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 work, published in 1977, was edited and completed by his son Christopher?
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The Silmarillion
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s full first name, including the three given names?
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John Ronald Reuel
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s sequel to The Hobbit?
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The Lord of the Rings
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published academic paper?
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The Devil’s Coach Horses
What is the name of the Tolkien manuscript collection donated to Marquette University?
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The J.R.R. Tolkien Collection
Which Tolkien novel begins with Bilbo Baggins’s eleventy-first birthday party?
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The Lord of the Rings
What is the name of the battle where Théoden dies in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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Battle of the Pelennor Fields
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic essay about the Old English epic Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Oxford university professorship did J.R.R. Tolkien hold from 1945?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as a professor from 1925 to 1959?
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University of Oxford
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic translation of the Old English epic Beowulf called?
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Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary
What is the first section of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion called?
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Ainulindalë