How Much Do I Know About The Lord of the Rings ?

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You shall not pass this ultimate Lord of the Rings trivia quiz—but we dare you to try it anyway. 🧙 See how big of a Tolkien megafan you really are by answering these 15 challenging trivia q’s about the books and the movies inspired by them!

We’ll throw you a few easy ones to start, but our questions will get trickier as you go on. Are you up to the challenge? Hit "Start Quiz" to begin!

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Questions Overview

1. Which character is also known by the name Strider?
  1. Aragorn
  2. Éomer
  3. Grima Wormtongue
  4. Sméagol
2. How many members are there in the original Fellowship?
  1. 9
  2. 7
  3. 12
  4. 10
3. When Frodo can no longer walk, how does Sam help him finish his journey to Mordor?
  1. He carries him on his back.
  2. He wraps him in a blanket, then he and Gollum drag Frodo to Mordor.
  3. He doesn’t.
  4. He gets the eagles to carry them both.
4. Complete Sam’s line from Peter Jackson’s The Two Towers film adaptation: “Po-ta-toes?? Boil ’em, ____ ’em, stick ’em in a stew??”
  1. Mash
  2. Roast
  3. Broil
  4. Fry
5. What race does Aragorn belong to?
  1. Men
  2. Elves
  3. Ents
  4. Uruk-hai
6. What is Sméagol’s cousin’s name?
  1. Déagol
  2. Réagol
  3. Béagol
  4. Téagol
7. Finish these lyrics: “Home is behind, the world ahead, / And there are many ____”?
  1. Paths to tread
  2. Roads to walk
  3. Things to dread
  4. Places to go
8. In The Fellowship of the Ring , who stabs Frodo with a Morgul knife?
  1. The Witch-king of Angmar
  2. Gollum
  3. Boromir
  4. Denethor
9. Which word describes the seeing-stone Saruman uses to communicate with Sauron?
  1. Palantir
  2. Balrog
  3. Edoras
  4. Lembas
10. What is the name of Frodo’s sword?
  1. Sting
  2. Dagmor
  3. Narsil
  4. Orcrist
11. How many Rings of Power were created?
  1. 20
  2. 19
  3. 17
  4. 13
12. Whom does Éowyn marry?
  1. Faramir
  2. Boromir
  3. Arwen
  4. Aragorn
13. Some years after destroying the Ring and returning to the Shire, Frodo departs for the Undying Lands alongside which other characters?
  1. Bilbo and Gandalf
  2. Sam and Gandalf
  3. Bilbo and Pippin
  4. Merry and Pippin
14. In The Fellowship of the Ring , which character rescues the hobbits from Old Man Willow by singing him to sleep?
  1. Tom Bombadil
  2. Treebeard
  3. Galadriel
  4. Goldberry
15. Which character is also known as “Sharkey”?
  1. Saruman
  2. Gollum
  3. Grima Wormtongue
  4. Shelob

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5 The Lord of the Rings Fun Facts

Can’t get enough of The Lord of the Rings ? We’ve got a few fun facts about J. R. R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy trilogy that may surprise and delight you!

1. Tolkien originally wanted to publish all three books in one volume. Just imagine what a door-stopper that thing would be.

2. The rise of environmentalism helped the trilogy rise in popularity. After President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency in the 1970s, many noticed environmentally friendly messaging in Tolkien’s trilogy, including his love of nature and his personification of trees as Ents. Consequently, book sales rose.

3. Tolkien wrote the poem “One Ring to Rule Them All” while he was in the bathtub. Not much more we can add to this one, except to recite the poem:

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all. One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

4. The books’ maps of Middle-Earth were drawn by Tolkien’s son, Christopher. He began drawing them over a decade before the books were published.

5. Tolkien wrote the trilogy with the support of his friend C. S. Lewis. At first, Tolkien was focused primarily on building the world of Middle-Earth, including genealogies and histories, but The Chronicles of Narnia author Lewis insisted him that he turn it all into a novel, which Tolkien did—“to keep [Lewis] quiet!”

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