Can you name the similarities between the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter?

Harry Potter
Old wizard who helps young protagonist
Cloaked beings whose presence instills fear
Dark Lord banished from worldly form yet remains in spirit
Item(s) by which Dark Lord allows his spirit to persist
Orphan protagonist
Uncle who raises protagonist
Giant arachnid
Trouble making duo
Angry tree
Dangerous forest
Gangly creature at the service of the protagonist
Antagonist with 'worm' prefix
Former powerful ally wizard turned evil
Name of Harry's classmate whose parents are permanently hospitalized
Basin in which one may see the past

Lord of the Rings
Old wizard who helps young protagonist
Cloaked beings whose presence instills fear
Dark Lord banished from worldly form yet remains in spirit
Item by which Dark Lord allows his spirit to persist
Orphan protagonist
Uncle who raises protagonist
Giant arachnid
Trouble making duo
Angry tree
Dangerous forest
Gangly creature at the service of the protagonist
Antagonist with 'worm' prefix
Former powerful ally wizard turned evil
Pipe weed from the shire
Basin in which one may see the past (as well as the future and alternate future)

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LOTR vs Harry Potter Quiz

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Created May 17, 2010 in Literature
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	Hazzah:	May 28th, 2010 at 17:05 GMT	17 points
	Best quiz!! I have noticed these similarities for years now! Totally agree with GeorgiaPeach about the superioirty of LOTR though!!

	zerodev:	May 28th, 2010 at 17:20 GMT	24 points
	You could add "Dumbledore's Army" and "Fellowship", feasibly. Great quiz, I have noted the similarities as well!

	briskt:	May 28th, 2010 at 17:22 GMT	13 points
	can you allow treebeard to be an answer for angry tree?

	zerodev:	May 28th, 2010 at 17:23 GMT	23 points
	Also, you could accept "Huorn(s)" for the LOTR angry tree... they are the trees that help the Ents attack Isengard.

	Gravey:	May 28th, 2010 at 17:27 GMT	19 points
	typed Galadriel's mirror... so am a little sad now.

	wordcrosspuzzler:	May 28th, 2010 at 17:36 GMT	23 points
	I think Vernon should be an acceptable answer since Bilbo is.

	silvercoronet:	May 28th, 2010 at 17:38 GMT	57 points
	Do house-elves really count as gangly? My impression was that they were small and thin. It would be nice for 'Ron Weasley' to be an answer :P Also, does Grindelwald really 'turn' evil or just show his true colours?

	AdmiralMaxtreme:	May 28th, 2010 at 17:39 GMT	11 points
	Putting "Angry Tree/Treebeard" is more confusing than just "Angry Tree." I thought the answer had to be another ent since "Treebeard" is in the clue. You could put "Angry Tree (not Treebeard)" since Treebeard has nothing to do with the answer.

	zerodev:	May 28th, 2010 at 17:44 GMT	12 points
	I'm with those who think Galadriel's Mirror should be acceptable... I typed that in before I got it right. Same thing either way, right? I'm also with Admiral about the Treebeard thing - perhaps putting "(not an Ent)" instead of "Treebeard" would be the clearest thing. Just suggestions, though - love the quiz.

	powe0186:	May 28th, 2010 at 17:57 GMT	23 points
	Great Quiz. One comment: Old man willow is a completely different tree than Treebeard.

	slwells5815:	May 28th, 2010 at 17:58 GMT	7 points
	Yeah, I agree with the previous comments concerning the Angry Tree/Treebeard. There are several different seemingly acceptable answers pertaining to angry trees in Lord of the Rings. If you are going to put Treebeard as part of the clue, you should probably accept Ent as an answer or something along those lines. My mind does not jump to Old Man Willow when I think about Treebeard.

	mister_pianoman:	May 28th, 2010 at 17:58 GMT	2 points
	@AdmiralMaxtreme...I agree. I spent quite sometime trying everything I could come up with that was ent related, since Treebeard was in the clue. It's misleading to have Treebeard in the clue.

	tamazin:	May 28th, 2010 at 18:01 GMT	6 points
	I think that the death eaters should be accepted for "cloaked beings whose presence instills fear".....that's where my mind went first, and there's no doubt that it applies! great quiz!

	askingman:	May 28th, 2010 at 18:12 GMT	73 points
	Raise your hand if you put "Ron Weasley" for gangly creature at the service Harry. Also, could ringwraiths be acceptable? I've only watched the movies so maybe I'm missing something.

	owenjam:	May 28th, 2010 at 18:15 GMT	1 point
	second the death eaters comment

	zerodev:	May 28th, 2010 at 18:20 GMT	6 points
	Asking, ringwraiths was accepted when I tried it...

	Rigid:	May 28th, 2010 at 18:25 GMT	44 points
	Grindelwald is just wrong for the clue. He was never an ally of the protagonist. And I'm not sure that his giving in to his lust for power counts as "turned evil." Having been kicked out of school for evil deeds even before Dumbledore met him, I don't think he was ever really good in the first place.

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	cmkeller:	May 28th, 2010 at 18:37 GMT	17 points
	I agree with those who say Grindlewald doesn't really fit with the clue. Some of the answers I tried that I think would fit better (though still imperfect): Cornelius Fudge, Percy Weasley, Stan Shunpike and Peter Pettigrew.

	ZapRowsdower:	May 28th, 2010 at 18:46 GMT	11 points
	Seems like the Harry Potter questions are answered much more than the LOTR questions. It was the opposite for me.

	Bren808:	May 28th, 2010 at 18:48 GMT	25 points
	At the risk of being an anorak: in the film, yes, Frodo is young. In the book he's not - he's much older than Pippin and Merry, and while he hasn't shown his age because of the ring, he's middle aged.

	krs1291:	May 28th, 2010 at 18:51 GMT	6 points
	Grindelwald really doesn't fit the answer. Wormtail is probably the best answer, but since he's already up there...maybe Cornelius Fudge would work? But he never turned evil, he just was completely ignorant.