Selects • August 2025
The Lord of the Rings
One quiz to rule them all. Six categories to bind them.
Facts & Folklore
Mostly film, some book.
An early scene in The Fellowship of the Ring film is a party where Bilbo is celebrating what birthday?
When Aragorn first appears in the both the films and books, he is introduced by what name?
Who does Gollum murder in order to obtain the one ring?
According to the poem explaining the One Ring's creation, how many rings were made in total?
Beginning with N, what name was given to the longsword once wielded by King Elendil?
Facts & Folklore
Behind the Scenes
For those that watched all the DVD extras, this is your moment.
Viggo Mortensen broke two toes on the set of The Two Towers after kicking what object?
Who was the only cast member to have met J. R. R. Tolkien?
When Bilbo drops The Ring at Bag End, it lands with a heavy thud because the filmmakers placed what under the set’s floor?
Which Fellowship cast member was too scared to fly in a helicopter so instead opted to hike up mountains in his costume?
Aside from portraying Gimli, John Rhys-Davies also provided the voice for which LOTR film character believed to have been inspired by Tolkien's real-life frenemy C.S. Lewis?
Behind the Scenes
On the Map
We’ll describe the Middle-Earth locale, you tell us the name.
Also known as Imladris, it's the peaceful haven historians suggest was inspired by Switzerland's Lauterbrunnen Valley.
Located east of the Shire, it's the town where men and hobbits get their drink on at The Prancing Pony.
A vast, dark forest located in the region of Rhovanion, it’s where Legolas was born.
Also known as “Moria” and “The Black Pit”, it’s the hyphenated name given to the city-kingdom of the Dwarves.
The first capital city of Gondor, it's the abandoned city which went on to gain strategic importance as a crossing point over the Anduin.
On the Map
Creatures
All creatures, great and small.
Often ridden in battle by the southern Haradrim, mûmakil resemble what real-life animal?
In the books, it’s specified that wargs are afraid of which element?
Which group of creatures was Tolkien referring to when he wrote: “[They] are a dangerous ‘machine’. I have used them sparingly, and that is the absolute limit of their credibility or usefulness”?
What breed of wild horse is Shadowfax?
Shelob is descended from which giant spider who destroyed the Two Trees of Valinor?
Creatures
The Women of Middle Earth
More like Middle Her-th
Screenwriter and producer Fran Walsh’s vocals provided the base sound for what characters’ screeching?
Arwen, future Queen of the Reunited Kingdom, is the daughter of which elf lord?
Before she delivers the final blow and kills the Witch King of Angmar, Eowyn of Rohan makes what four-word declaration in the film The Return of the King?
Galadriel is the bearer of which Elven Ring of Power - Narya, Nenya or Vilya?
At the end of The Return of the King, Sam returns to the Shire and marries Rosie Cotton, the barmaid of which Hobbiton pub?
The Women of Middle Earth
Fill In The Blankses
Can you complete these iconic film quotes?
Pippin:
“What about second ___?”
Arwen:
“If you want him, come and ___ him.”
Legolas:
“They’re taking the Hobbits to ___.”
Gandalf:
“One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the ___ bind them.”
King Theoden:
“Where was Gondor when the ___ fell?”
Fill In The Blankses
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