This is it!

I have finally got round to setting up my Christmas Quiz. It is a Tolkien quiz, so sorry to disappoint anyone without the slightest interest in Tolkien, but the questions are Multiple Choice, so even if you don't know the answer, there is a 1 in 3 chance of getting it right anyway. There are 25 Questions, five of them on The Hobbit, ten on The Lord of the Rings, and another five on Tolkien the man. The prize is that marvellous new book I enjoyed: The Ring of Words: Tolkien and The Oxford English Dictionary. You don't need to answer every single question right in order to win; the person with the most correct answers will be the prize-winner. Email me your answers: Paddysheridan1@aol.com is my email address. Good luck!

The Hobbit

Question I: Which if Gandalf's ''cousins'' lived at Rhosgobel on the borders of Mirkwood?

A: Saruman

B: Radagast

C: Gimli

Question II: What was the name of the Goblin whom Dáin slew in Moria?

A: Bolg

B: Azog

C: Carc

Question III: What name did Beorn give to the great rock in the upper reaches of the Great River of Wilderland?

A: Carrock

B: Mount Fang

C: Taniquetil

Question IV: What was the name of the old Raven to whom the Dwarves spoke at Ravenhill?

A: Thorondor

B: Landroval

C: Roäc

Question V: What was the name of the man who slew the Dragon Smaug?

A: Bard

B: Girion

C: Beorn

The Lord of the Rings

Question I: What name did the Elves give to Tom Bombadil?

A: Olórin

B: Iant Iaur

C: Iarwain Ben-adar

Question II: By what name was Gandalf known to the Dwarves?

A: Orald

B: Tharkûn

C: Incánus

Question III: The Exiles of Númenor brought how many Palantíri to Middle-earth?

A: Seven

B: Three

C: Five

Question IV: What was the name of the inn in which Gandalf and the Hobbits stayed on their return from Rivendell?

A: The Green Dragon

B: The Golden Perch

C: The Prancing Pony

Question V: What was the name of the tower of Isengard?

A: Orthanc

B: Barad Nimras

C: Dol Guldur

Question VI: The title of the second volume of The Lord of the Rings is The Two Towers. To which ''two towers'' does this refer? [there is in fact more than one ''correct'' answer]

A: Orthanc and Cirith Ungol

B: Minas Tirith and Barad-dûr

C: Cirith Ungol and Cirith Gorgor

Question VII: What are the names of the Three Elven Rings?

A: Menelya, Valanya and Elenya

B: Cermië, Nárië and Narquelië

C: Narya, Vilya and Nenya

Question VIII: To whom did Gandalf say this: ''Ever am I fated to be your burden, friend at need''?

A: Shadowfax

B: Gwaihir

C: Saruman

Question IX: By what name was Lothlórien known in Rohan?

A: Dwimordene

B: Dwimmerlaik

C: Dwimorberg

Question X: The ''Mouth of Sauron'' was a renegade of which race?

A: The Orcs

B: The Nazgûl

C: The Black Númenóreans

Tolkien the man

Question I: In which year did Tolkien become Merton Professor of English Language & Literature at Oxford?

A: 1925

B: 1945

C: 1959

Question II: In which church did Tolkien serve Mass as a boy?

A: The Oxford Oratory

B: The London Oratory

C: The Birmingham Oratory

Question III: To whom did Tolkien write: ''The Lord of the Rings is, of course, a fundamentally religious and Catholic work''?

A: C.S Lewis

B: Fr Robert Murray, SJ

C: Christopher Tolkien

Question IV: Between 1931-1947 Tolkien lived at which address?

A: 20 Northmoor Road

B: 50 St John's Street

C: 3 Bagshot Row

Question V: Which of Tolkien's sons was ordained priest in 1946?

A: John

B: Michael

C: Christopher