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Lord of the Rings Trivia
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What is the home region of Frodo Baggins?
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What metal is Bilbo's shirt made of?
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What glowing drink is served by Galadriel to the Fellowship?
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Which hobbit carries the ring into Mordor?
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What is the precise Elvish name for the Evenstar jewel?
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In the book The Fellowship of the Ring, which chapter contains the poem 'All that is gold does not glitter'?
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What is the name of Aragorn's sword after it is reforged?
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How many members start in the Company of the Ring at Rivendell?
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What is the exact numerical population estimate of the Shire given in Tolkien's late essay on hobbits as published in The Peoples of Middle-earth?
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What precise weight in pounds was the solid gold ring made for the prologue hand close-ups?
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What is the Elvish refuge ruled by Elrond?
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The Witch-king was slain by which exact pair in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields?
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Which wizard leads the White Council after his return?
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Which actor played the role of Denethor?
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Which realm is known for horse lords?
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Which elf is a prince of the Woodland Realm?
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Who composed the song 'Into the West' for the film credits?
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Which exact horse does Aragorn ride in Rohan?
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What path do Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli take through the mountains to summon help?
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Which chapter title introduces Tom Bombadil in The Fellowship of the Ring?
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What is the exact number of beacons lit between Minas Tirith and Edoras in the film?
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Who says one does not simply walk into Mordor?
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Who is the father of Boromir and Faramir?
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Which river does the Fellowship canoe down after Lothlorien?
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What is the official subtitle of the first volume of The Lord of the Rings?
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What creature does Gandalf battle on the Bridge of Khazad-dum?
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What inn does Frodo first visit in Bree?
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What is the precise number of Nazgul shown circling Minas Tirith in the siege sequence?
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Which actor performed the motion capture work for Gollum?
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Who rouses the Ents to march against Isengard?
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The line of Kings of Arnor was reunited in what exact year of the Third Age according to Appendix A?
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Which complete catalog title did the Bodleian Library assign to Tolkien's original Book of Mazarbul facsimile bundle in the 1950s?
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What is the name of Bilbo's sword that glows blue?
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How many Academy Awards did Howard Shore's soundtrack for The Return of the King win?
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What river runs past the Argonath statues?
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Which creature does Gollum call his Precious?
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What giant spider waylays Frodo near Cirith Ungol?
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In the first edition 1954 UK printing, what misprint appears in the Moria chapter regarding the number of moon letters on the West gate?
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What phrase appears in Elvish on the ring's band?
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Which language provides the inscription text on the One Ring?
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What is the exact star pattern on the blue field of the Gondor banner described in The Siege of Gondor?
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Which fortress stands at the mouth of the Black Gate?
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What stronghold in Rohan is besieged by Saruman's forces?
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The silver crown of Gondor restored by Aragorn contains how many jewels set around the circlet?
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Which printing of Return of the King first corrected the name of the fifth beacon from 'Raalos' to 'Erelas'?
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What is the Elvish name for Lothlorien in full?
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What is the title of the leader of the nine Ringwraiths?
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Who plays Eowyn?
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The palantir used by Pippin is recovered from where?
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What is the heraldic tincture combination of Dol Amroth per Tolkien's notes?
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Which king rides to the Pelennor with the Rohirrim?
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What are the giant wolf-like creatures ridden by Isengard orcs in Rohan?
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Which complete serial number appears on the Weta-made hero prop of the Shards of Narsil museum tag in the Te Papa exhibition?
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The great spider Shelob is the daughter of which primeval being?
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What is the catalog code of the original Alan Lee concept art for the Balrog in the Weta Workshop archive published in 2004?
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What is the philological root of the word 'orc' given by Tolkien in Appendix F?
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Which elf gives the Fellowship gifts at parting?
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What exact Quenya phrase follows 'Three Rings for the Elven kings' in the lore-master's transcription including the diacritics as given in Appendix E?
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What forest is ruled by Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn?
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What is the full Quenya house name of Aragorn recorded in the Annals?
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What is the exact length in minutes of the theatrical cut of The Two Towers?
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What is the name of the gate of Minas Morgul crossed by Frodo and Sam?
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Which extended edition adds the Mouth of Sauron at the Black Gate?
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What exact date did Tolkien complete the final words of The Lord of the Rings according to his letters?
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What year did The Fellowship of the Ring film premiere in New Zealand?
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Identify the precise volume and page of Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien that states 'We were born in a dark age' noting his editorial comment?
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Which page in The Two Towers first UK printing contains the misnumbered page header 'Book Four Chapter Eleven' repeated?
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What is the name of the beacon peak first shown lit above Minas Tirith?
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What is the exact Elvish tengwar mode used for the Black Speech inscription in the book apparatus?
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Who forged the One Ring to rule them all?
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Which pony carries supplies from Bree to Rivendell?
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What is the exact number of syllables in the Black Speech line 'ash nazg durbatulÃģk' as scanned by Tolkien?
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Which real New Zealand mountain range doubled as the Misty Mountains?
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Who blows the Horn of Gondor at Amon Hen?
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What was the original title of the final book volume in the first UK edition plan before being published as The Return of the King?
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What jewel does Arwen give Aragorn as a pledge?
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Who portrayed Faramir in Peter Jackson's trilogy?
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Which philological source does Tolkien cite for the name 'Kine of Araw' in Peoples of Middle-earth?
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Which page of the first UK Return of the King printing first uses the name Telcontar in narrative not appendix?
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Which river name appears only once in the entire trilogy text as a hapax legomenon?
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What food keeps hobbits going on the road through Emyn Muil?
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What is the exact Sindarin for king's healer plant athelas given by Ioreth?
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Which page number in the Allen and Unwin first edition of The Fellowship of the Ring shows the earliest map label 'Hollin Ridge' replaced later by 'Eregion Hills'?
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What tree guards the citadel of Minas Tirith?
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Who becomes king of Gondor at the end of the Third Age?
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What is the Sindarin etymology of the toponym Cirith Ungol as broken into morphemes?
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Which royal house rules Dol Amroth in the Third Age?
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What is the exact number of named Ents in Treebeard's on-page roll call not counting Huorns?
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What is the name of the ancient dwarven city in the Misty Mountains?
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Which specific edition first printed the full tale of Aragorn and Arwen as Appendix A part five rather than abridgment?
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In the films, who voiced Sauron's spoken lines heard in the prologue?
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Which exact letter and number identifies the Tengwar sign used for the 'ss' sound in the Ring inscription mode per Appendix E?
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Which poem by Bilbo begins with the line 'The road goes ever on and on'?
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Which year of the Second Age did Sauron begin building Barad-dur according to Appendix B?
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Which extended edition shows Saruman's death at Orthanc?
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Which book chapter title features the words 'The Stairs of Cirith Ungol'?
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Which numeric count of bearded dwarves appears on the West gate of Moria in the Tolkien original drawing reproduced in Hammond and Scull?
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What is the exact Sindarin term used for the Grey Company's standard in the Paths of the Dead chapter?
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What city is the capital of Gondor during the War of the Ring?
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What creature pulls the Witch-king's mount?
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What is the Sindarin name for Rivendell used by the elves?
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What is the exact line length in meters used for the Minas Tirith bigature model wall segment at Weta as documented in the 2004 art book?
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Which fellowship member is heir to the throne of Gondor?
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What is the exact runtime in minutes of The Return of the King extended edition including end credits as printed on the 2004 Region One release?
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What is the Elvish word 'mellon' used to open?
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What is the precise tally of orc heads counted by Gimli at Helm's Deep in the book?
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Which chapter number in Book Five contains the muster roll of the Knights of Dol Amroth named by Tolkien?
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Which character speaks the line 'I am no man' before striking the Witch-king?
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What river borders Lothlorien on the west?
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What exact Elvish star name does Samwise invoke in Cirith Ungol?
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Which printing state of the 1955 Two Towers first edition changes the chapter title 'The Taming of Smeagol' punctuation from hyphen to 'of' construction?
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What is the compass bearing given for the entrance of Shelob's Lair in the original field notes by Ngila Dickson costume team maps?
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What is the Elvish term for orcs used by the high elves?
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Who is the steward of Gondor when the beacons are lit?
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What Quenya month name corresponds to September in the Shire calendar?
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What animal rescues Gandalf from Orthanc?
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What is the full Quenya name of the ring Nenya?
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Who carries Frodo up Mount Doom when he can go no further?
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Which poem contains the line 'Not all those who wander are lost'?
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The Rohirric word 'eored' denotes what precise unit?
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The palantiri were made in what precise count and by whom per Unfinished Tales note?
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The Battle of Bywater occurs in what Shire Reckoning year?
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What day of the Shire Reckoning do the Black Riders first cross the Brandywine Ferry?
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