How did Gandalf beat the trolls?

When the trolls are arguing over whether/how to kill Bilbo and the dwarves, Gandalf chimes in (out-of-sight), sounding like one of the other trolls. So Gandalf goads the trolls on by making his voice sound like each of them in turn, fostering the argument about how to eat Bilbo and the dwarves.

Did Gandalf turns the trolls to stone?

In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins and the Dwarf company encountered three trolls on their journey to Erebor. The trolls captured the Dwarves and prepared to eat them, but the wizard Gandalf managed to distract them until dawn, when exposure to sunlight turned them into stone.

Do trolls hate sunlight?

Unlike the older race of the Twilight they could endure the Sun, so long as the will of Sauron held sway over them. Trolls, or at least the kind like Bill Huggins and his mates, apparently arose in some way from the earth itself, and if they were struck by open sunlight, they would revert to it.

Do all trolls turn to stone in sunlight?

In Scandinavian fairy tales, trolls turn to stone if caught in sunlight. They are Morgoth’s mockery of Ents and are divided into subtypes, such as hill-trolls, mountain-trolls, cave-troll, stone-trolls. And like in the Scandinavian tales, they turn to stone in sunlight.

What does Gandalf repeatedly warn Bilbo and the dwarves?

As Bilbo and the dwarves go to bed, Gandalf warns them that they must not go outside until morning. During the night, Bilbo hears growling outside and wonders whether it is Beorn in the shape of a bear. When Bilbo awakes the next morning, Gandalf is gone and does not return until evening.

Why is it important that Gandalf isn’t there when the expedition meets the trolls?

Why is it important that Gandalf is not present when the expedition meets the trolls? Gandalf is not present when the expedition meets the trolls to show that the company is going to face difficulties that will be more challenging than the trolls. Also to learn to work together.

How do trolls mate?

Adult trolls do not reproduce in person, but rather by supplying their genetic material to filial pails carried by Imperial Drones which are then offered to the monstrous Mother Grub deep underground in the brooding caverns.

How is Bilbo caught?

He finds three trolls — Bert, Tom, and William — around a fire, roasting mutton and complaining of having no men to eat. Bilbo, trying to act like a burglar, is caught trying to pick William’s pocket. They capture him and put him into a sack, and then do the same to the rest of the dwarves who come looking for Bilbo.

Why didn’t Bilbo find the note which the dwarves had left for him until Gandalf appeared?

Why didn’t Bilbo find the note that the dwarves had left for him before Gandalf appeared? He hadn’t dusted his mantelpiece in a very long time so the note was covered with dust and Bilbo couldn’t see it under the clock.

What happens to Bilbo at the end of Chapter 4?

The goblins go into a rage and the Great Goblin lunges at Thorin to eat him. The goblins follow quickly after them, and one of the goblins catches up to the dwarf Dori, who has been carrying Bilbo on his back. Bilbo falls off, strikes his head on the ground, and loses consciousness.