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Quiz about The Shire Home of the Hobbits

The Shire - Home of the Hobbits Quiz

How much do you remember about The Shire? A quiz on its places, customs and inhabitants.

A multiple-choice quiz by Elanor. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Elanor

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
73,562

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
2437

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the name of the village where Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee lived?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. In which year did the hobbits cross the river and start to settle in The Shire? Hint

1601 Second Age

1485 Second Age

1485 Third Age

1601 Third Age

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was generally accepted by the Fourth Age as the westernmost barriers of the Shire? Hint

The Greenway

Tower Hills

White Downs

River Brandywine

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which place was accepted by the hobbits to be 'as near the centre of the Shire as makes no matter'? Hint

Bywater

Three Farthing Stone

Brandy Hall

Bilbo's Party Tree

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these is NOT a month in the Shire calendar? Hint

Winterfilth

Forelithe

Overlithe

Afterlithe

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these was NOT the name of a day in the Shire week? (According to "The Lord of the Rings") Hint

Hevensday

Sterday

Monday

Wednesday

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Question 7 of 10

7. Where were the Lockholes, originally meant for storage, but used as prisons by Saruman during the occupation of the Shire in 3019 Third Age? Hint

Bywater

Michel Delving

Brandy Hall

Hobbiton

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Question 8 of 10

8. How far was it from Bag End to the Green Dragon Inn at Bywater? Hint

More than a mile

No distance--They were adjacent.

Less than a mile

A mile

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Question 9 of 10

9. In which village was the inn The Golden Perch? Hint

Bucklebury

Stock

Hobbiton

Crickhollow

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Question 10 of 10

10. Why was Bandobras 'Bullroarer' Took famous to the hobbits? Hint

He was 4 feet 5 inches tall and could ride a horse

He was the first hobbit to cross the river into the Shire

He discovered pipeweed

All of these reasons

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the village where Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee lived?

Answer: Hobbiton

Hobbiton-on-the-Hill was one of the oldest villages in the Shire. It was in the Westfarthing.

2. In which year did the hobbits cross the river and start to settle in The Shire?

Answer: 1601 Third Age

The hobbits had been living in Bree and the areas around it, but crossed the Brandywine river by permission of King Argeleb II. The Shire then began with Year One of Shire Reckoning.

3. What was generally accepted by the Fourth Age as the westernmost barriers of the Shire?

Answer: Tower Hills

The Tower Hills were crowned with three elf-towers, built in Elder Days. Elanor Gamgee, daughter of Samwise, moved here with her husband Fastred of Greenholm, in the year 1462 Shire Reckoning.

4. Which place was accepted by the hobbits to be 'as near the centre of the Shire as makes no matter'?

Answer: Three Farthing Stone

The Shire was split into four administrative districts: the Eastfarthing, the Westfarthing, the Northfarthing and the Southfarthing. They erected an obelisk at the point where three pf these (East, South and West) met, a mile or so south of the Bywater Pool, on the Great East Road.

5. Which of these is NOT a month in the Shire calendar?

Answer: Overlithe

There were 12 months in the Shire calendar, with 30 days each. The additional days were holidays - 3 days for Lithe at midsummer, and two days for Yule, in midwinter. In Leap years there was an extra day, which was added to the Lithe festival, and was called Overlithe.

6. Which of these was NOT the name of a day in the Shire week? (According to "The Lord of the Rings")

Answer: Wednesday

The hobbit week, by the time of the War of the Ring, began on Sterday, then continued with Sunday, Monday, Trewsday, Hevensday, Mersday and Highday.
In "The Hobbit", however, Wednesday is mentioned. It is just one of several anomalies between "The Hobbit" and "LOTR".

7. Where were the Lockholes, originally meant for storage, but used as prisons by Saruman during the occupation of the Shire in 3019 Third Age?

Answer: Michel Delving

Lobelia Sackville-Baggins was one of the many hobbits imprisoned here by Sharkey and his ruffians.

8. How far was it from Bag End to the Green Dragon Inn at Bywater?

Answer: More than a mile

Bilbo ran there to meet the dwarves. He took ten minutes, surely a record for someone with such short legs.

9. In which village was the inn The Golden Perch?

Answer: Stock

Pippin and Sam had wanted to stop here during the journey from Bag End to Crickhollow, but Frodo made them take the short cut.

10. Why was Bandobras 'Bullroarer' Took famous to the hobbits?

Answer: He was 4 feet 5 inches tall and could ride a horse

He was also the first hobbit to fight and win a battle, in 2747 Shire Reckoning. He defeated orcs at the Battle of Greenfields. Pipeweed was first grown by Tobold Hornblower, and the first hobbits to enter the Shire were Marcho and Blanco.

Source: Author Elanor

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