Q 01/05

Which two 'books' of the six-book novel does the volume cover?

A) One and Two

B) Two and Three

C) Three and Four

D) Four and Five

Answer · why

C) Three and Four

The split into three volumes was the publisher's, to reduce the cost of publication; Tolkien had wanted one big book.

Q 02/05

What title does Book Four, the Frodo and Sam half of the volume, carry?

A) The Ring Goes South

B) The Ring Goes East

C) The Treason of Isengard

D) The Ring Sets Out

Answer · why

B) The Ring Goes East

Book Three is The Treason of Isengard. The two halves never overlap in time on the page, so the reader only later realises what was simultaneous.

Q 03/05

Who leads the Orcs sent by Sauron, as opposed to Saruman's Uruk-hai, in the opening attack?

A) Grishnákh

B) Uglúk

C) Shagrat

D) Gorbag

Answer · why

A) Grishnákh

He later tries to steal the hobbits away from the Uruk-hai for himself, suspecting they carry the Ring.

Q 04/05

Which Rider of Rohan leads the force that wipes out the Orcs carrying Merry and Pippin?

A) Erkenbrand

B) Théodred

C) Háma

D) Éomer

Answer · why

D) Éomer

He was disobeying royal orders to do it. Scholar Richard C. West uses that disobedience as an example of how loosely connected events drive the plot.

Q 05/05

Which actor voices Treebeard in the film, as well as playing Gimli?

A) Bernard Hill

B) Hugo Weaving

C) Brad Dourif

D) John Rhys-Davies

Answer · why

D) John Rhys-Davies

The Ent took 28 to 48 hours per frame to render, and a 14-foot puppet on a wheel stood in for close interaction.