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October 13, 2006

LOTR quizzes from "The Thain's Book", an online LOTR encyclopaedia. My best score is a miserable 56.2%.

posted by Plegmund at 09:01AM UTC [trackback] (20 comments total)

I have a similar batting average plegmund, though just managed a whopping 66.7% on the 'On the Town' one. Years since I read it, but just downloaded the old BBC radio version, so enjoying these.

posted by Abiezer_Coppe at 10:50AM UTC on October 13, 2006

I'm just now beginning to reread it, so I'll post my score when I'm done. Stay tuned, everyone.

posted by scartol at 11:42AM UTC on October 13, 2006

I got 100 percent on Elves and Gods but haven't managed to score above 80 on anything else. Boooooo.

posted by Pallas Athena at 12:34PM UTC on October 13, 2006

Best I could do so far was 53.3% on Durin's Folk.

posted by beeswacky at 01:00PM UTC on October 13, 2006

I'm not game to try. I used to be a fount of knowledge on all things Tolkien but the brain has been leeched by time.

posted by Chyren at 02:02PM UTC on October 13, 2006

Never having read the books, I scored 20% on the 'places' quiz, just through sheer guesswork. Consider that your baseline.

posted by Capt. Renault at 02:07PM UTC on October 13, 2006

Never having read the books...

!

posted by Plegmund at 02:19PM UTC on October 13, 2006

Kill the heretic!!! /spittle

posted by Chyren at 02:20PM UTC on October 13, 2006

Neeeeeeeeeeeeerds!!!

posted by Capt. Renault at 02:22PM UTC on October 13, 2006

Got 80% on Creatures, Great and Small.

posted by beeswacky at 02:29PM UTC on October 13, 2006

You mean...

posted by Chyren at 02:35PM UTC on October 13, 2006

Some of these questions are based on JRR Tolkien's 'conjectural' margin notes that Christopher Tolkien assembled later. For instance, I don't think the two blue wizards are ever canonically named, just some hastily scribbled possiblity is given.

I got 86.7% on Colors and Creatures, 80% on Battles and much lower on the other ones I took.

posted by Nickdanger at 04:15PM UTC on October 13, 2006

100% concerning hobbits...I should really budget some time this December for something other than re-re-re-re-reading the LOTR.

posted by Smedleyman at 08:25PM UTC on October 13, 2006

This is so fantastically, baroquely dorky.

I *heart* it. ;)

posted by verbminx at 07:10AM UTC on October 14, 2006

Um, excuse me -- but I believe Ogre is in fact belching in that scene, which makes the exclamation "NERDS!" an inaccurate juxtaposition.

Worst ROTN reference EVER!

</comic book guy voice>

posted by scartol at 12:40PM UTC on October 14, 2006

ROTN? ... as in, Rolling On The Nerd?

posted by beeswacky at 02:08PM UTC on October 14, 2006

Revenge of the Nerds, bees. Revenge. And I don't know how I know that.

posted by Alnedra at 04:15PM UTC on October 14, 2006

Thanks, Alnedra!

Heh! I am now a Master of Middle-earth! 100% (at least) in Colours!

posted by beeswacky at 05:37PM UTC on October 14, 2006

=at last

posted by beeswacky at 05:37PM UTC on October 14, 2006

I tried the color one and had to guess for every single question. I got 53%.

I can't tell if the test was hellza hard (because I had to guess on every question) or hellza easy (because I scored so high despite guessing for every question).

posted by Mr. Knickerbocker at 02:56PM UTC on October 15, 2006

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