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Did you look closely at the maps Tolkien provided in his books? If so, you will probably recognise most of these places.
16 quizzes and 180 trivia questions.
1.
  Places in 'the Lord of the Rings'    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the different places in 'the Lord of the Rings' that are important to the plot. It should be quite easy. Good luck!
Easier, 10 Qns, hidy84, Feb 16 11
Easier
hidy84
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  What do you know about Where in Middle Earth??   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz on the places and locations of 'Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit'. I give you a description, you tell me where it is.
Tough, 15 Qns, Elanor, Jan 09 18
Tough
Elanor
5092 plays
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  Tolkien's Towers   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Tolkien's works include many towers, not just the two towers mentioned in the title of the second part of "The Lord of the Rings". See how much you know.
Average, 10 Qns, Elanor, Aug 03 19
Average
Elanor
Aug 03 19
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  Geography of the Middle Earth    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz tests your knowledge of the geography of the Middle Earth.
Average, 10 Qns, LeoDaVinci, Jul 28 13
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  Weather and Geography in Middle-Earth    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Do you think you know Middle-Earth? Well, do you think you know the *weather* in Middle-Earth? I've used Karen Wynn Fonstad's wonderful "Atlas of Middle Earth" to ask questions about weather and geography in Tolkien's world. Good luck, and enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, traderider, Aug 22 04
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traderider
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  Important Places in the Third Age    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my second quiz on Middle-Earth geography using "The Atlas of Middle-Earth" by Karen Wynn Fonstad. In this quiz, I'll ask about Middle-Earth places that were important in the history of the Third Age, prior to the War of the Ring. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, traderider, Sep 05 04
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traderider
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  Test Your Middle Earth Geography Knowledge!    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
So you've read the books, but can you remember the places that were covered in the trilogy?
Average, 20 Qns, lady_legolas, May 22 19
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lady_legolas
May 22 19
2522 plays
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  The Shire - Home of the Hobbits   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much do you remember about The Shire? A quiz on its places, customs and inhabitants.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Elanor, Dec 20 14
Difficult
Elanor
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  Middle-Earth Places    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Put your knowledge of Middle-Earth to the test in this quiz on places, and a few people, in Middle-Earth. Give it your best shot!
Average, 15 Qns, modog97, Aug 14 18
Average
modog97
Aug 14 18
1393 plays
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  Alternative Geographic Names of Middle Earth    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
My second installment of "Alternative Names of Middle Earth", this time about Geography. I provide the obscure name, you give me the most common equivalent.
Difficult, 10 Qns, denver_gandalf, Feb 23 05
Difficult
denver_gandalf
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trivia question Quick Question
What was the original name for Minas Tirith (The City on Guard)?

From Quiz "Middle-Earth Places"




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  Inns of Middle-Earth    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about the fabulous Inns and Taverns in Middle-Earth.
Tough, 10 Qns, Elenaran, Sep 27 05
Tough
Elenaran
712 plays
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  Mountains of Middle-Earth    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Test your knowledge of the mountains in JRR Tolkien's Middle-Earth.
Average, 10 Qns, miststueck9, Feb 16 04
Average
miststueck9
924 plays
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  The Lands of Middle-Earth    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
From Arnor to The Shire - test your knowledge on Middle-Earth.
Average, 10 Qns, orodreth, Sep 17 04
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orodreth
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  The Places of Middle Earth    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on the unusual places of JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, elijah_is_sexy, Feb 22 04
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1209 plays
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  Middle Earth    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a simple quiz all about the geography of Middle Earth.
Tough, 10 Qns, chazomalfungus, Dec 28 03
Tough
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2256 plays
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  The Ultimate Where In Middle Earth? Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's maps of Middle Earth. They should be the same in each book. Let me know if they aren't. I'll let you look them up if you want, because otherwise this would be impossible.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, floormatt, Jun 28 04
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Middle Earth Places Trivia Questions
1. Which inn in the Shire was torn down during Lotho Sackville-Baggins' rule and replaced by a guard house?

From Quiz Inns of Middle-Earth

Answer: The Bridge Inn

After Frodo and the four hobbits left the Shire in TA 3018, Lotho recieved money from Isengard which he used to buy up property, and started to industrialize the Shire. And one of his deeds was to tear down the Bridge Inn and replace it with a guardhouse.

2. What is also known as Onodló?

From Quiz Alternative Geographic Names of Middle Earth

Answer: Entwash

Onodló is the Sindarin name for the Entwash, the river originating in Fangorn forest. Onod means "Ent" and ló means "soaking wet, swampy, flood." Onodló was rarely used to refer to the Entwash by the time of the War of the Ring.

3. Tolkien imagined Middle-Earth to be located at around the same latitude as Europe, so the lands would be subject to prevailing westerly winds. Therefore, most of the moisture that falls as rain and snow in the Shire comes from the _________.

From Quiz Weather and Geography in Middle-Earth

Answer: Great Sea (Belegaer)

The Great Sea lies west of Eriador, where the Shire is located. The other bodies of water are not located to the west of Eriador, although varying wind patterns may occasionally bring moisture from the Bay of Belfalas towards the Shire.

4. What is the name of the woods between the Last Bridge and Rivendell?

From Quiz Middle-Earth Places

Answer: Trollshaws

Can you think of the reason why those woods are called the TROLLshaws? Yep, those woods are inhabited by trolls, and the same trolls that caught Bilbo and the dwarves in "The Hobbit".

5. Where did Smaug live?

From Quiz Mountains of Middle-Earth

Answer: Erebor

Smaug was slain by Bard in the year 2941 third age when he attacked Esgaroth.

6. In what year was Arnor founded?

From Quiz The Places of Middle Earth

Answer: 3320 of the 2nd Age of the Sun

Arnor was founded in 3320 of the 2nd Age of the Sun by Elendil. It was the first kingdom of the Dúnedain in Middle Earth along with Gondor. Gondor and Arnor was founded at the same time. Its first capital was Annúminas on the shores of Lake Evendim. By 861 Fornost had become its major city and capital.

7. The second installment of "The Lord of the Rings" is called "The Two Towers", but what were the names of the two towers in question?

From Quiz Tolkien's Towers

Answer: Tolkien did not intend it to mean any of these combinations

At the end of "The Fellowship of the Ring", Tolkien explains that the next book is called "The Two Towers" and is so called because the action mainly takes place in Orthanc and Minas Morgul. However, in other writings (letters, notes, interviews) he later stated that the nature of the title was ambiguous, as it could have covered any combination of the four main towers he described.

8. Where does Mr. Frodo Baggins live?

From Quiz Places in 'the Lord of the Rings'

Answer: Hobbiton

Frodo lives in Bag End, a beautiful house in Hobbiton, Shire.

9. What mountain is directly to the west of Amon Ereb?

From Quiz Where In Middle Earth?

Answer: Ramdal

This is taken from the map of Beleriand in "The Silmarillion."

10. Which sea is in Mordor?

From Quiz Middle Earth

Answer: Nurnen & The Nurnen & The Nurnen Sea

You can see this by looking at the maps.

11. What's the name of the star-shaped island to the west of the Middle Earth that sinks back into the sea because of Sauron's corruption?

From Quiz Geography of the Middle Earth

Answer: Numenor & Westernesse & Númenor

The promsed land, given to men almost in sight of the blessed realm of the elves, sank into the sea as a result of men's corruption.

12. What was the name of the village where Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee lived?

From Quiz The Shire - Home of the Hobbits

Answer: Hobbiton & hobbiton & hobbiton-on-the-hill & hobbiton on the hill

Hobbiton-on-the-Hill was one of the oldest villages in the Shire. It was in the Westfarthing.

13. At which inn would you be most likely to find the old Gaffer?

From Quiz Inns of Middle-Earth

Answer: The Ivy Bush

The Old Gaffer was a frequent guest at the Ivy Bush. It was here that the Old Gaffer had a conversation with Old Noakes, Daddy Twofoot, Ted Sandyman and others regarding Bilbo and Frodo.

14. What is also known as Phurunargian?

From Quiz Alternative Geographic Names of Middle Earth

Answer: Khazad-dûm

Phurunargian is the Westron name for Khazad-dûm, later anglicised to Dwarrowdelf by Men. Khazad-dûm is called Hadhodrond by the Elves. After being taken over by orcs and other evil inhabitants, it became called Moria, the Black Pit or Black Chasm.

15. In T.A. 1409, the Witch King of Angmar struck the weakened realms of the Dunedain in the North, overrunning Rhudaur and destroying the outpost on this famous height.

From Quiz Important Places in the Third Age

Answer: Amon Sul

Amon Sul, also known as "Weathertop," was located at the juncture of the realms of Arthedain, Cardolan, and Rhudaur, and was destroyed by the forces of Angmar. Amon Hen and Amon Lhaw were hills located on either side of Tol Brandir, at the southern end of Nen Hithoel, where the Fellowship of the Ring was broken during the War of the Ring. Amon Din was located far to the south, near Minas Tirith.

16. The Blue Mountains (Ered Luin) capture significant moisture from the prevailing west wind, producing a preponderance of _____ on their western slopes.

From Quiz Weather and Geography in Middle-Earth

Answer: Forests

Grasslands, shrubbery, and thickets are seen in areas that do not see much precipitation. However, the Ered Luin capture copious amounts of moisture from the prevailing west wind, producing the plentiful moisture needed to support extensive forests ("Atlas of Middle Earth," p 74).

17. Which kingdom is at the northern base of the Misty Mountains that arose in the year 1300 of the Third Age?

From Quiz The Lands of Middle-Earth

Answer: Angmar

Angmar is often known as the Witch-Kingdom as it is ruled by the Witch-King.

18. The haven of Lindon is on the inside of what large gulf?

From Quiz Middle-Earth Places

Answer: Lhun

Lindon was formed after the second age as a refuge for elves that wished to reach the Blessed Realm in the west. Cirdan the shipwright was the lord there, and he was the last in the bloodline of the Alqualonde in Valinor. Rhun is a sea in the far east, just north of Mordor. Belfalas is a gigantic bay that the Great Anduin empties out into. Nurnen is a sea in the southern part of Mordor, near the warrior country of Khand.

19. Where were the dwarfcities Belegost and Nogrod?

From Quiz Mountains of Middle-Earth

Answer: Ered Luin

Belegost was destroyed in the end of the first age. The dwarves were friends of Thingol of Doriath and helped him in the first of six battles in the Wars of Beleriand. The dwarves of Nogrod did business with Beleriand and got orders from the Elves and probably the order to extend Menegroth. Their greatest creation was the Nauglamír. Nogrod was destroyed in the same battle as Belegost.

20. What is the name of the port and city of the Teleri Sea Elves on the Lonely Isle of Tol Eressëa?

From Quiz The Places of Middle Earth

Answer: Avallónë

Avallónë is located on the Lonely Isle of Tol Eressëa in the Bay of Eldamar. During the Third Age of the Stars the Teleri learned how to build ships. From this port, they sailed to the Undying Lands.

21. Which word means 'tower' in Sindarin (Elvish)?

From Quiz Tolkien's Towers

Answer: both 'barad' and 'minas'

'Minas' appears in many names: Minas Tirith, Minas Morgul, Minas Ithil and Minas Anor. Barad-Dur was the fortress of Sauron, in Mordor.

22. What is the forest called that is below the Blue Mountains on a peninsula?

From Quiz Where In Middle Earth?

Answer: Eryn Vorn

From the map of The Shire in "The Lord of the Rings."

23. Where was the old witch realm?

From Quiz Middle Earth

Answer: Angmar

This is shown on zoomed-in versions of 'Lord Of The Rings' maps.

24. What forest does Greenwood the Great get renamed into?

From Quiz Geography of the Middle Earth

Answer: Mirkwood

After Sauron sets up camp and the dark things come, the forest is no longer green and gay.

25. What is the name of the four sections that the Shire is divided into?

From Quiz Test Your Middle Earth Geography Knowledge!

Answer: Farthings & Farthing

Hobbiton lies in the North-West Farthing. Old Toby grows in the South Farthing.

26. In which year did the hobbits cross the river and start to settle in The Shire?

From Quiz The Shire - Home of the Hobbits

Answer: 1601 Third Age

The hobbits had been living in Bree and the areas around it, but crossed the Brandywine river by permission of King Argeleb II. The Shire then began with Year One of Shire Reckoning.

27. What was the name of the inn that lay at the crossroads of the Greenway and the Great East Road?

From Quiz Inns of Middle-Earth

Answer: The Prancing Pony

At the point where the Greenway and the Great East Road met you'd find the village of Bree, and the famous inn called the Prancing Pony. It was visited by Men, Hobbits and even Dwarves. The Inn keeper was Barliman Butterbur.

28. What is also known as Angrenost?

From Quiz Alternative Geographic Names of Middle Earth

Answer: Isengard

This is Isengard, as called by the Elves. Isengard was erected by Gondorians. Beren, Steward of Gondor, granted Isengard to Saruman.

29. After T.A. 1248, the kingdom of Gondor attacked the armies and encampments of the Easterlings east of the Anduin River, and afterwards Gondor sculpted the _______ as a warning to enemies entering the realm from that direction.

From Quiz Important Places in the Third Age

Answer: Argonath

As a further buffer against the enemies to the east, Gondor strengthened its friendship with the Northmen of Rhovanion. The twentieth king of Gondor even wed a princess from Rhovanion, an act which led to civil war within Gondor.

30. Rohan is covered by a wide expanse of grassland, a type of vegetation that sometimes occurs on the lee side of a mountain range. Which mountain range blocks most of the moisture from the prevailing west wind from reaching Rohan?

From Quiz Weather and Geography in Middle-Earth

Answer: The White Mountains

The White Mountains are located to the south-southwest of Rohan. Much of the precipitation that would otherwise reach Rohan falls instead on the windward side of this mountain range.

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