Q 01/05
A) Prime Video
B) Netflix
C) HBO Max
D) Disney+
Answer · why
Jeff Bezos, a Tolkien fan, was personally involved in the rights negotiations.
Q 02/05
A) the First Age
B) the Second Age
C) the Third Age
D) the Fourth Age
Answer · why
Thousands of years before The Hobbit; the events are compressed into a short span for TV.
Q 03/05
A) the text of The Silmarillion
B) Unfinished Tales of Númenor
C) The History of Middle-earth
D) the appendices of The Lord of the Rings
Answer · why
Amazon only bought rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, so the Silmarillion was off limits.
Q 04/05
A) J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay
B) David Benioff and D. B. Weiss
C) Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
D) Bryan Cogman and Dave Hill
Answer · why
They had only unproduced or uncredited work before; J. J. Abrams championed them.
Q 05/05
A) Peter Jackson
B) Guillermo del Toro
C) J. A. Bayona
D) J. J. Abrams
Answer · why
The pair beat more than 30 writers, including the Russo brothers, for the job.
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