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Trivia Questions on the Lord of the Rings and Middle Earth
These questions can be used with a Trivial Pursuit (TM) board game or the Trivial Pursuit (TM) Lord of the Rings edition. This work is in progress. Please submit additional questions in the comments. Have fun!
Last Updated: February 3, 2004
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[Names] [The War of the Rings] [Songs and Poems] [Middle Earth History] [The Hobbit] [J.R.R. Tolkien]
Names:
How did the ent Bregolad (Quickbeam) get his name?
By Answering another ent's question before they finished asking it.
What is Merry's full name?
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Who is the keeper of the prancing pony?
Barliman Butterbur
What elf came to the aid of Strider and the hobbits on their journey from Weathertop to Rivendell?
Glorfindel
What do the elves call Gandalf?
Mithrandir
Who is Sam's father?
Hamfast Gamgee
What does Eowyn mean?
horse joy
Who is Tom Bombadil's wife?
Goldberry
Where does Old Man Willow live?
The Old Forest
What alphabet (runes) is used by the language of Mordor?
the Elven alphabet
Give three alternate names for Aragorn?
Strider, Elessar, Elfstone, Wingfoot, Isildur's Heir, Thorongil, Estel, Telcontar, the Dunedan, Longshanks, the Renewer
Who are the two sons of Denethor and which is the elder?
Boromir and Faramir, Boromir is elder
Give three alternate names for Gandalf?
Incanus, Olorin, Tharkun, Lathspell, Grey Pilgrim, Grey Wanderer, Stormcrow, Greyhame, Mithrandir, Grey Fool, the White Rider
What were the two names Sam gave to Gollum?
Stinker and Slinker
Who are Butterbur's two workers?
Nob and Bob
What horse did Frodo ride to the Ford of Bruinen?
Asfaloth
Who were Aragorn's parents?
Arathorn and Gilraen the Fair
Who was Shelob's mother?
Ungoliant
Who is the Lord of Lothlorien?
Celeborn the Wise
Who is Denethor's father?
Ecthelion
Who keeps the Grey Havens?
Cirdan the Shipwright
Who is Legolas' father?
Thranduil
The Lord of the Nazgul dwells in which city?
Minas Morgul
What's another title for the Lord of the Nazgul?
the Witch King of Angmar
What is Treebeard's name for Lothlorien?
Laurelindorenon
Who was the first elf that Sam and Frodo met on their journey?
Gildor Inglorien
Whose foal was Snowmane?
Lightfoot's
Who were the twin sons of Elrond?
Elladan and Elrohir
Who are the three named orcs in Cirith Ungol?
Shagrat, Gorbag and Snaga
Who was Sharkey?
Saruman
What was Aragorn's sword, Anduril's, name before it was reforged?
Narsil
What is Imladris better known as?
Rivendell
The War of the Rings
Who did Smeagol kill in order to gain possession of the Ring?
his cousin Deagol
How many trolls did Strider and the hobbits see on their way to Rivendell?
three
What is Gollum's last word?
"Precious"
What were the two stairs of Cirith Ungol and which was more difficult?
the straight stair and the winding stair, straight was more difficult
Who made the prophecy that the Witch King of Angmar would not fall by the hand of man?
Glorfindel
What were the two alternative names for the New Row built after Sharkey's death?
Better Smials and Battle Gardens (It was a purely Bywater joke to refer to it as Sharkey's End)
Who said "Not lightly do the leaves of Lorien fall"?
Aragorn
From whom does Frodo learn that Boromir has died?
Faramir
What gift did Galadriel give to Gimli?
Three strands of her hair
What did the Ents lose?
The ent-wives
On what day of the year was the Ring destroyed?
March 25
Who did the Uruk-hai take prisoner after killing Boromir?
Merry and Pippin
What did Denethor have on his lap when Gandalf and Pippin came to him?
the horn of Boromir
What Tower did Sam rescue Frodo from?
The Tower of Cirith Ungol
Why did Sam reach Frodo in the Tower of Cirith Ungol without resistance?
Because most of the Orcs had killed each other
What was Galadriel's ring Nenya made of?
Mithril
According to Gandalf, how did Boromir escape the peril of his desire for the ring?
By his noble death in defending Merry and Pippin
Who greeted Gandalf, Theoden et al. after they arrived at Isengard from Helm's Deep?
Merry and Pippin
Who wore the three elven rings during the War of the Rings?
Elrond, Galadriel and Gandalf
How was Aragorn first recognized as the rightful king by the people of Minas Tirith?
Because of his ability to heal
What boy befriended Pippin in Minas Tirith?
Bergil son of Beregond
Who won the contest at Helm's Deep of the number of enemy killed (between Legolas and Gimli)?
Gimli
How did Gandalf escape from Orthanc?
He was rescued by Gwahir the eagle
Who first warns Gandalf that the black riders are on the move?
Radagast the Brown
Who did Merry and Pippin entangle themselves with in the Old Forest?
Old Man Willow
Songs and Poems of Middle Earth
What did Bilbo do the Lay of Gilgalad? He translated it. What is inscribed on the One Ring (roughly translated into the common tongue)?
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
What is the next line after "of him the harpers sadly sing..." in the Fall of Gilgalad?
"the last whose realm was fair and free"
Name eight living creatures that Treebeard recites in his poem?
elves, dwarves, man, ents, beavers, bucks, bears, boars, hounds, hares, eagles, oxen, harts, hawks, swans and serpents
Middle Earth History
Who is older, Elrond or Treebeard?
Treebeard
What was Aragorn known as while living in Rivendell as a child?
Estel
Who built the tower of Minas Morgul?
the Numenoreans
Who cut the Ring from Sauron's hand?
Isildur
How many palantiri were there?
seven
The Uruk-hai are bred from what two species?
Orcs and Men
How many wizards are there?
5 (Radagast, Saruman, Gandalf and two unnamed)
How long did Bilbo possess the ring?
60 years
The Hobbit
How did Bilbo and the dwarves escape from the Trolls?
The Trolls argued until daylight at which time they turned to stone.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Where was J.R.R. Tolkien born?
South Africa
What character, according to J.R.R. Tolkien, didn't belong in C.S. Lewis' the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
Father Christmas
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