Q 01/05

Tolkien's The Two Towers opens with the death of which character, a scene the films moved to the first movie?

A) Saruman

B) Boromir

C) Denethor

D) Théodred

Answer · why

B) Boromir

Boromir falls defending Merry and Pippin, and his friends send his body down the River Anduin; Peter Jackson moved the ambush and his death to the cli...

Q 02/05

What title did Tolkien give Book Four, the Frodo and Sam half of The Two Towers?

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

The Ring Goes East: Tolkien wanted each volume named after its two books, but the book titles were dropped in print, and his own fallback name for the...

Q 03/05

Which Orc captain from Mordor travels with the Uruk-hai who capture Merry and Pippin in The Two Towers?

A) Grishnákh

B) Uglúk

C) Shagrat

D) Gorbag

Answer · why

A) Grishnákh

Grishnákh guesses the hobbits carry the Ring and drags them off to search them himself; a Rider of Rohan spears him, and Merry and Pippin slip away in...

Q 04/05

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

A) Erkenbrand

B) Théodred

C) Háma

D) Éomer

Answer · why

D) Éomer

Éomer rode the Orcs down without the king's leave and then lent horses to Aragorn's party; back at court he was thrown in prison for both.

Q 05/05

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

A) Christopher Lee

B) Hugo Weaving

C) Brad Dourif

D) John Rhys-Davies

Answer · why

D) John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies suffered so much under Gimli's prosthetic make-up that he ruled out a return for The Hobbit, saying he wasn't sure his face could tak...