POETRY
THE HOBBIT: TOLKIEN TRIVIA & CONTEXT
THE HOBBIT: KNOWLEDGE OF THE NOVEL
THE HOBBIT: WHO SAID IT?
THE HOBBIT: FINISH THE QUOTE
GENERAL ENGLISH
100
How many lines are in a sonnet?
14
100
Which war did J. R. R. Tolkien fight in?
World War 1
100
What is Bilbo's last name?
Baggins
100
"We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things!"
Bilbo
100
In a hole in the ground...
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
100
What type of story is depicted here?
The hero's journey
200
What types of poems did Banjo Patterson write? (i.e. Mulga Bill's Bicycle)
Ballads
200
Which came first: The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
The Hobbit
200
What is the name of the mountain that Bilbo and the dwarves journey to?
The Lonely Mountain
200
“Give us a chance; let it give us a chance, my preciouss—ss—ss.”
Gollum
200
No great leap for a man...
No great leap for a man, but a leap in the dark.
200
What is a foil character?
A foil character is a secondary character who contrasts with the protagonist to highlight the main character's specific traits, morals, or values.
300
In Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken, what do the two roads represent?
The roads symbolise life's choices.
300
What university did Tolkien attend and later teach at?
University of Oxford
300
Who kills Smaug?
Bard the Bowman
300
“After all he is my friend,” said _________, “and not a bad little chap. I feel responsible for him. I wish to goodness you had not lost him.”
Gandalf
300
He is quite ready to...
He is quite ready to sit on a heap of gold and starve.
300
Describe the characteristics of a tragic hero.
A once-honourable hero who experiences their downfall (usually in the form of death) due to their own fatal flaw. They only realise the error of their ways when it is too late to change anything.
400
Of the four poems below, which two poems appeared on your Term 1 analysis task?
Death of a Whale
Some Days
Midnight Reverie
Birmingham
Death of a Whale & Some Days
400
What continent was Tolkien born in?
Africa
400
Below is one of Gollum's riddles. What is the answer?
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes out first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
What is it?
The dark
400
“The moon is rising. Look for the hollow of the left breast as he flies and turns above you!”
The Thrush
400
He felt a different person...
He felt a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach
400
Name 3 Shakespeare plays.
COMEDIES
- All's Well That Ends Well
- As You Like It
- Comedy of Errors
- Love's Labour's Lost
- Measure for Measure
- Merchant of Venice
- Merry Wives of Windsor
- Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado about Nothing
- Taming of the Shrew
- Tempest
- Twelfth Night
- Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Winter's Tale
HISTORIES
- Henry IV, Part I
- Henry IV, Part II
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part I
- Henry VI, Part II
- Henry VI, Part III
- Henry VIII
- King John
- Pericles
- Richard II
- Richard III
TRAGEDIES
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Julius Caesar
- King Lear
- Macbeth
- Othello
- Romeo and Juliet
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
500
Who wrote the poem Still I Rise?
Maya Angelou
500
What is J. R. R. Tolkien's full name?
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
500
What is the name of Bilbo's mother?
Belladonna Took
500
"Come along! Help yourself again, there is plenty and to spare!"
Smaug
500
If more of us valued ____ and ____ and ____ above _____ ____, it would be a _____ world.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
500
Spell the name of the technique that refers to words which mimic the sound that something makes.
Onomatopoeia