Lord of the Rings Trivia Jeopardy

Hobbits, wizards, the Rings of Power and the films that brought Middle-earth to the screen. A fan board you can copy free and play with phones as buzzers.

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The Fellowship

$200
This hobbit, Bilbo's heir, is entrusted with carrying the One Ring to Mordor.
Who is Frodo Baggins?
$400
This wizard falls into shadow while fighting the Balrog on the bridge of Khazad-dum.
Who is Gandalf?
$600
This loyal gardener refuses to let Frodo go to Mordor alone.
Who is Samwise Gamgee?
$800
This Elf of the Fellowship is the son of Thranduil, king of the Woodland Realm.
Who is Legolas?
$1,000
This man of Gondor, elder son of the Steward Denethor, dies defending Merry and Pippin from orcs.
Who is Boromir?

Places in Middle-earth

$200
Bag End sits in Hobbiton, in this green homeland of the hobbits.
What is the Shire?
$400
The Council that formed the Fellowship was held at Elrond's house in this hidden valley.
What is Rivendell?
$600
Also called Khazad-dum, this great Dwarf-kingdom lies beneath the Misty Mountains.
What is Moria?
$800
This White City, capital of Gondor, is built in seven tiers against Mount Mindolluin.
What is Minas Tirith?
$1,000
Galadriel and Celeborn rule this golden wood where the Fellowship rests after Moria.
What is Lothlorien?

Peoples of Middle-earth

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Gimli son of Gloin belongs to this short, sturdy people famed for mining and stonework.
What are Dwarves?
$400
Treebeard is the eldest of these tree-like shepherds of the forest.
What are Ents?
$600
The Uruk-hai bred by Saruman are a larger, stronger breed of these creatures.
What are Orcs?
$800
King Theoden leads these horse-lords to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Who are the Rohirrim?
$1,000
Gandalf, Saruman and Radagast belong to this order of wizards sent to Middle-earth from the West.
Who are the Istari?

The Rings of Power

$200
Though it can show fiery letters, the One Ring appears to be a plain band of this metal.
What is gold?
$400
According to the Ring-verse, the Elven-kings received this many rings.
What is three?
$600
The nine Men who received rings became these servants of Sauron, also called Ringwraiths.
Who are the Nazgul?
$800
Narya, the Elven ring that Cirdan the Shipwright gave away, is known as the Ring of this element.
What is fire?
$1,000
Sauron deceived this Elven-smith of Eregion, who forged the Three Rings alone.
Who is Celebrimbor?

Tolkien the Author

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This 1937 Tolkien novel follows Bilbo Baggins on a quest with thirteen dwarves.
What is The Hobbit?
$400
Tolkien was a professor of Anglo-Saxon and English at this English university.
What is Oxford?
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Tolkien and C. S. Lewis belonged to this informal literary group that met at the Eagle and Child pub.
Who are the Inklings?
$800
Tolkien was born in 1892 in Bloemfontein, in what is now this country.
What is South Africa?
$1,000
Edited by his son Christopher, this history of the Elder Days was published in 1977, after Tolkien's death.
What is The Silmarillion?

The Films

$200
This New Zealand filmmaker directed all three Lord of the Rings films.
Who is Peter Jackson?
$400
This Australian actress played the Elf-queen Galadriel in the Lord of the Rings films.
Who is Cate Blanchett?
$600
Andy Serkis used motion capture to play this Ring-obsessed creature who guides Frodo and Sam toward Mordor.
Who is Gollum?
$800
Viggo Mortensen played this Ranger and heir of Isildur who becomes king.
Who is Aragorn?
$1,000
The Return of the King won this many Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
What is 11?

Final Jeopardy — The One Ring

The One Ring was forged by Sauron in the fires of this volcano in Mordor, the only place where it can be destroyed.

What is Mount Doom?

How to run this board

This board covers Middle-earth from the Shire to Mordor. Categories include the Fellowship itself, places in Middle-earth, the peoples and races, the Rings of Power, J.R.R. Tolkien's life and writing, and the Peter Jackson films.

Readers and film-only fans know slightly different versions of the story, so decide before you start which one counts when they disagree. For most groups, the books are the tiebreaker unless the category is about the films.

It pairs naturally with a marathon of the extended editions. Play a round during each intermission, and hold Final Jeopardy until the credits of The Return of the King.

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