Ever found yourself confusing your Aragorns with your Boromirs or forgetting which hobbit actually carried the One Ring to Mordor? With three epic novels, multiple film adaptations, and a vast mythology spanning thousands of years of Middle-earth history, keeping track of Lord of the Rings lore can be more challenging than destroying the Ring itself! Our LOTR trivia collection solves this problem with questions covering everything from the Shire to the slopes of Mount Doom. Perfect for settling debates among fantasy fans or discovering which of your friends truly deserves to call themselves precious.
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Lord of the Rings Trivia Questions and Answers
- Who is the main hero of The Lord of the Rings who carries the One Ring?
Answer: Frodo Baggins - What is the name of the wizard with a gray beard who helps Frodo?
Answer: Gandalf - What magical creatures are Frodo and his friend Sam?
Answer: Hobbits - What is the name of the dark lord who created the One Ring?
Answer: Sauron - What is the name of the volcano where the One Ring must be destroyed?
Answer: Mount Doom - What is the name of the land where Sauron lives?
Answer: Mordor - Who played Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings movies?
Answer: Elijah Wood - What is the name of the monster that attacks the Fellowship in the Mines of Moria?
Answer: The Balrog - What is the name of Frodo’s loyal friend who goes with him to Mordor?
Answer: Samwise Gamgee (Sam) - What does Gollum call the One Ring?
Answer: My Precious - What was Gollum’s name before he found the Ring?
Answer: Sméagol - What race is Legolas?
Answer: Elf - What race is Gimli?
Answer: Dwarf - What city is the capital of Gondor?
Answer: Minas Tirith - Who is the king who returns to Gondor at the end of the story?
Answer: Aragorn - What is the name of Aragorn’s sword?
Answer: Andúril (formerly Narsil) - What is the name of the magical elven bread that the Fellowship eats?
Answer: Lembas - Who is the author of The Lord of the Rings books?
Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien - What is the name of the first book in The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Answer: The Fellowship of the Ring - What is the name of the large spider that attacks Frodo?
Answer: Shelob - What is the name of the forest where the Ents live?
Answer: Fangorn Forest - Who is the leader of the Ents?
Answer: Treebeard - What is the name of Gandalf’s horse?
Answer: Shadowfax - What happens to Gandalf after he fights the Balrog?
Answer: He dies and returns as Gandalf the White - What are the evil flying creatures that the Ringwraiths ride?
Answer: Fell Beasts - What is the name of the hobbit village where Frodo and Sam live?
Answer: The Shire - What are the tree-like creatures that help fight against Saruman?
Answer: Ents - What is the name of the inn where the hobbits meet Aragorn?
Answer: The Prancing Pony - What is the name of the elf queen who helps the Fellowship?
Answer: Galadriel - What does Bilbo Baggins give to Frodo on his 111th birthday?
Answer: The One Ring - What is the name of Frodo’s house?
Answer: Bag End - How many rings were given to the Elven-kings?
Answer: Three - How many rings were given to the Dwarf-lords?
Answer: Seven - How many rings were given to mortal Men?
Answer: Nine - What is Aragorn’s nickname when the hobbits first meet him?
Answer: Strider - What does Sam want to be when he returns to the Shire?
Answer: A gardener - What is the name of the tower where Saruman lives?
Answer: Orthanc - What creatures does Saruman create to fight for him?
Answer: Uruk-hai - What is the name of the river where the Fellowship breaks up?
Answer: Anduin - Which two hobbits are captured by Orcs?
Answer: Merry and Pippin - What is the secret entrance to Mordor that Gollum leads Frodo and Sam to?
Answer: Cirith Ungol - Who directed the Lord of the Rings movies?
Answer: Peter Jackson - What country were the Lord of the Rings movies filmed in?
Answer: New Zealand - What is the Elvish word for “friend” that opens the door to the Mines of Moria?
Answer: Mellon - What is the name of the ring-bearer before Bilbo?
Answer: Gollum - What does Gandalf say when he confronts the Balrog?
Answer: “You shall not pass!” - Who kills the Witch-king of Angmar?
Answer: Éowyn - What does the One Ring inscription say in English?
Answer: “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them” - What is the name of the river that runs through Mirkwood?
Answer: Enchanted River - What is the name of the language created by Sauron?
Answer: Black Speech - What is the name of the capital city of Rohan?
Answer: Edoras - What is the name of the king of Rohan?
Answer: Théoden - What is the name of the mountain where Gandalf fights the Balrog?
Answer: Caradhras - What gift does Galadriel give to Frodo?
Answer: A phial of light (containing the light of Eärendil’s star) - What gift does Galadriel give to Sam?
Answer: A box of soil from her garden - What is the name of the giant spider-like observer that guards the Black Gate of Mordor?
Answer: The Watcher in the Water - What is the name of the fortress where the people of Rohan take refuge during the battle with Saruman’s forces?
Answer: Helm’s Deep - What is the name of the hobbit who claimed the Ring as his own inside Mount Doom?
Answer: Frodo Baggins - Who is the steward of Gondor during the events of The Lord of the Rings?
Answer: Denethor - What is the name of Denethor’s older son who tries to take the Ring from Frodo?
Answer: Boromir - What is the name of Denethor’s younger son who helps Frodo and Sam?
Answer: Faramir - What is the name of the marshland that Frodo, Sam, and Gollum cross?
Answer: Dead Marshes - What is the name of the land where the elves live and sail from to leave Middle-earth?
Answer: The Grey Havens - What is the name of the three-volume history that J.R.R. Tolkien created to provide background for The Lord of the Rings?
Answer: The Silmarillion