When was J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring first published?
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29 July 1954
4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who completed the editing of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion for publication?
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Christopher Tolkien
In Tolkien’s fiction, what kind of creature is Smaug?
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Dragon
Which posthumously published Tolkien work presents the myths of Arda?
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The Silmarillion
Which British honour did J.R.R. Tolkien receive in 1972?
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s fiction, what creature is Gollum originally?
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A hobbit
For which work did J.R.R. Tolkien receive the 1957 International Fantasy Award?
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The Lord of the Rings
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published academic paper about the medieval poem Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien study as an undergraduate?
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University of Oxford
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime army unit in the First World War?
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11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
In which English city did J.R.R. Tolkien spend much of his childhood?
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Birmingham
Which character is Bilbo Baggins’s heir in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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Frodo Baggins
What was the name of Tolkien’s youngest child, who helped edit his papers?
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Priscilla Tolkien
Which Tolkien work was published in 1936 as a scholarly essay about the poem Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What is the name of the inn at Bree in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring?
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The Prancing Pony
Who edited J.R.R. Tolkien's twelve-volume The History of Middle-earth after Tolkien's death?
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Christopher Tolkien
Who published the first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings?
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George Allen & Unwin
In J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology, what are the jewels created by Fëanor called?
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The Silmarils
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first academic teaching post, beginning in 1920?
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University of Leeds