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Lord of the Rings Pro Trivia Quiz

Speak, Friend Elvish names, deep lore and the bits the films left out. Speak, friend, and enter.

201 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts

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About this quiz

This Lord of the Rings Pro Trivia Quiz has 201 questions: 71 easy, 80 medium and 50 hard. It is a Pro pack, made for fans who know the subject inside out. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.

Sample questions

10 of the 201 Tolkien and Middle-earth deep cuts questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.

Finish the Old Forest rescuer's rhyme about himself: 'Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are…' what colour?

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Yellow

He also wears a tall hat with a blue feather. The films leave him out completely.
In The Return of the King, Arwen sees a vision of the son she would have with Aragorn. In the book's appendices, what is he called?

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Eldarion

The appendices also give Aragorn and Arwen at least two daughters, but Tolkien never named them.
In the film, Bilbo stalls the trolls until dawn. In the book, how does Gandalf keep them arguing until the sun comes up?

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Throwing his voice

Each troll thinks another is insulting him, so they squabble all night until the dawn light catches them.
In the book, a bird knocks something against the grey stone just before the secret keyhole appears. What?

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A snail

The bird was a thrush. It was the last light of Durin's Day, just as the map's moon-letters had promised.
The Two Towers' 'Gollum's Song' was meant for a famous Icelandic singer, who turned it down because she was pregnant. Who?

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Björk

Another Icelandic singer, Emilíana Torrini, recorded it instead, and it plays over the film's end credits.
In late 1916 Tolkien was sent home from the Battle of the Somme with which illness, spread by lice?

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Trench fever

It kept coming back for two years, so he spent the rest of the war in hospitals and home camps, never back at the front.
Which Crowded House frontman sang 'Song of the Lonely Mountain' over the end credits of An Unexpected Journey?

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Neil Finn

A longer version of it is on the soundtrack's special edition.
In The Silmarillion, before the world exists at all, Ilúvatar and the Ainur first make it together as what?

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Music

Melkor tried to play his own tune over it, but Ilúvatar wove even that into his plan.
In 1961, which friend nominated Tolkien for the Nobel Prize in Literature?

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C. S. Lewis

The jury turned him down; one judge wrote that his prose didn't measure up to storytelling of the highest quality.
The Great Eagles who keep rescuing everyone serve which Vala, the King of the Valar and lord of the winds?

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Manwë

He sits on the highest mountain of the Undying Lands, and the eagles bring him news from Middle-earth.

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Type, wager, brag. Everyone types an answer before the timer runs out. Wager points when you are sure, then share your brag card.

Questions about this quiz

How many questions are in the Lord of the Rings Pro Trivia Quiz?

201. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.

Can I play the Lord of the Rings Pro Trivia Quiz with friends online?

Yes. Start a room with this quiz, share the room code or link, and 2 to 12 players join from the Braggit app or any browser. You can also play it solo.

Is the Lord of the Rings Pro Trivia Quiz free?

It is a Pro pack. Unlock it in the app with coins, rent it for a day, or play every Pro pack with Braggit Pro.

Do I have to spell the answers exactly?

No. You type your answers, and Braggit accepts close spellings, so a small typo still scores.

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