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The peoples of Middle Earth, like those in our own world, created a wealth of poetry and song, some of which is found in Tolkien's books.
12 quizzes and 155 trivia questions.
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  Lore in Song   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is based on those verses of songs and poems from 'The Lord Of The Rings', if you have paid any attention to the beautiful verses of the poems in the story, you will find this quiz interesting.
Average, 10 Qns, kaak, Apr 03 14
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kaak
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  'Lord of the Rings' Songs   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Featuring the songs and poems from Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit. Who sang what? Do you know the next line?
Tough, 20 Qns, Elanor, Sep 15 19
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Elanor
Sep 15 19
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  "The Fellowship Of The Ring" In Song    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Here is my final installment in the "In Song" trilogy. ("The first shall be last", you know!) As before, all questions will be about some aspect of a song or poem in "The Fellowship Of The Ring".
Average, 15 Qns, Neume, Feb 06 05
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Neume
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  "The Two Towers" in Song   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here is my second quiz on songs and poems of "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy. All those contained here may be found in the second part, "The Two Towers". As always, all questions are based on the books, not the films. Enjoy, and thanks for playing!
Average, 10 Qns, Neume, Feb 06 05
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Neume
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  "Lord of the Rings": More Than Verses, Lore    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on the poems of J.R.R Tolkien's LOTR. These poems can be recited, sung or read as a lore and to me it shows more of J.R.R Tolkien's enchanting magic. It maybe, a riddle or a glimpse of a tale or just a silly song to brighten one's mood. Enjoy.
Average, 10 Qns, kaak, Aug 03 23
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kaak
Aug 03 23
198 plays
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  "The Return of The King" in Song    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All of the questions (well, almost) in this quiz are about songs and poems found in Tolkien's "The Return of The King" Please note: this quiz is about the book, not the movie. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, Neume, Feb 06 05
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Neume
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  Songs of Arda    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
Fill in the next line of some of these poems, mainly from 'Lord of the Rings' with a couple from 'The Silmarillion'.
Average, 25 Qns, Eowyn2, Dec 31 09
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  Colours in "Lord of the Rings" Poetry and Songs    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz all about the colours in "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", poetry and verse.
Average, 10 Qns, big_bad, Feb 06 05
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big_bad
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  The Poems of LOTR    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
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.
Average, 15 Qns, maureenee, Feb 06 05
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maureenee
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  Who Sang This? (Tolkien's Works)    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In this quiz, you will be given a portion of a song or verse and you will have to identify who sang it. Warning: verses come from 'The Hobbit', 'Lord of the Rings', and 'The Silmarillion'. Good luck :)
Average, 10 Qns, Elessar_Elessar, Aug 03 23
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Elessar_Elessar
Aug 03 23
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trivia question Quick Question
Who is 'he' in: 'He chanted a song of wizardry, of piercing, opening, of treachery'?

From Quiz "Who Sang This? (Tolkien's Works)"




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  Songs and Poems in 'The Lord of the Rings'    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on the songs and poems in J.R.R Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy
Average, 10 Qns, NoOneMuch, Jul 06 13
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NoOneMuch
200 plays
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  Songs/Poems of Middle-Earth    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Tolkien created a whole world with his books about Middle-Earth, a world that includes its very own literature and history. Questions are from LOTR, but a knowledge of "The Hobbit" is also helpful.
Average, 10 Qns, Iluviel, Feb 06 05
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Poems and Songs of Middle Earth Trivia Questions
1. In the letter that Barliman Butterbur gives Frodo at Bree, Gandalf has included eight lines of verse that apply to Aragorn. However, Gandalf did not compose them. Who did?

From Quiz Songs/Poems of Middle-Earth

Answer: Bilbo

The last 4 lines are quoted in the movie version of "Return of the King" as Arwen prepares Narsil to be reforged.

2. 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?

From Quiz The Poems of LOTR

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!"

3. 'An eye in a _____ face Saw an eye in a _____ face. "That eye is like to this eye" Said the first eye, "But in a low place Not in a high place."'

From Quiz Colours in "Lord of the Rings" Poetry and Songs

Answer: blue, green

This is one of the riddles that Bilbo asks Gollum in "The Hobbit". The answer is "Sunshine on the daisies".

4. We'll start with an easy one..."Three Rings for the Elven-Kings under the sky..."

From Quiz Songs of Arda

Answer: Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone

"Three Rings for the Elven-Kings under the sky/ Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone/ Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die/ One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne/ In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie/ One Ring to rule them all...."and so on. This poem is found at the beginning of LOTR.

5. Who sang: 'In western lands beneath the Sun the flowers may rise in Spring, the trees may bud, the waters run, the merry finches sing'?

From Quiz Who Sang This? (Tolkien's Works)

Answer: Sam

When Sam was looking for Frodo who was held prisoner in Cirith Ungol, he sang this song.

6. Who hears these words, and where? "Cold be hand and heart and bone, and cold be sleep under stone: never more to wake on stony bed, never, till the sun fails and the moon is dead."

From Quiz Songs/Poems of Middle-Earth

Answer: Frodo, in the barrow

The barrow wight gives this incantation in "The Fellowship of the Ring". Its power is contradicted by another song - the rhyme Frodo uses to call Tom Bombadil.

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

From Quiz The Poems of LOTR

Answer: Bilbo

Arwen quotes a bit of it in the third movie.

8. "Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow, Bright _______ his jacket is, and his boots are ________. None has ever caught him yet, for Tom, he is the master: His songs are stronger songs, and his feet are faster."

From Quiz Colours in "Lord of the Rings" Poetry and Songs

Answer: blue and yellow

The four hobbits meet Tom Bombadil on their way to Bree, in the forest. He saves them from a tree which is attacking them.

9. "In the black wind the stars shall die and still on _____ here let them lie"

From Quiz Songs of Arda

Answer: gold

Sung by the Barrow-wight when the four hobbits are on the Barrow-downs in the Barrow. Tom Bombadil rescues them....what a great guy.

10. Who sang: 'Farewell sweet earth and northern sky, for ever blest, since here did lie and here with lissom limbs did run beneath the Moon, beneath the Sun, Luthien Tinuviel more fair than mortal tongue can tell.'?

From Quiz Who Sang This? (Tolkien's Works)

Answer: Beren

In the chapter Of Beren and Luthien, in the Silmarillion, Beren is singing about Luthien just as he leaves her sleeping. He is on a quest for the Silmaril.

11. 'His sword was sharp his lance was keen, His shining helm afar was seen, The countless stars of heaven's field Were mirrored in his silver shield.' What happened to this Elven king as mentioned in the song?

From Quiz "Lord of the Rings": More Than Verses, Lore

Answer: His star fell into darkness in Mordor

The songs and poems in 'The Lord of the Rings' talk about times before. The exact lines of the poem run: 'But long ago he rode away, And where he dwelleth none can say; For into darkness fell his star In Mordor where the shadows are.' This is about 'Gil-galad'. More of his story is mentioned in "The Silmarillion", composed by J.R.R Tolkien but edited by his son Christopher Tolkien after his father's death. Sam sang this song in "The Lord of the Rings", again a song written by Bilbo Baggins.

12. With a ping and a pong the fiddle-strings broke!, The cow jumped over the Moon..." This is from the song about an inn and the Man in the Moon sung by Frodo. Who broke the fiddle strings alluded to here?

From Quiz Lore in Song

Answer: The ostler's tipsy cat

In the song the Man in the Moon got drunk with the lovely beer of the inn, he did not wake up to go back to his home in the moon. It was after three in the morning, so before the moon should have disappeared, the ostler's tipsy cat played the fiddle very loudly (with a jig that would wake the dead) to wake the Man in the Moon. You can find this song in 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.

13. On the way to Rivendell, Aragorn sings the story of Tinuviel. What is this song's real name?

From Quiz Songs/Poems of Middle-Earth

Answer: The Lay of Leithian

Tolkien actually wrote about half of this story in very structured verse; it may be found in "The History of Middle Earth" series edited by Christopher Tolkien. Full prose versions are found in "The Silmarillion" and "The Book of Lost Tales 1".

14. Who sings the following verse: " In the willow-meads of Tasarinan I walked in the Spring. / Ah! The sight and the smell of the Spring in Nan-tasarinan! / And I said that was good."?

From Quiz "The Two Towers" in Song

Answer: Treebeard

Trebeard sings this song to Merry and Pippin, as he carries them on the long journey to his home deep in the forest.

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

From Quiz The Poems of LOTR

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.

16. Name the place extolled in this verse: "..The white lilies sway, and the golden bells are shaken of mallos and alfirin; In the green fields of...."?

From Quiz "The Return of The King" in Song

Answer: Lebennin

Lebennin was a beautiful land in Gondor, which was laid waste during the War Of The Ring. All of the other places named here are also beautiful: Lothlorien, of course, is the home of Galadriel and Celeborn; Imladris is another name for Rivendell, the home of Elrond; and Eressea is Elvenhome, the place across the sea where the elves sail when they grow tired of Middle-Earth.

17. "His sword was long, his lance was keen, his shining helm afar was seen; the countless stars of heaven's field were mirrored in his ________ shield."

From Quiz Colours in "Lord of the Rings" Poetry and Songs

Answer: silver

This is part of "The Fall of Gil-Galad", which Bilbo translated from Elvish. It goes: "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. His sword was long, his lance was keen, his shining helm afar was seen; the countless stars of heaven's field were mirrored in his silver shield. But long ago he rode away, and where he dwelleth none can say; for into darkness fell his star in Mordor where the shadows are."

18. "Renewed shall be blade that was broken.."

From Quiz Songs of Arda

Answer: The crownless again shall be king

This song is about Aragorn. The 'blade that was broken' is Narsil, later reforged into Anduril. And the 'crownless' is obviously Aragorn.

19. 'Home is behind, the world ahead...' What line from 'On the Hearth' is next?

From Quiz 'Lord of the Rings' Songs

Answer: and there are many paths to tread.

All these lines feature in the song written by Bilbo, which Frodo, Sam and Pippin sing while leaving Hobbiton.

20. Who sang: 'Far over Misty Mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away ere break of day, To seek the pale enchanted gold.'?

From Quiz Who Sang This? (Tolkien's Works)

Answer: Thorin and Company

In 'The Hobbit', Thorin and his Co. sing about their quest to steal back what was theirs from Smaug.

21. 'I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and people who will see a different world that I shall never know.' This person will sit and think and wait for what, as mentioned in the song?

From Quiz "Lord of the Rings": More Than Verses, Lore

Answer: returning feet and voices at the door

Bilbo sang this song as Frodo was leaving Rivendell with his companions on the quest to destroy the 'One Ring' in Mount Doom. Bilbo gave Frodo his sword, Sting, and a coat of dwarf-mail which Bilbo took from his adventure in 'The Hobbit'. Bilbo also gave Frodo his good wishes and blessings along with these things and, to an extent, it protected Frodo in his perilous journey. As mentioned in the song, Bilbo eagerly waited for Frodo's return. In fact, when Frodo asked how he could repay Bilbo for the items he gave, all Bilbo asked of Frodo was Frodo's safe return and collections of songs, tales and stories Bilbo could use in finishing his second book on Frodo's journey.

22. "O Water cold we may pour at need Down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;" This is a hobbit bath song. What is a better drink than cold water for the hobbits as is sung in the song?

From Quiz Lore in Song

Answer: Beer

"O Water cold we may pour at need Down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed; but better is Beer, if drink we lack, and Water Hot poured down the back." It is a custom for these hobbits to drink beer. They liked food, company and such things that enable one to have a good time including pipe smoking, gossiping and singing songs. This song was sung by Pippin, it was a song about hot water for bathing written by Bilbo. "A loon is he that will not sing: O! Water Hot is a noble thing!" There must be many people who feel that way. You can find this song in 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.

23. What language is Galadriel's song of farewell written in?

From Quiz Songs/Poems of Middle-Earth

Answer: Quenya

Tolkien created several languages for Middle Earth, including numerous tongues and dialects of the Elves. Quenya is the High-Elven tongue. This song is called "Namarie", which means "Farewell."

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

From Quiz The Poems of LOTR

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. :)

25. "Of ________ leaves and gossamer in autumns that there were, with morning mist and ________ sun and wind upon my hair."

From Quiz Colours in "Lord of the Rings" Poetry and Songs

Answer: yellow and silver

This song by Bilbo starts; "I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen, of meadow-flowers and butterflies in summers that have been"

26. "Snow-white! Snow-white! O lady clear!"

From Quiz Songs of Arda

Answer: O Queen beyond the Western Seas!

Elbereth/Gilthoniel was another name for Varda, spouse of Manwe. Varda was revered among the Elves as she created the stars, which were the first sight the Elves beheld when they awoke at Cuivienen in the First Age. This song is sung by the Elves seen by Frodo and Sam on their journey to Crickhollow, led by Gildor Inglorion.

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