4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Tolkien work contains the creation story known as the Ainulindalë?
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The Silmarillion
Which son of J.R.R. Tolkien edited the twelve-volume History of Middle-earth?
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Christopher Tolkien
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1962 poetry collection about Tom Bombadil?
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Which son edited J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumous book The Silmarillion?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which company published the first authorized English edition of The Lord of the Rings?
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George Allen & Unwin
Which informal literary group did J.R.R. Tolkien co-found at Oxford?
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The Inklings
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that became a landmark essay on fantasy?
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On Fairy-Stories
What academic subject did J.R.R. Tolkien teach at Oxford from 1925?
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Anglo-Saxon
What is the name of the first section of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion?
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Ainulindalë
Which novel did J.R.R. Tolkien publish first, in 1937?
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The Hobbit
Which Tolkien work was originally written as a sequel to The Hobbit?
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The Lord of the Rings
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional language Quenya, what does “Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo” mean?
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A star shines on the hour of our meeting
Which Tolkien work was published posthumously in 2007 as a standalone story about Túrin Turambar?
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The Children of Húrin
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s informal literary group at Oxford?
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The Inklings
Which poem did J.R.R. Tolkien publish with E.V. Gordon in 1925?
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as a fellow while writing The Hobbit?
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Pembroke College
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that changed views of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which battle did J.R.R. Tolkien survive while serving with the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1916?
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Battle of the Somme
What was J.R.R. Tolkien's first published academic paper on Beowulf called?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics