Which Tolkien essay introduced the term “eucatastrophe” for a sudden joyful turn in a story?
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On Fairy-Stories
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 essay, first published in 1936, reshaped modern criticism of the Old English poem Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What fictional race did J.R.R. Tolkien invent the word “Ent” to describe?
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Tree shepherds
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime military role in World War I?
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Signals officer
Which Tolkien child edited and published many of his father’s unfinished Middle-earth writings?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which medieval poem did J.R.R. Tolkien translate and publish with E.V. Gordon’s scholarship?
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s short story about an artist named Niggle?
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Leaf by Niggle
Which publishing company first issued J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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George Allen & Unwin
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien teach as a professor for most of his career?
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University of Oxford
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic position at the University of Leeds in 1920?
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Reader in English Language
Who edited and published many of J.R.R. Tolkien’s unfinished writings after his death?
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Christopher Tolkien
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published scholarly essay on Beowulf’s critical importance?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Tolkien novel introduces Bilbo Baggins as its central character?
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The Hobbit
Which Finnish epic influenced J.R.R. Tolkien’s development of Middle-earth?
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The Kalevala
Which 1936 lecture by J.R.R. Tolkien changed modern criticism of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Tolkien book was published posthumously in 2017 about Beren and Lúthien?
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Beren and Lúthien
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s eldest child, born in 1917?
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John Tolkien
Which Tolkien story features the artist Niggle and his journey after death?
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Leaf by Niggle
What is the name of the first story in J.R.R. Tolkien’s collection Unfinished Tales?
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Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin