The Lord of the Rings Quiz: Easy

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These questions are rated 'easy' and should be fairly straight forward for someone who has read the book once in the not too distant past. The questions relate to the book (not the movies) but there are no ambiguities in this set of questions in that regard.

Important: where the books differ to the movies, the books are taken to be the authoritative source.

Q1: Frodo of the Shire was:
A young man
A hobbit
An elf
A dwarf

Q2: Where did Sam Gamgee live?
Crickhollow
Lothlórien
Bywater
Bagshot Row

Q3: The creature Gandalf fought in Moria was:
A troll
A balrog
A Nazgûl
Saruman

Q4: What did Gimli carry?
A horn
An axe
A bow
A sword

Q5: The Siege of Gondor was broken by:
The arrival of Gandalf
The ents
The Riders of Rohan
A host of elves

Q6: Saruman's chief weapon was:
A palantír
His voice
An elvish ring
The Nazgûl

Q7: Who tried to take the ring from Frodo:
Galadriel
Saruman
Faramir
Boromir

Q8: Shelob was:
A Ringwraith
A spider
A gollum
An oliphaunt

Q9: After fleeing the Mines of Moria, the Fellowship went directly to:
Rivendell
Lothlórien
The Shire
Minas Tirith

Q10: While in Mordor, Frodo and Sam ate:
Nothing
Stewed rabbit
Elvish lembas bread
The athelas plant

Q11: Who did Aragorn marry when he became king?
Eowyn
Galadriel
Arwen
Gandalf

Q12: Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas pursued the orcs across:
The Gladden Fields
The Fields of the Pelennor
The Plains of Gorgoroth
Rohan

Q13: Who of the following is not a wizard?
Gandalf
Saruman
Denethor
Radagast

Q14: Where did Sauron forge the One Ring?
Barad-dûr
Mount Doom
Orthanc
The Mines of Moria

Q15: Of what race is Legolas?
Elf
Man
Dwarf
Hobbit

Q16: What did Frodo steal from Farmer Maggot in his youth?
A golden ring
A dozen bottles of Old Winyards
Pipeweed
Mushrooms

Q17: What is an ent?
A tree
A female elf
A tree-herder
An elf-lord

Q18: How did the Fellowship cross the Misty Mountains?
By the pass of Caradhras
At the Gap of Rohan
By the stairs of Cirith Ungol
Through the Mines of Moria

Q19: Faramir was the brother of:
Aragorn
Éomer
Boromir
Prince Imrahil

Q20: Who is the Lord of the Rings?
Frodo Baggins
Saruman the White
Aragorn
Sauron


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