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How well do you know your Middle-Earth people, places and races? Trek out of the Shire and into J.R.R. Tolkien's LoTR trilogy and see if you can master the ring.Elrond, the de facto ruler of Rivendell, said this at the council called to discuss what should be done with the One Ring.
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False. There were actually five: Three we know — Saruman, Gandalf and Radagast — and two that passed into the east, Pallando and Alatar.
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The Orcrist sword was found in a troll's cave and was carried by Thorin during most of the Hobbit.
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Lady Galadriel gives Gimli three strands of her hair.
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Before Gollum became Gollum, he was a hobbit of the River-folk named Smeagol.
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Gollum says "precious" and "my precious" at least 16 times. Creepy!
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The elvish knife, which serves as a sword for the diminutive Frodo, glows blue in the presence of orcs.
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After the Council of Elrond, the Elves of Rivendell reforged Narsil into a new sword, which Aragorn named Anduril.
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Galadriel was given Nenya, the Ring of Water, by its creator, Celebrimbor; it was used to maintain her home of Lothlorien.
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Narya, the Ring of Fire, is set with a ruby and was originally worn by Gil-galad, then by Cirdan, who finally gave it to Gandalf.
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False. Gandalf is known as Gandalf The White after his resurrection.
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Arwen was the granddaughter of Earendil the Mariner, the second of the Half-elven.
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Gwaihir found Gandalf imprisoned by Saruman on the pinnacle of Orthanc and rescued him.
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Grima Wormtongue was a spy of Saruman but ends up killing him in "The Return of the King."
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Luncheon comes after elevensies. So many meals!
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It was actually Pippin that knocked the skeleton in the well, causing the troll and orcs to attack.
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Aragorn's childhood elven name Estel means hope.
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Merry and Pippin befriend an Ent, a race of ancient shepherds, named Treebeard in Fangorn Forest.
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The Ring slipped off Isildur’s finger as he tried to swim across a river to escape a warband of orcs.
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At the Last Debate, the men decided to fight Sauron in the Battle of the Morannon to help Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee finish the Quest of the Ring in Mordor.
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Frodo is wearing the Ring, which protects him from nearly being turned into a wraith, an undead being.
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The defeat of Sauron by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men following the downfall of Numenor marked the beginning of the Third Age.
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Oropher, father of Thranduil of Mirkwood and grandfather of Legolas, was the Sindarin King of the Silvan Elves of Greenwood the Great during the Second Age. He abandoned Dol Guldur because of territory disputes with Lorien and Moria.
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The three Elven Rings creations of Celbrimbor were said to embody the power of air, fire and water.
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Elrond appointed 9 walkers to the Fellowship of the Ring, including Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas the Elf, Gimli the Dwarf, and the hobbits Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Gandalf.
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Bilbo Baggins was writing a book titled "There and Back Again" about his adventures and the quest to reclaim the Dwarf-realm of Erebor.
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True. The first film in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy took home four Academy Awards, including best cinematography.
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"Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" won all 11 Oscars it was nominated for in 2004, including Best Picture and Best Director. It is tied with "Titanic" and "Ben Hur" for the most Oscar wins ever.
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Peter Jackson directed all three of "The Lord of the Rings" movies, as well as "The Hobbit." He won three Oscars for his role as director on the films.
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With 30 nominations, "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy surpassed both the "Godfather" trilogy (28) and the "Star Wars" franchise (21).
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