Q 01/05

Which actor voiced the dragon Smaug in the Hobbit films and performed him in motion capture, crawling on all fours?

A) Michael Fassbender

B) Christopher Eccleston

C) Benedict Cumberbatch

D) Tom Hiddleston

Answer · why

C) Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch also played the Necromancer in the same films. His crawling performance led the effects team to rework Smaug into a wyvern-like s...

Q 02/05

How do Bilbo and the dwarves escape the Elvenking's halls in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug?

A) Floating in wine barrels

B) Through a hidden mine tunnel

C) Disguised as elf guards

D) Hidden in hay carts

Answer · why

A) Floating in wine barrels

Floating in wine barrels turns into a three-way river battle on screen, as elves chase the dwarves downstream while Orcs ambush them both.

Q 03/05

Which English singer-songwriter wrote and recorded the end-credits song for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug?

A) Sam Smith

B) Ed Sheeran

C) James Blunt

D) George Ezra

Answer · why

B) Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran got the job after the director's daughter suggested him. He watched the film, wrote I See Fire and recorded most of it on the same day.

Q 04/05

In The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the Necromancer of Dol Guldur reveals himself to Gandalf as which dark lord?

A) Saruman

B) Morgoth

C) Gothmog

D) Sauron

Answer · why

D) Sauron

Sauron overpowers and cages Gandalf in the ruined fortress. In the next film Galadriel, Elrond and Saruman break in to free the wizard, and Galadriel ...

Q 05/05

Which Lord of the Rings star returns as the elf Legolas in the Hobbit films, though Legolas is absent from the book?

A) Viggo Mortensen

B) Sean Bean

C) Orlando Bloom

D) Karl Urban

Answer · why

C) Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom's return has some logic to it: Legolas is the son of Thranduil, the Elvenking who imprisons the dwarves in Tolkien's novel.