Greatest hobbit deeds/actions

[Pervinca Took]

I agree with you completely on number 1, but would bump 3 up to 2.

I wonder if Lobelia should appear somewhere, for standing up to Sharkey's men ... and perhaps a little for her redemption at the end.

I would say the Taming of Smeagol was a very praiseworthy deed, too - even if its motives were mixed, compassion and finding a way to control Gollum (and hence try not to jeopardise the Quest) without killing him were pretty high among them.

Good point about Marcho and Blanco.

9 - Bilbo confronts Smaug. - Facing a dragon alone requires a lot of courage and character, but not as much as if one didn't have a magic ring.

I thought of this before seeing it in the list - or rather, going on alone down the tunnel to find Smaug there. Tolkien states in the book that that is the bravest thing Bilbo ever did.

[Belegorn]

I think when the Hobbits took back Hobbiton from the invaders after Saruman lost his station was pretty brave.

[Jabbawocky Took]

How about Frodo and the Barrow Wights? Gandalf singled it out even ahead of his encounter with the nazgul on weathertop. It was the first biggest test that Frodo went through, on his own and with no guidance from anyone at that stage.

Definitely agree that despite his final failure, Frodo just getting the Ring to mount doom was a huge achievement, given that he was going through mental torture the whole way through mordor.