1. How many hours did you put in? I fear to look. I'm still playing it and Morrowind actually. Let's just say, I love these games for all the mileage I can squeeze out of them.
2. What were your favorite items you found? Where did you find them?
I love the helmet from the Dark Seducers I got. But I have a helm I enchanted with a permanent "detect life" spell. That is SOOOO useful against invisible critters!
Oh and the Ajirah's Madness spell-watching people go nuts for several seconds is great fun! Try it on a busy town street or in the Mage's Guild. Interesting to see who has spells to sling!
3. Where were your favorite places you stumbled upon?
All the Aleyid ruins. So pretty, dangerous and FULL OF LOOT!!
(Side note, somehow in Morrowind I managed to find a secret underwater entrance beneath one of the castles at 1st or 2nd level and ran across a madman. Usually he killed me but I kept reloading until I managed to sneak past him and got some high level loot that otherwise would have been "behind" a 100th level lock. THAT moment made certain I would have to buy the game AND the console. (I was trying it out at a friends house.) The fact that you COULD with luck and persistence pull off such a maneuver is what made this series excellent.)
4. And which quests made you go 'awesome'? The whole Shivering Isles thing (except for trying to get through the doorway.) The Dark Brotherhood ones as well. I can't finish them though. I can't bring myself to kill the vampire who seems to be the ONLY character that actually compliments you. No "been summoning dead things" comments when your character could blast them from the earth!