Book Quiz - March 2013

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We have teamed up with audio book publishers AudioGO (home of BBC audiobooks) to offer you a fantastic opportunity to win an audio book of your choice worth up to £25 throughout 2013. Most titles are available in both CD and download format. Here is a selection of Tolkien books available from AudioGO:

  • The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit collection. CD £60.00
  • The Hobbit. Download £3.99 and CD £7.50
  • Tales from The Perilous Realm. Download £7.49

Tolkien Quiz

25 March is Tolkien day, a great day to celebrate his wonderful novels; our quiz has a middle earth theme this month. The closing date is 1 April:

  1. What is the name of the village where Bilbo Baggins lives?
  2. The Lord of the Rings follows the journey of Frodo Baggins to destroy the master ring, known as the 'one ring' - can you name the wizard who created it?
  3. Everybody knows that J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but do you know what Tolkien's first name was?
  4. Which Tolkien novel is also known as There and back again?
  5. The Lord of the Rings features many different creatures and races, such as Elves, Goblins, Humans, Ents and Dwarves - Gimli is a major character in the novel, but which race of middle earth does he represent?
  6. Can you name the fearsome dragon who guards his treasure hoard deep within the lonely mountain?

Last months answers

  1. Cecelia Ahern
  2. Sophie Kinsella
  3. Brigette Jones
  4. Doctor Zhivago
  5. "…getting married"
  6. The notebook

Last updated: 5 March 2013

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