The Hobbit
Bilbo is accompanied by this many dwarves in the Hobbit. (Bonus point if you can name them all)
What is 13?
Elrond begged this mortal man to throw the One Ring away, but he instead kept it and (surprise!) died as a result.
Who is Isildur?
During the filming of an iconic scene in the The Two Towers, actor Viggo Mortenson broke a bone doing this.
What is kicking an orc helmet?
Tolkien, although a professor in later life, served the country of England in this war.
What is World War I?
This composer wrote the absolute banger soundtracks of both the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings.
Who is Howard Shore?
This breed of bird helped Thorin and company discover the entrance to the Lonely Mountain.
What is a thrush?
Treebeard, upon meeting Merry and Pippin for the first time, is not convinced that they are not these beings.
What are orcs?
This country is where both the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit movies were filmed.
Tolkien wrote a history and etymology of Germanic words beginning with this letter for the Oxford English Dictionary.
What is W?
The Lady Galadriel is older than this celestial object.
What is the moon?
This sport was said to be invented by an ancestor of Bilbo Baggins at the Battle of Greenfields.
What is golf?
In the Fellowship of the Ring, when trying to enter the Mines of Moria, Frodo says this Elvish word to open the gates.
What is mellon?
In order to make the actors of the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit appear to be the relative sizes of their characters, the camera team used this specific technique.
What is forced perspective?
Tolkien invented several languages for his books, but also had knowledge of this many real life languages.
What is 35?
The early history of Middle-Earth obeyed the physics of this unfortunately still-popular conspiracy theory.
What is the flat earth theory?
Bilbo asks Gollum the following riddle: “Thirty white horses on a red hill - first they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.” Its answer is these.
What is teeth?
In the appendices of Lord of the Rings, Tolkien reveals that he has translated Frodo’s name for his English-speaking audience - Frodo’s real name is this.
What is Maura?
When given acting notes from director Peter Jackson on how to make this noise, Sir Christopher Lee corrected him, quoting his personal experiences in the matter.
What is the sound of someone getting stabbed in the back?
Tolkien and his good friend C. S. Lewis once attended a party wearing these unusual clothes.
What are polar bear costumes?
This person is a major character in the book the Silmarillion. (Yes, I am asking you to just name one main character.)
Who is Feanor, Morgoth, Beren, Luthien, Tuor, Turin, Earendil, Elendil, Isildur, Thingol, Fingolfin, Finarfin, Hurin, Huor, Ungoliant, Manwe, Aule, Ulwe, or Sauron? (source: Martin)
Tolkien actually published two editions of the Hobbit. The first contains major contradictions to his later books, the Lord of the Rings, but Tolkien accounts for these differences by saying the first edition was actually this.
What is Bilbo's version of the story?
Gandalf, the Balrog, and Sauron are all members of this race.
What are the Maiar?
Many people know that Viggo Mortensen hiked from set to set in full costume to get a deep understanding of his character, but not everyone knows that this actor also did so - not for method acting purposes, but due to his extreme fear of helicopters.
Who is Sean Bean?
The famous author’s initials, J. R. R. T. - pronounced Jirt by his friends - stand for this full name.
What is John Ronald Reuel Tolkien?
This popular band wanted to make a Lord of the Rings adaptation, but Tolkien flat-out refused.
Who are the Beatles?