4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which of J.R.R. Tolkien’s sons edited and published many of his unfinished Middle-earth writings?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which Tolkien work was first published in 1964 with the essay “On Fairy-Stories”?
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Tree and Leaf
What fictional metal is used for the blade Sting in J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories?
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No fictional metal
What is the title of the first chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion?
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Ainulindalë
Which Oxford college employed J.R.R. Tolkien from 1925 to 1945?
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Pembroke College
Which Tolkien novel was published posthumously in 1977, four years after his death?
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The Silmarillion
Which Tolkien son edited The History of Middle-earth after J.R.R. Tolkien’s death?
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Christopher Tolkien
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s eldest son, who became a Tolkien scholar?
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John Tolkien
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published Middle-earth legendarium work?
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The Hobbit
Which Oxford university post did J.R.R. Tolkien hold from 1925?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Which Tolkien novel features the dragon Glaurung as its chief antagonist?
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The Children of Húrin
What is the name of J.R.R. Tolkien's wizard character who returns as Gandalf the White?
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Gandalf the Grey
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1962 collection of poems about Middle-earth?
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Which university employed J.R.R. Tolkien as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor from 1925?
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University of Oxford
Who edited and organized J.R.R. Tolkien’s unfinished mythology for the 1977 publication of The Silmarillion?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which 1954 book by J.R.R. Tolkien begins The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
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The Fellowship of the Ring
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1931 essay about Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics