The One Ring was forged by the Dark Lord Sauron during the Second Age to gain dominion over the free peoples of Middle-earth. In disguise as Annatar, or Lord of Gifts, he aided the Elven smiths of Eregion and their leader Celebrimbor in the making of the Rings of Power.
The Monopoly game's origin in 1935, started out when Charles Darrow drew a game board on a round piece of oilcloth that he had in his closet. His friends and family enjoyed the game, so he began to sell copies of the game for $4.00 each - an expensive cost for those days.
Alec Monopoly is an American graffiti and street artist who started in New York City but eventually moved to Los Angeles, in part because of a girl and in part because the number of unattended billboards made for the perfect canvases. Alec Monopoly takes his name from one of the most prominent characters in his work.