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Fandom  Quiz  ‘15  Prelims

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Rules

•30  questions  •No  negatives  •May  the  Force  be  with  you  (Oops,  wrong  series  reference)  •Please  switch  off  all  your  mobile  phones

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Ungoliant  was  a  primordial  being  in  the  form  of  a  gigantic  ______.  Ungoliant  was  initially  the  ally  of  Melkor/Morgoth,  and  remained  so  for  a  short  period  in  Middle  Earth.  She  then  fled  to  breed  with  the  giant  ______s  of  Nan  Duongortheb,  to  increase  the  number  of  her  kind.    

One  of  her  descendants  is  seen  in  The Lord of the Rings.  Who/What?

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•Shelob

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Connect  all  the  people  shown  in  next  two  slides.  Just  identifying  them  will  help  you.

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•Alliterative  names

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A  person  who  would  also  belong  to  list  given  above  was  responsible  for  celebrating  Voldemort’s  fall  (31  Oct  1981)  with  a  downpour  of  shooting  stars  down  in  Kent,  as  McGonagall  notes.  Who?

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Where  is  this?

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•Balin’s  Tomb,  at  Moria

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Connect  and  put  funda:  

Waters,  Snow,  Pyke,  Rivers,  Stone,  Hill,  Flowers,  Storm,  Sand  

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• Conventional  surnames  of  bastards  in  different  parts  of  Westeros

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•Which  Stark  is  rather  derisively  known  as  the  “King  who  knelt”,  referring  to  him  ceding  control  of  the  North  to  Aegon  Targaryen  I?

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•Torrhen

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Where  will  you  find  these,  in  this  order?  

1. Longbeard  Dwarf  2. Dúnedain  3. Nazgûl  4. Necromancer  5. The  Grey  Wizard

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On  20  April,  1994,  on  what  did  Rubeus  Hagrid  and  the  hippogriff  Buckbeak  travel  together  for  a  hearing  in  front  of  the  Committee  for  the  Disposal  of  Dangerous  Creatures  in  regards  to  Buckbeak's  future  following  the  attack  on  Draco  Malfoy?

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•The  Knight  Bus

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It  is  known  that  the  head  of  a  Dothraki  khalasar  is  called  a  khal  and  that  his  wife  is  called  a  khaleesi.  Who,  then,  is  a  khalakka?  

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•The  Heir  of  a  Khali

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JRR  served  in  WW  One,  and  as  he  was  from  a  higher  rung  of  society,  he  was  assigned  a  soldier,  called  a  batman,  to  look  after  him  and  perform  his  menial  tasks.  Soldiers  and  their  batmen  often  formed  very  close  bonds,  and  were  frequently  found  dead  next  to  one  another.  

Which  aspect  of  the  LOTR series  is  inspired  from  this  bond?

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•Sam  being  such  a  dedicated  esquire  to  Frodo.

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A  Clutterbumph,  from  Manxmouse,  a  series  of  which  Rowling  is  a  known  fan  of,    is  described  as  follows:  "...something  that  is  not  there  until  one  imagines  it.  And  as  it  is  always  someone  different  who  will  be  doing  the  imagining,  no  two  Clutterbumphs  are  ever  exactly  alike.”  

Said  to  be  inspiration  behind  what?

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•Boggarts

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On  the  ASOIAF  wiki  pages  of  most  characters,  there  is  a  

section  where  the  most  iconic/badass  lines  said  by  the  

characters  are  listed.  

However  on  X’s  page,  there  is  only  a  single  quote,  consisting  of  a  single  line.  Give  me  X  and  the  quote.  

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•Hodor,  “Hodor!”

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They  haunted  the  caverns  beneath  the  Dwimborberg,  near  Dunharrow,  where  Aragorn  parts  with  Theoden.  They  were  cursed  by  X,  due  to  their  betrayal,  to  remain  on  Middle  Earth  until  liberated  by  a  descendant  of  X.      

X’s  descendant  commands  them  to  the  Stone  of  Erech  and  uses  their  service  to  foil  the  plot  of  the  Corsairs  of  Umbar.    

In  the  movies,  Gimli  says  jokingly  to  Aragorn  that  he  wouldn’t  release  them  from  their  oath  because  they’re  quite  helpful  in  a  sticky  situation.  

Who  is  X,  and  who  are  the  people  being  described?

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•X  -­‐  Isildur

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Apart  from  Harry,  which  were  the  only  other  students  of  the  school  (students  during  the  currency  of  the  stories)  who  launched  a  direct  physical  attack  on  Voldemort  and  when?

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•Fred  and  George,  Battle  of  the  Seven  Potters/  Battle  over  Little  Whinging.

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15.  An  easy  one.  X  and  context?

X:  This  girl’s  to  be  your  queen.  Have  you  no  regard  for  her  honor?  

Joffrey:  I’m  punishing  her.  

X:  For  what  crime?  She  did  not  fight  her  brother’s  battle.  

Joffrey:  She  has  the  blood  of  a  wolf.  

X:  And  you  have  the  wits  of  a  goose.  

Joffrey:  You  can’t  talk  to  me  that  way.  The  king  can  do  as  he  likes.  

X:  Aerys  II  Targaryen  did  as  he  liked.  Has  your  mother  ever  told  you  what  happened  to  him?  

Boros:  No  man  threatens  His  Grace  in  the  presence  of  the  Kingsguard!  

X:  I  am  not  threatening  the  king,  ser,  I  am  educating  my  -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐.  Bronn,  Timett,  the  next  time  Ser  Boros  opens  his  mouth,  kill  him.  Now  that  was  a  threat,  ser.  See  the  difference?

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X  -­‐  Tyrion,  protecting  Sansa  from  Joffrey’s  wrath  when  he  

found  out  about  the  battle  at  the  Whispering  Woods

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Minas  Anor  and  Minas  Ithil  were  their  original  names.  Minas  Ithil  was  called  The Tower of the Moon  and  Minas  Anor  was  called  The Tower of the Sun  and  was  only  a  summer  residence  of  the  Kings  of  Gondor.  Upon  the  fall  of  Osgiliath,  Minas  Anor  was  made  the  capital  of  Gondor  and  rechristened.  Minas  Ithil  was  captured  by  the  Nazgûl  and  thus  renamed  too.  

What  are  their  new  names?  Order  is  important.

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•Minas  Tirith,  and  Minas  Morgul

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X  is  an  Old  English  word  for  “bumblebee.”  Rowling  said  she  chose  the  name  because  she  pictured  X  humming  to  himself,  in  line  with  the  aura  of  eccentricity  he  possesses  throughout  the  series.  

X?

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•Dumbledore

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#ShadyFunda  

What  did  GRRM  say  just  before  taking  the  Ice  Bucket  challenge?

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Winter  is  coming.  (He  actually  says  this,  don’t  shoot  the  

messenger)

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Of course I would have loved to play ______, but I don’t think he (Peter  Jackson) ever had me in mind for ______, because by that time I was too old."  

 It  is  also  further  stated  on  Wikipedia,  due  to  his  physical  limitations,  the  amount  of  fighting  and  horseback  riding  involved  in  the  role  was  what  prevented  X  from  being  considered.  Playing  Y  was  more  ideal  since  it  involved  less  fighting  and  horseback  riding.  

X,Y?  

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A  person  who  would  also  belong  to  list  given  above  was  responsible  for  celebrating  Voldemort’s  fall  (31  Oct  1981)  with  a  downpour  of  shooting  stars  down  in  Kent,  as  McGonagall  notes.  Who.

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21.  X  and  his  epithet?

X  was  born  the  first  son  of  Ser  Lyonel  -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐,  the  Knight  of  Harvest  Hall.  He  squired  for  Lord  Manfred  Swann  in  his  youth.At  the  age  of  ten,  X  donned  the  armor  of  a  mystery  knight  and  entered  a  tourney  at  Blackhaven.  Prince  Duncan  Targaryen  took  pity  on  the  small  mystery  knight  while  others  laughed.  Duncan  jousted  him  when  no  one  else  would  and  it  was  Duncan  who  gave  X  his  epithet.  

He  later  earned  his  knighthood  at  the  age  of  sixteen  from  Aegon  V  Targaryen  after  unhorsing  Prince  Duncan  and  Lord  Commander  Ser  Duncan  The  Tall  of  the  Kingsguard  at  a  tourney  in  King’s  Landing.

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Ser  Barristan  Selmy,  Barristan  the  Bold

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FITB  on  the  next  slide.

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During  the  Battle  of  Hogwarts,  what  spell  does  Hermione  use  at  a  tapestry  to  turn  it  into  stone  and  hurt  the  Death  Eaters  who  are  pursuing  the  trio?  

Looking  for  a  four  letter  answer.

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•Duro

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According  to  the  ASOIAF  lexicon,  A  World  of  Ice  and  Fire,  House  Tully  was  ruled,  at  various  points  of  time,  by  Kermit,  Elmo  and  Grover  Tully.  To  which  franchise,  of  which  GRRM  is  very  fond,  are  these  3  names  a  reference  to?  

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•Sesame  Street

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The  next  slide  shows  an  image  from  the  movies,  of  Saruman  reading  a  certain  book.  What  is  the  significance  of  the  ring  in  the  image,  and  what  is  it  called?

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•Ring  of  Barahir  

•The  Ring  that  enables  Saruman  and  Gandalf  identify  Aragorn  as  Elendil’s  Heir

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 X  comes  from  two  words  vadd  and  y  vas  which  are  the  Swedish  and  French  words  for  ‘wadding’  and  ‘go  ahead/come  on’  respectively.  Together,  they  can  roughly  mean  "The  wad  goes  ahead."  

Etymology  of  which  word?  What  is  X  will  do.

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•Waddiwasi

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This  material  in  the  ASOIAF  universe  is  an  analogue  to  damascus  steel  in  real  life.  Blades  made  of  this  material  are  said  to  be  “lighter,  stronger  and  sharper  than  even  castle-­‐forged  steel,  and  feature  distinctive  rippled  patterns.”  

What  material?  

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•Valyrian  Steel

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'Twice  you  have  borne  me,  ______  my  friend,'  said  Gandalf.  'Thrice  shall  pay  for  all,  if  you  are  willing.  You  will  not  find  me  a  burden  much  greater  than  when  you  bore  me  from  Zirakzigil,  where  my  old  life  burned  away.'      

'I  would  bear  you,'  answered  ______,  'whither  you  will,  even  were  you  made  of  stone.'      

'Then  come,  and  let  your  brother  go  with  us,  and  some  other  of  your  folk  who  is  most  swift!  For  we  have  need  of  speed  greater  than  any  wind,  outmatching  the  wings  of  the  Nazgûl.'    

Who  is  Gandalf  talking  to?  And  when  is  this?  

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•The  Eagles  are  Coming!,  just  before  Frodo  and  Sam  are  rescued.

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The  Harry  Potter  movie  franchise  shares  a  number  of  common  actors  with  Tim  Burton’s  Alice  in  Wonderland.  Shown  in  next  slide  are  two  actors  from  Alice.  What  roles  do  they  play  in  the  HP  franchise?

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prelims

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•Madame  Maxime  and  Bellatrix

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A  video  will  be  played.  What  happens  next?

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•You  shall  not  pass!  

•See  you  at  the  finals.

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