How old is Frodo human years?

So at the time of LOTR, Frodo as a hobbit would be 51, but as a human would be 27.9 years old. Pippin would be 15.8, Sam would be 21.3 and Merry would be 20.2.
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How old are hobbits in human years?

Hobbits can sometimes live for up to one hundred and thirty years, although their average life expectancy is one hundred years. The time at which a young Hobbit "comes of age" is thirty-three. Thus, a fifty-year-old Hobbit would only look 26–30 years by human standards.
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How old is Frodo at his birthday party?

It was coincidentally also the 33rd birthday of his nephew Frodo Baggins. Another significance was that Bilbo's and Frodo's years on that day summed up 144 - a gross, and for that reason a portion of the party was "invitation only" with 144 guests.
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How old is Frodo at the beginning?

Frodo Baggins - 50

In the original story, Frodo waits for a full 17 years in Bag End between Bilbo's departure and the beginning of his own adventure with the One Ring, putting him at a respectable 50 years of age.
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Is Legolas older than Gandalf?

Gandalf has a younger form in Middle-Earth who is appeared to be about 60 but in reality he is 2019 making him older than Middle-Earth. Legolas was not born in TA 87, that date was made up for a reference book to the films. His actual date of birth is unknown.
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Is Legolas older than Elrond?

I'm reading the fall of Gondolin and at one point the citizens of the city are fleeing over a plain, they are led by Legolas Greenleaf (page 100 in my book). At the same time the son of Tuor and Idril Eärendil, is 8 years old, he is also the father of Elrond.
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Why does Sam call him Mr Frodo?

Sam begins calling Frodo “master” because he is impelled to do so by the power of the Ring. The few times that Sam refers to Frodo as “my master” before Book 4, the influence of the Ring is a direct factor. The first two times occur just after Weathertop, as Frodo fights the Morgul blade traveling towards his heart.
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Do hobbits age slowly?

Hobbits mature (pass through childhood, from birth to sexual maturity) much more slowly than humans1 do. They age (pass through adulthood, from sexual maturity to death) significantly more slowly than humans do, but not at such a slow rate as their childhood might suggest.
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How old was Merry and Pippin when died?

Merry and Pippin died at the ages of 109 and 101 respectively, and were laid to rest in Rath Dínen with other great heroes of Gondor, with tombs that were right next to Aragorn's.
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How old was Gandalf the GREY?

The closest approximation of Gandalf's physical age is 24,000 years old, according to Gandalf himself. Yet, various dates of key events in other Tolkien texts show that Gandalf has actually only walked in his physical form for just over two thousand years.
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How much older is Bilbo than Frodo?

Frodo Was 50 Years Old

Bilbo was 111, and Frodo was 33. Hobbits considered 33 a coming-of-age year, so knowing that Frodo was 50 when he took the One Ring to Mordor meant that he was older than Jackson portrayed him in his films.
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Is Frodo a kid?

An only child, Frodo stayed in Brandy Hall until his 99-year-old "uncle" Bilbo adopted him in TA 2989. Bilbo took Frodo to live with him in his home at Bag End and made him his heir.
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How old was Frodo when Bilbo was 111?

The combined ages of Bilbo and Frodo were 144, therefore Frodo would have been 33 (they shared the same birthday, hence Bilbo referring to "Our Birthday.") As Einer mentions this is a dozen dozen, in English this is a gross, but the word gross can also mean very rude or coarse, vulgar; when used as an adjective.
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Is Frodo in love with Sam?

Sam and Frodo love each other fully deeply and with as much commitment that any bond described. Sam even admits it one night to Frodo while watching him sleep.
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Is Samwise Gamgee black?

That Sam's hands were brown because they were dirty, or because he'd simply been tanned by time spent gardening in the sun. And while both of these are possible explanations, there's enough evidence of racial diversity among hobbits that I think it's just as likely that Sam simply isn't white.
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Who is the real hero of Lord of the Rings?

Most people think Frodo is the true hero of The Lord of the Rings. To put it another way: It is accepted by nearly all readers that the novel is about Frodo. It's his quest, his burden, he's the focus.
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Who is the oldest person in The Lord of the Rings?

Tom Bombadil is the oldest, as are other Maiar and Varda listed above. The Ents came from the thoughts of Yvanna (a Varda), who is the same age as Tom Bombadil. Also, the Ents were not resistant to Saruman's evil, but Tom Bombadil was unaffected by Sauron's evil ring.
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How old can a elf live?

An elf reaches adulthood at about 110 years of age and can live to be more than 700 years old.
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Who is the oldest being in Middle-earth?

Both Tom and Treebeard were referred to as the oldest living creatures of Arda, though it is not clear which of the two is the oldest. However, according to Tolkien's letters, it is implied that Bombadil was the oldest living being in Middle-earth.
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How old is Smaug?

Certainly dragons live very, very long-- Glaurung had been 'brooding' for a century, and was still considered to be juvenile. Smaug was at very least ~180 years old by the time he was slain.
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What age is Gollum?

The ages of his characters differ wildly; Gollum is almost 600 years old, while Elrond, the elf, is several thousand years old, and Gandalf the Grey – and later the White – is immortal (for display reasons, both are thus not mentioned here).
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