siddharth wrote:Okey-dokey then.
Question: Name all the types of trolls mentioned by JRRT, without any online help. (this excludes half-trolls)
Bonus question: When in LOTR does Sam say "Ninny-hammers"?
siddharth wrote:Good job solicitr. But that's kinda incomplete.
Just a small hint. Tom, Bert and Will may fit into another category.
Tolkien wrote:But Sam did not answer: he was staring back up the cliff. `Ninnyhammers! ' he said. `Noodles! My beautiful rope! There it is tied to a stump, and we're at the bottom. Just as nice a little stair for that slinking Gollum as we could leave. Better put up a signpost to say which way we've gone! I thought it seemed a bit too easy.'
`If you can think of any way we could have both used the rope and yet brought it down with us, then you can pass on to me ninnyhammer, or any other name your Gaffer gave you,' said Frodo. `Climb up and untie it and let yourself down, if you want to!'
where in the LR does Tolkien first use the name "Rohirrim" ?
At the Council of Elrond? When Gandalf recalls his meeting with Shadowfax?
Mouth of Sauron: Black Numenorean. In the Third Age (and perhaps in the Second as well) he served Sauron, rising in his service because of his cunning and evil. He became a great sorcerer, which is how he preserved his life for thousands of years. By the time of the War of the Ring he had become the Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad-dur and had forgotten his real name...
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