Tomato Time

Bonus internet points will be awarded to anyone who actually tries this exercise before voting.

Assume you need to get the spelling at least somewhat close, and if a character has multiple names, only one counts. Also, if a character doesn't have a canonical name, I'm sorry, but "that guy's wife" doesn't count.

For reference, if you can name the 9 members of the Fellowship, the eponymous Hobbit and his 13 dwarf buddies, 3 prominent women, and the guy who runs the Rivendell B&B, that's 27 characters right there. And you probably also know the name of a dragon.

For further reference, Tolkien Gateway has 637 (!!) pages dedicated to Third Age characters. (Don't click that link until you've voted, of course)

Edit: Your humble pollmaker gave this a try, and got as far as 73 before deciding she was too tired to keep trying to remember dwarf and Silm names. If you also want to share (and don't mind people being incredulous at your having forgot ____), pastebin allows you to paste text and share it for free. :)

I don't usually do reblogs this early in a poll's life, but you guys are already throwing down some great notes.

#examples of Wrong names that kept coming into my head: balinor. darius. and Guy - yknow. Guy?? @jumpin--bean

@babybat98 actually got out paper

#i blanked so hard on [CENSORED] name i kept trying to call him gherkin @espeonfemme

#Hardest thing was remembering which dwarves are canon and which are from#sansukh @sugaldean

#do animals and sentient plants count @finmoryo (for the record, yes, they do count!)

#i feel great about this use of my time @lolotr