The Tolkien Quiz Book

2 What island lay near the mouth of the River Anduin?

3 Where was the Northern end of the Greenway?

4 What mountain range marked the Western boundary of Mordor?

5 Which river joined the Anduin between the Falls of Rauros and Cair Andros?

6 What realm was flanked by the Misty Mountains to the East and the Ettenmoors to the South?

7 What great peak stood on the Western side of Minas Tirith?

8 What river flowed down to the Grey Havens?

9 What hills lay to the East of Erebor?

10 What was the name of the kingdom of Thingol and Melian?

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What dwelling did Turgon build in the region of Nevrast?

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‘He’s an addict in need of a fix, and that fix is the Ring.’ Actor Andy Serkis talking about which character?

1. As well as being a special effects company, what does Weta mean?

(a) It stands for Wellington Effects and Technical Art

(b) It’s a type of cricket

(c) It’s a type of flightless parrot

2. Which established Tolkien artists did director Peter Jackson recruit to help conceive the films’ visual style?

3. Who is the only cast member to have met Tolkien?

4. Who did Jackson want to look ‘Like an innocent child – only ten feet tall’?

5. Which actor has helped Indiana Jones and Frodo Baggins?

6. Which studio pulled out of the project in alarm at the rising costs?

7. And which studio rescued it?

8. Which was the first scene to be filmed?

(a) The battle on Weathertop

(b) The hobbits’ first encounter with the Black Rider

(c) Gandalf’s arrival at Hobbiton

9. What can you make from corn syrup, umber and fuller’s earth?

10. And why would you want to?

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Which cast member lived in a cupboard with a hot water tank until ready to perform?

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What were the trolls cooking when Bilbo and Company found them?

1 Who slew the great boar of Everholt but died in the process?

2 What was the name of Oromë’s steed?

3 By what other name was the plant athelas known, and what was its chief virtue?

4 Name the five ponies that were stolen from the stables of ‘The Prancing Pony’.

5 What great hound was permitted to speak only three times?

6 Sam’s first child was named after what flower of Lothlórien?

7 How did King Théoden die?

8 Which Vala was known as the Giver of Fruits?

9 ‘An eye in a green face.’ What?

10 In what likeness was the ship of Celebom and Galadriel fashioned?

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