4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who created the original illustrations for J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Which Tolkien novel, published posthumously in 2007, tells the story of Túrin Turambar?
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The Children of Húrin
Which Tolkien family member edited the 12-volume History of Middle-earth?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which Tolkien work was published in 1977 as a collection of mythology edited from his papers?
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The Silmarillion
What is the second volume of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings called?
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The Two Towers
What name did J.R.R. Tolkien give to the father of the Elves in his mythology?
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Eru Ilúvatar
Which university chair did J.R.R. Tolkien hold from 1925 to 1945?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture about the Old English epic Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published scholarly essay on Beowulf’s literary importance?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was the name of Tolkien's wife and longtime literary collaborator?
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Edith Tolkien
Who is Elrond’s father in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium?
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Eärendil
What was the name of the British Army regiment J.R.R. Tolkien served with during the First World War?
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Lancashire Fusiliers
Which university college employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a professor from 1945?
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Merton College, Oxford
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s short story about a painter and his tree?
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Leaf by Niggle
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic subject at the University of Leeds from 1920 to 1925?
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English language
On what date was J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit first published in Britain?
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21 September 1937
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1949 comic fantasy about a farmer and a dragon?
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Farmer Giles of Ham
Which publisher released the first British edition of The Lord of the Rings?
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George Allen & Unwin