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Lord of the Rings Trivia Quiz
Second Breakfast Frodo, Gandalf, Gollum and the long walk to Mount Doom in Peter Jackson's films, plus The Hobbit. One quiz to rule them all.
201 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts
About this quiz
This Lord of the Rings Trivia Quiz has 201 questions: 71 easy, 80 medium and 50 hard. It is free. 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
20 of the 201 The Lord of the Rings questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.
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Which black tower stands in the middle of Isengard, too hard even for the Ents to break?
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Orthanc
After the Ents flood Isengard, Saruman is left trapped at the top of it.
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Frodo and Sam first try to walk into Mordor through which giant entrance, before Gollum offers another way?
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Black Gate
Gollum leads them south instead, to a secret stairway that ends in Shelob's lair.
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Bilbo's hobbit-hole with the round green door has a name. What is it?
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Bag End
Bilbo leaves it, along with the Ring, to Frodo on the night of his party.
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Gollum warns Frodo not to follow the lights in which swamp, full of pale faces under the water?
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Dead Marshes
The faces belong to warriors from an ancient battle. Frodo falls in and Gollum pulls him out.
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Before he becomes Gollum, he demands the Ring from his cousin with a childish reason. What special day does he say it is?
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Birthday
'Because it's my birthday, and I wants it.' He gets it, and is driven out to the mountains soon after.
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In the dark of the dwarf mines, Gandalf spots a creature creeping along behind the Fellowship. He tells Frodo it has been following them for three days. Who is it?
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Gollum
He had escaped Sauron's dungeons and is hunting the Ring; he catches up with Frodo and Sam in the next film.
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In the extended Return of the King, at the victory party in Rohan's golden hall, Gimli challenges Legolas to a contest he is sure the elf will lose. What kind of contest?
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Drinking contest
Legolas barely feels a thing while Gimli ends up on the floor; Howard Shore, the films' composer, cameos in the scene.
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Inside the mountain, Thorin's plan is to bury Smaug in what?
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Molten gold
They melt a giant golden statue in the old forges, but Smaug bursts out and flies off to burn Lake-town.
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To call Rohan for help, Gandalf sends Pippin to secretly light the first of a chain of what?
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Beacons
One by one they flare up across the snowy peaks until Aragorn sees them and shouts that Gondor calls for aid.
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The Ents' final blow against Isengard is to smash what, sending the river crashing into Saruman's pits?
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Dam
The flood washes out Saruman's war machine and leaves him stranded on top of his tower.
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The golden hall of Rohan's kings sits on a hill in which town?
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Edoras
The set was built for real on top of Mount Sunday in New Zealand, a rocky hill in a wide valley.
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Frodo watches an eerie beam blast into the sky from which ghostly city of the Ringwraiths?
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Minas Morgul
The beam signals the Witch-king's army to march out against Gondor.
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Sam ties Gollum up with something from Lórien, and Gollum shrieks that it burns and freezes him. What is it?
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Elvish rope
Frodo takes pity and frees him, making Gollum swear on the Ring to guide them to Mordor.
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In the prologue, Sauron swings a huge weapon that sends soldiers flying. What kind of weapon is it?
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Mace
He kills Elendil with it, and Isildur grabs his father's broken sword to cut the Ring away.
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In the extended Return of the King, Gandalf breaks something of Saruman's with a command. What?
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Staff
It happens on top of Orthanc, ending Saruman's power: 'Saruman, your staff is broken.'
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On Weathertop, Merry and Pippin cook tomatoes, sausages and 'nice crispy bacon' in the dark. What gives the hobbits away to the Black Riders?
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Their campfire
Frodo kicks dirt over it shouting 'Put it out, you fools!', but the Ringwraiths are already climbing the hill.
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Sitting on his mountain of gold, Thorin turns paranoid and greedy, just like his grandfather. What do the dwarves call this madness?
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Dragon sickness
Balin warns Bilbo that even the Arkenstone wouldn't cure it: 'I fear it would make him worse.'
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On the narrow bridge, the fire demon falls into the chasm, but drags Gandalf down with it. What does it catch him with?
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Whip
The Two Towers opens on the pair still fighting as they fall, all the way down into the deep water below.
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Facing Sauron's huge army at the gate of Mordor, Aragorn turns to his friends and charges. What two words does he say quietly first?
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For Frodo
For a moment nobody moves; then Merry and Pippin charge after him, and the rest of the army follows.
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While Frodo waits in the Shire, Gandalf searches dusty old scrolls by candlelight to learn the truth about Bilbo's ring. In which city?
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Minas Tirith
He finds Isildur's own account of the Ring there, then races back to the Shire to warn Frodo.
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Questions about this quiz
How many questions are in the Lord of the Rings Trivia Quiz?
201. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.
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