Middle-Earth Quiz!!

[TheOneRinger]

Unfortunately, no.

I'm afraid you need to have read the Histories of Middle-Earth for this. Knowing you, though, I think you'll really like the answer when it comes out. In fact, Frodo Gamgee may become your new favorite Hobbit.

Now I am thinking pie.

Again I am kicking myself for losing the Histories on my move.

[lastalliance]

D'oh! I read this at Barnes & Noble and don't remember much. I'm going to go out on a limb and say Sting.

No, sorry.

Here's one for you I found online. Most of the ones I would have come up with are taken

Which of the following charges do Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry NOT face when they are arrested at Frogmorton?
* Tearing up of rules
* Gate-breaking
* Trespassing
* Sleeping in Shire-buildings without leave
* Travelling after dark
* Bribing guards with food
* Assaulting gate-keepers

Would it be "Bribing guards with food"?

Now I am thinking pie.

Again I am kicking myself for losing the Histories on my move.

You don't need to kick yourself, because this particular piece of information is in volume 9 of the Histories (should I have said that? ). You only had the first five, I believe.

[TheOneRinger]

You don't need to kick yourself, because this particular piece of information is in volume 9 of the Histories (should I have said that? ). You only had the first five, I believe.

ok then... I'll just pout.

Still, is it some form of pie?

[FWH-Praetor]

Would it be "Bribing guards with food"?

Nope! Keep trying though

Sorry. I actually found this in a rather interesting online quiz you can take. I got 67/100 right. I got a lot of the names mixed up.

http://www.rinkworks.com/trivia/

Just look for the Middle Earth one towards the bottom. There's over 300 questions available, but you can only do 100 at a time. No one has to answer them but here's a few I found interesting. The casual fan might have trouble answering some of these.

What color was the arrow Bard used to kill Smaug?

Which of the sons of Feanor was the eldest?

Rohan was once known as the fields of what?

What are the names of Farmer Maggot's dogs?

What are the Goblin names for Orcrist and Glamdring, respectively?

Who killed Morgoth?

How many years did the Old Took live?

What was the name of Aragorn's mother?

Who said, "It's an ill wind as blows nobody no good, as I always say. And All's well as ends Better!"

How many Great Rings were originally made?

What was the name of the pony given to Merry by Theoden?

Who says, "Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven-princeling in"?

[lastalliance]

Nope! Keep trying though

Sorry. I actually found this in a rather interesting online quiz you can take. I got 67/100 right. I got a lot of the names mixed up.

http://www.rinkworks.com/trivia/

Just look for the Middle Earth one towards the bottom. There's over 300 questions available, but you can only do 100 at a time. No one has to answer them but here's a few I found interesting. The casual fan might have trouble answering some of these.

What color was the arrow Bard used to kill Smaug?

Which of the sons of Feanor was the eldest?

Rohan was once known as the fields of what?

What are the names of Farmer Maggot's dogs?

What are the Goblin names for Orcrist and Glamdring, respectively?

Who killed Morgoth?

How many years did the Old Took live?

What was the name of Aragorn's mother?

Who said, "It's an ill wind as blows nobody no good, as I always say. And All's well as ends Better!"

How many Great Rings were originally made?

What was the name of the pony given to Merry by Theoden?

Who says, "Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven-princeling in"?

Black

I don't know

I don't know

Fang, Grip, and Wolf

Beater and Biter?

How about Tulkas?

130

Gilraen

Butterbur

20

Stybba

Aragorn



And no, TheOneRinger, nothing to do with pie.

[Reddhawk]

What color was the arrow Bard used to kill Smaug?

Black

Which of the sons of Feanor was the eldest?

I have no idea. Could it be Maedhros?

Rohan was once known as the fields of what?

Calenardhon

What are the names of Farmer Maggot's dogs?

Fang, Grip, and Wolf

What are the Goblin names for Orcrist and Glamdring, respectively?

Biter (for Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver) and Beater (for Glamdring, Foe-hammer)

Who killed Morgoth?

Túrin Turambar

(Prophesied to kill Morgoth during Dagor Dagorath by running Gurthang through his heart).

How many years did the Old Took live?

130

What was the name of Aragorn's mother?

Gilraen

Who said, "It's an ill wind as blows nobody no good, as I always say. And All's well as ends Better!"

Gaffer Gamgee?

How many Great Rings were originally made?

20

(7 for the elven kings + 3 for the dwarf lords + 9 for mortal men + 1 for the Dark Lord = 20)

What was the name of the pony given to Merry by Theoden?

I have no idea.

Who says, "Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven-princeling in"?

Aragorn

[TheOneRinger]

I think Feanor's eldest was Maedhros.

Oh and didn't Manwe's son kill Morgoth? That's how Middle-Earth was destroyed I believe...

[lastalliance]

It's not looking like anyone is going to get it... here is what Frodo Gamgee asked:

"What happened to Gimli? I liked him. Please can I have an axe soon dad? Are there any orcs left?"

One can see where his train of thought is going.

[TheOneRinger]

It's not looking like anyone is going to get it... here is what Frodo Gamgee asked:

"What happened to Gimli? I liked him. Please can I have an axe soon dad? Are there any orcs left?"

One can see where his train of thought is going.

Eh... Did he get Zigilburk?

Seriously I am more confused now than ever.

EDIT: Did he get to visit the dwarves or something? Erebor? Aglarond?

[RathanTyr-Valen]

prune bump

[aleczander]

Yes; those are the correct answers.

Legolas was a sindarin elf

Going way back, I notices this incorrect answer. Legolas was a Silvan elf. Not Sindarin/Grey elf. The silvan (dark) never saw the two trees or made the journey like the Sindarin. The grey-elves made the journey to the coast, but never saw the two trees. They are neither light, nor dark, buy grey. Although, sometimes the "dark" elves are generally thought of as all the elves who never made it to Valinor. Since legolas' people never made it to Beleriand, they are not Grey/Sindarin, but rather Silvan/Dark.

[TheScyphozoa]

From the index in the back of Unfinished Tales:

Legolas Sindarin Elf of Northern Mirkwood, son of Thranduil; one of the Fellowship of the Ring.

I think Legolas counts as Sindarin because his ancestors were.

[aleczander]

found it:
Legolas says '...the Elves of this land were of a race strange to us of the silvan folk...' (The Fellowship of the Ring II 3, The Ring Goes South). This is confusing, because his father Thranduil is elsewhere identified as one of the Sindar. Tolkien touches on this question in his Letters, where he describes Legolas as '...a Woodland Elf, though one of royal and originally Sindarin line.' (The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien No 297, dated 1967, our italics).

Confusing, no? Legolas was born in mirkwood, but his father descended from Lindon in Beleriand. The people of Legolas and his other relatives were all silvan. He counts himself as silvan.
I guess you could say he's both?

[TheScyphozoa]

Well, I believe most of the Galadhrim are sylvan or Sindarin, but Galadriel is a Noldo. So going by Noldor>Sindar>sylvan, it wouldn't be the first time one elf kindred is ruled by a member of a higher kindred. Legolas is descended from the Sindar but has lived most of his life among mostly sylvan elves. He never even set foot in Beleriand.

[Jesterofthedead]

From the index in the back of Unfinished Tales:

Legolas Sindarin Elf of Northern Mirkwood, son of Thranduil; one of the Fellowship of the Ring.

I think Legolas counts as Sindarin because his ancestors were.

So far as I understand it as well, the "royalty" of Mirkwood are Sindarin, but Thranduil's subjects are Silvan elves. So Legolas is a Sindarin elf, but the majority of the Mirkwood elves, I s'pose, are Silvan.

[Sylux14]

What invaded the Shire during the Fell Winter?

[Reodred14]

What invaded the Shire during the Fell Winter?

*gasp* Wolves invaded the shire! The whole brandywine froze over it did and the wolves just came a runnin across it

[aleczander]

weren't they white, too? like wolves from up north or something..

or i just dreamed that after lots of ale tasting

[Letharz]

What invaded the Shire during the Fell Winter?

Wolves and Orcs.

[DarkMageOfCarnDum]

I have not know the parameters as I have not played this game before, but saying as no questions have been asked for 2 days I will go now.

Name the house servant of Erendis.

[Itharas]

...Four months later.....

The only one I remember being named was Zamîn, but I have no clue if that's the answer you're looking for or not.

Apart from Glorfindel and Luthien, what other elves did Tolkien ever mention returning from the Halls of Mandos?

[Itharas]

No, great-great-great-great grandfather is incorrect. You need to know the family trees.

And yes, I know this is super old and all that, but technically, great-great-great-great grandfather would be correct for Arwen's relation to Finwe. On her father's side, she was the daughter of Elrond, son of Earendil, son of Idril, daughter of Turgon, son of Fingolfin, son of Finwe. It was only on her mother's side that he was her great-great grandfather.

[Aestivan]

Confusing, no? Legolas was born in mirkwood, but his father descended from Lindon in Beleriand. The people of Legolas and his other relatives were all silvan. He counts himself as silvan.
I guess you could say he's both?

No, no - not of Lindon (the Laiquendi were Telerin, but not Sindarin). Oropher, Thranduil's father, was of the people of Elu Thingol in Doriath. Oropher founded the woodland realm in Greenwood the Great (later, Mirkwood due to the unwholesome influence of the Necromancer of Dol Guldur - later found to be Sauron). Oropher died in the War of the Last Alliance, and Thranduil inherited his realm. Legolas says "silvan" and not "Sindarin" because as much as the Elvenking's halls might resemble Menegroth in general form, they are in fact not the people of Thingol any longer even though their line originated in Doriath.

[cdq1958]

The pony Merry got from Theoden King was Stybba, if my memory serves.

[cdq1958]

Here's one for you I found online. Most of the ones I would have come up with are taken

Which of the following charges do Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry NOT face when they are arrested at Frogmorton?
* Tearing up of rules
* Gate-breaking
* Trespassing
* Sleeping in Shire-buildings without leave
* Travelling after dark
* Bribing guards with food
* Assaulting gate-keepers

They were not charged with Travelling after dark.