What major reference work did J.R.R. Tolkien help compile early in his career?
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The Oxford English Dictionary
4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, what are the Silmarils?
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Three jewels of Fëanor
Which fictional people are called the Rohirrim in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth?
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The people of Rohan
What academic subject did J.R.R. Tolkien study at Oxford before becoming a professor?
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English language and literature
Which Tolkien short story features a painter who creates a vast tree and a landscape?
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Leaf by Niggle
Which publishing house first released J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first major published scholarly essay on Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
In which 1916 battle was J.R.R. Tolkien’s service as a British Army officer interrupted by illness?
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Battle of the Somme
What is J.R.R. Tolkien’s invented word for a sudden joyful turn in a tragic story?
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Eucatastrophe
What date does J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings story begin in the Shire?
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22 September 3001
Which character is the title hobbit in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
Which poem did J.R.R. Tolkien translate and publish in 1975 as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Which university employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a professor from 1925 until his retirement?
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University of Oxford
Which Tolkien book contains the account of Númenor’s downfall called the Akallabêth?
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The Silmarillion
What was the name of Bilbo Baggins’s birthday celebration in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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The Farewell Party
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, what is the name of Frodo Baggins’s gardener?
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Samwise Gamgee
Which Tolkien book first introduced the poem “The Road Goes Ever On”?
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The Fellowship of the Ring
What was the name of the battle where J.R.R. Tolkien served as a British Army signals officer in 1916?
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Battle of the Somme
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published Middle-earth book after his death in 1973?
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The Silmarillion
What event destroyed the island kingdom of Númenor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium?
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The Downfall of Númenor
Which fictional manuscript is said to contain Bilbo and Frodo Baggins’s account in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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The Red Book of Westmarch
In which 1916 battle was J.R.R. Tolkien serving as a signals officer when he became ill?
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Battle of the Somme