Got some Interesting Lord Of the Rings trivia?

Question

I love LOTR and have been fascinated witht he story for a long time. I am very interested in some trivia from the movies and/or books. if you have any, let me know!
Stuff like...

How old aragorn is during the seige at helms deep.
(84) i believe its 84, he is one of the last remaining people of a race of half men half elves who lived in the north.

The name of the sword remade, which cut the ring off of sauron's hand. (Narsil)

how many characters can u name.
Frodo Baggins, Bilbo, Samwise Gamgee, Pippen, Merry, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Arwen, Boromir, Theodrin, Denethor, Elrond, Feramir, Saruman, Eomer, Eowyn, Gandalf, Wormtongue Galladriel, Gollum, Isildur, Haldir, Theodrid,
most of the obviouse ones anyway...

the names of all the strongholds, cities, towns, or places in middle earth...
Minas Tirith, Edoras, Helms Deep, Black gate, Mt Doom, Rohan, Gondor, Fangorn Forest, the Buckleberry Ferry, Isengard, Orphanc, got any more???

Send me some more good stuff! thanks!

In the to towers movie, as aragorn is traveling with the people of edoras to helms Deep, he is talking with Eowen, and she asks him how old he is. Its in the movie with the deleted scenes put back in. it makes the movies like 5 hours long but it it also makes them that much better!

Yes i know tom bombadil too, but i wanted to see if there are any others who know some of the not so well known characters.
An did it piss you off too that they left him out of the movies, WTF!? lol.

Answer 1

You can go to the site below for 15 trivia test (and answers) regarding the Lord of the Rings.

The second link has a 10 question (and answer) trivia test.

The third site has 12 questions.

And the fourth site has a BUNCH of trivia about the movie. Here's a sample:
"
Stuart Townsend was originally cast as Aragorn, but was replaced by Viggo Mortensen after four days of shooting because Peter Jackson realized that an older actor was needed.

Ian Holm, who plays Bilbo Baggins, was the voice of Frodo Baggins in the 1981 BBC Radio adaptation of "The Lord of The Rings".

Sean Astin's father, John Astin, auditioned for the role of Gandalf.

Eight of the nine members of the Fellowship got a small tattoo, the Elvish symbol for "9" at a tattoo parlor in Wellington, New Zealand, to commemorate the experience of the movie. The ninth member, John Rhys-Davies, declined and sent his stunt double in his place. Elijah Wood's tattoo is on his lower stomach. Sean Astin and Billy Boyd have the tattoo on their ankles (to commemorate all those hours in the hobbit feet). Orlando Bloom, who plays the archer elf Legolas, has his on his forearm. His tattoo is visible during a fight scene in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' .Ian McKellen's is on his shoulder. Dominic Monaghan's is on his shoulder. And the eighth member, 'Sean Bean', has his tattoo on his right shoulder.

Producer Tim Sanders left the project after principal photography had commenced.

Elijah Wood dressed up in breeches and a flowing shirt and went out into the hills to shoot his audition tape. His friend George Huang, directed the video.

Although David Bowie was said to be keen on playing Elf Lord Elrond, the part went instead to Hugo Weaving.

Daniel Day-Lewis turned down the role of Aragorn.

Howard Shore used the music of Richard Wagner as his primary influence for the films' musical scores.

In the prologue scene, John Howe and Alan Lee can be seen as two of the nine human kings.

The two most renowned Tolkien artists are Alan Lee and John Howe, and so it was important to Peter Jackson to have those two on board. Lee was tracked down to a tiny little village in Dartmoor, England and was FedExed a package of Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994) and a letter outlining his intentions. They monitored the progress of the FedEx package every step of the way, but were somewhat surprised when Lee rang them only 3 hours after delivery to say he'd love to work with them. Howe meanwhile was living in Switzerland, and because someone hadn't worked out the time differences between Europe and New Zealand correctly, was rung about 2am. He says that the biggest frustration with that phone call was waiting for Jackson to finish his pitch before he could say yes.

New Line insisted on a prologue of two minutes. What they got was one that lasts for seven and a half.

Originally the narration at the prologue was to be spoken by Elijah Wood, but it was felt that the information imparted had little bearing on the character of Frodo. Ian McKellen also recorded a narration but once again it was felt that Gandalf wasn't the right character to speak it. They eventually settled on Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, as it emphasizes the timelessness of the elves.

The bridge in Hobbiton was built by the New Zealand army out of polystyrene.

There were supposed to be 144 Hobbits at Bilbo Baggins's party. Due to budgetary constraints, there are actually only 100.

Bilbo Baggins's birthday cake has 111 candles on it and they eventually set fire to the polystyrene cake.

Two sets of Bag End, Bilbo Baggins's home, were built. One to accommodate the Hobbits, the other 33% smaller for the full size Ian McKellen, right down to smaller versions of the books on the bookshelves.

One of the stuntmen dislocated a shoulder in the scene where the Hobbits tumble down off the road to escape one of the Ringwraiths. This was also the very first day of shooting.

Some of the customers in the Prancing Pony are walking around on stilts to emphasize the height disparity with the Hobbits.

Although Bill the pony is a feature of the novel, the writers initially decided not to include him as the Fellowship make their journey for the simple logistical reason of transporting a horse deep into the mountains. The problem was solved in the more difficult shots by using the classic pantomime trick of dressing two people up as a horse, one at the front and one at the back.

The big trees in Lothlorien forest are made of rubber.

The climactic fight scene was shot in the middle of a heatwave, with temperatures in excess of 100 degrees. Many of the actors playing the Uruk'hais had to be carried off the set with heat exhaustion.

Legolas's arrows in the final battle are computer generated. It would not have been physically possible for the most gifted archer to fire off so many arrows so quickly.

Security was tight on the set: at least 3 people were arrested for attempted break-ins.

The Tolkien estate was never in favor of Peter Jackson's film adaptation but seeing as J.R.R. Tolkien signed the rights away in 1968 for $15,000, there was nothing they could do about it. Tolkien's grandson Simon came out in support of the production and was disowned by his relatives. Tolkien's son Christopher later retracted any opposition.

Production designer Grant Major personally supervised the translation of all the writings in Balin's tomb into Dwarvish. He was then horrified to learn that a visiting J.R.R. Tolkien scholar had taken great offence at seeing the phrase "Joe was here" among the writings. They scoured the contents of Balin's tomb and found nothing, only to learn that the scholar - who was overly serious about everything to do with Tolkien - had been told this by a crew carpenter who has having a joke at his expense. Intrepid fans later published screen captures and translations of Moria wall segments where the runes spelled "John was here" and "Made in New Zealand". During pre-production, Weta artists asked Tolkien expert Michael Martinez if there were any examples of Orc graffiti in the book. Martinez found one citation (in the scene where Frodo, Sam, and Gollum see a defaced statue in Gondor). He used other passages to argue that the Orcs would have used runes to carve graffiti on Moria's walls.

It is estimated that filming of the trilogy pumped about $200,000,000 into the New Zealand economy. The New Zealand government even created a Minister for Lord of the Rings, whose remit was to exploit all the economic opportunities the films represented.

Fans were offered the chance to have their names in the special edition's hugely lengthy closing credits for $39.95.

Although the film received a PG rating in the UK, it was with a disclaimer that some scenes might be unsuitable for young children. After Jurassic Park (1993) and The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), it was only the third film to receive such a disclaimer.

The film stayed in the US top ten grossing films for 13 weeks.

In August 2002 the DVD/ video release set a UK record when it chalked up sales of 2.4 million.

Hobbiton was made a year before production began to make it look like it was a natural, lived-in place, complete with real vegetable patches. The greens department regulated the length of the grass by having sheep eat it.

The large tree that stands above Bag End was built especially by the production department. Every leaf had to be manually attached."

ANd there's even MORE trivia at the fifth site below.

Answer 2

1. What two places on the Uruk-hai's body armor are weakest, according to Legolas?

2. Which 3 Hobbits have wielded Sting?

3. How many oliphaunts attack the Rohirrim at Minas-Tirith?

4. How many years after the destruction of the One Ring does Frodo remain in Middle-earth?

5. What color are the leaves of the mallorn trees?















answers:
1. the neck and beneath the arm

2. Bilbo, Frodo, Sam

3. 21

4. 4

5. gold

Just thought maybe you'd be interested in this website, maybe you already know it, but it's got some great LOTR wallpapers and you can post on the message board, and even learn Elvish.
http://www.councilofelrond.com/index.php

Answer 3

Seeing what an enthusiast you already are you probably already know this but you can get all the history and fun facts of LOTR and the Hobbit from the book the Silmarilon. There is also a book called the Tolkein Reader that was published by J.R.R.'s son and I believe it is all his notes from when he was writing the books. I find it sort of dry, boring reading, somewhat like reading a history textbook, but if you are really into fun facts you should check them out at the local library.

Answer 4

I've read the hobbit once, and the first book twice, and part of the second, I just haven't had time, and I really like the movies, but you left out one of the most important characters in the book: TOM BOMBADIL!!!!!!

Answer 5

Gandalf the Grey,
Gandalf the White.
Gandalf Stormcrow.
The White Rider.
The White Wizard.

Where did you get that Aragorn, (Strider) was 84 years old from?