His bicycle (at least it looked just like his used to) upon leaving the train on his way to what was later called 'Niggle's Parish'.

yes, indeed :)

Smith of Wootton Major had a grandson. What was his name?

Tomling?

Right, NightKnight! Go ahead with the next question!

Who was farmer Giles's wife?

Her name was Agatha; when Giles became king, she was described as: :D

Absolutely. :)

How were Nokes of Townsend and Smith of Wootton Major related?

Smith was Nokes' father-in-law.

nope - try again!

That's the problem with thinking too much and not reading carefully enough. Nokes and Smith were brothers in law. Their wives were sisters.

That's closer, but still not quite right.

This is truly humiliating. Three times reading the same two passages and only the last furnishes the right answer. Smith is Nokes of Townsend's uncle by marriage.

That's the right answer! Almost complicated enough for a Hobbit, isn't it?!

Just too complicated for an unlearned lore-student in these dark times.

What was the subject of the unfinished sequel to Farmer Giles of Ham?

It was:

Indeed it is. Your turn

Who does not believe the tale of Rover's adventures?

The second Rover that Roverandom met, under the sea?

No - It was someone else who didn't believe it.

That'd be Tinker the Cat (and she was being jealous!)

Yes indeed, HI! Go ahead with a new one!

Thanks :)

What does PAM stand for?

Artaxerxes' job title
 

Pacific and Atlantic Magician.

According to my annotated copy of Roverandom, this could be an oblique reference to the British Prime Minister Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerstone (1784-1865), who was often referred to as 'Pam'.

exactly :) take it over

The Dark Side of Forn
 

Of which creature's skin does Tom Bombadil threaten to make a gift to our illustrious founder and his kin?

That's an otter. Brrrr, what a fate!

What a fate for whom?
 

I don't know: I think that BW would look quite good in an otter-skin hat. That's the answer, though.

Which method of transportation did Mrs Artaxerxes use on land?

That'd be aquarium on the wheelchair, if I'm not mistaken :)

Nice try, but it's not what Tolkien tells us!

hum, to be more precise (having scanned the book, not trusting my memory any more), that definitely was:

bath-chair drawn by white ponies

:D

A bath-chair it was indeed! Your turn...

Thanks :)

Next serve:

Nokes accused Alf of being 'nimble' and something else (which, as far as I may judge, is representation of what Tolkien himself may have been accused of :) (there are at least two senses to the word, that is). Name that another accusation

An accusation of economy
 

"You were always a tricky fellow: nimble one might say. And thrifty: wouldn't waste a bee's knee of butter."

nice try, but not cylindrical smoking thing!
 

Not quite. Tolkien may have been tight-fisted, but that was not main characteristic of him, I daresay. Besides, second word I'm after in its second sense, a sense not applicable to Tolkien, means something close to 'cunning'

Advice from an 'elder'
 

Kindly old Nokes warns Alf not to let his apprentice play him any tricks:

In other words, he accuses Alf of being artful. Like Tolkien, he was certainly full of art, but hardly that.

Spot on, Squatter :)

take it away

A rubbish question
 

According to J.R.R. Tolkien, how did the littering of Britain's beauty spots begin, and who was responsible?