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Jen, you did pretty good! :) Rosie, you got one right, too :) Here are the answers Jen gave compared with the book's answers:

> >1. What was Tobold Hornblower's claim to fame?
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>"Old Toby" was the first hobbit to smoke pipeweed.

Correct.

> >2. Who were the Fairbairns of the Towers?
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>Descendants of Sam's daughter Elanor.

Correct.

> >3. What colors were hobbits particularly fond of?
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> Yellow and green.

Correct.

> >4. What showed that the hobbits of the Eastfarthing were of the Stoor breed?
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> They were stockier and wore boots on occasion.

The book's answer is that they grew down on their chins, but that's not necessarily contradicting yours--I'd have to double-check myself.

> >5. Who was the first hobbit to wear the Ring?
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> Bilbo, unless you count Gollum as a hobbit.

They answered Gollum.

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

"A collection of two-room dwellings."

> >7. Who were Marcho and Blanco?
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> The brothers who led the colonization of the Shire

Correct.

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

Rosie gets this one: it was the Harfoots.

> >9. What were the hobbits called in Westron?

> Holbytla

"Banakil", meaning "halfling".

> >10. Who was the only real official in the Shire, and what were his duties?
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> The Mayor, who presided at feasts and such.

Yes; he was also Postmaster and First Shirriff.

Pretty good! I'll post some more shortly.