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1. First is an easy one: In the book, the first Hobbit outside the prologue (Chapter: "A Long-Expected Party") is Bilbo Baggins. Who is the first Hobbit seen in the movie after the title "Lord of the Rings" is displayed?
2. When they are first encountered in the movie, Merry and Pippin are raiding Gandalf's Fireworks; what is Merry doing AFTER the party when we first encounter him in the book?
3. Gimli, Son of Gloin, is the one and only Dwarf in the Fellowship. In the book Elrond sends him on the quest on behalf of the Dwarves. In the movie, he volunteers. What does Gimli say when he volunteers?
4. Boromir is against going into two places in the book, both of which he had little hesitation about going to until they arrived in the movie; what are these places?
5. In the movie, Pippin claims Frodo is his Second Cousin twice removed on his mother's side. Going by the appendices, what relationship is Pippin to Frodo and which direct relation do they share?
6. In the book and the movie respectively, who is the first Hobbit Gandalf speaks to?
7. In the movie, the first sentence spoken by Aragorn is "You draw far too much attention to yourself"; What is the first thing said by Aragorn in the book?
8. Master Samwise Gamgee is first mentioned in the book in the first chapter of "Fellowship" and is talking to his father. Later (some time later, a good twenty years in the book), he is caught "cutting the grass." In the movie, what did he say when he was caught by Gandalf?
9. Frodo and Sam were good friends at the beginning of the movie. Earlier in the book, which of the fellowship Hobbits was Frodo friends with?
10. When Sam loses Frodo in the corn field in the movie, he quotes Gandalf; in the book, who does Sam often quote?
11. Aragorn is pretty handy with that Athelas plant. He uses it twice in the book, once where Frodo is stabbed by the Morgal Blade, the second after Moria. In the movie, he does something to the Athelas just before he uses it on Frodo- what was it?
12. What is Boromir's last line in both the movie and the "Fellowship of the Ring" book?
13. Which of these, in both the book and movie, are NOT said by or regarding Peregrin Took?
14. Frodo uses the name Underhill when he is in Bree. Pippin is the first to use Frodo's real name in the film. Who is first in Bree to refer to Frodo by the name Baggins?
15. Gimli claims in the movie that Balin is his cousin, which is partially true. Balin is his father's cousin and is therefore Gimli's second cousin. Going by the family tree in the end of Appendix A, which of the following statements about Gimli is true?
16. In the book, Legolas sings the song of Nimrodel, but does not sing at all in the movie. In the movie (theatrical edition), Legolas never speaks in his native tongue. Is he ever directly quoted as speaking an Elven sentence (though a short one!) in the book?
17. Though it is never shown in the movie, what gift does Merry receive from Galadriel?
18. Who helps Gandalf to figure out the puzzle of Moria's gate in both the book and the movie?
19. Legolas' presence at the council of Elrond was never explained in the movie; according to the book, why was he there?
20. Last of all, a little off-track question for you: Which characters in the movie link "Lord of the Rings" with James Bond?
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