How Well Do You Know J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit?
While some people think they know The Hobbit because of Peter Jackson, there’s another group of us who sit Smaug-like on our Tolkien treasure trove, scoffing when someone can’t even tell the dwarves apart. “Ha!” we say. “If you’d read the book, you would know!” But even for Tolkien scholars, keeping on the path of the original 300-page tale after the epic enchantments Team Jackson has added into the movies requires some Bilbo-like determination. Take our 30-question superfan quiz about the book to test whether you truly have what to takes to become a hero of Middle-earth.
How Well Do You Know The Hobbit?
Of all the hobbits in the Shire, why does Gandalf pick Bilbo to join the quest?Bilbo has mad burgling skills.
Bilbo has been to the Lonely Mountain.
Bilbo’s mother was Belladonna Took.
Bilbo has a stash of smokable leaf.
Which of these is the name of one of the dwarves who arrives at Bag End?Tori
Dori
Rori
Bori
Who gave Gandalf the map and key to Erebor, which would allow the dwarves to find and get into their lost city?Thrain
Elrond
Radagast
Beorn
What do the dwarves promise to pay Bilbo?All the gold he can carry
Up to and not exceeding one-fourteenth of total profits
The Arkenstone
Four square meals a day
How does the party of dwarves outwit the trolls?Bilbo poses a riddle and gets them to argue until dawn.
Thorin offers them treasure and gets them to argue until dawn.
Gandalf throws his voice and gets them to argue until dawn.
Bilbo turns invisible and feeds them poison.
How do the elves of Rivendell tease Bilbo?They call him fat.
They call him smelly.
They call him short.
They call him coward
As they travel through the mountains, they meet a thunderstorm, which is actually...Goblins cracking their whips
Wraiths on wings
Stone-giants fighting
Saruman’s foul voice on the wind
What is the correct answer to this riddle posed in Gollum’s cave: “What has roots as nobody sees?”?Weeds
Mountain
Teeth
Hair
Gollum gets three guesses about what Bilbo has in his pocket. Which ones of these does he not guess?“Handses.”
“Knife.”
“String, or nothing.”
“My precious!”
When does Bilbo explain how he got the ring?When the dwarves ask him after the spider fight
When Gandalf asks him after the goblin fight
When Smaug asks him how he snuck into his lair
Never
How does Gandalf say he will introduce the dwarves to Beorn?Alphabetical order
Two by two
Age before beauty
By height
In exchange for his help, what does Beorn ask of the dwarves and hobbit as they’re leaving?To kill the Great Goblin
To blunt his knives
To send back his ponies
To remember him in song
When crossing the enchanted stream in Mirkwood, Bombur falls in and ____________?Bombur falls asleep
Bilfur starts speaking Elvish
Bofur runs to get help
Balin gets caught by a spider
What does the elf-king accuse the dwarves of?Bad manners
Bad beards
Crashing a party
Attacking the elves
How many drinks does it take to get an elf-guard drunk?Elves can’t get drunk
One flagon of Dorwinion wine
One flask of miruvor mead
Two glasses of Limpë wine
When Bilbo first sneaks into Smaug’s lair…The dragon is asleep and snoring.
The dragon is feeding on a pony.
The dragon breathes fire at him.
The dragon laughs.
Bilbo remembers a phrase of his father’s, which gives him hope. What is it?“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
“The early bird gets the worm.”
“Even a worm will turn.”
“Every worm has his weak spot.”
When Smaug asks Bilbo who he is, which of these things does Bilbo not claim to be?A hobbit
A ringwinner
A lucky number
A barrel-rider
When Smaug suspects Bilbo has come to steal the gold, what does Bilbo claim he’s there for instead?To wake the dragon
To ride the dragon
To chase the dragon
For revenge
When Smaug boasts of his attributes, he likens the flapping of his wings to a hurricane. But what does he call his breath?Fire
Death
Acid
Ice
Bilbo spots a flaw in which of Smaug’s body parts?His tail
His left eye
His left breast
His right leg
What kind of dragon is Smaug?Norwegian Ridgeback
Hebridean Black
Common Welsh Green
None of the above
What does Thorin give Bilbo from Smaug’s plunder?Sting
Star of Elendil
Mithril
A double-handed cup
Who does Bilbo give the Arkenstone?Thorin
Gandalf
Bard
No one; he keeps it
Who tells Bard where to shoot?The thrush
The dwarves
The dragon
The elves
What information do the dwarves get by raven?Gandalf is on his way.
Smaug is dead.
They’re under siege.
Bilbo lives!
How does Thorin insult Bilbo for his peacemaking efforts?“You insufferable hobbit!”
“You undersized burglar!”
“You incompetent thief!”
“You ungrateful fool!”
What is the ensuing conflict called?War of Five Kings
War of Five Rings
Battle of Five Forks
Battle of Five Armies
What are Thorin’s last words?“Now is the time for Bilbo to get his reward.”
“The Arkenstone of my father is worth more than a river of gold in itself.”
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
“I will be avenged.”
What happens when Bilbo returns to the Shire?He finds his estate under auction.
He attends the Sacksville-Bagginses anniversary party.
He adopts Frodo.
He carves a statue of Smaug.
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