The Middle-earth Reunion quiz
 
Each question has a hint - use them!

These ten questions will test your knowledge of the material to be found here at "Middle-earth Reunion". Some are more obvious than others.

It's all just for fun but if you should manage to get full marks there's a certificate you can save and print out to impress your friends!

Good luck!

1. Who or what is "Other Hands"?

The region of Faerie where all the lost gloves end up
A set of Tolkien-inspired computer fonts
A Dwarf concert pianist
A Middle-earth gaming magazine

Hint for question 1

2. Who is this?

He was dressed in a patchwork waistcoat of green and brown velvet over baggy cord pants. On a silken cord at his side hung a slim silver pipe, like a penny whistle but of much finer work. Another touch of silver was the inch-long leaf shaped brooch on his waistcoat. It might have been a beech leaf. I'm not that hot on trees.

Mr Potato Head
Christopher Tolkien
Kai Elder (a modern day Elf)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Hint for question 2

3. What type of aircraft did Elanor and her husband fly "Into the West"?

Cessna Skylane 182S
Piper Cherokee
Cessna Skyhawk
Jet Ranger

Hint for question 3

4. What was the Flight Simulator password used by Michael Thompson?

Friend
West270
Abulafia
Namarie

Hint for question 4

5. Which of the following is not a 3d / terrain computer application?

Landslide
VistaPro
World Construction Set
Genesis

Hint for question 5

6. Who or what is Tresco?

A major UK supermarket chain
Kai and Ellen Elder's cousin
An island off the south-west coast of England
A Norwegian petrochemical company

Hint for question 6

7. Which airline considered a Tolkien-inspired tail plane design?

Lufthansa
British Airways
Virgin
Elfair

Hint for question 7

8. "Homeopathy has a word for IT" - but which word?

Dilution
Succussion
Gold
Precioussss

Hint for question 8

9. Where did JRR Tolkien first meet the Ylfe (modern-day Elves)?

Cornwall
Oxford
Leeds
South Africa

Hint for question 9

10. Is Middle-earth true?

Yes
No
It depends what you mean
All of the above

(You'll have to work this one out yourself!)