The Lord of the Rings quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   What causes the Fellowship of the Ring to break?

   Answer: Boromir attempts to seize the Ring from Frodo

   Why: Boromir's grab convinced Frodo to go on alone; only Sam caught him, and on 26 February 3019 the company split three ways.

2. 2 Medium

   Which language is written on the surface of the One Ring?

   Answer: Black Speech

   Why: The words stay invisible until the ring is heated in fire, and that single verse is nearly the whole surviving corpus of the language.

3. 3 Hard

   In what Third Age year does Bilbo find the One Ring?

   Answer: 2941

   Why: The Tale of Years puts it in 2941, the year Smaug died and the Battle of Five Armies was fought; Bilbo carried the Ring home in 2942.

4. 4 Easy

   Why was the creature Sméagol eventually called Gollum?

   Answer: His horrible swallowing noise

   Why: Sméagol stands for the true name Trahald, burrowing or worming in, and Déagol for Nahald, secret; only Gollum came from a noise.

5. 5 Medium

   How does Tom Bombadil resist the One Ring's power?

   Answer: The Ring has no effect or power over him

   Why: Gandalf told the Council the Ring had no power over Tom; Tom wore it without vanishing, and still saw Frodo when Frodo put it on.

6. 6 Hard

   What was Minas Tirith originally called?

   Answer: Minas Anor

   Why: Minas Anor meant Tower of the Sun; it became Minas Tirith, Tower of Guard, after the Nazgûl seized its twin Minas Ithil in T.A. 2002.