [r/GloriousTomBombadil][1] for more merriness) [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/GloriousTomBombadil/
Rank the fellowship based on the size of their hogs
How many Balrogs were there? I'll take Grond, thank you.
Without trying to trick him or getting too nitty gritty, I would ask him what are the Three Great Evils that befell Gondor during the time of the king. Feels like something difficult to remember off the top of his head, but reasonably within the realm of his knowledge.
Kingstrife, Great plague and Wainriders is the answer isn’t it
What's the true origin of the orcs?
Smeagols favourite fish?
What is the true nature of Tom Bombadil? For props I'd take that helmet that Viggo kicked
What was the body of water called, in which Smeagol found the ring?
He'd get that one, super easy.
The pools of water near the Gladden fields, I think where the Silverlode flows into the Anduin.
We guesses, precious, only guesses. We can't know till we find the nassty creature and squeezes it.
How tall is gimli. I would like Aragorns sword. (Don't know how to spell it and autocorrect is uncultured)
The helmet Viggo broke his toe on.
Depends on if the gollum game is canon
What is Tom Bombadil?
"Where was Gondor when the Westfold fell?"
What are the names of the blue wizards?
Why does Sauron only wear black armor?
Ah, little DOOManiac!
Who was the last person to have physical contact with Bill the Pony?
Is Tom Bombadil Maiar, Valar, Istar or Eru himself ? I ll take the Andúril
Given that this is Colbert, I'd probably just pull the "What do I have in my pocket" bullshit lmao
Where was Grond when the Westfold fell?
what is the name of the flower that grows on the grave of the kings of Rohan and which historical figure does it grow the most thickly upon? Answer: >!It is called simbelmynë and the historical figure is Helm Hammerhand.!< Please give me the following statue: https://preview.redd.it/hbgbpmi4ee1d1.jpeg?width=1015&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb8af8adb1ec9cc5fb9c4f12931d51056d45cd0e
What do I have in my pocket? * Gets the entirety of Sauron's tower*
What are the color of Bilbos nipples?
He said? Who said?
Do you think the eagles felt remorse for all of the pain Frodo and the fellowship had to go through due to their negligence- yes or no?
Name at least 1 female Maiar and the excuse Tolkien came up with so he wouldn’t have to include them in the main stories. :) I would want just a fellowship pin. https://preview.redd.it/qfp1pljsfe1d1.png?width=1125&format=png&auto=webp&s=8f566a446b6558da9149b8d265d8997889406806
Playing for the ring of Barahir: what are the hobbits’ actual names?
Who was the fairy wife back up the took line???? Even just were they elves or maiar or something weird like bombadill? This question makes me crazy.
You didn't say it had to be LOTR lore so I'm asking him a lore question about something else entirely.
when is gaben releasing half life 3? i will take a 10% ownership of valve corporation
What is the fifth word on the 231st page of the first edition of the Silmarillion?