What honor did J.R.R. Tolkien receive in 1972 for his services to literature?
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What academic position did J.R.R. Tolkien hold at Oxford from 1945 to 1959?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Which Tolkien novel first introduces Tom Bombadil?
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The Fellowship of the Ring
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic professorship at Oxford from 1925?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Which 1936 lecture by J.R.R. Tolkien defended Beowulf as literature?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was the name of Tolkien's wife, whom he represented as Lúthien?
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Edith Tolkien
Which character is the central burglar in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
What was the name of Tolkien’s wife, whom he commemorated as Lúthien?
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Edith Tolkien
At which English university did J.R.R. Tolkien teach Anglo-Saxon and English literature?
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University of Oxford
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology, what is the capital city of Númenor?
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Armenelos
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien become a professor of English language in 1924?
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University of Leeds
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor?
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University of Oxford
What was the name of the Oxford school where J.R.R. Tolkien taught from 1925 to 1945?
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Pembroke College
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s eldest son, who became a priest?
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John Tolkien
What name did J.R.R. Tolkien give to the sudden joyful turn at the end of a story?
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Eucatastrophe
What subject did J.R.R. Tolkien study at Oxford when he completed his degree?
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English Language and Literature
What subtitle was printed on the first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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There and Back Again
Which Tolkien novel follows Bilbo Baggins’s nephew Frodo?
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The Lord of the Rings
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first major professional project after World War I?
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The Oxford English Dictionary
What is the name of the forest realm ruled by Thranduil in Tolkien’s Middle-earth?
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Woodland Realm
Which 1925 academic edition did J.R.R. Tolkien publish with E.V. Gordon?
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Which battle did J.R.R. Tolkien experience as a soldier in 1916?
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Battle of the Somme