4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which fictional manuscript is presented as the source of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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The Red Book of Westmarch
At which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien hold his final professorship?
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Merton College
Which group of writers and scholars met with J.R.R. Tolkien in Oxford?
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The Inklings
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien's wife, who inspired Lúthien?
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Edith Tolkien
What is the name of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1939 lecture that introduced the concept of eucatastrophe?
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On Fairy-Stories
In J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, what is the name of Smaug's lair?
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The Lonely Mountain
Which hobbit is the main character of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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Frodo Baggins
What metal is the dwarf-mined substance mithril in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth?
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A fictional metal
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, what is the name of the inn at Bree?
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The Prancing Pony
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first academic teaching post, held from 1920 to 1925?
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University of Leeds
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1954 novel about Frodo's quest to destroy the One Ring?
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The Fellowship of the Ring
Which Tolkien character is also known as Eärendil the Mariner?
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Eärendil
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1939 lecture that became a landmark essay on Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was the name of Tolkien’s Oxford college as a student?
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Exeter College
Which Tolkien work was published in 1949 as a humorous medieval-style story about a farmer?
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Farmer Giles of Ham
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s biography, which university did he attend as an undergraduate?
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University of Oxford
In Tolkien’s legendarium, who created the One Ring?
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Sauron
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s military role during the Battle of the Somme?
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Signals officer
Who is J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional king known as Elessar?
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Aragorn
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s youngest son, who edited many of his unpublished works?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which 1936 lecture by J.R.R. Tolkien became a landmark defense of monsters in Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics