Lore in Song Trivia Quiz

Answer: "All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."

Frodo had translated the verse in a funny way well enough. At this time, to the hobbits, Aragon was known as Strider. In Elvish, Aragorn's name is Dunadan. He was the mortal man who had won the love and hand of Elrond's daughter Arwen. It was the third (maybe even fourth) instance where a man had fallen in love with a Elvish maiden, the first as everyone knows was Beren and Luthien. Both Luthien and Arwen choose mortality for love, sacrificing their immortality.

The second instance is not mentioned in the 'Lord of the Rings' story but it was the union between Idril Celebrindal and Tuor, daughter of Elven-king Turgon and the son of Huor of the House of Hador. It was LeoDaVinci who told me about this second instance of a union between an Elf and a man, and I thank my editor for making me learn that.

Much more can be said about the second union, for Elrond, son of Earendil was the grandson of Tour. Earendil married the granddaughter of Luthien Tinuviel, Elwing. Elrond's daughter Arwen was as beautiful as Luthien and that must be, no doubt, because she was a descendant of Luthien. Elrond is half-elven, being a son of parents (Elwing and Earendil) who were children of a human and a elven parent combination. While Elrond chose to live his life as an Elf, his brother Elros choose to belong to men, and Aragorn is a distant descendant from the line of Elros.

The reason why Aragorn, looked worn out was because he was grim, sad and in a mission to win Arwen. He had fallen in love with Arwen when he was a very young man, however Elrond, who considered Aragorn like his son, told him he will not give Arwen to Aragorn unless Aragorn becomes a king of Gondor. Thus, from a young age Aragorn wandered, waited, and quested for the time to become King of Gondor so that he could win the hand of his love. This had happened in the story of the "Lord of the Rings", and Arwen finally married Aragorn when he became King of Gondor.

You can find this song in 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.

Answer: mail

Well, fish it is. That must have been Gollum's favorite food, though he liked it raw.

Gollum, who was once called Smeagol, was a hobbit-like creature and did enjoy a normal life. He liked tales and stories told by his grandmother before being tormented by the One Ring. This led him to abandon his community and his way of life.

He had posted the song as a riddle in 'The Hobbit' to Bilbo Baggins who had to guess what the creature was. Bilbo could not guess it and Gollum jumped from his boat to eat the poor hobbit. Just then, a fish leaped to Bilbo's hands and he guessed the answer!

In spite of Gollum being evil, he is portrayed in the story as a poor wretched creature who turned ugly, miserable because of the One Ring for which he murdered Deagol and, no doubt, that guilt was there in his heart.

The good side of Gollum, Sam calls it 'Slinker', was shown briefly in the story where, while on the stairs of Cirith Ungol, Gollum was touched seeing the peaceful scene of Frodo sleeping on Sam's lap. He lost the evil green flicker of his eyes and looked at that movement like an old starved pitiful thing, lonely and destroyed. He shook his head at the thought that he was leading the two hobbits to Shelob. He gave Frodo a affectionate caress.

However, 'Stinker', the evil side of Gollum got hold of him soon.

You can find this song in 'The Two Towers'.

Answer: The ostler's tipsy cat

In the song the Man in the Moon got drunk with the lovely beer of the inn, he did not wake up to go back to his home in the moon. It was after three in the morning, so before the moon should have disappeared, the ostler's tipsy cat played the fiddle very loudly (with a jig that would wake the dead) to wake the Man in the Moon.

You can find this song in 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.

Answer: Beer

"O Water cold we may pour at need
Down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back."

It is a custom for these hobbits to drink beer. They liked food, company and such things that enable one to have a good time including pipe smoking, gossiping and singing songs. This song was sung by Pippin, it was a song about hot water for bathing written by Bilbo.
"A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is a noble thing!"
There must be many people who feel that way.

You can find this song in 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.

Answer: Rivendell

Rivendell is somewhat like a paradise. One could just sit, read, sing or sleep. Elves sing and it's a very peaceful dwelling. It represents the first and the last house. In 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings', the characters, after leaving Shire, and, before returning back, rested there. No wonder that dear old Bilbo settled there as he grew old and weary, spending his time writing, making poems and songs, eating and sleeping. A perfectly comfortably home for the peaceful good hobbit.

Boromir had ridden from Minas Tirth riding on a journey which took 110 days to reach Rivendell to seek the council of Elrond the wise on the meaning of the words in the dream which appeared both to him and his brother Faramir. At that time, the Enemy was making war on Minas Tirth with his Black Riders.

You can find this verse in 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.

Answer: Beren had seen Luthien

All the ladies here are very fair and who is more fairer it cannot be judged, however it is true that Aragorn had called Arwen as Tinuviel when he first saw her. Nevertheless, he was not the first to do so. This verse speaks of the tale of the meeting of Beren and Luthien where Beren had first called Luthien as Tinuviel, which means Nightingale. This song Aragorn sang for the hobbits as they camped on Weathertop.

You can find this verse in 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.

Answer: Frodo- sang calling Tom Bombadil to rescue him and his companions from the barrow-wight.

Frodo was the hero here; he was the only hobbit awake not affected by the spell of Barrow-wights. He had stabbed a Barrow-wight's hand that was seeking Sam. The hobbits were lying around cold in sleep among gold and swords cursed with the enchantment of the Barrow-wights.

You can find this verse in 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.

Answer: It's about a troll who had stolen Tom's dead uncle's bones.

This was what Frodo had to say after listening to Sam's poem,
"First he was a conspirator, now he's a jester. He'll end up by becoming a wizard - or a warrior!"

Sam had a appetite for poems and stories and was wise and entertaining. He is not so much a servant of Frodo, whom he called 'master', but more like his friend. In fact, in the movie, Sam calls Frodo by his name quite informally many times. Being the son of Hamfast, the gardener of Bag End in Bilbo's time, the lucky Sam could listen to stories told by Bilbo. Truth be told, when Sam was commanded by Gandalf to accompany Frodo on the adventure, Sam was very excited that he would finally get to see Elves.

He was later overjoyed that he was able to see Oliphaunts, of which he sung a song in the book. In my opinion, he was the most loyal, suspicious, stubborn, brave and entertaining companion Frodo had.

You can find this verse in 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.

Answer: Crickhollow - Shire

Pippin and Merry had to convince Frodo to take them both on his quest.

"You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin - to the bitter end.
And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours - closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word."

This particular dialogue is touching, sweet and cheerful at the same time. Frodo set out to Rivendell journey sharing his danger with his hobbit
cousins.

You can find this song in 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.

Answer: 19

Well:
"Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die.
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne..."

So, the answer is 19...

The last ship that went to the havens consisted of the ring bearers. Galadriel had Nenya, Elrond had Vilya and Gandalf had Narya. These characters are very ancient in the book and their story starts much earlier. Their rings the three elven rings are truly mighty and very powerful. Sauron, had tried to read and control the minds of Elves, but they were too clever for him! They did not use the ring when Sauron was wearing his ring.

The Elven rings could, however, be bound and it would make the One Ring more powerful. I thank LeoDaVinci for telling the bit about the history that the Elven rings would not be controlled by Sauron's one ring but can only be bound.

Sauron, unfortunately, could easily sway men to his side, and he lured nine kings of men with the nine rings and after a time, those men slowly became evil even though they may have originally been good. These nine men became the dreadful Black Riders, the Nazgul, and they made a terrible noise like the sound of death that no living thing (other then a exceptional few) had the nerve to face.