The Hobbit Riddles questions and answers
with solutions
Alive without breath, As cold as death; never thirsty, ever drinking, all in mail never clinking -
ANSWER Fish (Gollum)
Thirty White horses on a red hill, First they champ, Then they stamp, Then they stand Still -
ANSWER Teeth (Bilbo)
What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, Up it goes, And yet it never Grows -
ANSWER Mountain (Gollum)
This thing all things devours: birds, beasts, trees, flowers; gnaws iron, bites steel; grinds hard
stone to meal; slays king, ruins town, and beats high mountain down - ANSWER Time (Gollum)
A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure is hid. - ANSWER Egg (Bilbo)
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. I comes after and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter -
ANSWER Dark (Gollum)
Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, mouthless mutters - ANSWER Wind (Gollum)
An eye in a blue face saw an eye in a green face. "that eye is like to this eye" said the first eye
"But in low place Not in high place" - ANSWER Sun on Daisies (Bilbo)
What is in my pocket? - ANSWER A ring (Bilbo)
with solutions
Alive without breath, As cold as death; never thirsty, ever drinking, all in mail never clinking -
ANSWER Fish (Gollum)
Thirty White horses on a red hill, First they champ, Then they stamp, Then they stand Still -
ANSWER Teeth (Bilbo)
What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, Up it goes, And yet it never Grows -
ANSWER Mountain (Gollum)
This thing all things devours: birds, beasts, trees, flowers; gnaws iron, bites steel; grinds hard
stone to meal; slays king, ruins town, and beats high mountain down - ANSWER Time (Gollum)
A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure is hid. - ANSWER Egg (Bilbo)
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. I comes after and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter -
ANSWER Dark (Gollum)
Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, mouthless mutters - ANSWER Wind (Gollum)
An eye in a blue face saw an eye in a green face. "that eye is like to this eye" said the first eye
"But in low place Not in high place" - ANSWER Sun on Daisies (Bilbo)
What is in my pocket? - ANSWER A ring (Bilbo)
