a wee farewell pressie - LOTR quiz

[Chris]

1. How many companions make up the fellowship of the ring?
a. six
b. seven
c. three
d. nine

2. Who plays Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings movies?
a. Corey Feldman
b. Sean Astin
c. Sean Bean
d. Elijah Wood


3. Who is Aragorn's love interest?
a. Galadriel
b. Rosie Cotton
c. Luthien
d. Arwen

4. The Ents resemble:
a. trees
b. rocks
c. elephants
d. ferns


5. What does the fellowship seek to do with the ring?
a. forge it
b. hide it
c. find it
d. destroy it

6. Which of these phrases does not appear on the ring?
a. "One Ring to rule them all"
b. "One Ring to bring them all"
c. "One Ring to destroy them"
d. "One Ring to find them"


7. Who's the only actor in The Lord of the Rings movies to play two characters?
a. John Rhys-Davies
b. Cate Blanchett
c. Viggo Mortensen
d. Ian McKellen

8. Frodo was given the ring by:
a. Samwise
b. Bilbo
c. Saruman
d. Gollum


9. Minas Tirith is:
a. Sauron's fortress
b. the capital of Gondor
c. Gandalf's hide-out
d. the capital of Rohan

10. What are the Ringwraiths also known as?
a. Nazgul
b. Balrogs
c. Night Riders
d. all of the above


11. The Lord of the Rings movies were directed by:
a. Steven Spielberg
b. Quentin Tarantino
c. Peter Jackson
d. George Lucas

12. What is the site of the major battle in The Two Towers?
a. Helm's Deep
b. mines of Moria
c. Gladden Fields
d. Pelennor Fields


13. What is the real name of-Gollum?
a. Treebeard
b. Deagol
c. Smeagol
d. Meriadoc

14. What is a palantir?
a. seeing stone
b. elven city
c. rider of Rohan
d. Orc weapon


15. What animals does Sam get his wish to see?
a. tigers
b. elephants
c. camels
d. mice

16. Saruman's symbol is:
a. the red sky
b. the white tree
c. the red eye
d. the white hand


17. What color is Uruk-hai blood?
a. brown
b. green
c. red
d. black

18. Who is the ruling steward of Gondor?
a. Theoden
b. Eowyn
c. Boromir
d. Denethor


19. Which of the following is not one of Gandalf's names?
a. Mithrandir
b. Olorin c. Beren
d. Tharkun

20. Who is Galadriel's husband?
a. Elrond
b. Celeborn
c. Legolas
d. Feanor


21. What is the name of the inn in Bree?
a. The Inn at Bree
b. The Green Dragon
c. The King's Head
d. The Prancing Pony

22. Which of the following roles was recast after filming started?
a. Aragorn
b. Legolas
c. Frodo
d. Gandalf


23. What is the "back door" Frodo and Sam use to enter Mordor?
a. Cirith Gorgor
b. Erech
c. Cirith Ungol
d. Morannon

24. What is the name of Gandalf's horse?
a. Brego
b. Shadowfax
c. Bill the pony
d. Gilraen


25. Who appears in The Lord of the Rings books, but not the films?
a. Tom Bombadil
b. Radagast
c. Fatty Bolger
d. all of the above

[TheTramp]

Originally posted by Chris
1. How many companions make up the fellowship of the ring?
d. nine

2. Who plays Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings movies?
b. Sean Astin

3. Who is Aragorn's love interest?
d. Arwen

4. The Ents resemble:
a. trees

5. What does the fellowship seek to do with the ring?
d. destroy it

6. Which of these phrases does not appear on the ring?
c. "One Ring to destroy them"

7. Who's the only actor in The Lord of the Rings movies to play two characters?
a. John Rhys-Davies

8. Frodo was given the ring by:
b. Bilbo

9. Minas Tirith is:
b. the capital of Gondor

10. What are the Ringwraiths also known as?
a. Nazgul

11. The Lord of the Rings movies were directed by:
c. Peter Jackson

12. What is the site of the major battle in The Two Towers?
a. Helm's Deep

13. What is the real name of-Gollum?
c. Smeagol

14. What is a palantir?
a. seeing stone

15. What animals does Sam get his wish to see?
b. elephants

16. Saruman's symbol is:
d. the white hand

17. What color is Uruk-hai blood?
d. black

18. Who is the ruling steward of Gondor?
d. Denethor

19. Which of the following is not one of Gandalf's names?
c. Beren

20. Who is Galadriel's husband?
b. Celeborn

21. What is the name of the inn in Bree?
d. The Prancing Pony

22. Which of the following roles was recast after filming started?
a. Aragorn

23. What is the "back door" Frodo and Sam use to enter Mordor?
c. Cirith Ungol

24. What is the name of Gandalf's horse?
b. Shadowfax

25. Who appears in The Lord of the Rings books, but not the films?
a. Tom Bombadil

[Dreadful Scathe]

Im not going to repeat them all as the only one i wasn't sure of was 19, but i think the Tramp is right.

I think Tramp got 25 wrong though because none of them appeared in the film but they were all in the book.

Question 15 is wrong though - the right answer would be Oliphants not Elephants.

[xSalsa_Angelx]

I can't answer this quiz as I have only seen the first one, or some of the first one, I thought it was so boring, I found sitting biting the heads of off my jellie babies more fun and then I fell asleep..!!!

[Lynn]

Originally posted by Dreadful Scathe
Im not going to repeat them all as the only one i wasn't sure of was 19, but i think the Tramp is right.

Hmm, I didn't know that one either. (Well, knew it wasn't Beren) - Where are the other names mentioned?

[TheTramp]

Originally posted by Dreadful Scathe
Im not going to repeat them all as the only one i wasn't sure of was 19, but i think the Tramp is right.

I think Tramp got 25 wrong though because none of them appeared in the film but they were all in the book.

Question 15 is wrong though - the right answer would be Oliphants not Elephants. Yeah. You're probably right about number 25. It was late though :wink:

I agree with question 15. But I figured that 'oliphants' was more likely to be meant as 'elephants' than 'tigers', 'camels' or 'mice'.

19 was a toss-up between b. Olorin and c. Beren. But I think that it's c.

Steve

[Lynn]

Re 19. Names of Gandalf - Mithrander of course (elvish name), Beren no (?), and Olorin yes ('Olorin was I in my youth in the West that is forgotten'), (had to look that one up!!) mentioned in Two Towers. So where is Tharkun mentioned?

[TheTramp]

If I remember rightly, Tharkun is the name given to him by the Dwarves. No idea which book that comes into though.

Steve

[Chris]

1.d; 2.b; 3.d; 4.a; 5.d; 6.c; 7.a; 8.b; 9.b; 10.a; 11.c; 12.a; 13.c; 14.a; 15.b; 16.d; 17.d; 18.d; 19.c; 20.b; 21.d; 22.a; 23.c; 24.b; 25.d.

[Lynn]

Originally posted by TheTramp
If I remember rightly, Tharkun is the name given to him by the Dwarves. No idea which book that comes into though.
Steve
Thanks, yes, that sounds familiar. Not sure exactly where either.

[Neil]

Originally posted by Lynn
Thanks, yes, that sounds familiar. Not sure exactly where either. "It was these records that brought the Grey Pilgrim to us. I first saw him when I was a child, and he has been twice or thrice since then."
"The Grey Pilgrim?" said Frodo. "Had he a name?"
"Mithrandir we called him in elf-fashion," said Faramir, "and he was content. 'Many are my names in many countries,' he said. 'Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Dwarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incanus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not'."

The Two Towers: "The Window on the West"

Tharkûn:
Tharkûn was the name by which Gandalf was known among the Dwarves. It was said to mean "staff man."
(Unfinished Tales: "The Istari")

Taken from: http://www.tuckborough.net/gandalf.html

Neil

[Lynn]

Originally posted by Neil
..." 'Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Dwarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incanus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not'."
The Two Towers: "The Window on the West"...
Neil Thanks. I got the Olórin reference from Silmarillion index but it didn't mention Tharkûn or give exactly where in Two Towers.
Lynn

[Dreadful Scathe]

extra questions....

So anyone who doesn't know want to guess....

how old - approximately - are Aragorn, Frodo and Gandalf at the beginning of 'Fellowship of the Ring' ? :)



Go on take a guess, you may be surprised :).