Dad-isms
Your son drops his poptart on the floor, but it hasn't been down there long.
What is "5 second rule"?
What is WWI?
This is the number of natural satellites orbiting the Earth.
What is one?
This fluffy, white, and unnecessarily creepy dragon helps both Atreyu and Bastion in on old movie about a story that seems to go on and on and on and on...
Who is Falkor?
H20
What is water?
Your kid comes to you complaining about a cut on their leg. You could attempt to diffuse the situation, but why not aggravate things a little bit first.
What is "looks like we'll have to amputate"?
Working as a professor, this is what Tolkien was doing when he wrote the first line of "The Hobbit".
What is grading papers?
Although the Earth and the Moon are both in constant rotation, we never actually see the back, or ___ side of the moon.
What is the dark side?
This is the name of the large green dragon from Disney's Pete's dragon.
Who is Elliot?
One who rides a bike
What is a biker?
You're driving to California but your kids are fighting in the back. Yelling at them doesn't seem to work, but maybe you can threaten to end the trip right here and now.
What is "don't make me turn this car around"?
This Narnia writer was one of Tolkien's closest friends, and he mirrored some of his mannerisms in the character of Fangorn the ent.
Who was C.S. Lewis?
This is the term for disturbances caused on the moon by the gravitational influence of the Earth. Unlike earthquakes, which usually come and go relatively quickly, these can last up to 30 minutes.
What are moonquakes?
As part of covering up his own mistake, this tiny red dragon pretends to be the "Great Stone Dragon" and is sent on a quest to protect a Chinese girl who takes her father's place in the army.
Who is Mushu?
A type of snake. Some very dangerous breeds are traditionally associated with pits.
What is a viper?
You're holding up a hammer and you hear a fire alarm going off in the back of your head
What is "this is not a drill!"
Tolkien worked for many years as a professor, but taught at only two of these three prestigious Universities. He did not teach at...
Leeds, Oxford, Cambridge
What is Cambridge?
This is the latin term for moon.
What is luna?
In Dungeons and Dragons and many other intellectual properties, this "queen of dragons" is the five-headed Goddess of greed and chaos.
Who is Tiamat?
A machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations
What is a computer?
Your kid wants to know if they're allowed to get on the xbox but you don't want to get in trouble for letting them do something that they're not supposed to.
What is "go ask your mother"?
This was the first book that Tolkien Published
What is A Middle English Vocabulary?
Our moon is called "the moon" because nobody knew that other moons existed until 1610, when Galileo discovered four moons orbiting this planet.
What is Jupiter?
Made famous by Toho monster movies, this three-headed dragon is a mortal enemy of Godzilla and is capable of firing deadly "gravity beams" from its maws.
Who is King Ghidorah?
Fossilized tree resin, in which small animals can become trapped and preserved. Also the way that you revive Aerodactyl in pokemon red and blue.
What is Amber?