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Quiz about Colours in Lord of the Rings Poetry and Songs
Quiz about Colours in Lord of the Rings Poetry and Songs

Colours in "Lord of the Rings" Poetry and Songs Quiz


This is a quiz all about the colours in "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", poetry and verse.

A multiple-choice quiz by big_bad. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
big_bad
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
120,147
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
650
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Question 1 of 10
1. 'An eye in a _____ face
Saw an eye in a _____ face.
"That eye is like to this eye"
Said the first eye,
"But in a low place
Not in a high place."'

Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow,
Bright _______ his jacket is, and his boots are ________.
None has ever caught him yet, for Tom, he is the master:
His songs are stronger songs, and his feet are faster."

Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "His sword was long, his lance was keen,
his shining helm afar was seen;
the countless stars of heaven's field
were mirrored in his ________ shield."

Answer: (1 word)
Question 4 of 10
4. "Of ________ leaves and gossamer
in autumns that there were,
with morning mist and ________ sun
and wind upon my hair."
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "Cold be hand and heart and bone,
and cold be sleep under stone:
never more to wake on stony bed,
never, till the Sun fails and the Moon is dead.
In the ________ wind the stars shall die,
and still on _______ here let them lie,
till the dark lord lifts his hand
over dead sea and withered land."
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking:
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a ________ nightfall!"

Answer: (1 word)
Question 7 of 10
7. "Tall ships and tall kings
Three times three,
What brought they from the foundered land
Over the flowing sea?
Seven stars and seven stones
And one ________ tree."

Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "The world was young, the mountains ______,
No stain yet on the Moon was seen,
No words were laid on stream or stone,
When Durin woke and walked alone."
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet ________ treasure inside is hid."


Answer: (1 word - 6 letters)
Question 10 of 10
10. "The finest rockets ever seen:
they burst in stars of ________ and _______,
or after thunder golden showers
came falling like a rain of flowers."

Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 'An eye in a _____ face Saw an eye in a _____ face. "That eye is like to this eye" Said the first eye, "But in a low place Not in a high place."'

Answer: blue, green

This is one of the riddles that Bilbo asks Gollum in "The Hobbit". The answer is "Sunshine on the daisies".
2. "Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow, Bright _______ his jacket is, and his boots are ________. None has ever caught him yet, for Tom, he is the master: His songs are stronger songs, and his feet are faster."

Answer: blue and yellow

The four hobbits meet Tom Bombadil on their way to Bree, in the forest. He saves them from a tree which is attacking them.
3. "His sword was long, his lance was keen, his shining helm afar was seen; the countless stars of heaven's field were mirrored in his ________ shield."

Answer: silver

This is part of "The Fall of Gil-Galad", which Bilbo translated from Elvish. It goes:
"Gil-galad was an Elven-king.
Of him the harpers sadly sing:
the last whose realm was fair and free
between the Mountains and the Sea.

His sword was long, his lance was keen,
his shining helm afar was seen;
the countless stars of heaven's field
were mirrored in his silver shield.

But long ago he rode away,
and where he dwelleth none can say;
for into darkness fell his star
in Mordor where the shadows are."
4. "Of ________ leaves and gossamer in autumns that there were, with morning mist and ________ sun and wind upon my hair."

Answer: yellow and silver

This song by Bilbo starts;
"I sit beside the fire and think
of all that I have seen,
of meadow-flowers and butterflies
in summers that have been"
5. "Cold be hand and heart and bone, and cold be sleep under stone: never more to wake on stony bed, never, till the Sun fails and the Moon is dead. In the ________ wind the stars shall die, and still on _______ here let them lie, till the dark lord lifts his hand over dead sea and withered land."

Answer: black, gold

This is the Barrow Wights' incantation in "Fellowship of the Ring". There is a variation of it in the second film, when Gollum and Frodo are talking in the Dead Marshes.
6. "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a ________ nightfall!"

Answer: red

This is Eomer's song from "The Return of the King". Again, there was a variation of it in the second film, said by Theoden.
7. "Tall ships and tall kings Three times three, What brought they from the foundered land Over the flowing sea? Seven stars and seven stones And one ________ tree."

Answer: white

This is one of the rhymes of lore concerning Gondor. Gandalf quotes it to Pippin in "The Return of the King", as they are riding.
8. "The world was young, the mountains ______, No stain yet on the Moon was seen, No words were laid on stream or stone, When Durin woke and walked alone."

Answer: green

This is the beginning of a dwarven song about Durin and the mines of Moria, through which the Fellowship travel in "The Fellowship of the Ring".
9. "A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet ________ treasure inside is hid."

Answer: golden

Another of Bilbo's riddles to Gollum. He found this one hard until he remembered teaching his grandmother to suck eggs on the shore. "Egg". f course, is the answer.
10. "The finest rockets ever seen: they burst in stars of ________ and _______, or after thunder golden showers came falling like a rain of flowers."

Answer: blue and green

This is part of Frodo and Sam's song for Gandalf. This verse is referring to the fireworks he used to display in the Shire for the hobbits.
Source: Author big_bad

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