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Which Middle Earth group is the most likely band/musician?

U9 - still making records after all these years (42)
Entya - new age music and nature sounds (59)
Rainbow 5 - (the istari) "this quest has taken it's toll, he lost the ring too many times before" (23)
Elvenessence - a goth band, their few hit songs overplayed on the radio (107)
Smeagol Diddy - the rappa "he took my ring, I loved that thing, of it I'll sing, yo!" (35)
Morgoth Manson - takes himself way too seriously. Backup vocals - the Eye of Sauron (19)
Faraminem - always whining about his family issues in his songs (44)

After LOTR, which occupation-character match is best?

Sam - TV Show "Cooking with Taters" (149)
Legolas - weather announcer ("the sky grows dark... snow is coming") (116)
Gollum/Smeagol - Sports announcer (60)
Sauron - adverts for Visine (41)
Galadriel - Telephone Psychic (34)
Gimli - Got Milk ads (25)
Theoden - adverts for anti-aging creme (20)
Grima - Guidance Counsellor (14)
Frodo - hand model for commercials (12)
Celeborn - D.A.R.E spokesperson (7)

Is there life after LOTR?

Hello? They were BOOKS first, we can always re-read. (41)
My every breathing moment is spent in anticipation of The Hobbit. (21)
After? What after? FRODO LIVES! (19)
Heck yes, Star Wars! (17)
Heck yes, Harry Potter! (11)
Well, it's going to be hard, but I think I can ease back into reality. (11)
So the movies are over, big deal. Life goes on as normal. (10)
My whole life was based around these movies... now, it's all crumbling. (9)
No, the rest of my life will be spent reminiscing over ROTK's oscar triumph. (2)

Which of these Disney songs would be the best character theme song?

Aragorn - I just Can't Wait to be King (Lion King) (170)
Sam - You've Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story) (140)
Eowyn - I'll Make a Man Out of You (Mulan) (69)
Gimli - Heigh Ho Heigh Ho (Snow White) (58)
Gandalf - Bibbidy Boppity Boo (Cinderella) (55)
Celeborn - Pink Elephants on Parade (Dumbo) (38)
Frodo - Zero to Hero (Hercules) (23)
Arwen - Some Day my Prince Will Come (Snow White) (20)

Who would you vote for in Middle Earth?

Eowyn - need a ruler? She's your man. (185)
Socks - together we shall tread our enemies underfoot!(174)
Aragorn - the perfect choice when what you need is NOT a king. (170)
Sauron - Why settle for the LESSER of two evils? (49)
Bill - supports the hard working citizen. (42)
Celeborn - love and peace for all... (37)
Treebeard - the upstanding citizen. (34)
Bilbo - Eleventy one more years! (27)
Gwaihir - will take the economy to new heights! (25)
Wild Men - no government for Middle Earth, run free! (24)

Which was your favorite mount in LOTR?

Shadowfax (254)
Mount.....Doom? (162)
Bill (119)
Brego (110)
Asfaloth (91)
Nazgul-horses (79)
Oliphaunts (64)
Wargs (63)
Arod (37)
Snowmane (15)

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A diversion! (158)
Socks!!! (87)
You're weird (41)
Huh? (38)
Yes, I totally agree, couldn't have put it better myself....umm....yeah.... (37)
j00 r3411y c0u1dN7 7h1N|< 0f 4Ny7h1n6 3ls3? (29)
You know that's almost as bad as netspeak? (16)
707411y |>03s... (7)
N0 j00 r0xx0rz d00d! (6)
M364t0kj0! (4)

What was the stupidest/most amusing/most annoying line from ROTK?

"A Diversion!" - Legolas (way to go Captain Obvious) (293)
*whine*"Oh Sam!"*whine* - Frodo (220)
"Abandon your posts. Fear. Fear for your lives." - Denethor | *THWACK* - Gandalf (210)
"Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for? " - Gimli (91)
*random blathering about strawberries and flowers* - Sam (52)
"The horses are restless, the men are quiet." - Legolas (yet another update from Captain Obvious) (40)
"Eerrrrgh!" - Frodo (38)
"What were you doing?" - Sam | "Sneaking!" - Gollum (35)
"I do not doubt his heart, only the reach of his arm. " - Eomer (29)
"Urgh!" - Frodo (7)

Which of these middle earth races would mix the best?

Ents x Goblins = Entlins (aww...cute widdle entlins...) (189)
Wild men x socks = Wocks (good to throw at enemies) (189)
Elves x Humans = Elmans (glue?) (125)
Hobbits X Elves = Hobbes (excellent butlers) (52)
Elves x hobbits = Elvits (a rare skin condition?) (33)
Humans x Hobbits = Humbits (Well liked by Mr.Scrooge) (31)
Dwarves x Elves = Dwelves (25)
Goblins x Hobbits = Gobbits (not pleasant creatures) (21)
Dwarves x Humans = Dwarmans (9)

What LOTR race would you like to be?

Elf (349)
Hobbit (122)
Dwarf (122)
Orc / Goblin (97)
Socks.... (88)
Wizard (45)
Human (32)
Wildman (go wildmen!) (11)
Oliphaunt (10)
Troll (6)

Where do the socks go?

They beam over to their secret base where they plot to take over the world... (107)
They turn invisible...even now they could be wandering around...you just can't see them (85)
Another dimension... (53)
Gnomes steal them (42)
They die and go to the great laundry basket in the sky (37)
They are eaten...by the laundry basket... (30)
They get eaten...by the people who live under the bed. (23)
Behind the dryer of course (18)
The dog eats them...now they're in bits somewhere around the yard. (18)
They grow feet of their own and walk away... (17)

Nevermore (the webmaster) is....

cool (71)
who? (69)
totally a chick (28)
dead (24)
totally a dude (22)
Frodo (21)
an androgonous being (13)
totally stupid (6)
scary... (4)

Out of all the movies, which book character did you miss seeing the most?

Tom Bombadil (195)
The Mouth of Sauron (155)
Glorfindel (103)
Ghan-buri-ghan (go wildmen!) (31)
Barrow Wights (28)
Goldberry (20)
Gildor (14)
Ioreth (12)
Bill Ferny (9)
Hob (5)

What part of ROTK did you miss seeing most from the book?

Faramir and Eowyn falling in love (298)
The Scouring of the Shire (217)
Aerosmith singing at Aragorn and Arwen's wedding (117)
Aragorn healing Eowyn and Merry (112)
The Mouth of Sauron (53)
The "Nine Fingered Frodo and the Ring of Doom" song (49)
Captain Barbossa's cameo in the Paths of the Dead (49)
Sam putting on the ring at Cirith Ungol (38)
Ghan-buri-ghan!! woo! Go wildmen! (16)
Denethor holding the palantir as he dies (14)

What do you think of the infamous "winged helm" picture? (above)

Freagol (poor little Freagol always got made fun of in school) (83)
Frodum (Sounds like something fangirls would call him... "widdle Frodums") (51)
Smodo (no comment) (47)
Flollum (just plain funny sounding) (41)
Smeado (has his own line of swimwear) (39)
Grodo (kinda like that green guy Han shoots in Star Wars?) (32)
Gollo (something like Pollo?) (7)

What do you think of the infamous "winged helm" picture? (above)

I pray every night that it won't be included in ROTK. (69)
It's.....scary....... (60)
Please tell me that's not a real set pic. (44)
Looks kinda neat to me, y'know those cool lookin...wingy-thingies....yeah... (36)
What are you talking about? It's awesome! (24)
What the heck?! where'd that pic come from?! (17)
What's wrong with it? I think it looks just fine. (16)
huh?.... you lost me.... (13)
If the Gondorians wear those in the film, I refuse to watch it! (8)
It won't be in the film. (3)

Frodo shows up on your doorstep holding the ring, you....

Ask him for Legolas' address (179)
Invite him in for elevenses. (120)
Punch him in the face just for the heck of it.(40)
Think he's a door-to-door salesman and refuse to open the door.(20)
Grab him, tie him up, then phone Mordor (18)
Yell "Nooo! Eviiiill!!! Keep it away!" and slam the door. (16)
Invite him in and lull him into a false sense of security before stealing the ring (10)
Punch him in the face and grab the ring. (7)

How old are you?

13-16 (121)
17-19 (41)
Dead.... (38)
20s (20)
Eleventy One! (Old....very old....) (16)
Under 12 (8)
30s (3)
40s (2)
60+ (wow...and you're not internet-challanged? go you!) (0)

What did you think of Gollum/Smeagol in the TTT movie?

Brilliant acting by Andy Serkis (79)
He was just like I always thought he would be, just brilliantly done. (54)
He's so cute! (18)
Woo, what a hottie! (13)
He wears a loincloth, he's so sexy (10)
He was almost as annoying as Jar Jar Binks... (9)
Totally differen't than I imagined him, but okay (6)
He wears a loincloth, what a loser (3)
He was just dumb... (1)
Totally differen't than I imagined him, he sucked (0)

Who would have been the freakiest casting choice?

Richard Simmons as Gollum (57)
Martha Stewart as Arwen (37)
Kermit the Frog as Bilbo (34)
Oprah Winfrey as Galadriel (23)
Martin Short as Legolas (20)
Eddie Murphy as Aragorn (19)
Matt LeBlanc(Joey from Friends) as Elrond (11)
Barbara Walters as Lurtz (9)
Peter Jackson as Frodo (8)
Tim Curry as Saruman (3)

Boromir failed to protect Merry and Pippin...who wouldn't have failed?

Neo (The Matrix) (129)
Figwit (88)
Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones)(82)
William Wallace (Braveheart)(41)
Maximus (Gladiator) (37)
Vash the Stampede (Trigun) (25)
Richard Simmons (21)
Jet Li (20)
The Rock (18)
Bill Gates (11)

Who is your favorite elf?

Legolas (156)
Haldir (30)
Glorfindel (19)
The Keebler Elves (19)
Arwen (16)
Galadriel (14)
Figwit (12)
Elrond(11)
Celeborn (5)
Gildor (2)

What did you think of the Ralph Bakshi cartoon version of LOTR?

I've heard warnings about it but have never seen it myself (30)
Don't mention that abomination in my presence! (23)
What are you talking about? (19)
It sucked....badly.... (10)
It was alright. (6)
It was pretty bad but didn't kill too many brain cells. (6)
Pathetically inaccurate and badly animated. (3)
I love that movie! (2)
Twas good, I even watched it more than once! (1)
Better than the new movies. (0)

Which is the absolute dumbest line in the movies so far?

"I see you!" - The Ring/Sauron (is it supposed to be a pun? Eye see you?) (160)
"I shall call you, the Fellowship of the Ring!" - Elrond (59)
"If you want him, come and claim him!" - Arwen (51)
"Let's hunt some orc!" - Aragorn (47)
"You'll have to toss me!" - Gimli (41)
"Middle Earth will burn in the fires of industry" - Saruman (39)
"What's this? A ranger caught off his guard?" - Arwen (33)
Other.... (20)

What is the coolest line in FOTR/TTT?

"A red sun rises. Blood has been spilled this night" - Legolas (TTT)(76)
Other (60)
"Are you frightened? Not nearly frightened enough." - Aragorn (FOTR)(47)
"I would have followed you to the end, my captain, my brother, my king!" - Boromir (FOTR)(41)
"They are coming, they are here." - Frodo (TTT)(26)
"Now for wrath, now for ruin, and a red dawn!" - Theoden (TTT)(24)
"Some things that should not have been forgotten were lost." - Galadriel (FOTR)(21)
"There is only one Lord of the Ring, and he does not share power!" - Gandalf (FOTR) (21)
"Forth Eorlingas!" - Eomer (TTT)(1)

What is the best sound in FOTR/TTT?

Pippin's scream when the rocket goes off in the tent. (FOTR) (121)
The ringwraith's scream. (FOTR/TTT) (51)
Drums in the deep. (FOTR) (28)
Other (28)
The sound of Frodo dropping Sting in Osgiliath. (TTT) (16)
Saruman's orc army cheering before leaving Isengard. (TTT) (15)
The Cave Troll's mournful dying sound. (FOTR) (15)
The sound of the orc who wanted to eat Merry and Pippin clicking his teeth together. (TTT)(10)
The sound of Treebeard's eyes blinking. (TTT) (4)
The Balrog's flame-ey,lava-ey sound. (FOTR) (3)

What's the Most Amusing LOTR Quote?

"Besides you need people of intelligence on this mission...quest...thing." - Pippin (99)
"Legolas! Two already!" - Gimli "I'm on seventeen!" - Legolas (48)
"PO-TAY-TOES!" - Sam (25)
"I don't know half of you half as well as I'd like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." - Bilbo (16)
Other (13)
"Nice Hobbit" - Gollum (12)
"You keep nasty chips!" - Gollum (11)
"Buckleberry Ferry!" - Merry (6)
"Sausages, potatoes, and nice crispy bacon." - Merry (4)
"Fool of a Took!" - Gandalf (2)