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Robin Hobb is the pen name of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, author of the "Farseer Trilogy" and oter fantasy novels set in the Realm of the Elderlings.
14 Robin Hobb quizzes and 165 Robin Hobb trivia questions.
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  The Farseer Trilogy- Fitz!   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz for those who are as fascinated with Robin Hobb's wonderful fantasy series as I am! This one includes questions from all over the Trilogy- mostly about Fitz- and it should be relatively easy. Enjoy!
Easier, 10 Qns, Lotusfire, Mar 06 05
Easier
Lotusfire
683 plays
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  Characters from 'Farseer' Trilogy   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz asks questions about many of the characters from (author) Robin Hobb's 'Farseer' books. This does NOT include the 'Liveship Traders' books.
Average, 10 Qns, tobycatupna101, Aug 23 06
Average
tobycatupna101
535 plays
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  'The Liveship Traders'    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This great series by Robin Hobb is surely worth reading!
Average, 15 Qns, Lanire, Nov 20 15
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Lanire
566 plays
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  Assassin's Apprentice    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
A quiz on the first book of Robin Hobb's 'Farseer Trilogy'.
Average, 20 Qns, Spudy, Jul 10 05
Average
Spudy
470 plays
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  The Farseer Trilogy    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
The first quiz (that I've seen here) on Robin Hobb's most excellent books. This quiz is on the Farseer trilogy "Assassin's Apprentice", "Royal Assassin" and "Assassin's Quest". Good luck! Watch out, there are spoilers.
Average, 15 Qns, wackyfirefly, Mar 06 05
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wackyfirefly
515 plays
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  "Assassin's Apprentice" - Part I    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my first quiz about this wonderful book by Robin Hobb. You should read the book before you try to answer this quiz. I hope you'll enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, LeChuck7, Feb 26 07
Average
LeChuck7
469 plays
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  Six Duchies Trivia   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is a blurb at the beginning of each chapter of "The Farseer Trilogy" by Robin Hobb, which gives info on the history and geography of the Six Duchies. This quiz focuses on the first book in the series, "Assassin's Apprentice." Enjoy!
Tough, 10 Qns, pangalactic, May 18 05
Tough
pangalactic
441 plays
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  'Assassins Quest' by Robin Hobb    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Having just re-read the "Farseer" series by Robin Hobb, here's a quiz on the final book in the trilogy.
Average, 10 Qns, Spudy, Apr 07 05
Average
Spudy
482 plays
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  Fool's Errand    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a quiz on the first book of the "Tawny Man" series. It contains spoilers so be warned.
Average, 10 Qns, Spudy, Aug 25 05
Average
Spudy
386 plays
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  "The Farseer Trilogy" Robin Hobb   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The "Farseer Trilogy" by Robin Hobb are some of my favourite books. Here's a quiz to test your knowledge (warning, contains spoilers).
Average, 10 Qns, Spudy, Mar 06 05
Average
Spudy
644 plays
trivia question Quick Question
What animal is Civil Bresinga bonded to?

From Quiz "Fool's Errand"




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  The Farseer Trilogy - Assassin's Questions    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A short quiz about "The Farseer Trilogy" by Robin Hobb. I hope you enjoy it!
Tough, 10 Qns, KitKatMoo, Dec 29 14
Tough
KitKatMoo
122 plays
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  The Golden Fool    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on the second book of Hobb's 'Tawny Man' series.
Tough, 10 Qns, Spudy, Sep 05 05
Tough
Spudy
341 plays
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  Shaman's Crossing Chapters 1-10    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my first quiz so I hope you enjoy it. The question are taken from the first 10 chapters of "Shamans Crossing" by Robin Hobb.
Average, 10 Qns, amazingneb, Oct 04 07
Average
amazingneb
204 plays
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  'Assassin's Quest' II    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Another quiz on the final installment of Robin Hobb's 'Farseer' series.
Tough, 15 Qns, Spudy, Mar 03 07
Tough
Spudy
395 plays

Robin Hobb Trivia Questions
1. The books begin with Fitz being left at Moonseye by his grandfather; who is King of the Six Dutchies at this time?

From Quiz The Farseer Trilogy - Assassin's Questions

Answer: King Shrewd

Shrewd is King and is Fitz's paternal grandfather. Eyod is King of the Mountain Kingdom and Verity is Shrewd's second son and Fitz's uncle.

2. Chapter 1: 'Magic and Iron'. How old was Nevare when he was taken to Franner's Bend at the start of the chapter?

From Quiz Shaman's Crossing Chapters 1-10

Answer: 8

Franner's Bend was an old military outpost; it was here that Nevare first saw Plains magic.

3. How old is Fitz when he starts to tell his story?

From Quiz "Assassin's Apprentice" - Part I

Answer: 6

At the very beginning of the book, Fitz says that the first memory he has from his childhood is from when he was six years old.

4. What was the name of Jinna's cat?

From Quiz The Golden Fool

Answer: Fennel

Fennel adds humour to the story, balancing Fitz's sometimes somber view of life.

5. At the beginning of the book, where does Fitz's grandfather leave him?

From Quiz Assassin's Apprentice

Answer: Moonseye

Fitz's grandfather hands him over to a guard who is given charge of Fitz until Chivalry returns to claim him. This guard, Jason, then hands Fitz over to Burrich's care.

6. The book starts with Fitz in his peaceful cottage in the country. Who is the first visitor to Fitz's cottage in the book?

From Quiz Fool's Errand

Answer: Chade

Chade visits the cottage trying to convince Fitz to return to Buckkeep and teach Dutiful the Skill.

7. Fitz is poisoned more than once in Jhaampe on his diplomatic mission at the end of the book. What is the first thing that he is poisoned by?

From Quiz Six Duchies Trivia

Answer: Carryme

Fitz is poisoned twice in the mountain kingdom. Kettriken suspects him of a plot against her brother's life, and feeds him three leaves of the Carryme plant in the gardens. He counteracts this with a purgative that the Fool had given him, but is later poisoned by Regal, who poisons the Apple Wine which he shares with Prince Rurisk. The Carryme herb is mentioned in the prologue to chapter 21, "Princes".

8. What was the name of the harper whom Fitz guarded and saved from forged folk?

From Quiz 'Assassin's Quest' II

Answer: Harper Josh

Fitz reluctantly agreed to accompany Josh and his two daughters on the road to protect them from forged people.

9. Starting at the beginning. Who helps Fitz recover from his time of being a wolf with Nighteyes?

From Quiz 'Assassins Quest' by Robin Hobb

Answer: Burrich

Burrich lives with Fitz in an old cabin, and gradually gets him to behave less like a wolf and more like a man.

10. In 'Assassins Apprentice', what was the name of the first animal that Fitz bonded with?

From Quiz "The Farseer Trilogy" Robin Hobb

Answer: Nosey

Once Burrich discovers Fitz has bonded with Nosey he takes him away, and Fitz assumed that Burrich killed him and was scared of him from then on. In 'Royal Assassin' Prince Rurisk shows Fitz his prize Buck stud dog - Nosey, now an old but very much alive father of many pups. Burrich had not killed him but had taken him far enough away from Fitz to sever the wit bond - he is shocked when Fitz tells him he believed he murdered Nosey.

11. What is the hero's full name?

From Quiz The Farseer Trilogy

Answer: FitzChivalry Farseer

He had chosen this name for him as soon as the boy had arrived at Buckeep but he didn't tell him for several years. He also had a new coat of arms made for him, one with a Buck charging.

12. How many owners have to die on the liveship in order for it to awaken?

From Quiz 'The Liveship Traders'

Answer: 3

Althea and Keffria's father was the third owner and Vivacia awakened after his death. To Althea's horror the ship was given over to Kyle Haven instead of her and the member of family that always had to be on the ship was Wintrow.

13. Where does Fitz spend his first night at Moonseye?

From Quiz The Farseer Trilogy - Assassin's Questions

Answer: In a stable, with Burrich's dog

Burrich put Fitz in a stable with his dog, knowing that she would protect him. Also in the stable was the pup, Nosy, who became the young Fitz's first Wit partner.

14. Chapter 2: 'Harbinger'. According to the Writ, what was Nevare born to do?

From Quiz Shaman's Crossing Chapters 1-10

Answer: wear the sword

The actual passage reads 'The first for an heir, the second to wear the sword, the third to serve as a priest, the fourth to labour for beauty's sake, the fifth to gather knowledge'.

15. What is the name of Fitz's future mentor and assassin trainer?

From Quiz Characters from 'Farseer' Trilogy

Answer: Chade

Chade first made himself known to Fitz by opening a secret passage leading from his own bedroom to Chade's hidden quarters, deep within the walls of the castle. Chade is the unknown half brother of King Shrewd.

16. At the beginning of the book, Fitz's poor grandfather gives him to a guard of a castle. What was the name of the guard?

From Quiz "Assassin's Apprentice" - Part I

Answer: Jason

When Fitz arrives at the citadel he is given to the guard, Jason. Prince Verity asks Jason to give Fitz to Burrich, and that's how Fitz arrives at Buckkeep Castle.

17. Fitz manages to sneak down to Buckkeep town where he befriends a group of children. They give him the nickname 'Newboy'. What nickname does Molly have in the group - "Molly_______"?

From Quiz Assassin's Apprentice

Answer: Nosebleed

Some of Fitz's happiest memories are of this time spent, carefree, with the other children in the town.

18. What name does Fitz give the horse 'Lord Golden' buys for him?

From Quiz Fool's Errand

Answer: Myblack

Fitz begins to refer to the horse simply as 'my black' and the name sticks.

19. In Fitz' opinion, where did the tradition of naming royal children after virtues come from?

From Quiz Six Duchies Trivia

Answer: The first king, from the Outislands, had a name which sounded like "Taker" in the duchies tongue, and the tradition stuck.

There is a folk belief that royal children are bound to their names by Skill, either in a ritual or by some inherent property of the Skill. Fitz regars both of these with skepticism, however, and suggests that the tradition probably comes from the first king, whose name sounded like "Taker" when pronounced by his new subjects. The second Farseer king was named "Ruler".

20. What leaf do Patience's guards and helpers adopt as their emblem?

From Quiz 'Assassins Quest' by Robin Hobb

Answer: Ivy

After Regal moved inland to Tradeford, Patience essentially ran Buckkeep Castle. She used her own wealth to help villages that had been raided and sent aid to Dukes up and down the coast. She frequently gave her messengers a sprig of ivy as a token from her and they became known as the 'Ivy runners'. She gained great respect from the guards of Buckkeep for her sacrifices and they adopted the Ivy leaf on their uniforms in her honour.

21. In 'Assassins Apprentice', who is King Shrewd talking to when he 'discovers' Fitz and decides to have him educated and trained as an assassin?

From Quiz "The Farseer Trilogy" Robin Hobb

Answer: Regal

Fitz is sharing scraps from a feast with the keep's dogs when Shrewd and Regal come in. Fitz appears from below the table and it is then that Shrewd decides to move him to the keep and educate him.

22. After his arrival at Buckkeep, Fitz eventually becomes an apprentice to a peculiar man who secretly lives and works inside the Keep, serving the Crown in his own subtle but efficient way. Who is this man and what is his trade?

From Quiz The Farseer Trilogy- Fitz!

Answer: Chade Fallstar, Assasin

It is decided that, being of the Farseer blood, Fitz receives the training required to become a Royal Assassin to be able to serve his King "in the shadows", if not in public. Chade Fallstar, Fitz's tutor, is also unofficially of the Farseer family, as is Fitz himself.

23. What does Prince Regal say the boy needs only scratch himself to find?

From Quiz The Farseer Trilogy

Answer: Nameless the dog boy

Since Regal called him that, everytime he wallows in self-pity this is what he calls himself. It was a major blow to his self-esteem.

24. On how many ships did Althea and Brashen travel together?

From Quiz 'The Liveship Traders'

Answer: 3

At first, he was the first mate on her father's ship and her father took her with him for years. The next time was when she got hired on the ship in order to get a ticket and prove that she was a good crew member, but she did not get the ticket since the captain found out that she wasn't the boy she pretended to be. The next time was on Paragon where she sailed as the second hand and Brashen was the captain.

25. What was Burrich's dog called?

From Quiz The Farseer Trilogy - Assassin's Questions

Answer: Vixen

Burrich's dog is Vixen. Although Burrich claims not to use his Wit, Vixen is, in fact, his Wit partner.

26. Chapter 3: 'Dewara'. The plainsman Dewara is a member of which tribe?

From Quiz Shaman's Crossing Chapters 1-10

Answer: Kidona

The Rew and Kidona are Plains tribes; the others are Native American tribes.

27. What is the name of Fitz's future mentor and assassin trainer's pet?

From Quiz Characters from 'Farseer' Trilogy

Answer: Slink

Slink is the ever faithful pet and companion of the secret assassin Chade. He is long lived through the books and saves the pair from eating poison meant for Chade's alter ego (question 4)

28. Why did his old grandfather gave Fitz away?

From Quiz "Assassin's Apprentice" - Part I

Answer: Because he did not want to work extra time in order to feed Fitz

The old grandfather tells the guard of the citadel that he had enough of working a lot more than he was supposed to, in order to take care of Fitz.

29. What does Burrich catch Fitz and Nosey stealing in the town?

From Quiz Assassin's Apprentice

Answer: Sausages

Burrich seems to catch Fitz at the worst possible moment, with Fitz and Nosy running through Buckkeep with a string of stolen sausages. It is at this point that Burrich suspects Fitz and Nosy have bonded.

30. What animal is Civil Bresinga bonded to?

From Quiz Fool's Errand

Answer: Cat

Civil is bonded to a hunting cat, similar to the one which was given to Dutiful as a present.

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