In which 1937 book did J.R.R. Tolkien introduce Bilbo Baggins?
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The Hobbit
4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What is the name of the first age of the Sun in J.R.R. Tolkien’s chronology?
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The First Age
What is the full name of Sam in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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Samwise Gamgee
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, what language is written on the One Ring?
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Black Speech
Which Tolkien book was published posthumously in 1977 as a collection of First Age legends?
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The Silmarillion
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s third given name?
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Reuel
Which Tolkien work contains the creation account beginning with Eru Ilúvatar and the Ainur?
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The Silmarillion
In which 1916 battle did J.R.R. Tolkien serve before illness ended his active front-line service?
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Battle of the Somme
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic field as a professor at Oxford?
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Anglo-Saxon
Which Oxford university was J.R.R. Tolkien’s longtime academic institution?
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University of Oxford
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthplace in South Africa?
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Bloemfontein
What was the name of Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that became a landmark study of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first academic book about?
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Middle English vocabulary
Which Tolkien character bears the Elvish name Elessar?
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Aragorn
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien become a professor in 1925?
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University of Oxford
Which World War I regiment did J.R.R. Tolkien serve with?
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Lancashire Fusiliers
What is the name of Tolkien’s literary term for a sudden joyous turn in a story?
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Eucatastrophe
What is the name of the fictional inn in Bree where Frodo meets Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings?
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The Prancing Pony
Which Tolkien character is known as the heir of Isildur?
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Aragorn