From Middle-earth to Westeros

A bit of a mix today with questions based on literature, film and television.

The three kinds of Hobbits: …, Stoors (centre) and Fallohides (right).
Image — Art by Lidia Postma. Tolkien Gateway

One

Fallohides and Stoors are two of the three Hobbit breeds created in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional history of Middle-earth. Which is the third?

Two

What TV presenter—top guy who did a tour on the farm apparently—when a child in 1972, was one of the recipients of the first prototype Paddington Bear stuffed toy, which was made by his parents?

Three

There were five stones in the beginning. Over the centuries, they were dispersed by wars, sold off by thieves like you.

―Mola Ram

The above quote is from a 1984 adventure film. What film, and who co-starred as Willie Scott in this film?

Four

Zem, is an affable, yet stupid, swamp-dwelling m…

An eight-letter word, finishes the above quote from Wikipedia about a creature from the swampy planet Sqornshellous Zeta in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?

Five

In HBO’s Game of Thrones, what role does Gwendoline Christie play?

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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Author: Scott F

As a retired trivia writer, editor and quiz compiler, I wholeheartedly agree with Bertrand Russell’s quote: “There’s much pleasure to be gained in useless knowledge.” Trivia of all sorts has always fascinated me, and for many years, I’ve written and compiled trivia for various media, including traditional TV and radio quiz shows, newspapers and magazines, apps, and other digital platforms.

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