'The Lord of the Rings' Appendices Quiz

Answer: 210

Aragorn, being of direct Númenorean descent, had a much greater lifespan than the average Man. He lived a full two-hundred and ten years. This was longer than any of his line since King Arvegil.

Answer: a white banner

Ruling Gondor in the stead of the Kings, the Ruling Stewards would not take up the crown, sceptre, nor sit upon the throne. Rather, they flew a white banner without charge and bore a white rod. The first Ruling Steward was Mardil Voronwë and there would be twenty-five more before the return of the King.

Answer: Aragorn

Aragorn entered the final rest in the House of the Kings. His crown and sceptre were passed on to his son, Eldarion. Arwen left Gondor and resided in Lórien; in the winter, she 'laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth'.

Answer: their indomitable courage

With the knowledge that Orcs were holed up in Moria and responsible for the death of his father, Thrór, Thráin instigates the War of the Dwarves and the Orcs. The Dwarves set about sacking Orc strongholds; the war comes to a head before the Gates of Moria in the Battle of Azanulbizar.

Answer: shards of Narsil brought to Rivendell

The shards of Narsil were brought to Rivendell by Ohtar in the third year of the Third Age, Arwen was born in the two-hundred and forty-first year, and in the year 1050, the darkening of Greenwood earned it the name Mirkwood, and in that same year the Harfoots came to Eriador, the first mention of hobbits in the records.

Answer: moved to dwell with Elrond's sons in Rivendell

It is said that only a few years after Galadriel departed, Celeborn grew weary of his realm and left to dwell with Elladan and Elrohir in Imladris. In Lórien, 'there lingered sadly only a few of its former people, and there was no longer light or song in Caras Galadhon'.

Answer: waxing

The Calendar of Imladris recognised six seasons: spring, summer, autumn, fading, winter and stirring. Or in Quenya: tuilë, lairë, yávië, quellë, hrívë and coirë. The Shire Calendar had twelve months with peculiar names such as Winterfilth, Astron, Rethe, and Halimath.

Answer: the Noldor

The scripts and letters of Third Age Middle-earth were all of Eldarin origin. The two dominant alphabets were the Tengwar, an alphabet of letters used for the written languages, and Certar, a runic alphabet used for incised inscriptions. The Tengwar was developed of old by the Noldor and the Certar later devised by the Sindar.

Answer: Gilraen

The Men of Middle-earth mostly spoke in their native Westron tongue, but the kingly race of the Dúnedain spoke the Elvish Sindarin and the wisest amongst them were also learned in Quenya. The royal names of the Dúnedain were often of Quenya form (e.g. Elendil, Isildur and Elessar).

Answer: Brandagamba

The Hobbits spoke and wrote in a dialect of the Mannish Westron language; these words have been anglicised by the 'author' for the accommodation of English speakers. Brandybuck corresponded to Brandagamba, Zaragamba (Oldbuck) was the ancestral surname of the Brandybucks, and Braldagamba (presumably 'Headybuck') would have been something of an insult to Bucklanders. Baragamba is invented.