I did give a bit of a clue a few posts back but I think it flew right by everyone.
Arlo Guthrie would know the answer.
Hrm. Not very familiar with Guthrie. I Googled the lyric you quoted and it still didn't lead to any epiphanies. Best I can come up with based on that song is "pipeweed." The big problem I see with my answer is that it is based on your hint and not on the "kilogram" portion of the riddle (at least not directly).
As I said, I don't know much about Arlo Guthrie. Is there another Guthrie whose first name starts with a "K"?
Step 1: 2.2046 -> Kilogram
Step 2: Kilograms are sometimes by the DEA referred to as key's, like a 'a couple keys of marijuana'
Step 3: Keys, to me, in Tolkien are those of Orthanc (though I'm sure there are others). Saruman had to turn them over to Treebeard in order to escape his cage in Orthanc.
Keys? The keys of Orthanc, which Saruman gave to Treebeard so he would no longer be caged in Orthanc?
Not so far off. In fact, it's one of the answers I anticipated.
The answer as given (and I think most if not all of the references in the text) is plural.
The clue was singular.
Since this has gone on much longer than anticipated I will accept The Keys of Orthanc as the answer.
What I was shooting for was a singular key; the key that Gandalf carried to Thorin that would open the secret door in The Lonely Mountain.
Ok, kethavel, you are having a banner day.
This stick is yours also.
Like I told you... What I said...Steal your face right off your head.
This is kinda in the mode of the last, a three step solution. Figure out the first and second (which are real life) and then the relation to something specific in the books.
This is kinda in the mode of the last, a three step solution. Figure out the first and second (which are real life) and then the relation to something specific in the books.
Apricot
This will probably be "out there" a bit, but ya hafta start somewhere.
Apricot -> scarf (Carly Simon lyric from You're So Vain)
scarf -> neckerchief
neckerchief -> handkerchief
The pocket handkerchief that Bilbo forgot as he went running after the dwarves when he was late for the start of his adventure in The Hobbit.
Like I told you... What I said...Steal your face right off your head.
This is kinda in the mode of the last, a three step solution. Figure out the first and second (which are real life) and then the relation to something specific in the books.
Apricot
This is the only thing I could come up with...
1. Apricot
2. Jelly
3. One of the ways Bert Tom and Bill wanted to prepare 13 unfortunate dwarves for dinner. Sit on them and squash them into jelly.
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1. Apricot
2. Jelly
3. One of the ways Bert Tom and Bill wanted to prepare 13 unfortunate dwarves for dinner. Sit on them and squash them into jelly.
That's a great answer! It isn't the one I was after, but I'll accept it.
I was going for this:
Apricot -> Apricot Brandy
Apricot Brandy -> type of cordial (fruity liquer)
Cordial -> the Cordial of Imladris, the Miruvor that Gandalf brought with the company and had them drink of to reinvigorate them
I suspect the answer has to do with bowstrings singing, but I can't bring the specific reference to mind. Hopefully someone else in the group can think of it.
I suspect the answer has to do with bowstrings singing, but I can't bring the specific reference to mind. Hopefully someone else in the group can think of it.
I think I'm going to give this one to Vilnas, since it's the closest so far and got the bow part nailed. I'd still like to see if anyone can find the example I had in mind.
I'll throw out another hint to help: Wargs
Take it away Vilnas!
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I think I'm going to give this one to Vilnas, since it's the closest so far and got the bow part nailed. I'd still like to see if anyone can find the example I had in mind.
I'll throw out another hint to help: Wargs
Take it away Vilnas!
I'd thought of singed wargs at what we're calling Burnt Tor, but when I looked it up I saw "singeing" for the spelling, so I abandoned that line of thought.
I'd thought of singed wargs at what we're calling Burnt Tor, but when I looked it up I saw "singeing" for the spelling, so I abandoned that line of thought.
Actually, you had the exact incident I had in mind! Here is the passage:
In the leaping light, as the fresh wood blazed up, Frodo saw many grey shapes spring over the ring of stones. More and more followed. Through the throat of one huge leader Aragorn passed his sword with a thrust; with a great sweep Boromir hewed the head off another. Beside them Gimli stood with his stout legs apart, wielding his dwarf-axe. The bow of Legolas was singing.
- Fellowship of the Ring, A Journey in the Dark
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When I saw it was a bow singing, this is the instance that I thought of:
Fellowship of the Ring, Chapter 9: The Great River-
"Suddenly the great bow of Lorien sang. Shrill went the arrow from the elven-string. Frodo looked up. Almost above him the winged shape swerved. There was a harsh croaking scream, as it fell out of the air, vanishing down into the gloom of the eastern shore. The sky was clean again. There was a tumult of many voics ar away, cursing and wailing in the darkness, and then silence. Neither shaft nor cry came again from the east that night."
That is a good answer. However, what I am looking for involves a very direct connection to the clue (once it has been interpreted, at any rate) and has the benefit of being singular answer rather than pointing to multiple possible responses. Consequently, I am going to invoke the "best answer" rule* and keep this open.
Of course, in this case the very best answer would be Belladonna Took, but I disqualified that one up front.
*E.g., The "best answer" answer to the clue Great Fortress is Belegost - as compared to Minas Tirith, Barad Dur, Anband, etc. - because that is the actual translation of the words "beleg" "ost".
That is a good answer. However, what I am looking for involves a very direct connection to the clue (once it has been interpreted, at any rate) and has the benefit of being singular answer rather than pointing to multiple possible responses. Consequently, I am going to invoke the "best answer" rule* and keep this open.
Of course, in this case the very best answer would be Belladonna Took, but I disqualified that one up front.
*E.g., The "best answer" answer to the clue Great Fortress is Belegost - as compared to Minas Tirith, Barad Dur, Anband, etc. - because that is the actual translation of the words "beleg" "ost".
So if the best answer is a translation, then it would have to be Taur-na-Fuin.
Well, I suppose you could always say "flame resistant sunglasses" if you prefer that to "shoes"
Eldest, that's what I am. Mark my words, my friends: Tom was here before the river and the trees; Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. He made paths before the Big People, and saw the little People arriving. He was here before the Kings and the graves and the Barrow-wights. When the Elves passed westward, Tom was here already, before the seas were bent. He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless – before the Dark Lord came from Outside.'
Like I told you... What I said...Steal your face right off your head.
From Two Towers when Treebeard is saying farewell to Celeborn and Galadriel in Isengard -
'For the world is changing. I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air. I do not think we shall meet again.'
And Celeborn said, 'I do not know, Eldest.'
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