Can you name the race (HUMAN, ELF or DWARF) of these Middle-Earth based Tolkien characters?

Name	Race
Haleth
Gloin
Grimbold
Dain
Balglin
Hama
Bofur
Morwen
Madril
Durin
Haldir
Nori
Gimli
Vorfindir
Aldor
Haldir
Haleth
Vorfindir
Dain
Ordulus
Bombur
Grimbold
Morwen
Madril
Gloin
Imrahil
Anendel
Bofur
Turgon
Balglin
Rinlothion
Celeborn
Thorin
Isildur
Hama
Gimli
Peldor
Nori
Telchar
Arathorn
Thingol
Androg
Aldor
Durin
Azaghal

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Tolkien: Human, Elf or Dwarf? Quiz

by maaxwell

Created Jul 22, 2011 in Literature
Featured Aug 28, 2011
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	NathanW197:	Aug 28th, 2011 at 16:38 GMT	-1 points
	First of all, how is anyone supposed to know the names of the characters (like Anendel) who are only present in the movie, but are not named? Second, who on earth (or Middle-Earth) is Peldor? Wikipedia has a list of all of the characters in Lord of the Rings, and he's not on there, nor can he be found by searching on Google.

	corndog:	Aug 28th, 2011 at 17:25 GMT	13 points
	I think you should accept "Man" because that is usually what the race is called.

	tulliuscicero:	Aug 28th, 2011 at 17:34 GMT	7 points
	Haldir is also a chieftain of the Haladin (humans) in the Silmarillion.

	cuttywise:	Aug 28th, 2011 at 18:56 GMT	6 points
	Nice quiz. I like when this style of quiz requires only the first letter for an answer but, then again, I'm one of the laziest people you'll ever find on sporcle.

	greatascender:	Aug 28th, 2011 at 19:26 GMT	0 points
	why does it have to be that almost all the dwarf names Tolkien give feature in the books? And why did he make the elf and man names sound so much alike?

	NathanW197:	Aug 28th, 2011 at 19:36 GMT	5 points
	greatascender: The Man names that sound most like the Elf names are usually the Dunedain, who are strongly tied to the Elves anyway. They use the same language.

	Panther:	Aug 28th, 2011 at 21:17 GMT	0 points
	haven't found peldor either in any of the books..

	space_cadet72:	Aug 28th, 2011 at 22:37 GMT	6 points
	lol at the link: no dwarven women

	WyvernSabres:	Aug 29th, 2011 at 06:15 GMT	6 points
	Agree with NathanW197. Movie-only characters are NOT Tolkien characters. I can only find Peldor on a D&D website, so he's not a Tolkien character either. I still like the quiz overall though!

	Aiwendil:	Aug 29th, 2011 at 13:58 GMT	2 points
	As others have pointed out, fully a third of these are not Tolkien characters. Moreover, the more prominent Haldir in Tolkien's works is a human. A quiz on movie characters should not be in the literature section.

	tulliuscicero:	Aug 29th, 2011 at 15:59 GMT	1 point
	@Aiwendil: Haldir is also an captain of Lothlorien in the books, but he is less present than in the films.

	steph27:	Aug 30th, 2011 at 02:19 GMT	4 points
	i liked this quiz. these guys are just whining when they got low scores. i think the point (and i could be wrong) was trying to guess the race, which is relatively easy if one is familiar with tolkien's writing and/or the lotr films, not necessarily knowing who the characters are. anyway...i had fun, good job!

	maaxwell:	Sep 2nd, 2011 at 14:30 GMT	2 points
	Wow, my first publication! Sorry to everyone who has complaints, I'll try to resolve those issues that people have raised. I'll ask them to accept "Man" for all the "Human" answers too. I hope people enjoyed the quiz nonetheless

	buckfeed:	Sep 5th, 2011 at 11:30 GMT	1 point
	there's few quizzes on here that are perfect. good work for your 1st quiz. give mine a bash if you can. i also received complaints from the small percentage of people who were put on this earth of moan about everything. no matter what you do, people will always moan about every quiz. good work. shake and bake

	Manticore:	Sep 5th, 2011 at 20:09 GMT	3 points
	Maybe you could throw in some orcs to make it even more challenging.

	Kredstarr:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 10:54 GMT	1 point
	That was fun! Could really turn it into something special though by including Orcs, Goblins, Eagles, HOBBITS, Trolls, Nazgul,Ents,Wizards (whom I suspect are a race of thier own from what I have read), Spiders, Dragons and whatever the hell Bombadil is supposed to be!

	AddiSnow:	Feb 25th, 2012 at 16:10 GMT	1 point
	I'm confused. Where I come from Nori is a normal human name. Bombur is the plural for bombs. Interesting name that. He must be quite the character.