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The Poems of LOTR Trivia Quiz

I really love the poems that Tolkien used in "The Lord of the Rings", so I thought I'd make a quiz about them! Don't worry, you probably don't have to have memorized them all! This covers all three books.

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

Author
maureenee

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
189,654

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Average

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Question 1 of 15

1. When Gildor and the High Elves save the young hobbits from the Black Riders in "Three is Company" (FOTR) who is the song they are singing about? Hint

Arwen

Luthien

Galadriel

Elbereth

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who made up the rhyme for Aragorn that begins "All that is gold does not glitter,/Not all those who wander are lost"? Hint

Arwen

Elrond

Bilbo

Gandalf

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Question 3 of 15

3. Sam recites a poem that Bilbo taught him in "A Knife in the Dark" (FOTR). Who is it about? Hint

Thingol

Beren

Luthien

Gil-galad

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Question 4 of 15

4. Why does Aragorn think that it is cheek for Bilbo to make verses about Earendil in the house of Elrond? Hint

We don't really know

Elrond doesn't like Earendil

Earendil is Elrond's father

Earendil killed Elrond's father

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Question 5 of 15

5. Who does Frodo make up a poem about in "The Mirror of Galadriel" (FOTR)? Hint

Bilbo

Galadriel

Merry

Gandalf

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Question 6 of 15

6. In "The Riders of Rohan" (TTT) Aragorn recites a poem about Gondor. What kind of a tree does he say is there? Hint

A tall tree

A Gold Tree

A White Tree

A Silver Tree

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Question 7 of 15

7. Who sends a message to Aragorn that begins "Where now are the Dunedain, Elessar, Elessar?"? Hint

Arwen

Gandalf

Galadriel

Elrond

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who is the poem that begins "Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?" about? Hint

Theoden

Gandalf

Theodred

Eorl the Young

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Question 9 of 15

9. In the poem that Gandalf says in "The Palantir" (TTT), what did the Kings bring from Numenor? Hint

Seven stars, seven stones and one silver tree

Seven stars, seven stones and one white tree

Seven stars, nine stones, and one white tree

Seven stars, nine stones, and one silver tree

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Question 10 of 15

10. What is the poem that Sam recites in front of the Black Gate about? Hint

Home

Elves

The Black Lord

An Oliphaunt

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Question 11 of 15

11. What is the last line of Theoden's call to his riders at the battle of Pelennor Fields? Hint

Spear shall be shaken, shield shall be splintered!

Arise, arise, Riders of Theoden!

Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!

Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!

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Question 12 of 15

12. When does Sam sing the song that begins "In western lands beneath the sun"? Hint

In the tower after Shelob's lair

At Mount Doom

Before the Black Gate

In Osgiliath

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Question 13 of 15

13. How does the song that Legolas sings in "The Fields of Cormallen" begin? Hint

To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying.

The world was young, the mountains green

Home is behind, the world ahead

Beneath the Moon and under star

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Question 14 of 15

14. Where does life to the dying lie? Hint

With Elrond

In Valinor

In the Palantir

In the King's hand

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Question 15 of 15

15. Who spoke the poem about the Paths of the Dead? Hint

Gandalf

Isildur

Earendil

Malbeth the Seer

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When Gildor and the High Elves save the young hobbits from the Black Riders in "Three is Company" (FOTR) who is the song they are singing about?

Answer: Elbereth

Elbereth is another name for Varda, one of the Valar. The first verse goes "Snow-white! Snow-white! O Lady clear!/O Queen beyond the Western Seas!/O Light to us that wander here/Amid the world of woven trees!"

2. Who made up the rhyme for Aragorn that begins "All that is gold does not glitter,/Not all those who wander are lost"?

Answer: Bilbo

Arwen quotes a bit of it in the third movie.

3. Sam recites a poem that Bilbo taught him in "A Knife in the Dark" (FOTR). Who is it about?

Answer: Gil-galad

It's the one that begins "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." It also happens to be one of my favorites.

4. Why does Aragorn think that it is cheek for Bilbo to make verses about Earendil in the house of Elrond?

Answer: Earendil is Elrond's father

Well, we certainly think that Elrond liked Earendil, and it's hard for Earendil to kill Elrond's father, unless he committed suicide, which he didn't. :)

5. Who does Frodo make up a poem about in "The Mirror of Galadriel" (FOTR)?

Answer: Gandalf

It's sort of a lament for Gandalf after Moria. Sam tells Frodo that he'll be turning into Bilbo next.

6. In "The Riders of Rohan" (TTT) Aragorn recites a poem about Gondor. What kind of a tree does he say is there?

Answer: A Silver Tree

The line where the Silver Tree is mentioned goes "West Wind blew there; the light upon the Silver Tree/Fell like bright rain in gardens of the Kings of old."
Isn't that a lovely image?

7. Who sends a message to Aragorn that begins "Where now are the Dunedain, Elessar, Elessar?"?

Answer: Galadriel

At the same time she sends a message to Legolas. "Legolas Greenleaf, long under tree/Hast thou dwelt: Beware of the sea."

8. Who is the poem that begins "Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?" about?

Answer: Eorl the Young

Eorl the Young aided one of the Kings of Gondor and received Rohan as a reward.

9. In the poem that Gandalf says in "The Palantir" (TTT), what did the Kings bring from Numenor?

Answer: Seven stars, seven stones and one white tree

"Tall ships and tall kings/Three times three,/What brought they from the foundered land/Over the glowing sea?/Seven stars and seven stones/And one white tree."

10. What is the poem that Sam recites in front of the Black Gate about?

Answer: An Oliphaunt

"Grey as a mouse, big as a house..." Gollum says that he has never heard of an Oliphaunt before.

11. What is the last line of Theoden's call to his riders at the battle of Pelennor Fields?

Answer: Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!

The others are the other lines of the poem.

12. When does Sam sing the song that begins "In western lands beneath the sun"?

Answer: In the tower after Shelob's lair

He sings it when he can't find Frodo and the stairs seem to have ended. Then he finds the trap door.

13. How does the song that Legolas sings in "The Fields of Cormallen" begin?

Answer: To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying.

The rest are lines from other poems in LotR.

14. Where does life to the dying lie?

Answer: In the King's hand

The rhyme is quoted by the annoying herb master in "The Houses of Healing" (ROTK). The important part for this question is "Life to the dying/In the king's hand lying!"

15. Who spoke the poem about the Paths of the Dead?

Answer: Malbeth the Seer

Malbeth the Seer was around when Arvedui was King. He made the poem that Aragorn quotes before they begin to look for the Paths.

Source: Author maureenee

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