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This five-part volume, collected posthumously and published by the author's son, provides extensive background on the mythology of the world in which Tolkien's more well-known works are set.
20 The Silmarillion quizzes and 225 The Silmarillion trivia questions.
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  Number Seven in The Silmarillion editor best quiz   best quiz  
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Seven is a special number in many cultures. Several occurrences of it can also be found in "The Silmarillion".
Average, 10 Qns, beatka, Mar 09 16
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  Peoples of the First Age   great trivia quiz  
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This is a quiz about the people of the First Age of Middle Earth found in J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Silmarillion.'
Average, 10 Qns, Telecontar_12, Apr 06 18
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  The Silmarillion Quiz Challenge    
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A quiz about Tolkien's 'The Silmarillion'.
Average, 10 Qns, pinefresh, Jun 17 09
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  The Sons of Feanor    
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A quiz about the Seven sons of Feanor, those tragic heroes whose actions in the pursuit of their vow bring woe to friend and foe alike.
Average, 10 Qns, almaster, Apr 10 18
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  The Ultimate The Silmarillion Quiz    
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This is a book about all of Middle-Earth written by J.R.R. Tolkien. This quiz focuses mainly on the Valar.
Easier, 10 Qns, Brego, Feb 27 15
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  Through the Eyes of Morgoth    
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You are Morgoth, the Dark Lord. Once you dwelt as Melkor among those that fashioned Arda, but that was long ago. Now, in envy and greed, your vision stretches far. What do you see? (NOTE: this quiz pertains to events after the theft of the Silmarils.)
Average, 10 Qns, Lorvanwa, Aug 12 17
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  Test yourself! The Silmarillion Quiz    
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If you think you know your stuff about this book by J.R.R. Tolkien, you should take this quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, stevecook123, Jul 26 12
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  The Fall Of Gondolin    
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A marvelous city was Gondolin, the forbidden city, and its fall was a great loss for all in Middle-earth. How much do you know about this part of "Silmarillion"?
Average, 15 Qns, VARDA, Mar 31 10
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  "The Silmarillion" Battles and Deaths    
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This quiz is about battles in J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The Silmarillion". Good luck to all of you.
Average, 10 Qns, ulmo777, Jan 08 07
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  Difficult The Silmarillion Quiz - 10 Questions   top quiz  
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Dear friends, this quiz is about "The Silmarillion", my favorite Tolkien's book. I wish good luck to all of you.
Difficult, 10 Qns, ulmo777, Dec 17 12
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trivia question Quick Question
Whom did Maglor take under his care after he believed their parents to be dead?

From Quiz "The Sons of Feanor"




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  Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age   popular trivia quiz  
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This quiz focuses on the fifth and final tale of "The Silmarillion" by JRR Tolkien, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age" Good Luck!
Average, 10 Qns, JessicaNJpa, Dec 15 12
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  The Doom of Mandos    
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This quiz revolves around the topics of the Doom of Mandos and the Sons of Fëanor. Please note, this quiz is based on "The Silmarillion" and not Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings".
Average, 10 Qns, tptree, Feb 12 19
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  The People of the Silmarillion    
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A thorough quiz on many people (and a few other things) in the fantastic book by J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Silmarillion". Have a good time with this hard quiz!
Tough, 20 Qns, modog97, Dec 21 17
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  Battle of Gondolin, from the Book of Lost Tales    
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This quiz is about the fateful battle for Gondolin, as it is described in the "Book of Lost Tales" of JRR Tolkein, or the earliest version of what would later become the "Silmarillion".
Tough, 10 Qns, almaster, Feb 21 18
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  Ainulindalë Quiz    
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This is the first of five about JRR Tolkiens Silmarillion. Each will cover one of the five tales: 'Ainulindalë', 'Valaquenta', 'Quenta Silmarillion', 'Akallabêt' and 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'.
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  A Word For Mortal Men    
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The First Age was the age of strife and sorrow in Middle-Earth, when the most famous - or infamous - Men earned honorary one-word nicknames from the Eldar. Can you match these to their names?
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  Average Valaquenta Quiz - 15 Questions    
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Just like my "Ainulindale" quiz, this one will be about the "Valaquenta" chapter in JRR Tolkien's "The Silmarillion".
Average, 15 Qns, xblhx, May 20 17
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  Ainulindalë    
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This quiz is only about "Ainulindalë", the first story in "The Silmarillion" by J.R.R Tolkien.
Average, 10 Qns, xblhx, Jan 04 17
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  15 Questions: Valaquenta Multiple Choice Quiz    
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The story of the Ainur as it is told in "The Silmarillion".
Average, 15 Qns, VARDA, Feb 17 18
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  Silmarillion Obscure Facts    
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These questions are all about the more obscure information given in the Silmarillion. Enjoy!
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The Silmarillion Trivia Questions

1. Which instance in "The Silmarillion" was regarded as the "firstfruits" of the Doom of the Mandos?

From Quiz
The Doom of Mandos

Answer: The burning of the ships at the Firth of Drengist

Fëanor realized in Araman that he had too few of the Teleri ships to depart with all of the Noldor to Beleriand. Therefore, he gathered his closest followers and departed via the waters of Belegaer to confront Morgoth- in Middle-earth. Upon landing at the Firth of Drengist, Fëanor dubs those he left behind as "needless baggage," and promptly burns the white Teleri ships as a sign of betrayal to Fingolfin. As for the other choices; Fingon is not slain in Araman, and the other two options occur later in the history.

2. Who was the eldest son of Feanor?

From Quiz The Silmarillion

Answer: Maedhros

Maedhros the Tall was rescued by Fingon from the Peaks of Thangorodrim. His people lived in the lands around the hill of Himring. He died when he cast himself into a chasm of fire with a Silmaril.

3. After the War of Wrath, many of the Eldar wished to stay in Beleriand, though it had been laid waste. These came under the kingship of Gil-Galad. Where did they settle?

From Quiz Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age

Answer: Lindon

Lindon (Harlond) was the country around the newly formed Gulf of Lhûn. This area came under the kingship of Gil-Galad, son of Fingon. Eregion, or Hollin, was founded on the western side of the Misty Mountains. Mithlond was the Grey Havens, ruled by Círdan. Himling was a mountain peak in Beleriand which became an island after the War of Wrath.

4. Who are the children of Iluvatar's adoption?

From Quiz Silmarillion Obscure Facts

Answer: Dwarves

Aulë made the Dwarves because he could not wait to see the children of Iluvatar. However, the Dwarves were a little slow on the up-take, being nothing more than mindless automatons. So Iluvatar took them as his "adopted" children granting them lives of their own. Thus Aulë was humbled by the reality that he could never create any beings except mindless, obedient, slaves and yet could never make his wife be obedient at all. So things became very disappointing on many levels.

5. Who killed Glaurung, Morgoth's Worm?

From Quiz "The Silmarillion" Battles and Deaths

Answer: Turin

Glaurung was the first of the Uruloki, the dragons of fire. Turin Turambar, son of Hurin Thalion, killed him at Brethil. Because of his action, on his tomb it was written the title "Dagnir Glaurunga", which means "Glaurung's Bane".

6. How many Valar and Valier are there in total?

From Quiz Valaquenta

Answer: 14

The seven Valar are Manwë, Ulmo, Aulë, Oromë, Mandos, Lórien, and Tulkas. The seven Valier are Varda, Yavanna, Nienna, Estë, Vairë, Vána, and Nessa.

7. What is another name for Ilúvatar?

From Quiz Ainulindalë

Answer: Eru

"There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar, and he made the first Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made."

8. One of the Maiar is the steersman of the moon. What is his name?

From Quiz The People of the Silmarillion

Answer: Tilion

Tilion was the Maia who was the steersman of the moon, while Arien was the steersman of the fearsome sun.

9. How many houses were the folk of Gondolin divided into when they went into war?

From Quiz Battle of Gondolin, from the Book of Lost Tales

Answer: 12

The people of Gondolin were arrayed in the form of the 11 houses of Gondolin and there was also an elite bodyguard led by Tuor, which is also called the House of the White Wing. The Houses of Gondolin were: the King's kinsmen led by Turgon himself; Heavenly Arch; Swallow; Sable Mole; Pillar; Tower of Snow; The Tree; Golden Flower; Fountain; Hammer of Wrath; and the Harp.

10. Ossiriand, where the Green-elves lived, signifies the Land of Seven Rivers. What is the name of the main river?

From Quiz Number Seven in The Silmarillion

Answer: Gelion

Ossiriand was home of the Green-elves. The seven rivers were Gelion and its tributaries: Ascar, Thalos, Legolin, Brilthor, Duilwen and Adurant. They flowed from the Blue Mountains. Gelion was Ulmo's (who was nicknamed the Lord of Waters) second favourite river, after Sirion, of the western world. On the Green Isle in the river Adurant Beren and Luthien lived after their return from the Dead.

11. This man was called Lorindol, or "Goldenhead", by the Eldar.

From Quiz A Word For Mortal Men

Answer: Hador

Nicknamed so because of his fair hair, he was the head of the House of Hador, one of the Three Houses of Edain that swore fealty to Fingolfin and settled in Dor-Lomin. Both Hador and his son Gundor fell in Dagor Bragollach, defending Eithel Sirion on the borders of his lord's land of Mithrim from Morgoth's assault.

12. What is the name for the Ainur who helped shape Arda through their music and did not cause dischord?

From Quiz The Silmarillion

Answer: Valar

Eru is Iluvatar, and the Eldar are the firstborn Children of Iluvatar.

13. There were Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the....?

From Quiz Ainulindalë Quiz

Answer: Ainur

The Ainur was created from the thought of Ilúvatar, were the Holy Ones. The Valar were those of the Ainur that became the powers of the world. The Maiar were also of the Ainur, larger in number but lesser in power. Olorin (Gandalf) and Curunir (Saruman) were of the Maiar. The elves were the Firstborn of the Children of Ilúvatar, who was born at the rising of the stars.

14. Which mountain kept Gondolin in secret?

From Quiz The Fall Of Gondolin

Answer: Echoriath

In fact Edoras wasn't a mountain - it was the main city in Rohan.

15. Of what did Eru Iluvatar make the Ainur?

From Quiz Valaquenta

Answer: of his thought

"There as Eru, The One, who in Arda is called Iluvatar; and he first made the Ainur, The Holy Ones, that were off-springs of his thought..."

16. By whom was 'The Silmarillion' edited?

From Quiz The Silmarillion

Answer: Tolkien's son

'The Silmarillion' was published 4 years after the death of J.R.R. Tolkien and it fell to his son Christopher to bring the work into publishable form.

17. What colour was Turin Turambar's sword?

From Quiz The Silmarillion

Answer: Black

Originally this sword was owned by Beleg Stronbow but when Turin killed him he took the sword as his own. The sword is called Anglachel and was made by Eol who gave it to Thingol who passed it on to Beleg Strongbow.

18. In the middle of the Second Age, the elves in Eregion befriended Sauron, despite Gil-Galad's warning. Sauron still appeared fair and took the name Annatar, meaning:

From Quiz Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age

Answer: Lord of gifts

Sauron appealed to the Noldor's love for craft and beauty, and also to their unrest about lingering in Middle-earth. His name for himself was true, in a way: following his teaching, they achieved enough skill to make Rings of Power.

19. Who or what is Ormal?

From Quiz Silmarillion Obscure Facts

Answer: The Sourthern Lamp of the Valar

In the beginning there was no light in Middle Earth except the stars. Thus, darkness was over all the world because the flashlight hadn't been invented yet. This posed a problem for the Valar, who were constantly stubbing their toes on boulders and bruising their shins on trees. So, Aulë Built two Great Lamps to light the world, one in the north, Iluin, and one in the south, Ormal. Side Note: The tax auditor from Menegroth was actually a team of two Sindarin Elves; Lindros Merrill and Mador Lynch.

20. Feanor is a derivation of the name his mother called him. His original name was Curufinwe. One of his sons bears a similar name, what is it.

From Quiz Peoples of the First Age

Answer: Curufin

Curufin was the fifth son of Feanor and the father of Celebrimbor. Feanor was the only child of Finwe and his first wife Miriel, who died after giving birth to Feanor. He was originally called Curufinwe (curu meaning 'skill'), but was called Feanaro ('spirit of fire') by his mother. This was changed into its Sindarin from 'Feanor'. Feanor was responsible for the creation of the Silmarils and the Feanorian script.

21. Who killed Finrod Felagund?

From Quiz "The Silmarillion" Battles and Deaths

Answer: A werewolf

Finrod was the King of Nargothrond. He went with Beren to help him take a Silmaril from Morgoth. Sauron arrested them and put them in prison. There he sent a werewolf to kill all their companions firstly and then Beren. But when the werewolf came for Beren, Felagund broke his chain and fought with him. Finally they killed each other.

22. What was the relationship between Angrod and Curufinwe?

From Quiz The Silmarillion

Answer: Angrod was Curufinwe's nephew.

Angrod was the son of Finarfin. Finarfin and Feanor (Curufinwe) were brothers.

23. What is Varda's Sindarin name?

From Quiz Valaquenta

Answer: Elbereth

Elbereth is a Sindarin name which means 'star-lady'. Varda is known by this name in Middle-earth.

24. Who was the most powerful Ainu that Ilúvatar created?

From Quiz Ainulindalë

Answer: Melkor

Melkor tended to travel alone in the void, so he started to think his own thoughts of Arda. He desired to create things that Ilúvatar did not have planned for Arda. Melkor then created a war of sound between himself and Ilúvatar, but Ilúvatar overpowered him, and ended it. "...Mighty are the Ainur, and mightiest among them is Melkor..." -Ilúvatar

25. What is the name for the Ring of Doom outside the gates of Valmar?

From Quiz The People of the Silmarillion

Answer: Mahanaxar

Mahanaxar was where the Valar pondered many things outside Valmar in the early ages of Arda.

26. Which house of Gondolin was led by Ecthelion, slayer of Gothmog?

From Quiz Battle of Gondolin, from the Book of Lost Tales

Answer: House of the Fountain

Ecthelion, the Guard of the Fountain led the people of the House of the Fountain. According to the book of Lost Tales, "...silver and diamonds were their delight; and swords very long and bright and pale did they wield, and they went into the battle with the music of flutes." Ecthelion would of course be immortalized(pun unintended)in song for his great achievement of killing Gothmog single-handedly. Despite having been badly wounded in a previous skirmish, he managed to drown his enemy in the basin of the king's fountain, before he himself drowned in the pool.

27. Who, among the sons of Feanor, was considered the greatest singer after Daeron, the minstrel of Thingol?

From Quiz The Sons of Feanor

Answer: Maglor

Maglor's voice was rich and deep and his songs some of the best Arda had ever heard. Maedhros and Curufin were his brothers, Fingolfin, their uncle.

28. Seven Gates barred the way to which land?

From Quiz Number Seven in The Silmarillion

Answer: Gondolin

Seven Gates barred the way to the Hidden Kingdom of Gondolin, surrounded by the Encircling Mountains, where Turgon, High King of Noldor, ruled. Gondolin was ultimately attacked by Morgoth and destroyed.

29. History also calls him "the mightiest of Mortal Men", but he was better known as "The Steadfast".

From Quiz A Word For Mortal Men

Answer: Hurin

Hurin Thalion ("The Steadfast") got his nickname in honor of his last stand in Fen of Serech at the Battle of Unnumbered Tears, where he sacrificed the last of the House of Hador to cover High King Turgon's retreat towards Gondolin. Turin was his son. Beor was the head of the First House of Edain, while the famous Beren was, of course, his descendant.

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