What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic subject in his 1915 Oxford degree?
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English Language and Literature
4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Tolkien book is a collection of essays including “On Fairy-Stories”?
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The Monsters and the Critics
Which Tolkien story features the character Smith of Wootton Major?
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Smith of Wootton Major
Which Tolkien character is known as the Lady of Lothlórien?
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Galadriel
Which 2007 book did Christopher Tolkien compile from J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings about Túrin Turambar?
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The Children of Húrin
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first civilian job after the First World War?
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Assistant lexicographer on the Oxford English Dictionary
Who wrote J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit, first published in 1937?
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Which 1936 lecture by J.R.R. Tolkien became influential in the study of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which major battle concludes J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit?
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Battle of Five Armies
Which language is the inscription on the One Ring written in, according to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium?
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Black Speech of Mordor
What is the name of the forest where the Ents live in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth?
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Fangorn Forest
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic field at Oxford before he became famous as a fantasy author?
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English language and literature
In which war did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as a signals officer?
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World War I
Which college employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a professor from 1945 to 1959?
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Merton College
What is the former name of Mirkwood in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth?
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Greenwood the Great
Which Tolkien work contains the creation story of Arda in the section called the Ainulindalë?
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The Silmarillion
Who completed and edited many of J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumously published Middle-earth works?
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Christopher Tolkien
Who edited J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumously published collection The Silmarillion?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which First World War battle did J.R.R. Tolkien survive while serving in the British Army?
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Battle of the Somme
In Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, what language appears in the Ring inscription?
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Black Speech of Mordor
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first full-time academic post at Oxford?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published short story about an artist named Niggle?
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Leaf by Niggle
Which Tolkien essay explains his theory of fantasy’s three functions?
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On Fairy-Stories
Which Tolkien book was published in 1977 after editing by Christopher Tolkien?
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The Silmarillion