| Clue | Answer | Trio Category |
| Saruman encroaches on its borders | |
| It is home to Caras Galadhon | |
| It borders Buckland | |
| *** | |
| Bilbo gives it to Frodo | |
| Gandalf brandishes it when he confronts the Balrog | |
| The shards of Narsil are reforged into it | |
| *** | |
| The Black Riders are swept away in its flood | |
| The Fellowship follow it for many miles immediately after leaving Moria | |
| Old Man Willow grows on its bank | |
| *** | |
| He is the conspirator who remains at Crickhollow | |
| She marries Sam Gamgee | |
| She is imprisoned in the Lockholes | |
| *** | |
| He transports Gandalf and Pippin to Minas Tirith | |
| He falls on Theoden, leading to the king's death | |
| He outruns the Nazgul, bringing Glorfindel and Frodo safely to Rivendell | |
| *** | |
| It is the site of the battle over the mithril coat | |
| They guard the Black Gate | |
| Once Minas Ithil, it has been corrupted by the presence of the Witch-king | |
| *** | |
| He is Galadriel's husband and Lord of Lothlorien | |
| He speaks the Common Tongue and guides the Fellowship to Caras Galadhon | |
| He is the shipwright of the Grey Havens | |
| *** | |
| It is home of the Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire | |
| It defeats the Fellowship as they try to pass over the Misty Mountains | |
| Minas Tirith extends from its eastern slopes | |
| *** | |
| The Eye of Sauron burns atop it | |
| The Ents cannot damage its black exterior | |
| To Pippin's eyes, it glimmers like a 'spike of pearl and silver' when he first sees Minas Tirith | |
| *** | |
| It is the inn in Bree | |
| It is a hill on the Great East Road | |
| It is the 'Seat of Seeing,' a hill overlooking the Great River | |