Monday, September 24, 2018

Middle-earth Weaponry Quiz

Ahhh, those nice, shiny daggers.  Who among us doesn't want one?  Maybe you even own a replica?  I don't actually have any replica weaponry from Middle-earth, but wow, I would love to.

(Note: not all weapons shown are on this list.)

Your challenge is to match up the names of the famous weapons (first list) with the name of the person who wielded them (second list).  Some of these are easy.  Some are very hard.  I admit that I looked a bunch up on the Lotr Wiki because I did not know them.  So don't feel bad if you don't either.  They're all from The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion.  Just so you know.

I'm putting comments on "moderate" now so your answers in the comments will be kept secret and safe until after I post the answers and everyone's scores on Saturday.

WEAPONS

1. Aeglos
2. Anduril
3. Aranruth
4. Dramborleg
5. Glamdring
6. Guthwine
7. Herugrim
8. Orcrist
9. Ringil
10. Sting


WIELDERS 

a. Aragorn
b. Bilbo Baggins
c. Eomer
d. Fingolfin
e. Gandalf
f. Gil-galad
g. Theoden
h. Thingol
i. Thorin Oakenshield
j. Tuor

16 comments:

  1. Oh, boy. Here I go.

    Anduril = Aragorn
    Glamdring = Gandalf
    Orcrist = Thorin Oakenshield
    Sting = Bilbo Baggins
    Aeglos = Tuor
    Aranruth = Thingol
    Herugrim = Théoden
    Ringil = Gil-galad
    Dramborleg = Eomer
    Guthwine = Fingolfin


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  2. Okay, so I'm not really good at this probably, because it's only The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring I've read, but I recognize some of the names, so...
    I'll just do the names which I think they belong to.
    Obviously, Sting belongs to Bilbo Baggins and I think Aeglos belonged to Aragorn and Orcrist to Thorin Oakenshield. And Glamdring or Ringil to Gandalf.
    Phew, I'm so bad at this. The names all look alike!
    I'll just put the list down.
    (Warning: there might be a lot of guesses)
    1. a
    2. f
    3. g
    4.c
    5.e
    6.d
    7.h
    8.i
    9. j
    10. b
    This score will be a zero, I know it ;)
    Anyhow, I tried :D

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  3. Uhm, so I don't know all of these, but I'll give it a try.
    (Warning: there will be a lot of guesses and when my score comes out it will most likely be one good, the rest wrong)
    1. a
    2. f
    3. g
    4. c
    5. e
    6. d
    7. h
    8. i
    9. j
    10. b
    Well, at least I tried :)
    I'm not sure if I did anything right. The only I'm 100% sure of is Bilbo and Sting. The others are ranging from 1% to 70%

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  4. Ooohh, tricky!!! I'll give it a crack. :D (I'll probably get ~2 right but oh well.)

    1. D.
    2. A.
    3. J.
    4. H.
    5. E.
    6. F.
    7. C.
    8. I.
    9. G.
    10. B.

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  5. 1. Aeglos — f. Gil-galad
    2. Anduril — a. Aragorn
    3. Aranruth — h. Thingol
    4. Dramborleg — j. Tuor
    5. Glamdring — e. Gandalf
    6. Guthwine — c. Eomer
    7. Herugrim — g. Theoden
    8. Orcrist — i. Thorin Oakenshield
    9. Ringil — d. Fingolfin
    10. Sting — b. Bilbo

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  6. Oh I know this is going to be difficult XD especially since I haven't read Silmarillion!!! But I'll try my best.

    1. h
    2. a
    3. d
    4. f
    5. e
    6. c
    7. g
    8. i
    9. j
    10. b

    Oh gosh I feel terrible about those answers, haha. But it was still fun! I own a Sting sword that is the same size and turns blue but it's not metal. Thanks for coming up with this game, Hamlette!

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  7. Here are my answers! :-D
    1-f
    2-a
    3-h
    4-j???
    5-e
    6-c???
    7-g???
    8-i
    9-d
    10-b

    I knew half of them, some of them I looked up in the Silmarillion, and the ones with question marks I guessed. XD These were hard!

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  8. Gil-galad
    Aragorn
    Thingol
    Tuor
    Gnadalf
    Theoden
    Eomer
    Fingolfen
    Thorin
    Bilbo


    I had to guess on Thingol and Tuor's, so they might be backwards 😂😂 I'm surprised Gurthang wasn't included.

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  9. It was pretty smart to think of putting the comments on moderate so no one can cheat 😂😂

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  10. Orcrist - Thorin Oakenshield
    Anduril - Aragorn
    Sting - Bilbo Baggins
    Glamdring - Gandalf

    Those were easy... now I need to guess...
    Herugrim - Eomer?
    Dramborleg - Thingol?
    Guthwine - Fingolfin?
    Ringil - Gil-galad?
    Aranruth - Tuor?
    No idea about those ones...

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  11. 1. Aeglos/Gal-galad?
    2. Anduril/Aragorn
    3. Aranruth/Tuor?
    4. Dramborleg/Fingolfen?
    5. Glamdring/Gandalf
    6. Guthwine/Eomer
    7. Herugrim/Theoden
    8. Orcrist/Thorin Oakenshield
    9. Ringil/Thingol?
    10. Sting/Bilbo


    Yeah... totally guessing on the ones from the Silmarillion... which means I probably should re-read that soon.... :)

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  12. 1f
    2a
    3
    4
    5e
    6g
    7
    8i
    9
    10b

    I thought I knew my weapons, but those are some stumpers!

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  13. Oh wow. I'll give it a shot :)
    1f 2a 3j 4h 5e 6d 7c 8i 9g 10b

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  14. There are enjoying to participate with your challenges! Unique.

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  15. 1. Aeglos - Gil-Galad
    2. Anduril/Narsil - Elendil/Isildur/Aragorn
    3. Aranruth - Thingol
    4. Dramborleg - Tuor/Elros
    5. Glamdring - Turgon/Gandalf
    6. Guthwine - Éomer
    7. Herugrim - Theoden
    8. Orcrist - Ecthelion/Thorin
    9. Ringil - Fingolfin
    10. Sting - Bilbo/Frodo Baggins

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