365 Days of Middle-earth

7th of January

Today on the Middle-earth Calendar: Yr. 2942 - Gandalf and Bilbo accompany Beorn.

Video of the Day: Orlando Bloom singing 'They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard'. This video is just simply the best.

Quote of the Day: "Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." - Gimli.

Word of the Day: Estel (Sindarin), meaning 'hope'.

Question of the Day: In the BOOK, who gave Aragorn his sword Andúril after it was reforged?

Answer to Yesterday's Question: Look down below. :)

Today's Topic: The Lord of the Rings Quiz Answers

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READER LEADERBOARD

Luthien2018 | 30 points

BJKaplan | 30 points

Gallifreyanhobbit | 20 points

BilboRoth | 10 points

legolasxelisabeth | 5 points

AryaMiriel | 5 points

jordieblob16 | 5 points

JuliaAntoinette | 5 points

Random_Elf | 5 points

TheWarlock2101 | 5 points

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Here are the answers! Congrats to Luthien2018 for getting all the questions right (20 points) and BJKaplan for being the first to comment and getting all but one right (ten points)!

1. What were the names of Aragorn's parents?
Arathorn and Gilraen.

2. What was the name of Aragorn's son?
Eldarion.

3. Who was Sam's eldest child?
Elanor the Fair.

4. How many rings of power were created?
Twenty.

5. What was name of the sword that cut the Ring from Sauron's hand?
Narsil (which was later renamed Andúril).

6. How many wizards were sent to help the people of Middle-earth?
Five.

7. What were the wizards' names?
Saruman the White (Curunír/Curumo), Gandalf the Grey (Olórin/Mithrandir), Radagast the Brown (Aiwendil) and the two blue wizards Alatar and Pallando.

8. What Age begins at the end of the events in Lord of the Rings?
The Fourth Age.

9. Who was the largest dragon to ever live?
Ancalagon the Black. Nope, not Smaug! :)

10. What was the name of Galadriel's ring?
Nenya, the Ring of Water.

11. Why is Elrond called 'Half-elven'?
Because both his parents were half-elves (and descendents of Beren and Lúthien and Idril and Tuor), so therefore Elrond is half-elven too.

12. In the book, who leads Frodo and Sam to Buckleberry Ferry?
Farmer Maggot (believe it or not).

13. How many Valar were there originally?
Fifteen, including Melkor.

14. What was the name of the eagle who rescued Gandalf atop Saruman's tower?
Gwaihir.

15. What was the name of Sauron's tower?
Barad-dûr.

16. They're taking the hobbits to...? ;)
...ISENGARD, TO ISENGARD.

17. Who was the first elf maiden to choose mortal life?
Lúthien Tinúviel.

18. What was Aragorn's childhood elven name?
Estel (meaning hope). :)

19. How many Palantíri were there originally?
Seven.

20. How did Gríma die in the book?
After he murdered Saruman, the hobbits killed him with their bows ... wait, HOW DID THE HOBBITS GET BOWS?! XD

I have one more question for all of you: what types of things do you want me to write about in this book?

Thanks! :)

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