Wednesday quiz - who is this ?

[OwlHoot]

Tom Bombadil

DOH! I did wonder about the Lord of the Rings, but couldn't recall a character called Thomas

Apparently J R R Tolkein used to drive through the New Forest between Oxford and his holiday house in Poole, and when driving through it myself I sometimes wonder if some of the place names in LoTR weren't adapted from New Forest villages, such as Holmsley which is signposted on the A35 near a deep dip in the road ("Helms Deep").

[EternalOptimist]

DOH! I did wonder about the Lord of the Rings, but couldn't recall a character called Thomas

Apparently J R R Tolkein used to drive through the New Forest between Oxford and his holiday house in Poole, and when driving through it myself I sometimes wonder if some of the place names in LoTR weren't adapted from New Forest villages, such as Holmsley which is signposted on the A35 near a deep dip in the road ("Helms Deep").

sounds feasible, even likely. He got Mt Doom wrong though. The festering ash-strewn wasteland, devoid of life clean air and anything decent to drink, is actually called Bootle.

The trick with these quizzes, I learned last time, is to make them un-googlable.
So google your target, then dont use any key words that appear on page 1.

[DaveB]

Ok, I'll take up the challenge then.

A country squire, well travelled, who's name is mentioned in popular culture alongside that of both a politician and a criminal.

[Halo Jones]

Ok, I'll take up the challenge then.

A country squire, well travelled, who's name is mentioned in popular culture alongside that of both a politician and a criminal.

Scarlet Pimpernel?

[DaveB]

Scarlet Pimpernel?

No.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Tolkein has all the appeal of Chris Moyles to me - i.e. None

[DaveB]

Tolkein has all the appeal of Chris Moyles to me - i.e. None

It's neither of them either

[DaveB]

Ok, I'll take up the challenge then.

A country squire, well travelled, who's name is mentioned in popular culture alongside that of both a politician and a criminal.

During his travels he corresponded with his wife by dictating letters to be sent on to her.

[Board Game Geek]

Marco Polo ?

[EternalOptimist]

charles Darwin