Yeah, bunch o' weirdos, the whole lot!
Ok, it doesn't look as if anyone was still playing or researching (maybe I should have stressed that this quiz was not about just
knowing the answer, but
researching it - though, of course, if anyone just
knew any of the answers, so much more
to them).
So, time to give the solutions! But, to avoid spoilers in case someone still wants to play, here are the results first:
As I don't know whether Tom and narya got the right answers to the ones they mentioned but didn't post (although I feel sure they did, but what can you do?
), the result is:
You guys got a whopping one question out of ten right!
(Hmmh, should I mention that team TORC got nine out of ten? 
)
And the prize for getting it goes to Alatar!
Ok, and here are the answers:
1) Who is known to not have drunk beer and been a vegetarian?
The troll in "Perry-the-Winkle", of whom we learn that:
I steal no gold, I drink no beer,
I eat no kind of meat;
2) Who did Galadriel want to be head of the White Council?
Answered correctly. (Gandalf)
3) What do (first) gate guards and Gandalf touch when they meet outside the gate of Meduseld?
Ash wood. Both the spears of the guards and Gandalf's staff are made of ash, as is said in "The Riders of Rohan" and "The King in the Golden Hall" respectively. (Textual evidence courtesy of scirocco.
)
4)Where does Tolkien use the word "mountain-kings"?
In FOTR, II, 10 - Frodo on the seat of Amon Hen.
5) What would Lotho have called himself if Bilbo had not returned from Erebor?
Baggins-Sackville-Baggins
6) What are Drasils?
They are the horse-like creatures the goblins in "Father Christmas Letters" ride - "drasil" means "steed" in Icelandic.
7) What is Sam Gamgee's eye-colour?
Brown
8 ) Who said about LOTR: "a very long and complex, quite bitter and very frightening adventure, nothing for children (if for anyone)"? (translated from German, so not sure about the actual wording!)
Tolkien himself
9) What became of Tifil?
It's another name for Tevildo who became Sauron.
Who became Antonio Banderas.
Er, scratch the last bit.
10) Which prince of Dol Amroth (number) was Imrahil? (e.g. 4th prince)
22nd
(Quiz questions courtesy of Maksatan of the German Tolkien Society, and my apologies for never remembering where the accents go on his name.
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Who said about LOTR: "a very long and complex, quite bitter and very frightening adventure, nothing for children (if for anyone)"? (translated from German, so not sure about the actual wording!)
