Pop quiz: What’s the best three-birds/one-stone way to celebrate Bilbo Baggins‘ birthday, support a good cause, and show off your no doubt sizable nerd skills?
That would be BookPeople‘s upcoming Tolkien Trivia Night, also conveniently timed to the 75th anniversary of the publication of J. R. R. Tolkien‘s immortal The Hobbit. The pub-style quiz contest – which takes place Sept. 21 and benefits Save Our Springs – will welcome up to 12 teams of 4 members each ($50 registration fee per team). Austin’s Pizza and Saint Arnold Brewing Company will be on hand to keep Hobbitheads fed and well-watered.
Going out on a limb here, but there might be a few Tolkien fans in this town, so you should probably move fast. You can register – in English (save your Elvish prowess for the big night, eh?) – at www.bookpeople.com.
This article appears in August 24 • 2012.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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