Tolkien Lore
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Harmonious Homonyms
100

Baggins live in this Hobbit hole.

What is Bag End?

100

This Afro-Cuban dance transformed in New York City: also a tasty sauce.

What is salsa?

100

The number of people on board the ark.

What is 8?

100

House these Japanese monsters in your pocket until your next battle.

What are Pokémon?

100

Not sharp, not flat; a person with innate ability.

What is a natural?

200

The black tower of Isengard. 

What is Orthanc? 

200

“Seize the day.”

What is Carpe Diem?

200

Greek for “five books.”

What is the Pentateuch?

200

Don’t forget your collared shirt in this equestrian jaunt.

What is Polo?

200

Catchy riff; pirate accessory.

What is a hook?

300

Aragorn's weapon, reforged; "Flame of the West."

What is Andúril? 

300

The genus name of the dog kind.

What is canis?

300

Abram’s first born son.

Who is Ishmael?

300

Search the mansion with up to 6 suspects in Anthony Pratt’s classic “whodunit.”

What is Cluedo/Clue?

300

The fifth note of a diatonic scale; authoritative.

What is (the) dominant?

400

Wife to Manwë; Queen of the Valar.

Who is Varda? 

400

Carl Orff’s poetic complaint about this Roman goddess; vocalized in “Songs of Beuern.” [BOYern]

What is ‘O Fortuna?’

400

The Lord’s Prayer is found in this chapter.

What is Matthew 6?

400

Don’t skip out on Merle Robbins’ wild version of the Crazy Eights card game he developed in 1971.

What is UNO?

400

Jazz notation; informative diagram.

What is a chart?

500

This trio of volcanic mountains marks the location of Morgoth’s evil underground fortress of Angband.

What is Thangorodrim? 

500

Native to Suriname, this blue poison dart frog wards off predators with its striking coloration.

 

What is Dendrobates tinctorius “azureus?”

500

This “beautiful” port city imported materials for Solomon’s temple; a fearful evangelist also found a ship here.

What is Joppa/Jaffa?

500

Named after an agricultural harvesting tool, this engine-building strategy board game is set in an alternate-history 1920s Europa.

What is Scythe?

500

The ending of a phrase in music; spoken rhythm.

What is a cadence?