It's here, at long last! The Tolkien Scavenger Hunt 2007, where we will decide A-U's next Official Tolkien Scholar. I'm the Tolkien Scholar 2006, in case you weren't aware, and I'll be starting us off. So pay attention to the rules - you could have sparkly silver stars by the end of it.
I'm going to post a pair of questions in this thread - one from the book, one from the movie - every FOUR DAYS. One of these will be movie trivia, and one will be book trivia. Now, for those of you who participated last year, you'll know that we did a pair of questions every week. However, as we're already into August, there's not quite time for that.
Rules/Stuff to Know:
---> 1. When you have the answer or answers,
PM them to me. Don't post them here, and don't tell anyone else what they are. You want to win, right?
---> 2. Every right answer will give you 2 points, and every wrong answer will give you -1. There will be a list, in this post, of all those participating and how many points they have. At the end, the person with the most points wins. This means you have a possible score of 4 points for every four-day period.
---> 3. I will be coming up with questions. The answers to these questions are found in the book or movie that they are from (e.g. FotR, TTT, RotK). Sometimes they're buried pretty deep, but they're there. They may or may not be from the Extended Editions, but they are not from the commentary or special features.
A tentative schedule for the contest:
August 7th (today) is going to be questions from
FotR.
August 10th is going to be
TTT.
August 14th is going to be
RotK.
August 18th is going to be
FotR.
August 22nd is going to be
TTT.
August 26th is going to be
RotK.
August 30th is going to be
FotR.
September 3rd is going to be
TTT.
September 7th is going to be
RotK.
As of now, I'm not sure whether the contest will be continuing after those dates, but I shall edit as soon as I know.
Post here if you have questions or you'd like to participate - happy hunting!
Questions for August 7th - from Fellowship of the Ring, book and movie.
[b]Book Question: What color did Caradhras appear to be to the Fellowship?
Movie Question: At what point, in the scene in which the Fellowship find the Moria Door and do battle with the Watcher in the Water, does Legolas first notch an arrow to his bow?[/b]
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Questions for August 10th - from The Two Towers, book and movie.
[b]Book: What, in Sam's hobbit tales, were the riders of Oliphaunts called?
Movie: What is the design on the clasp of Theoden's cloak?[/b]
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Questions for August 14th (RotK):
[b]Book: Who was the last king at Fornost, who reigned during the days of Malbeth the Seer?
Movie: How many of Gondor's beacons, starting with the one Pippin lights, can be seen being lit, total?[/b]
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Questions for August 18th (FotR):
Book: Finish the quotation: 'Deep they delved us, fair they wrought us...'
Movie: What color is the fletching on the arrows that kill Boromir?
Participants:
Dark, Queen of Angmar
Elven Archer
Freya Baggins
Ea
Nymphadora Tonks
TheThain
pirateoftherings
smeagollum
Peregrin Took
And yep, I'll add you.
