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 character carries the One Ring from the Shire toward Mount Doom?
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Frodo Baggins
Which Tolkien book was published in 1977 as a mythology of Middle-earth’s earliest ages?
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The Silmarillion
Which Tolkien character is known as the Lord of the Eagles?
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Gwaihir
Which 1936 essay by J.R.R. Tolkien became influential in modern Beowulf criticism?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which daughter of J.R.R. Tolkien served as a literary trustee of his estate?
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Priscilla Tolkien
Which 1936 lecture by J.R.R. Tolkien later became a major essay on Beowulf and literature?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first academic publication about Beowulf called?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Tolkien work explains his idea of a ‘secondary world’ and the value of fantasy?
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On Fairy-Stories
Which Oxford pub was associated with J.R.R. Tolkien and the Inklings?
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The Eagle and Child
What is the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumously published 1977 mythology collection?
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The Silmarillion
Which Tolkien character is the burglar hired by Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
What are the initials represented by the three R’s in J.R.R. Tolkien’s name?
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Ronald Reuel
Which J.R.R. Tolkien novel begins with the chapter “A Long-expected Party”?
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The Fellowship of the Ring
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture and essay about the literary importance of Beowulf called?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Who illustrated the original dust jacket and interior artwork for Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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J.R.R. Tolkien
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s eldest son, who edited The Silmarillion?
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Christopher Tolkien
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published scholarly work on a constructed language?
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A Secret Vice
Which Tolkien family member edited and published The Silmarillion in 1977?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which J.R.R. Tolkien character is known as the Grey Wizard?
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Gandalf