The Gondorian Games: The High Warden's Memorial Match

[Arnyn]

wood elves

[Yávië]

the elves of Mirkwood?

[Ercassie]

The Woodelves of Mirkwood

[Durien]

What was the name of the village where Frodo and Gildor spoke of the black riders?

[Arnyn]

the village of Woodhall

[Ercassie]

Woody End

[Durien]

Who rescued them from Old Man Willow?

[Ercassie]

Tom Bombadil

[Durien]

Who was the representative of the Havens present at council of Elrond?

[Yávië]

Galdor

[Arnyn]

Galdor

[Durien]

What were the names of Farmer Maggot's dogs?

[Yávië]

Grip, Fang and Wolf

[Durien]

Who told Boromir of Aragorn's right to throne?

[Arnyn]

legolas

[Ercassie]

Elrond

[Durien]

Incorrect

[Yávië]

Bilbo

[Durien]

Who received an empty bookcase?

[Ercassie]

Hugo Bracegirdle

[Durien]

What were the houses of the Big Folk in Bree made of?

[Yávië]

stone

[Durien]

Who brought most of the toys and crackers to Bilbo's party and helped cook the food?

[Yávië]

Gandalf?

[Durien]

Incorrect....tougher one than I expected

[Arnyn]

dwarves

[Durien]

Who sang one of Bilbo's favorite bath songs?

(Final Question this one!)

[Yávië]

Pippin!

[Durien]

And TIME!!

I will tally the totals and get back to you all, but well played!!! I hope everyone had fun!!

[Yávië]

Pheeeeeeeew! Thanks for the game @Durien! I've never played timed trivia like this on the Plaza, or any other forum, but I think it works pretty well! The simul post system actually probably makes it easier to score than in something like Discord/messenger or voice chat where people can just "shout" over each other.

@Arnyn and @Ercassie *tips cap* With any luck, I'll see you again for RoTK :smiley8:

[Durien]

The Results of Round 1 & 2

Team A has scored 18.5 pts + 0 pts = 18.5 pts
Team B has scored 20.5 pts + 30 pts = 50.5 pts (I should have split the two of you up!)
Team C has scored 0 + 15 pts = 15 pts

Arnyn is the individual round 2 champion!

(Super close match! The scores individually were 13 pts, 15 pts and 17 pts, with a total of 45 questions being asked!)

Round 3: The Two Towers will begin on Saturday, June 20, 4 pm EST

(New faces are still welcome! Sign up in the OOC thread.)

@Aerlinn I like this method, but I realize it is frustrating and disheartening for those with slow internet connections. The problem with the old drill formats was while they were time friendly, it also meant the questions had to be very difficult or obscure in order to be challenging enough to not always end in a tie. I have also thought of the idea of creating a list of 100 questions, post it and the contestants have one hour. (for example, say I posted 100 questions at 9:00 am, then at exactly 10:00 am, everyone must post their answers. A minute early or late would result in disqualification - to avoid cheating.) Then tally the totals. But it lacks interaction. I might try that idea out if I do a future game but for now, I'll stick to this format.

[Mojo]

Oh darn, I missed the Fellowship game. My laptop died over the weekend...hopefully I'll have a new one in time for the Two Towers.

That said, I do like the ideas of doing a trivia game over Discord (reminds me of the old AIM chat rooms where we used to play trivia games all the time) or the posting of all 100 questions at the beginning of the hour and answering as many as you can (almost like the old "Mad Minute" multiplication worksheets we did in elementary school).

[Durien]

Shall we begin, you fiends of trivia?

Who does Sauron refer to as his cat?

[Almarëa Mordollwen]

Shelob

[Durien]

By the feet of what did Frodo and Sam try to sleep when Gollum drew near?

[Almarëa Mordollwen]

the Emyn Muil

[Durien]

How many of the goblin-soldiers unknown to Aragorn lay among the dead near Boromir?

[Lantaelen]

20

[Almarëa Mordollwen]

Four

[Durien]

What mountain casts a purple shadow?

[Almarëa Mordollwen]

Mount Mindolluin

[Durien]

The descendants of which two men joined Eorl the Young of Gondor in founding Rohan?

[Lantaelen]

Bardings of Dale and Beornings?

[Durien]

What was a favorite saying of Gildor's that Sam used to quote?

[Almarëa Mordollwen]

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger

[Durien]

Through what eastern lands of Rohan did the Aragron, Legolas, and Gimli run that once held many herds and studs but was now empty?

[Almarëa Mordollwen]

the Eastemnet

[Lantaelen]

Eastemnet

[Durien]

Who wanted to see Saruman to see if he looked like Gandalf?

[Lantaelen]

Gimli