Mathematical Tolkien Trivia Quiz

Answer: 5

Finarfin had four sons: Finrod Felagund, the Lord of Nargothrond, Orodreth, Angrod, and Aegnor. Fingolfin had three sons: Fingon the Valiant, who became later High King of the Noldor, Turgon the Wise, the Lord of Gondolin and Argon, his youngest son. So, four minus three is one.

Five Great Battles took place at Beleriand: The First Battle, Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Dagor Aglareb, Dagor Bragollach and Nirnaeth Arnoediad. So, one multiplied by five is five.

Answer: 3

Earendil the Mariner and his wife Elwing, daughter of Dior Eluchil, had two sons: Elrond, the Lord of Rivendell and Elros Tar-Minyatur, the first King of Numenor. The Valier were seven: Varda Elentari, Yavanna Kementari, Nienna, Este, Vaire, Vana and Nessa. So, two plus seven is nine. The square root of nine is three.

Answer: 8

Three elven races went to Valinor: the Vanyar, the Noldor and the Teleri. The Istari or Wizards, the Maiar spirits that were sent to oppose Sauron, were five: Saruman or Curunir the White, Gandalf of Mithrandir the Grey, Radagast the Brown, Alatar the Blue and Pallando the Blue. So, three multiplied by five is fifteen.
Feanor, King Finwe's first child, had seven sons: Maedhros the Tall, Maglor, Celegorm the Fair, Caranthir the Dark, Curufin the Skilled, Amrod and Amras. So, fifteen minus seven is eight.

Answer: 30

Huan, the great Hound of Valinor, was a powerful animal. It could understand the voices of all living creatures, but it could talk only three times. He helped Beren and Luthien take the Silmaril from Morgoth's Iron Crown. Finally, he killed and was killed by Carcharoth, the Wolf of Angband. Finwe, the King of Noldor, was married twice.

His first wife was Miriel Serinde and their son was Feanor. His second wife was Indis, an Elf from the race of Vanyar, agnate of Ingwe, the High King of all the Elves.

Their sons was Fingolfin, who became High King of the Noldor and Finarfin. So, three multiplied by two is six. Numenor, the Land of the Star, was rulled by twenty four Kings and Queens. The first King was Elros Tar-Minyatur, Earendil's son and Elrond's brother.

He rulled for four hundred ten years. The last King was Ar-Pharazon the Golden. Three of the rullers of Numenor were women: Tar-Ancalime, Tar-Telperien and Tar-Vanimelde. So, six plus twenty four is thirty.

Answer: 6

Sauron, the Dark Lord, gave Rings of Power to the lords of Men and the lords of Dwarves. To the Men, he gave Nine Rings and their bearers became the Nazgul, the Ringwraiths, Sauron's most terrible servants. To the Dwarves, Sauron gave Seven Rings. These Rings made the Dwarf-lords greedy, but didn't turn them into wraiths. So, nine minus seven is two. Celebrimbor, Curufin's son, the greatest Elf-craftsman of Eregion, created alone Three Rings of Power, the most powerful of all, apart from the One Ring.

They were: Narya, Nenya and Vilya. Narya was the Ring of Fire and was also called the Ring of Ruby. Nenya was the Ring of Water and was also called the Ring of Adamant. Vilya, the mightiest of the Three, was also called the Ring of Air and the Ring of Sapphire. So, two multiplied by three is six.

Answer: 36

The Fellowship of the Ring consisted of one Wizard, one Elf, one Dwarf, two Men and four Hobbits. The Hobbits were Frodo Baggins, the Ring-bearer, Samwise Gamgee, his faithful gardener, Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took. The two Men were Aragorn, King Elessar, and Boromir, son of the Steward Denethor. So, four plus two is six. Six squared is thirty six.

Answer: 5

Elrond the Peredhel, had three children: two sons and one daughter. His sons were Elladan and Elrohir. They were twins, brave and strong warriors. Their younger sister was Arwen Undomiel. She was so beautiful that resembled Luthien Tinuviel, Thingol's daughter.

She married Aragorn, King Elessar and for his love, she chose the mortal life of Men. Minas Anor, the Tower of the Setting Sun, which was later called Minas Tirith, the Tower of the Guard, consisted of seven levels. It was built at the foot of Mount Mindolluin and it was a great city. So, three plus seven is ten. Namo, the Judge, was a Vala, one of the Aratar.

He was also called Mandos, after his Halls. He had two siblings: Irmo, the Master of Visions and Dreams, who was also called Lorien after his dwelling place and Nienna, the Lady of Mercy, who was one of the Aratar. So, ten divided by two is five.

Answer: 19

Elf-friends were the Men of the Three Houses of the Edain or Atani. The First of them was the House of Beor the Old, the Second was the House of Haleth and the Third was the House of Hador Lorindol. At Ossiriand, there were seven rivers: Gelion and its six tributaries: Ascar, who was later named Rathlorien, Thalos, Legolin, Brilthor, Duilwen and Adurant. So, three multiplied by seven is twenty one. Elendil the Tall had two sons: Isildur and Anarion. Isildur, the elder, was the lord of Minas Ithil· he cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand and was killed by Orcs at Gladden Fields. Anarion was the lord of Minas Anor and was killed at the siege of Barad-dur. So, twenty one minus two is nineteen.

Answer: 4

The Aratar were the eight most powerful Valar: Manwe Sulimo, Varda Elentari, Ulmo, Yavanna Kementari, Aule, Namo Mandos, Nienna and Orome. There were Two Trees of Valinor: Telperion, the White Tree, which was also called Silpion and Ninquelote and Laurelin, the Golden Tree, which was also called Malinalda and Culurien. So, eight multiplied by two is sixteen.

The square root of sixteen is four.

Answer: 27

Aule the Smith, created secretly the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves. Eru gave life to them, but they were sleeping until the awakening of the Elves. Feanor's sons didn't have a good end. Celegorm, Caranthir and Curufin, were killed at Doriath, when they attacked Dior Eluchil in order to take the Silmaril. Amrond and Amras were killed at the battle against the Gondolindrim near the delta of Sirion.

The only sons of Feanor that were alive after the War of Wrath were Maedhros the Tall and Maglor. They stole the two Silmarils from the army of the Valar, but because of their actions, they couldn't keep them. Maedhros fell in a chasm with the Silmaril and Maglor threw it in the Sea. So, seven plus two is nine. Feanor, the greatest of the Noldor, created three exceptional jewels, which were called Silmarils. So, nine multiplied by three is twenty seven.