Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Rambling: LotR Quiz 1

I was thinking a while back about the Lord of the Rings movies and how they are similar to and different from the book. I enjoy both the movies and the books, but have read the books numerous times, it's amusing (and occasionally frustrating) to see the changes that were made. Instead of listing them, though, I thought it would be fun to highlight the differences by making the differences that I see into the form of a quiz. Take it and see if you can answer correctly, either according to the movie (1 point) or according to the book (3 points). To see the answers, click "See the full post". I'll put three questions up today, and try to put one or two up every couple of days. A lot of these questions are trivia questions, but some concern major events.
Question 1 -- When Gandalf first arrives in Hobbiton, the children beg for him to set off fireworks. How many does he set off?
a. Several
b. None
c. Just one, in the shape of a dragon
d. So many that he has to head over to Bree to buy some more

Question 2 -- Who sets off the firework that turns into a dragon?
a. Frodo
b. Merry and Pippin
c. Bilbo
d. Gandalf

Question 3 – Bilbo gives his dinner speech and then slips on the ring. What happens next?
a. Nothing…the ring has lost its power due to a freak bleaching accident
b. Bilbo goes into the nether world and sees the nine black riders
c. He instantly disappears from view
d. He instantly disappears from view in a flash of fire

Answers:
1. According to the movie: a; According to the book: b
2. Movie: b; Book: d
3. Movie: c; Book: d [the flash is added by Gandalf as an effect to help explain Bilbo's disappearance]
Give yourself one point for each correct movie-based answer and three points for each book-based answer. Check back tomorrow, and I'll try to put up a couple of new questions.

1 comment:

Mr. Pi Thetahead said...

Nice job! 5 points out of a possible 6!