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Quiz about Songs and Poems in The Lord of the Rings

Songs and Poems in 'The Lord of the Rings' Quiz

A quiz on the songs and poems in J.R.R Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy

A multiple-choice quiz by NoOneMuch. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
NoOneMuch

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
341,654

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
203

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Question 1 of 10

1. Choose the missing word: 'Sing hey! For the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A ____ is he that will not sing:
O! Water hot is a noble thing' Hint

Freak

Hobbit

Loon

Clown

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Question 2 of 10

2. Choose the missing word: 'Tom's country ends here: he will not pass the borders.
Tom has his house to mind, and ________ is waiting!' Hint

Old Man Willow

Goldberry

The Barrows

The forest

3. The song sung by Frodo once the hobbits are settled into the inn at Bree includes the lines 'A dish and a spoon on the table danced, The cow in the garden madly pranced, and the little dog chased its tail.' This song becomes the basis of which nursery rhyme? Hint

Jack and Jill

Old MacDonald

Humpty Dumpty

Hey Diddle Diddle

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Question 4 of 10

4. The final line of the 'Riddle of Strider' is:
'A light from the shadows shall spring.'
True or false?

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. The following quote is the final line from the Ents' marching song in 'The Two Towers'. Fill in the blank: 'With ______ we come, with ______ we come!' Hint

Fire

Doom

Fear

Threat

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Question 6 of 10

6. In Galadriel's Messages in 'The Two Towers', what does she tell Legolas to beware of? Hint

The sea

Uruk-Hai

Fire

Saruman

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Question 7 of 10

7. Fill in the blank in the message from Galadriel:
'Near is the hour when the Lost should come forth,
And the Grey Company ride from the North.
But dark is the path appointed for thee:
The ________ watch the road that leads to.' Hint

Dead

Uruk-Hai

Wraiths

Rings

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 'The Return of the King', when Aragorn speaks the words of Malbeth the Seer, where does he say the oathbreakers will stand again? Hint

Pelennor Fields

The Tower of Orthanc

The Stone of Erech

The Paths of the Dead

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the Burial Song of Theoden, the final line of the song states that a 'black nightfall' will come. True or false?

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. A tricky one to finish.
Which one of these names was NOT mentioned in the Songs of the Mounds of Mundberg in 'The Return of the King'? Hint

Thengling

Harding

Elendil

Derufin

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Choose the missing word: 'Sing hey! For the bath at close of day That washes the weary mud away! A ____ is he that will not sing: O! Water hot is a noble thing'

Answer: Loon

This is one of Bilbo's favourite bathing songs, sung by the hobbits after arriving at Frodo's new house in Buckland.

2. Choose the missing word: 'Tom's country ends here: he will not pass the borders. Tom has his house to mind, and ________ is waiting!'

Answer: Goldberry

This is sung by Tom Bombadil after the hobbits ask him to come with them to Bree in 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.

Answer: Hey Diddle Diddle

In 'The Fellowship of the Ring', this song is said to be written by Bilbo, and is recited by Frodo in the Prancing Pony.

4. The final line of the 'Riddle of Strider' is: 'A light from the shadows shall spring.' True or false?

Answer: False

The 'Riddle of Strider' is a poem contained in a letter from Gandalf which the innkeeper of the Prancing Pony gives to Frodo. The final line is in fact: 'The crownless again shall be king.'

5. The following quote is the final line from the Ents' marching song in 'The Two Towers'. Fill in the blank: 'With ______ we come, with ______ we come!'

Answer: Doom

This song is from the chapter entitled 'Treebeard' in The Two Towers and is sung by the Ents.

6. In Galadriel's Messages in 'The Two Towers', what does she tell Legolas to beware of?

Answer: The sea

Galadriel gives a message to both Legolas and Gimli. In Legolas' message, she says: 'Legolas Greenleaf long under tree
In joy thou hast lived. Beware of the sea!
If thou hearest the cry of the gull on the shore,
Thy heart shall then rest in the forest no more.'

7. Fill in the blank in the message from Galadriel: 'Near is the hour when the Lost should come forth, And the Grey Company ride from the North. But dark is the path appointed for thee: The ________ watch the road that leads to.'

Answer: Dead

Galadriel warns them of the Dead. Despite this, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli later go into the mountains looking for this very thing.

8. In 'The Return of the King', when Aragorn speaks the words of Malbeth the Seer, where does he say the oathbreakers will stand again?

Answer: The Stone of Erech

The words run as this: 'The Tower trembles; to the tombs of kings
doom approaches. The Dead awaken; for the hour is come for the oathbreakers;
at the Stone of Erech they shall stand again
and hear there a horn in the hills ringing.'

9. In the Burial Song of Theoden, the final line of the song states that a 'black nightfall' will come. True or false?

Answer: False

The song states that a red nightfall will come.
The Burial Song actually runs: 'To hope's end I rode, and to heart's breaking:
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!'

10. A tricky one to finish. Which one of these names was NOT mentioned in the Songs of the Mounds of Mundberg in 'The Return of the King'?

Answer: Elendil

This song is recited in the chapter entitled 'The Battle of Pelennor Fields' in 'The Return of the King.'

Source: Author NoOneMuch

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