Middle Earth Characters Trivia

1. Although he is commonly referred to as Gandalf, this is not his real name. Which one was?

From Quiz Tolkien Gallery #1: Gandalf

Answer: Olorin

Olorin was a Maia, one of the lesser Ainur who followed and served the Valar. We do not know who gave him the name Olorin, or what it means. Since the name is an Elvish one, we can speculate that it derives from the Quenya root "Olos", meaning "dream". In "The Silmarilion", we are informed that Olorin was the wisest of his order and that he often walked among the Elves assuming forms similar to theirs. Morinehtar and Romestamo were alternative names for the Blue Wizards, Alatar and Pallando, who journeyed to the East of Middle-earth and are absent from the tales. Aiwendil was the real name of Radagast the Brown.

From Quiz Four Dragons

Answer: Ancalagon

He shares this title with Ulfang the Easterling. He was the most evil of Dragons, hence he earned the evil surname.

From Quiz Arwen and Aragorn

Answer: They first meet each other

When Aragorn was just 20 years old, he saw an Elf lady walking in the woods near Rivendell. She was so beautiful that he mistook her for Lúthien Tinúviel. He called her: "Tinúviel, Tinúviel!", but she was actually Arwen, the daughter of lord Elrond of Rivendell.

From Quiz The Tale of Tom Bombadil

Answer: Sam

Sam didn't feel right about all four of the hobbits getting tired all at once. He managed to keep his eyes open until Frodo fell into the Withywindle.

From Quiz Gandalf

Answer: Third

Gandalf, along with the other Istari, arrived in Middle Earth in about 1000 of the Third age in order to restore peace to the free peoples of Middle Earth.

From Quiz The Enemy I - Morgoth

Answer: Melkor

In the very first manuscripts it was Melko. Morgoth means "The dark enemy of the world".

From Quiz Lord of the Rings - Bill the Pony

Answer: Bill Ferny

Bill Ferny sold it for thrice its worth, but Mr. Butterbur paid the 12 silver pennies for them.

From Quiz "Lord of the Rings"- Tom Bombadil

Answer: Water lilies

Right before he helped the hobbits out of Old Man Willow, he was carrying white water lilies to Goldberry.

From Quiz Four Dragons

Answer: Scatha

When the Dwarves of the Grey Mountains claimed the hoard of Scatha as their own, even though it was Fram who had slain him, Fram made Scatha's teeth into a necklace. He claimed that: "Jewels such as these you will not match in your treasuries, for they are hard to come by" (LOTR Appendix A) This enraged the Dwarves, which started a war between them and the Éothéod, a war in which Fram was killed.

From Quiz Arwen and Aragorn

Answer: Arathorn II

His father was actually Arathorn II, because one of his forefathers was also called Arathorn. Also Aragorn is actually Aragorn II, but he was crowned king under the name Elessar.

From Quiz The Tale of Tom Bombadil

Answer: a maia

This is not said in "The Fellowship of the Ring," but Tom was there before anything else, so we can conclude that he was probably a Maia. Read more about Tom Bombadil and others in David Day's "Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopædia."

From Quiz Lord of the Rings - Bill the Pony

Answer: Bree

They got it in Bree from Bill Ferny.

From Quiz "Lord of the Rings"- Tom Bombadil

Answer: Goldberry

She sang to them when they came to Tom's house.

From Quiz Tolkien Gallery #4: Sauron

Answer: Barahir the Bold

Barahir and his small band resisted Sauron for a long time. However, Sauron's spies found out that one of the Outlaws, called Gorlim, left the others occasionally, in order to search for his wife, who had gone missing and was presumed dead. So, one night when Gorlim ventured to his old home, he saw the form of his wife wailing that she had been abandoned. He was promptly captured, but refused to betray Barahir. He was brought before Sauron and Sauron promised Gorlim that he would reunite him with his wife, provided Gorlim gave away Barahir. Gorlim, unable to resist Sauron, betrayed his lord. Subsequently, Sauron told the poor man that his wife was already dead and had him killed cruelly by Orcs.

From Quiz Tolkien Gallery #1: Gandalf

Answer: He was afraid of Sauron.

He told Manwe that he was afraid of Sauron, but his master replied that this was one more reason for him to go. He did as he was bidden, but he was the last of the five Istari to arrive in Middle-earth.

From Quiz Arwen and Aragorn

Answer: Huor

Eärendil's father Tuor, was the son of Huor, who was the youngest son of Galdor, Lord of Dor-lómin. Huor had fair hair and blue eyes, like most Men of his house, and was one of the tallest of the Edain; only his son Tuor was said to be taller.

From Quiz The Tale of Tom Bombadil

Answer: River-daughter

The River-woman was Goldberry's mother, so she was called the River-daughter. She lived in the river until she met Tom Bombadil.

From Quiz The Enemy I - Morgoth

Answer: Bauglir

It means "the Constrainer"; most often used together with "Morgoth" (Morgoth Bauglir).

From Quiz Lord of the Rings - Bill the Pony

Answer: Sam

Sam grew to love the pony and when it left, he was heart broken.

From Quiz "Lord of the Rings"- Tom Bombadil

Answer: Nothing

When Tom spun the ring in the air it vanished with a flash and then he gave it back to Frodo.

From Quiz Tolkien Gallery #4: Sauron

Answer: Luthien Tinuviel and Huan, the Hound of Valinor

Despite the fact that Barahir was slain after Gorlim's betrayal, his son, Beren, had been sent away on an errand by his father, and thus escaped. For four years he wandered in the lands of Dorthonion, a lone outlaw. However, so tight was he pressed by the hosts Sauron and Morgoth sent against him, that he fled the land and crossed the Ered Gorgoroth, that no Man or Elf had dared to cross and ended up in the hidden realm of King Elu Thingol, Doriath. There, he saw and fell in love with the King's daughter, Luthien Tinuviel. The King demanded that Beren bring him a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown in order to take Luthien as his wife. Beren enlisted the aid of Finrod Felagund, an Elven king who was indebted to his father and, with a small band, they began their Quest. However, Sauron saw them from his tower and captured them. Although Finrod fought him, he lost, and the lot was thrown into a pit in order to be devoured by a werewolf. At the grim hour where only Beren remained alive, Luthien and Huan, the Hound of Valinor, stood upon the bridge of Tol-in-Gaurhoth. Sauron knew that she was the daughter of Thingol and wanted to turn her over to Morgoth, but neither he nor his lackeys could withstand the Hound of Valinor. Thus, Sauron was forced to flee his island and he went to the forest of Taur-nu-Fuin, filling it with horror.

From Quiz Four Dragons

Answer: Ancalagon

Scatha, Smaug and Glaurung were all slain in battles that were unrelated to a greater war. Eärendil was the one who slayed Ancalagon in the midst of the War of Wrath, casting him down on the Towers of Thangorodrim and breaking them. Scatha the Worm was killed by Fram son of Frumgar, Bard the Bowman felled Smaug the Magnificent, and Turin Turambar slew Glaurung the Golden.

From Quiz The Tale of Tom Bombadil

Answer: dagger

"For each of the hobbits he chose a dagger, long, leaf-shaped, and keen, of marvellous workmanship, damasked with serpent-forms of red and gold." Tom knew the hobbits would run into trouble, and he wanted them to have some protection.

From Quiz Gandalf

Answer: Grey

Gandalf's color was grey, Saruman's color was white, and Radagast's color was brown. The other two Istari were blue.

From Quiz The Enemy II - Sauron

Answer: Gorthaur

Gorthaur the Cruel, Thu the Hunter - these names he was given by the Sindar, because he would hunt down his enemies and torture them. Sauron was known also as Annatar (see Q8), the Necromancer, the Sorceror of Dol Guldur, the Lord of the Rings, the Dark Lord and the Enemy (the last two were used for Morgoth too).

From Quiz Lord of the Rings - Bill the Pony

Answer: Moria & mines & mines of Moria

Bill would not be able to maneuver through the mines of Moria so they had to leave him.

From Quiz "Lord of the Rings"- Tom Bombadil

Answer: Yellow

His boots were yellow and his coat was blue.

From Quiz Arwen and Aragorn

Answer: Wingfoot

When Aragorn first met Éomer, he had searched for Merry and Pippin across the wide fields of Rohan for four days. In that time, he and Legolas and Gimli had travelled about thirty-four miles each day. Éomer was so astonished by this that he gave Aragorn a new name: Wingfoot.

From Quiz Lord of the Rings - Bill the Pony

Answer: Bree

It went back to Bree awhere Nob looked after it.

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