In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, what is the name of the tower where Frodo is held after Shelob’s attack?
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The Tower of Cirith Ungol
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 Tolkien’s wartime group of friends and writers at Oxford?
Answer
The Inklings
Which Tolkien work was published posthumously in 2015 as his version of the Kullervo story?
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The Story of Kullervo
Which Tolkien novel was published first: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, or The Return of the King?
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The Fellowship of the Ring
Which Tolkien essay argues that fantasy can provide “recovery, escape, and consolation”?
Answer
On Fairy-Stories
Which Tolkien work contains the poem “The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late”?
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Which battle did J.R.R. Tolkien experience during the First World War before becoming seriously ill?
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Battle of the Somme
On what date was J.R.R. Tolkien born in Bloemfontein?
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3 January 1892
What title does Gandalf gain after defeating the Balrog in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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Gandalf the White
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology, what is the name of the two trees that once illuminated Valinor?
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Telperion and Laurelin
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthplace in 1892?
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Bloemfontein
What 1936 lecture by J.R.R. Tolkien helped reshape modern study of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Tolkien family member edited and published much of J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumous work?
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Christopher Tolkien
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien hold his first professorship?
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University of Leeds
Which Tolkien book contains the essay “On Fairy-Stories”?
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Tree and Leaf
Which character is the narrator’s central hero in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
Which regiment did J.R.R. Tolkien join during the First World War?
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Lancashire Fusiliers
Which 1954 novel by J.R.R. Tolkien begins The Lord of the Rings?
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The Fellowship of the Ring
What was the name of Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that changed the study of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic field at Oxford University, where he became a professor?
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English language and literature
What Oxford pub was the meeting place of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Inklings?
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The Eagle and Child