The Tolkien Quiz Book. Andrew Murray

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Название The Tolkien Quiz Book
Автор произведения Andrew Murray
Жанр Историческая литература
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Издательство Историческая литература
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isbn 9780007492060



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60 Ships and Seafarers

       61 In General

       62 Tolkien Fandom

       63 Pippin

       64 Khazad-dûm

       65 Dragons

       66 In Valinor

       67 The Nazgûl

       68 List …

       69 Rivendell

       70 Father Christmas I

       71 Roads and Rivers

       72 Elvish

       73 Weapons

       74 Descriptions

       75 The Author and the Critics

       76 Men

       77 Missing Links

       78 The Wars of Beleriand

       79 Tolkien Genealogy

       80 Emblems

       81 J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography – II

       82 Legolas

       83 Characters

       84 The Istari

       85 Battles

       86 Filming VII

       87 Gondolin

       88 Miscellaneous Middle-earth – III

       89 The Tale of Years

       90 Mordor

       91 Journeys

       92 Father Christmas II

       93 Odd Man Out – II

       94 Smith of Wootton Major

       95 Sauron

       96 Gimli

       97 Monsters

       98 Roverandom

       99 Lórien

       100 The Writing of Middle-earth

       101 Treasures

       102 The Letter ‘E’

       103 Tom Bombadil

       104 The War of the Ring – II

       105 A People by Any Other Name …

       106 Melkor

       107 Akallabêth

       108 Boromir and Faramir

       109 Fangorn Forest

       110 The Rohirrim

       111 The Last Stage

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

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      The otherness, grandeur and heroic scope of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth seem to have filled a void in so many modem lives that it’s rare to find someone who doesn’t at least know that The Hobbit has a dragon in it somewhere and that The Lord of the Rings is the first really fat book young teenagers like to read and re-read again and again. Professor Tolkien is one of that select band of writers who can claim to have almost single-handedly created a literary genre and has carved himself such a distinctive niche in mainstream culture that there are plenty who haven’t read a word of his books but know they don’t like them.

      Perhaps you have just second-hand impressions of the world of Bilbo, Gandalf and the Ring through friends’ enthusiasms, in which case the Starter question in each section is there to help ease you into the subject – after that, you’re probably on your own, with only your friends’ knowing smiles to taunt you for every mis-pronunciation and missed accent. Don’t worry – there are plenty of tough ones with which to get your own back (and no, you must be joking, I couldn’t answer all of these if I were put on the spot). And, while the Starters are generally easier than the main questions, the Tiebreakers are not necessarily harder but are there for when the competition gets nail-bitingly close.

      The questions are drawn not only from the Middle-earth canon but from the short stories Smith of Wootton Major, Farmer Giles of Ham and Leaf by Niggle, and from biographical material. If you haven’t yet explored the delights of these peripheral lands, I hope that the questions will encourage