The Tolkien Quiz Book

5 Into how many Farthings was the Shire divided?

6 Name four inns in the Shire.

7 What township lay on the other side of Bag End from Hobbiton?

8 What happened when the river Brandywine froze over in the Fell Winter?

9 To which family had the office of Thain fallen?

10 What officials acted as the police of the Shire?

TIE BREAK

What was the last battle fought in the Shire?

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Where was ‘There’?

1 What did Bilbo twice ask Gandalf for?

2 Who played on a golden harp at the Unexpected Party?

3 Who always acted as look-out for Thorin’s Company?

4 Where did Bilbo discover Sting?

5 What did Elrond discover about the Company’s map?

6 What did Bilbo lose as he escaped from the Misty Mountains?

7 How did Dori help Bilbo to escape from the Wargs?

8 Why had the Wargs come to the same glade as Thorin’s Company?

9 What was most remarkable about Beorn?

10 How did Bilbo and the dwarves escape from the Elvenking’s palace?

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Who did Bilbo ask, ‘Well, are you alive or are you dead’?

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What town stood on stilts on the Long Lake?

1 How did the people of Lake-town react to the arrival of Thorin?

2 What river flowed out of the Lonely Mountain and into the Long Lake?

3 What time of the year was it when the Company reached the Lonely Mountain?

4 What happened when the great thrush knocked on the stone?

5 What did Bilbo first steal from the dragon-hoard?

6 How was Bard able to kill Smaug, and who gave him the necessary advice?

7 What kind of creature was Roäc, and who was his father?

8 What was the name of the Goblin chief at the Battle of Five Armies?

9 Who became King under the Mountain after Thorin’s death?

10 Which two friends came to visit Bilbo at Bag End?

TIE BREAK

Whose lullaby, said Bilbo, ‘would waken a drunken goblin’?

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Who flattered Smaug on his ‘waistcoat of fine diamonds’?

Who said the following:

1 ‘You! You! You miserable hobbit! You undersized – burglar!’

2 ‘What a lot of things you do use “Good morning” for!’