Statistics for Cities in The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Opposite of #35; established by Anárion son of Elendil; became the capital of Gondor in TA 1640	Minas Anor/Minas Tirith	83%
Formerly a great Dwarf-realm, but was abandoned after miners dug too deep and accidentally released a Balrog	Khazad-dûm	80%
City in which the Inn of the Prancing Pony is located	Bree	78%
secret Elf-realm ruled by Turgon; said to have been almost as beautiful as Tirion	Gondolin	78%
Opposite of #34; established by Isildur son of Elendil; original home of the White Tree of Gondor before Sauron assaulted it in SA 3429; conquered by the Nazguûl in TA 2002	Minas Ithil/Minas Morgul	77%
Mountain refuge founded by Elrond for the many Elven refugees from the War of the Elves and Sauron; Thorin's Company and the Fellowship both stop here	Imladris	76%
Region from which the main Hobbit characters hail	The Shire	73%
Another name for the Kingdom under the Mountain; destroyed by the dragon Smaug in TA 2770; retaking the lost city was the goal of Thorin's Company	Erebor	72%
Rohan's capital city	Edoras	71%
Originally a Númenórean fortress, opposite of #37; sometimes referred to as "Helm's Deep; King Théoden and his army fought against the might of Saruman's Uruk-hai here; in the first years of the Fourth Age, Gimli established a Dwarf-realm in the Glittering Caves	Hornburg/Aglarond	69%
Original capital city of Gondor; essentially destroyed in TA 1437 during the Kin-strife	Osgiliath	69%
Sauron's major base of operations in Mordor	Barad-dûr	68%
Sauron's base of operations in Mirkwood; completely levelled by the Elves of the Woodland Realm and Lothlórien in TA 3019	Dol Guldur	68%
Originally a Númenórean fortress, opposite of #38; after it was recovered from Dunlendings in TA 2754, control over the place was given to the Istar Saruman	Isengard/Angrenost	67%
City of Men in the shadow of #44; destroyed along with #44 by Smaug	Dale	66%
Morgoth's secondary fortress in the north of Beleriand; was sunk under the Sea along with the rest of the region during the War of Wrath	Angband	64%
City founded by Círdan; capital city of Lindon, which was ruled by High King Gil-galad; From here, many Elves took ships and took the Straight Path to Valinor	Mithlond/Grey Havens	62%
secret elf-realm of Finrod Felagund; built with the help of the Dwarves of Belegost and the Elves of Doriath	Nargothrond	59%
Major dwelling place of the Vanyar and Noldor in Valinor; said to be the most beautiful city in history	Tirion upon Túna	59%
Morgoth's original fortress; destroyed in the War for the Sake of the Elves by the Valar	Utumno	51%
AKA, Lake-town	Esgaroth	50%
One of the locations of the three northern Palantíri; Frodo was stabbed by a Morgul-blade here	Amon Sûl	48%
Major Teleri settlement in Valinor; it was assaulted and its ships taken by Fëanor's host	Alqualondë	45%
Doriath's capital city; ruled by King Thingol and Queen Melian	Menegroth	45%
Númenórean colony on the coast of Harad settled by members of the King's Men; for the first 1500 years or so, control of the city passed between Gondor and the Haradrim, but after Castamir's Rebellion was quelled, his sons fled there and organized the troublesome Corsairs	Umbar	44%
Capital city of Arthedain; destroyed in TA 1975 by the forces of Angbad	Fornost	40%
Celeborn and Galadriel's home city in Lothlórien	Caras Galadhon	33%
Rohan's mustering point during the War of the Ring	Dunharrow	33%
Former capital city of the united Kingdom of Arnor	Annúminas	32%
Fëanor's home after he was exiled from Tirion for 12 years	Formenos	29%
One of the original Númenórean fortifications built after Mordor's defeat in the War of the Last Alliance; retaken by the Orcs after the Great Plague in TA 1637	the Black Gate	28%
Turgon's original city in Nevrast, but was abandoned after he built #5	Vinyamar	27%
The two great Dwarven cities in the Ered Luin during the First Age	Belegost and Nogrod	25%
Númenórean colony founded by members of the Faithful in SA 2350; Anárion and Isildur landed there after Númenor was destroyed; capital city of the Usurper-king Castamir from TA 1437-1447	Pelargir	25%
City founded by Maedhros, Fëanor's son; one of the only surviving regions of Beleriand after it sank into the Sea	Himring	21%
Capital of the Dúnedain Kingdom of Númenor; sometimes referred to as "The Golden City"	Armenelos	20%
As the Host of the West left #34 bound for #40, Aragorn dismissed all those men who were scared to retake this city from the Orcs	Cair Andros	20%
Along with #11, a haven established by Círdan in Beleriand	Eglarest	18%
originally the biggest city in Númenor; inhabited mostly by people friendly to the Elves	Andúnie	17%
Along with #12, a haven established by Círdan in Beleriand	Brithombar	17%
Former capital city of the Elf-realm of Eregion, ruled by Celebrimbor; destroyed in SA 1697 by Sauron's armies during the War of the Elves and Sauron	Ost-in-Edhil	15%
port at which the Edain landed in Númenor, on its eastern coast	Rómenna	14%
In the final years of the First Age, the refugees from the major Elven realms all flocked here; was ruled by Eärendil and Elwing	Havens of Sirion	10%
First Númenórean colony in Middle-earth, founded by Prince Aldarion in SA 875 under the name "Vilyalondë"	Lond Daer	10%
City of Thranduil the Elvenking; place where Thorin's Company is held until Bilbo breaks them out	Thranduil's Halls	10%
Dwelling place of Manwë and Varda atop the mountain Taniquetil	Ilmarin	9%