Can you tell the difference between antidepressants and Tolkien characters? Take the quiz!

Thom Dunn 11:39 am Mon May 18, 2020

Inspired by a tweet from March 2018, Jesús Roldán put together this Antidepressants or Tolkien Character? quiz, and god damn, it's a lot harder than I anticipated. The Council of Elronon was much displeased with my knowledge. Praise be to Narmacil.

Cory reported on a similar test a few years back, but Roldán's version features a much more Middle Earthian UI, and boasts a more challenging list of off-brand medications (and their chemical makeups!) and obscure characters glimpsed briefly in The Silmarillion. Despite my poor scoring, I still learned a lot about pharmaceuticals and the glory of Gondor.

Antidepressants or Tolkien Character?

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