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The Enemy I - Morgoth Trivia Quiz

The most important character in "The Silmarillion".

A multiple-choice quiz by VARDA. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
VARDA

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
89,961

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 20

Plays
1821

Last 3 plays: Guest 62 (14/20), Guest 78 (15/20), BenBuckley (17/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. The real name of Morgoth is:

Answer: (one word)

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Question 2 of 20

2. Melkor means: Hint

Who has no fear

Who destroys with anger

Who arises in might

Who doesn't obey

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Question 3 of 20

3. What other name does Morgoth have? Hint

Borlah

Baragund

Bauglir

Barahir

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Question 4 of 20

4. True or false: Morgoth was the weakest Vala.

True

False

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Question 5 of 20

5. True or false: Like all Valar, he didn't know what fear is.

True

False

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Question 6 of 20

6. Morgoth created the: Hint

NAzgul

Dragons

Vampires

Ents

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Question 7 of 20

7. Morgoth's first fortress was:

Answer: (one word)

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Question 8 of 20

8. Morgoth's second fortress was:

Answer: (one word)

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Question 9 of 20

9. Morgoth was defeated by Tulkas and bound in the chain... Hint

Angrist

Anglachel

Angainor

Anguirel

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Question 10 of 20

10. How many ages passed before Morgoth could ask for forgiveness? Hint

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Question 11 of 20

11. True or false: He received forgiveness from Iluvatar.

True

False

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Question 12 of 20

12. True or false: Morgoth met Ungoliant in V.Y.1490. They destroyed the Two Trees in V.Y.1945.

True

False

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Question 13 of 20

13. Who gave him the name Morgoth?

Answer: (One word, no special characters please)

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Question 14 of 20

14. After escaping from Aman, Morgoth returned in the Middle-earth and lived in his fortress...

Answer: (The name of the fortress)

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Question 15 of 20

15. There he raised the towers of... Hint

Tumunzahar

Taniquetil

Thangorodrim

Tol-in-Gaurhoth

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Question 16 of 20

16. What treasure did he put into his crown?

Answer: (one word: The... (plural))

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Question 17 of 20

17. Only once thereafter he got out of his citadel to fight. With who? Hint

Fingolfin

Fingon

Finrod

Finarfin

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Question 18 of 20

18. Morgoth felt a passionate love for her from the first moment he saw her. She is: Hint

Galadriel

Melian

Luthien

Varda

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Question 19 of 20

19. During the War of Wrath, Morgoth had his ___ cut. Hint

fingers

hands

legs

head

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Question 20 of 20

20. Morgoth was thrown into: Hint

The Halls of Mandos

The Great Sea

The heart of the Earth

The Timeless Void

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The real name of Morgoth is:

Answer: Melkor

In the very first manuscripts it was Melko. Morgoth means "The dark enemy of the world".

2. Melkor means:

Answer: Who arises in might

You can find also Moeleg, Maeleg - Melkor(which is Quenyan) in Noldorin; Belegur - in Sindarin.

3. What other name does Morgoth have?

Answer: Bauglir

It means "the Constrainer"; most often used together with "Morgoth" (Morgoth Bauglir).

4. True or false: Morgoth was the weakest Vala.

Answer: False

He was the greatest Ainur in Eru Iluvatar's mind, brother to Manwe.

5. True or false: Like all Valar, he didn't know what fear is.

Answer: False

He was the only Vala who truly knew fear. For the first time it as may be after destroying the great lamps Illuin and Ormal.

6. Morgoth created the:

Answer: Dragons

And Orcs too. There were two kinds of Dragons: Firedragons, who had no wings, and Cold dragons, who had wings, but their fire was not as hot as that of the Firedragons.

7. Morgoth's first fortress was:

Answer: Utumno

It was deep beneath the mountains of Ered Engrin.

8. Morgoth's second fortress was:

Answer: Angband

It was made not far from the North-Western shores at the edge of Ered Engrin. Before The War of the Gods it was ruled by Sauron.

9. Morgoth was defeated by Tulkas and bound in the chain...

Answer: Angainor

Angrist is a knife, Anglachel is a sword, Anguirel is also a sword, the "brother" of Anglachel. Angainor was made by Aule.

10. How many ages passed before Morgoth could ask for forgiveness?

Answer: 3

Three Valian ages means 300 Valar years = 3000 years of the Sun.
During these three ages, he was imprisoned in the Halls of Mandos.

11. True or false: He received forgiveness from Iluvatar.

Answer: False

He received forgiveness from Manwe. I have to mention that the Valar (except Melkor) didn't understand evil.

12. True or false: Morgoth met Ungoliant in V.Y.1490. They destroyed the Two Trees in V.Y.1945.

Answer: True

His release was in V.Y.1400. After fleeing from Valinor, he seeked Ungoliant's help. Little is known about her origin and nature, but it is mentioned that she is an "incarnated being" (a spider), i.e. she had taken the shape of a spider. But what was she in fact? A Maia? Maybe...

13. Who gave him the name Morgoth?

Answer: Feanor

Feanor called him so, when Melkor stole The Silmarils (made by Feanor) and killed his father Finwe.

14. After escaping from Aman, Morgoth returned in the Middle-earth and lived in his fortress...

Answer: Angband

The Valar had destroyed Utumno during the War of the Gods, but Angband remained.

15. There he raised the towers of...

Answer: Thangorodrim

The highest peak of Thangorodrim was a thousand feet above the plain below.

16. What treasure did he put into his crown?

Answer: Silmarils

Feanor made three jewels "and named them Silmarils. A living fire burned within them that was blended of the light of the Two Trees. ... These jewels the Elves prized beyond all their works, and Manwe hallowed them; but Varda foretold that the fate of the World was locked within them."

17. Only once thereafter he got out of his citadel to fight. With who?

Answer: Fingolfin

"Thus died Fingolfin, High-King of the Gnomes, most proud and valiant of the Elven-kings of old." But with his last strength he wounded Morgoth's foot badly, and Morgoth is now lame of one leg, and the pain will always accompany him.

18. Morgoth felt a passionate love for her from the first moment he saw her. She is:

Answer: Luthien

She arrived with Beren in Angband and there Morgoth saw her. And she danced and sang before his throne and set a dream upon him. Beren then managed to cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown.

19. During the War of Wrath, Morgoth had his ___ cut.

Answer: legs

And his crown was made into a collar for his neck.

20. Morgoth was thrown into:

Answer: The Timeless Void

"When the World is old and the Powers grow weary, then Morgoth, seeing the guard sleepeth, shall come back through the Door of the Night out of the Timeless Void; and he shall destroy the Sun and the Moon." This is of the Prophecy of The Last Battle; you have to read it, it is very interesting.

Source: Author VARDA

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