Which Tolkien character first finds the One Ring in The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
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 title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s collection of letters written as Father Christmas?
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The Father Christmas Letters
Which Tolkien son edited and prepared The Silmarillion for publication after his father’s death?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which Tolkien character owns Bag End at the beginning of The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first university teaching post?
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University of Leeds
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic field when he studied at Oxford?
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English language and literature
Which Tolkien work includes the chapter “The Battle of the Pelennor Fields”?
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The Return of the King
Which 1939 lecture by J.R.R. Tolkien discussed the value and nature of fairy stories?
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On Fairy-Stories
Which fictional creature did J.R.R. Tolkien create the name “hobbit” for?
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A small humanoid people
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first job at the Oxford English Dictionary?
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Lexicographer
Which Oxford society did J.R.R. Tolkien regularly attend with C.S. Lewis?
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The Inklings
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published academic work on Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Tolkien story was first published in 1977 by Christopher Tolkien?
Answer
The Silmarillion
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, in which language is the Ring-inscription written?
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Black Speech of Mordor
Which Tolkien work was published posthumously in 1977?
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The Silmarillion
What is the subtitle of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit?
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There and Back Again
What was the name of Tolkien’s lecture that reshaped modern readings of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What title did J.R.R. Tolkien hold as Oxford’s Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor?
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Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Who edited and substantially assembled J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumous book The Silmarillion?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which language did J.R.R. Tolkien invent for the Orcs in The Lord of the Rings?
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Black Speech