The Lord of the Rings Quiz: Medium

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These questions are rated 'medium'. They require knowledge from the books but you don't need to have read the appendices. If you have only seen the movies you will find this extremely difficult, and in places impossible. You should probably have read the books more than once (or very recently) before attempting these questions.

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

Q1: Durin's bane was:
The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
Mithril
His magic ring
A balrog of Morgoth

Q2: Who did not possess an elvish ring?
Gandalf
Galadriel
Elrond
Saruman

Q3: Aragorn looked in the stone of Orthanc:
On Amon Hen
On Dol Baran
At Helm's Deep
On Amon Sûl

Q4: In The Lord of the Rings, why did Bilbo leave the Shire?
To escape from Black Riders
To travel and see mountains
Because Gandalf advised him to
To avoid the Sackville-Bagginses

Q5: When wearing the Ring, how were one's senses affected?
Blurred vision and sharpened hearing
Blurred vision and diminished hearing
Diminished sense of smell and diminished hearing
Sharpened sense of smell and sharpened hearing

Q6: Who has lived in Middle Earth the longest?
Treebeard
Galadriel
Elrond
Tom Bombadil

Q7: At their parting, Galadriel gave to Sam:
A nice shiny daggar
Elvish rope
A box of soil
Three strands of her hair

Q8: Gollum's name was:
Sharky
Sméagol
Shagrat
Shelob

Q9: Aragorn's father was:
Elrond
Elendil
Arathorn
Isildur

Q10: The Fellowship of the Ring had:
Three members
Five members
Seven members
Nine members

Q11: The Captain of the Nazgûl was killed by:
Éowen, daughter of Éomund
Éowen, daughter of Éomer
Éowen, daughter of Théoden
Éowen, daughter of Théodred

Q12: Gandalf is also known as:
Gandalf the Brown
Mithrandir
Glorfindel
The Heir of Isildur

Q13: At what age did Frodo set out with the ring?
Twenty-one
Thirty-three
Fifty
Eleventy-one

Q14: When did Samwise leave Frodo's side?
Never
On the Stairs of Cirith Ungol
After he was poisoned by Shelob
On the slopes of Mount Doom

Q15: How did Aragorn arrive at Minas Tirith?
By horse
By ship
On foot
On the back of an eagle

Q16: What were 'the Gaffer's delight'?
Roses
Potatoes
Herbs and stewed rabbit
Mushrooms

Q17: When did Gollum first see Frodo?
At the Falls of Rauros
In the Mines of Moria
In the Emyn Muil
In the country of Hollin

Q18: What is the name of the Golden Hall at Edoras?
Meduseld
The Hornburg
The Hauberk
Ecthelion

Q19: What did Frodo see in the Mirrormere of Kheled-zâram?
The stars of Durin
His own reflection
The Eye of Sauron
Trees being felled in Bywater

Q20: Why did the Captains of the West march to the Black Gate?
To deliver a message to Sauron
To assail Mordor
To rescue Frodo and Sam
To draw the attention of Sauron away from his own lands


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