Answering Your Tolkien Questions Episode 42 - How Many Balrogs Were There? - And More!

I am a Tolkien scholar who has been enjoying and studying the works of Tolkien since the 1980s.
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Every week I will choose the best questions to be featured in a video, though I will answer all that I can on there.
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00:00 Intro
00:30 - Brief Reading of "Leaf by Niggle"
11:30 - Why was Lobelia Sackville Baggins such a pain?
14:17 - Does Aragorn have a middle name?
16:20 - Would Sauron getting the ring make the Orcs more powerful?
17:07 - If Deagol and Smeagol didn't find the ring, who would have?
19:35 - Wasn't creating The One Ring a huge risk for Sauron?
23:06 - Were any of the Valar as powerful as Melkor?
27:03 - How did the dwarves feel about Bilbo?
29:07 - Could anyone defeat Thorondor?
31:15 - What is Sauron's end game?
23:46 - Why did the lifespan of men diminish more in Gondor than Arnor?
34:33 - How did Samwise get past the watcher at Cirith Ungol?
37:14 - Would Sauron's empire be a paradise for his followers?
38:58 - How many Balrogs were there total?
43:07 - Why did Gandalf discover Sauron's return and not Saruman?
45:04 - Would the wizards go off mission if they fell in love?
47:03 - How are Hobbits able to lift heavy loads without working out?
49:07 - Who is more evil, Melkor or Sauron?
50:56 - Why do elves and orcs hate each other? Could they find peace?
53:51 - Would Tolkien had completed the Legendarium with modern writing tools?

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