4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1947 essay about the nature of fairy stories?
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On Fairy-Stories
What is the name of the first story in J.R.R. Tolkien’s published book Unfinished Tales?
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Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin
What is the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s essay on the fairy-story genre?
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On Fairy-Stories
Which Tolkien story features the painter Niggle, who must complete a mysterious tree?
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Leaf by Niggle
Which 1936 Tolkien lecture argued that Beowulf should be valued primarily as a poem?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Tolkien novel features the dragon Smaug as its principal dragon?
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The Hobbit
What is the full name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s character Aragorn?
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Aragorn II Elessar
Which of J.R.R. Tolkien’s books was published posthumously in 1977 by Christopher Tolkien?
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The Silmarillion
What is the title of Tolkien’s posthumously published 2007 book about Túrin Turambar?
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The Children of Húrin
What academic field did J.R.R. Tolkien teach and study as a philologist?
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English language and literature
At which Oxford college was J.R.R. Tolkien a professor and fellow from 1925?
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Pembroke College
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published academic essay on Beowulf criticism?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
At which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien teach and serve as a fellow?
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Merton College
In which Oxford subject did J.R.R. Tolkien become a professor in 1925?
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Anglo-Saxon
Who completed the editorial work on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion before its 1977 publication?
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Christopher Tolkien