Movies
What age is Bilbo celebrating reaching at the start of Fellowship of the Ring?
One Hundred and Eleven
Since allowing Aragorn to marry Arwen would mean losing his only daughter to mortality, Elrond tells Aragorn he must achieve this feat to earn that right, something that movie Aragorn is reluctant to do
Become King of Gondor
Though a Baggins through his father, Bungo, Bilbo is a member of this prestigious Hobbit family on his mother Belladonna's side
Took
Fearing Merry and Pippin to be dead, Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) breaks this body part in a fit of rage
His toe
This actor was the only member of the cast or crew to meet Tolkien in person
Christopher Lee
Uruk-Hai
Left out of all on-screen production until the Rings of Power series, this fan favourite character saved the hobbits several times before reaching Bree
Tom Bombadil
Bilbo is recruited into Thorin's company as this criminal position
Burglar
As the Nazgul attack the Prancing Pony, this character can be seen leaning back into frame to make way for the camera passing next to them
Frodo
Though he's best known for portraying Gimli the dwarf, John Rhys Davies also provides the voice for this not so hasty character
Treebeard
Merry and Pippin steal a firework at Bilbo's party which turns into this mythical creature when lit?
Dragon
Though the movies have Gandalf investigate the ring for a very short time, there's actually a 17 year gap between Bilbo's party and the start of Frodo's quest, leaving Frodo this old when he leaves Bag End
50
Bilbo meets Gollum in the depths of the Misty Mountains and engages in a game of this to buy time to escape
Riddles
Though cut from the final film and a significant deviation from the books, this character was meant to join the battle of Helms's Deep and glimpses of them can still be seen in specific frames
Arwen
This actor would often hike to filming locations due to a severe fear of flying
Sean Bean
This character murdered their friend while on a fishing trip to obtain a special birthday present
Smeagol
In The Two Towers movie, just before his iconic "Samwise the Brave" monologue, Sam sadly points out to Frodo that "by rights, we shouldn't even be here" in reference to their book counterparts never coming to this location. Where is here?
Osgiliath
Bilbo tries to broker peace before the Battle of Five Armies by bringing this treasure, which Thorin desires, to Bard and the Elven King
The Arkenstone
The only line Isildur's character says in the trilogy is "no" during Elrond's flashback, but it's not the actor who plays him who says it, but this actor
Hugo Weaving
Tolkien died in this year, creating a strange connection between his death and his writing
1973
Mirroring the final words of the book, Sam returns home at the end of Return of the King and says these last words of the movie trilogy
Well, I'm back
Though cut from the films, the Scouring of the Shire sees the hobbits return home from their quest to turmoil and destruction at the hands of this character who is finally slain on the doorstep of Bag End
Saruman
After the events of the book, Bilbo is visited by Gandalf and this dwarf who would later lead an expedition to reclaim Moria
Balin
Denethor
Lord of the Rings was first published in this year
1952