FAQ The Hobbit

• /Where did Gandalf go after the Carrock?
• /What are Hobbits?
• /Who was the Necromancer?
• /Who was King Bladorthin?
• /Where do the spiders of Mirkwood come from?
• /What do attercop tomnoddy lazy lob and crazy cob mean?

FAQ Lord of the Rings

• /How did Sauron lose the ring?
• /Did Frodo become immortal when he sailed into the West?
• /Which are The Two Towers?
• /Who is Tom Bombadil?
• /What is the pipe-weed?
• /Are the events of The Lord of the Rings pure fiction?
• /Did Frodo become immortal when he sailed into the West?
• /What became of the Entwives?
• /Why did not the Eagles carry Frodo to MountDoom?
• /Which race does Gollum belong to?
• /What are Barrow-wights?
• /What are Uruk-hai?
• /Why did the elven Rings quit working when the OneRing was destroyed?
• /What does the OneRing do?
• /Who or what was Shelob?
• /Did Faramir and Éowyn ever really get married?
• /Who were the possessors of the Three Rings?
• /What was the form of Sauron in the Third Age?
• /What are the ages of the Fellowship members?
• /What language was the inscription on the Ring made in?
• /Why did Arwen say there was no ship to take her to the Undying Lands?

FAQ Gandalf and Wizards

• /Is Gandalf an Ainu?
• /What are all the names of Gandalf?
• /Did Gandalf come alone to Middle-earth?
• /What are the names of the BlueWizards?
• /What was the role of Radagast in the War of the Ring?

FAQ Aragorn

• /Why does Aragorn have so many names?
• /How old was Aragorn when he died?
• /Who ruled after the death of Aragorn?
• /Where did Arwen meet Aragorn?
• /Why is Aragorn a hidden king?

FAQ Silmarillion

• /What is Sauron?
• /Who made the Rings of Power?
• /Do Balrogs have wings?
• /What happened to Beren and Lúthien after they died?
• /Where do men go after they die?
• /Where do Elves go after they die?
• /What is a Balrog?
• /How long did the Lamps of the Valar stand?
• /Where do dwarves come from?
• /Who or what was Ungoliant?
• /What is the difference between Udûn Angband and Utumno?
• /What was the fate of the Silmarils?
• /What are the Undying Lands?

FAQ Tolkien

• /What do the initials JRR stand for?

FAQ Miscellaneous

• /Do Elves have pointed Ears?
• /Why is there an enmity between the dwarves and elves?
• /Dwarf Women
• /What and where is Middle-earth?
• /Why is Gawain sometimes spelled Wawain?
• /Triva and Quiz Questions
• /Did Tolkien write a book about the Fourth Age?
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