Q 01/05

How did Frodo's parents, Drogo and Primula, die?

A) A boating accident

B) A winter fever

C) A wolf attack

D) A cart overturning

Answer · why

A) A boating accident

A boating accident. Both drowned on a river outing, and village gossip split on why: some blamed Drogo's weight for sinking the boat, others whispered...

Q 02/05

Frodo calls Bilbo his uncle, but how are the two actually related?

A) Half-brothers

B) Cousins

C) Godfather and godson

D) Step-brothers

Answer · why

B) Cousins

Cousins. Bilbo was Frodo's first cousin once removed through his mother and second cousin once removed through his father; 'uncle' was a fond name for...

Q 03/05

Frodo and Bilbo share a birthday, 22 September, which Tolkien fans now celebrate as what?

A) Baggins Day

B) Shire Day

C) Tolkien Day

D) Hobbit Day

Answer · why

D) Hobbit Day

Hobbit Day. The American Tolkien Society proclaimed it in 1978, and some fans mark it by throwing hobbit-style parties or simply going barefoot.

Q 04/05

Which family, his mother's kin, took in the orphaned Frodo before Bilbo adopted him?

A) The Tooks

B) The Bolgers

C) The Proudfoots

D) The Brandybucks

Answer · why

D) The Brandybucks

The Brandybucks. Frodo grew up in their crowded ancestral hall, and the future Ring-bearer spent his boyhood there sneaking off to steal mushrooms fro...

Q 05/05

How does Gandalf finally prove to Frodo that Bilbo's old ring is the One Ring?

A) Slips it on his own finger

B) Drops it into cold water

C) Tosses it into the hearth

D) Holds it up to moonlight

Answer · why

C) Tosses it into the hearth

Tosses it into the hearth. Heat brings out a fiery inscription that Gandalf knew of only from Isildur's old account, and it ends the 17 years in which...