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200

This puts Bombur into a deep and magical slumber.

What is the Enchanted Stream?

200

Bilbo's mother, whom he gets his adventurous side from.

Who is Belladonna Took?

200

Type of bird that tells Bard where Smaug's weakness is.

What is a thrush?

200

The riddle that Bilbo stumped Gollum with.

What is "What is in my pocket?"

200

The general atomosphere or emotional state of mind an author is trying to convey.

What is mood?

400

Where Dain and his people are from.

Where are the Iron Hills?

400

They are Thorin's nephews.

Who are Kili and Fili?

400

What Bilbo remembers most about Gandalf from his childhood.

What are fireworks?

400

The weapon used to slay Smaug.

What is the Black Arrow?

400

When the audience knows something that the characters do not.

What is dramatic irony?

600

Where the necromancer is driven out of by Gandalf.

Where is southern Mirkwood?

600

Who Bard is a decendant of.

Who is Girion, Lord of Dale?

600

This is the way that Gandalf tricks Beorn into letting them lodge with him.

What is hooking Beorn with their story while slowly revealing the size of their party?

600

What Elrond finds hidden on the map Thorin was given.

What are moon-letters?

600

A type of physical comedy characterized by broad humour, absurd situations, and vigorous, usually violent action.

What is slapstick comedy?

800

Laketown's former name.

What is Esgaroth?
800

The goblin who leads an attack on the Lonely Mountain.

Who is Bolg?

800

What Bilbo discovers when he gets home.

What is all his belongings being auctioned away?

800

The metal that Bilbo's chainmail is made of.

What is mithril?

800

When a character is recused from a seemingly hopeless situation by an unexpected power.

What is Deus ex Machina?

1000

The rock formation near Beorn's abode.

What is the Carrack?

1000
Bilbo's father, whom he inherits his more respectable and nonadventurous nature.

Who is Bungo Baggins?

1000

The five races that participated in the Battle of the Five Armies.

What are men, dwarves, elves, goblins, and wargs (wolves)?

1000

The translation of Gandalf's sword, Glamdring, that he finds in the Troll Cave.

What is Foe-hammer?

1000

The appearance of a story or world being truthful or believable.

What is Verisimilitude?