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How Well Do You Know: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Part 1
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1. The movie starts with a loooooong exposition, which describes this dwarf realm as "greatest kingdom of Middle Earth":
Moria
Gondolin
Dorwinion
Erebor
 
2. The voiceover informs viewers that dragons covet this "with a dark and fierce desire":
Desolation
Power
Immortality
Gold
 
3. The film jumps forward to show old Bilbo talking to Frodo about his birthday, and then jumps back this many years to begin the story of young Bilbo:
110 years
60 years
40 years
25 years
 
4. Gandalf does this to Bilbo's door to mark it for the dwarfs:
Paints it
Carves a rune in it
Puts a window in it
Paints a rune above it
 
5. Who produces a key for the front gate of Erebor?
Bilbo
Thorin
Either Kili or Fili (we can never keep those two straight)
Gandalf
 
6. Frodo's position, according the the contract, will be one of:
Inventory-keeper
Burglar
Scout
Ledgerman
 
7. Catching up with the dwarfs on foot, Bilbo suddenly wants to turn around because he forgot:
His journal
His pipe
His handkerchief
To eat breakfast
 
8. In battle with Azog, Thorin:
Stab Azog through the eye
Cuts off Azog's arm
Cuts off Azog's leg
Impales Azog on an oaken branch
 
9. In Gandalf's count of the other wizards, he states there are two of this color, whose names he has quite forgotten:
Black
Blue
Red
Green
 
10. The creatures crawling on Radagast's dwelling and through the forest are:
Spiders
Serpents
Beetles
Slugs
 
11. Radagast travels through the forest by this means of conveyance:
Owl
Sled
An elaborate rope-and-pulley system
Jumping
 
12. The trolls get the upper hand on dwarfs when:
They hold Thorin over the fire
They threaten to dismember Bilbo
They cast a spell
They spring a trap of nets on the dwarfs
 
13. Gandalf uses this to defeat the trolls:
Sunlight
Moonlight
Large boulders
A sword
 
14. Radagast tells Gandalf of his expedition to Dol Guldur where he encounters a:
Wraith
Warlock
Man named Tom Bombadil
Necromancer
 
15. Orcs ride on Wargs. Wargs most closely resemble:
Wolves
Tigers
Apes
Horses
 
16. Radagast's sled is pulled by:
Large birds
Large cats
Rabbits
The wind
 
17. At Rivendell, each of the following are present, except for:
Sauruman
Elrond
Galadriel
Radagast
 
18. The key to reading the hidden instructions on Thorin's map is:
Blood
Moonlight
Water
A mirror
 
19. Who voices doubt that the Necromancer is a threat?
Sauruman
Galadriel
Elrond
Gandalf
 
20. As proof that the Necromancer exists, this is produced:
Scrolls
A funeral veil
A Palantiri
A blade
 
21. The council at Rivendell is surprised to see the morgul blade because:
It was destroyed in the last war against Sauron
It was put in a tomb that couldn't be opened
It was supposed to have been locked away in Rivendell
None has ever existed in Middle-Earth
 
22. The brawling mountains who the dwarfs come into close contact with are referred to as:
Rock wraiths
Mumakil
Stone giants
Fell beasts
 
23. Bofur catches Bilbo as he attempts to leave the company. Right after the conversation,
Bilbo's sword begins to glow
Gandalf goes missing
Snow starts falling
Bofur is killed by a goblin
 
24. The dwarfs arrive among the goblins by:
Tumbling awkwardly through a rickety door
Falling through a floor
Being herded by giant spiders
Falling over a waterfall
 
25. Which of the following is not a correct answer in Bilbo and Gollum's game of riddles?
Mountain
Fire
Teeth
Wind
 
26. Bilbo escapes Gollum's lair by:
Swimming
Climbing a rickety ladder
A cart
Leaping over him
 
27. When the dwarfs realize Bilbo isn't with them, Thorin surmises the hobbit:
Went home
Has been captured
Has been killed
Has ventured ahead of them
 
28. Which of the company emerges from the trees to fight Azog?
Thorin only
Bilbo only
Thorin and Bilbo
Thorin, Bilbo and Gandalf
 
29. As the company recovers from its fight with the orcs, Gandalf notes the presence of this species of birds, which then flies off to the mountain:
Wren
Finch
Thrush
Swallow
 
30. In the last scene of the movie, the viewer sees this part of Smaug most clearly:
Scales
A claw
A fang
An eye
 




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