JRR Tolkien tossed his ideas off of a club of his friends called the Inklings, one of whom included this author of the Chronicles of Narnia.

This element was discovered by Madame Curie in the 1890s.

He's often forgotten in favor of his creation, and the man who played him in 1931, Colin Clive, was similarly overshadowed by this gargantuan English actor who achieved his big break, in the age old story of scientific reanimation.

This biome, found mostly in Russia and Alaska, is characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches.

Frankenstein

Tolkien wrote his earliest short stories of Middle Earth in the trenches of this horrifying World War One battle in 1917.

This is half of the diameter of a circle.

Bela Lugosi famously portrayed Dracula, also in 1931, but retired from the role in the 40s, taken over in the public eye by this man, mentioned elsewhere on the board, who played him in the Hammer Horror films, alongside feature fellow Star Wars actor Peter Cushing.

This is the largest volcanic island in the world.

Dracula

Legendary Actor Christopher Lee, a personal friend of Tolkien in the early 50s, wanted to be cast as Gandalf in the eventual movie adaptation of the story, but when the movie came around, he was given the role of the first white wizard of Isengard that eventually becomes a traitor.

This is the quality of an light that shines brightly off of an object.

This man, the subject of an Alice Cooper song, became famous for the kind of character he played in the Universal films, having the claim to fame of going insane in all of the famous Universal Monster Films save Frankenstein.

This island has the largest concentration of Swahili speakers in the world.

The Invisible Man

Tolkien's works are timeless, but don't try to relate them to the current events of whatever time you're reading LOTR, as Tolkien was famous for his dislike of this literary concept of real life relativity.

This is the medical discipline that employ x-rays to make diagnoses.

This monster is the only one the classics who never showed the face of his actor throughout the film.

The Maori, though native to Australia and New Zealand, have, according to recent evidence, reached as far as this US State in the heyday of their maritime explorations.

The Headless Horseman

LOTR had an earlier cinematic adaptation to the 2001-2003 set of live action masterpieces by director Peter Jackson, the animated film by Director Ralph Bakshi featured this the voice of this Star wars droid as Legolas Greenleaf.

This is an exclamation of a skater dude when he pulls off an insane trick on his board.

He's little known amongst his monstrous compatriots, but the unmasking scene in his 1925 feature film, gives him the distinction of having the only film amongst the pantheon that caused walkouts due to widespread fear.

This is the smallest country in the world.

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