4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which language is spoken in the inscription on J.R.R. Tolkien’s One Ring?
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Black Speech
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 essay on Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Oxford title did J.R.R. Tolkien hold from 1945 to 1959?
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Merton Professor of English Language and Literature
Which Elvish writing system did J.R.R. Tolkien call the Tengwar?
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Fëanorian letters
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1939 lecture on the literary value of fairy stories?
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On Fairy-Stories
In which battle was J.R.R. Tolkien serving when he became ill during World War I?
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Battle of the Somme
What is the name of the haven where J.R.R. Tolkien’s Frodo leaves Middle-earth?
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The Grey Havens
Which 1962 poetry collection by J.R.R. Tolkien includes the poem “Tom Bombadil”?
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford academic chair called from 1945 to 1959?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
What is the final volume of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings called?
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The Return of the King
On which major reference work did J.R.R. Tolkien work as an assistant lexicographer?
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The Oxford English Dictionary
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that influenced modern literary study of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
At which 1916 battle was J.R.R. Tolkien serving as a British Army signals officer?
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Battle of the Somme
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic specialty at Oxford before he became widely known as an author?
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Old and Middle English
What was the name of Gandalf’s sword in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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Glamdring
What was the name of Tolkien’s first published poem about Tom Bombadil?
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Which university professor of Anglo-Saxon was J.R.R. Tolkien at Oxford from 1925 to 1945?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor
At which Oxford college did Tolkien teach English language and literature?
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Merton College
Which Tolkien work was first published in 1949 as a fairy tale about a farmer and a giant?
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Farmer Giles of Ham