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 Post subject: Character Quiz
PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:42 am 
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Someone posted this over on the GBHL Facebook page and I thought it was pretty neat. You have to name the top 50 mentioned characters in the Lord of the Rings books in 15 minutes. I ended up with 47 out of the 50, and that was with my wife yammering in my ear the whole time! Feel free to click on the link and take the quiz and post your results. If you want to post which ones you missed, be sure to use a spoiler tag.

http://www.sporcle.com/games/dolebanana/alllotr

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I missed Hamfast Gamgee (I kept typing "Gammer" instead of "Gaffer"), Gildor Inglorion and Helm Hammerhand

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:31 am 
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I got 39 :) I have done this quiz once before but I can't remember what I got.


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I missed a few biggies like Thorin, Arathorn, Imrihil, Ugluk. I Always forget Barliman Butterbur as I don't know his name :oops:

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:29 am 
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I impressed myself and got 44.

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The only obvious ones I missed where shelob and gildor. The others I can't even re-call in the book...

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:59 am 
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I got 36 out of 50.
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I missed silly ones like Barliman,Balin,Treebeard and Grima.

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 Post subject: Re: Character Quiz
PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:50 am 
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I got 44. Some of these are very suprising, especially some historical characters.

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Treebeard, shadowfax, Eorl the young, shelob, Gildor and helm.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:59 am 
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Done this quiz quite a while ago,but forgot my score. I would've thought I've done better this time :-D

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That was fun :-D
I got 43, which I'm quite pleased with!
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Eorl the Young
Durin the Deathless
Haldir
Thorin Oakenshield
Imrahil
Arvedui

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:38 pm 
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I got 45/50.
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I missed Shadowfax (didn't think he counted as a character, really), Gloin, Arvedui (who?), Durin and Arathorn.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:52 pm 
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46 out of 50! Can't believe some of the names I missed... :(

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Imrahil
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Barliman
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OMG I only missed one and I can't believe his even in there!!!
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Arvedui, hows he part of the lord of the rings pfft 49/50 so close, did anyone else forget about gollum until right at the end? Also no Halbarad, Lurtz, Gothmog, Gamling/hama/grimbold/elfhelm or even radagast!

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:20 pm 
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OMG I only missed one and I can't believe his even in there!!!
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Arvedui, hows he part of the lord of the rings pfft 49/50 so close, did anyone else forget about gollum until right at the end? Also no Halbarad, Lurtz, Gothmog, Gamling/hama/grimbold/elfhelm or even radagast!


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Lurtz
isn't a book character.... 8)

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:33 pm 
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42/50 good enough for me :p
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Barliman
Celeborn
Bill
Thorin
Gildor
Goldberry
Gorbag
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:31 pm 
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Hmm.
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For those who don't know, Arvedui is the last king of Arnor, the kingdom of the north. I am surprised he was mentioned so often; perhaps as a sort of battle cry.

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For those who don't know, Arvedui is the last king of Arnor, the kingdom of the north. I am surprised he was mentioned so often; perhaps as a sort of battle cry.


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I thought Arvedui was one of the guys that GW made up, and Earnur was the last king of Arnor?

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:54 pm 
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Hmm
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Look in the appendices, he's there all right. Earnur is the last king of Gondor. After the king before his Dad Earnil died without an heir Earnil was elected. Earnur got the job after him, but then accepted a challenge by the WK went to Minas Morgul and never came back. Since his death could never be proven the Stewards took over until Aragorn came strolling in.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:44 pm 
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The hard quiz would have been name the fifty people mentioned least often... :)

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I'm almost ashamed of myself for missing these ones, still 43 thats good enough for me.

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tom bom badil, eowyn, isildur,elendil, beregrond, glorfindel, goldberry


thanks for sharing this one
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:33 pm 
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Aww that was so good! Got 45/50. I missed…

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Glorfindel (can't believe it!!!), Shelob (ridiculous!), Bill (darn it!), Helm Hammerhand (completely forgot) and, the one I'm most angry with, Arvedui. I actually tried Malbeth and when he didn't come up, I thought: "Arvedui appears about the same as Malbeth so I won't try him. Silly me... :-D


Great fun though. Thanks for posting!

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:11 pm 
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I only got 33 but I would of got a few more if I knew how to spell them.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:54 pm 
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I got 46.

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Isildur, Elendil, Gildor & Helm


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was because I had the name stuck in my head, and wasn't actually expecting it to be in.

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