What were the riddles between Bilbo and Gollum?

What were the riddles between Bilbo and Gollum?

Gollum: Alive without breath, as cold as death, never thirsty, ever drinking, all in mail never clinking. 8. Bilbo: No-legs lay on one-leg, two legs sat near on three legs, four legs got some. 9.

What are the three riddles in The Hobbit?

What are the riddles that Gollum asked Bilbo in The Hobbit?

• Riddle 1: What has roots as nobody sees,
• Riddle 2: Voiceless it cries,
• Riddle 3: It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
• Riddle 4: Alive without breath,
• Riddle 5: This thing all things devours;
• Answers: (1) mountain, (2) wind, (3) dark, (4) fish, (5) time.

Why do Bilbo and Gollum speak in riddles?

Because he lives alone, Gollum is in the habit of speaking to himself in a hissing baby-talk, calling himself “my precious.” Trying to assess Bilbo, he engages him in a game of riddles, at which Bilbo proves his equal. Bilbo becomes invisible, and Gollum cannot find him to attack.

What statement did Gollum confused as a riddle?

He happens to feel the ring in his pocket and asks himself, out loud, “What have I got in my pocket?” Gollum takes this for a riddle and demands three guesses. They are all incorrect, and he heads to his island, planning to get his ring, sneak up on Bilbo invisibly, and eat him.

How many riddles are there in the Hobbit?

nine riddles
[edit] From the publisher How many versions of the Hobbit are there? What is the buried secret in the nine riddles Bilbo and Gollum swap between one another?

What does Gollum call Bilbo?

Sméagol
Bilbo Baggins found the Ring and took it for his own, and Gollum afterwards pursued it for the rest of his life….

What are some famous riddles?

Albert Einstein: A fishy riddle

• The Brit lives in the red house.
• The Swede has a pet dog.
• The Dane drinks tea.
• The green house is directly to the left of the white house.
• The person in the green house drinks coffee.
• The person who smokes Pall Mall has a pet bird.
• The person in the yellow house smokes Dunhill cigars.

What was Bilbo’s unfair question?

Gollum and Bilbo agree to test each other with riddles. If Gollum wins, he gets to eat Bilbo. If Bilbo wins, Gollum will show him the way out of the cave. Bilbo asks an unfair question and the end of the game causing Gollum to lose; the question was unfair, but Bilbo demands fair repayment.

Who became king after Thorin died?

Dain
After the death of Thorin in the Battle of Five Armies, Dain becomes King under the Mountain. He redeems the Arkenstone from Bard with a fourteenth of the treasure, which is used to re-establish Dale. Over the next three years, Bard rebuilds the city of Dale and becomes its ruler.

Has Gandalf killed a dragon?

Gandalf has never slain a dragon. As a wizard, he has probably never slain anything larger than a midge (“What do they do when they can’t get hobbit?”) For one thing, Gandalf is not a warrior by nature because he is not on a mission of war, but of leading to the Light by example.