The Last Defense Trivia Quiz

Answer: Beacon

Three days after Gandalf and Pippin hastily left Rohan, they had just reached Anorien in Gondor when Pippin saw the red fire of the signal fires as they were lit, sending out Gondor's desperate plea for help. The closest fire to Minas Tirith was Amon Din, lying near the Druadan Forest, and consequently the first lit.

In order, the remaining fires were lit: Nardol, Erelas, Min-Rimmon, Calenhad, and the Halifirien.

Answer: Wall of the Pelennor

The Rammas Echor was the wall that encircled and defended the Pelennor fields, that lay around Minas Tirith. The wall had been built long before Denethor II became steward, but had slowly crumbled. Under the imminent threat of an invasion from Sauron, men were sent to repair the wall, repairs that were finished the evening of Gandalf and Pippin's arrival.
With his typical optimism, Gandalf commented that they were too late in restoring the wall, and courage would be their best weapon against Sauron's armies.

Answer: South

As Pippin and Beregond watched from the wall, they saw the chief highway, which ran south from the city. A convoy of wains, or wagons, traveled along, towards Tumladen and Lossarnach, then on to the mountain villages and Lebennin, a fiefdom of Gondor.

Beregond is a guard of the Citadel, and Bergil is his son.

Answer: Eight

Men came from Lossarnach, Ringlo Vale, Blackroot Vale, Anfalas, Lamedon, Ethir, Green Hills (Pinnath Gelin), Dol Amroth, eight places in total. Each was led by a different leader except the men from Lamedon and Ethir: Forlong, Lord of Lossarnach, commanded his men; Dervorin, leading the vassals of his father, lord of Ringlo Vale; Blackroot Vale in the upland of Morthond was represented by their lord, Duinhir, and his two sons; the lord of Anfalas came himself, too; the men of the green hills followed their lord, Hirluin; and last but not least the Prince of Dol Amroth, Imrahil, led his men in.

Answer: Faramir

A few days after Gandalf and Pippin arrived, Faramir, second son of Denethor, returned. Before, Beregond said, "things may change when Faramir returns. He is bold, more bold than many deem... a man of hardihood and swift judgement in the field." Indeed, when Faramir arrived in Gondor, all men rejoiced and their hopes buoyed, as he was a beloved leader.

Answer: Osgiliath

Osgiliath used to be the capital city of Gondor, but ceased being so when the Shadow again grew in the East. Around the time of the War of the Ring, it served as an outpost. Lying as it did over the Anduin River, Denethor determined to hold the city, thinking that that would greatly hinder the enemy. As a result, Faramir was sent to deny the enemy passage of the Anduin at that point.

Answer: Third

Despite making the enemy's armies suffer, Faramir could not but retreat in the face of such enormous odds, his army being fully ten times outnumbered. As the retreat was over the entire expanse of the Pelennor Fields, many more of his men fell. Faramir himself was severely wounded while covering the retreat.

Answer: Rooster

Just as Gandalf and the Witch King of Angmar were facing off, a rooster suddenly crowed, singing like an alarm clock that the new day was here. Just as if they were replying, the horns of Rohan sounded, bringing hope to the defenders in their desperate plight, and defiance to the armies of Sauron. "Rohan had come at last."

Answer: Oliphaunts

The Oliphaunts were huge beasts, from Sam's description seeming like enormous elephants. The Southrons came to battle on them, and when their armies broke before the Rohirrim, they rallied behind the Mumakil, or Oliphaunts. Ultimately, all of the beasts were slain in the battle.

Answer: Halbarad

In "The Two Towers", Halbarad met Aragorn in Rohan, bringing with him some of the Dunedain, sent by Lady Galadriel. Along with Legolas, Gimli, and the sons of Elrond, the Dunedain followed Aragorn through the Paths of the Dead and on to the Pelennor Fields, where they arrived in the nick of time. Halbarad died in that battle, but Minas Tirith was for a time saved.