4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was the name of the student group J.R.R. Tolkien belonged to at King Edward’s School?
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Tea Club and Barrovian Society
What title did J.R.R. Tolkien give his influential 1936 lecture on Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which fictional character is the protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
Which fictional language is used for the inscription on the One Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s lore?
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Black Speech of Mordor
Which publishing house released J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit in 1937?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s father, who died in South Africa in 1896?
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Arthur Tolkien
Which fictional people created the Rings of Power in J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology?
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Elves of Eregion
Which Oxford university held J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic post as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor?
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University of Oxford
Who edited J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumous 1977 book The Silmarillion?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which Tolkien book was published posthumously in 2007 as a complete version of a First Age tale?
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The Children of Húrin
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture later published as an influential essay on Old English literature?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was the name of the fictional inn where Frodo met Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings?
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The Prancing Pony
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 2017 book about the mortal Beren and the Elf Lúthien?
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Beren and Lúthien
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published novel about a hobbit called?
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The Hobbit
Which university did J.R.R. Tolkien teach at from 1925 to 1945?
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University of Oxford
Which Tolkien essay is famous for discussing the Old English poem Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics