[Fedora]

Thanks; that's what I thought, but I wasn't sure.

Okay, here's an anti-boredom exercise. I have here two Tolkien quiz books. From one of them, here's the first 10 questions from Chapter 1, on Hobbits:

1. What was Tobold Hornblower's claim to fame?
2. Who were the Fairbairns of the Towers?
3. What colors were hobbits particularly fond of?
4. What showed that the hobbits of the Eastfarthing were of the Stoor breed?
5. Who was the first hobbit to wear the Ring?
6. What did the Hobbitish word "hlothran" mean?
7. Who were Marcho and Blanco?
8. What breed of hobbits had the most contact with Dwarves?
9. What were the hobbits called in Westron?
10. Who was the only real official in the Shire, and what were his duties?

The questions on Gondor are harder; I'll post those separately. BTW anyone who wants to play, feel free to jump in!--I know I'm going to need help with some of these (unless I cheat and look up the answers, LOL!), maybe between us we can answer all these :)

[JenB]

1. What was Tobold Hornblower's claim to fame?

"Old Toby" was the first hobbit to smoke pipeweed.

2. Who were the Fairbairns of the Towers?

Descendants of Sam's daughter Elanor.

3. What colors were hobbits particularly fond of?

Yellow and green.

4. What showed that the hobbits of the Eastfarthing were of the Stoor breed?

They were stockier and wore boots on occasion.

5. Who was the first hobbit to wear the Ring?

Bilbo, unless you count Gollum as a hobbit.

6. What did the Hobbitish word "hlothran" mean?

Cotton.

7. Who were Marcho and Blanco?

The brothers who led the colonization of the Shire

8. What breed of hobbits had the most contact with Dwarves?

The Stoors

9. What were the hobbits called in Westron?

Holbytla

10. Who was the only real official in the Shire, and what were his duties?

The Mayor, who presided at feasts and such.

How'd I do? I am at work and have no copy of the books...