What was the original working title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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The New 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 was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s youngest son, who edited The Silmarillion after Tolkien’s death?
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Christopher Tolkien
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that defended monsters in Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published poem, printed in 1911?
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The Battle of the Eastern Field
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first academic teaching post, which he began at the University of Leeds in 1920?
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Reader in English Language
Which Tolkien work was published posthumously in 1977 as a collection of Middle-earth legends?
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The Silmarillion
In which journal was Tolkien’s essay Leaf by Niggle first published in 1945?
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The Dublin Review
Which Tolkien essay was based on his 1936 lecture about Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Tolkien book features the dragon Smaug as its principal villain?
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The Hobbit
What was the name of the school society J.R.R. Tolkien helped form at King Edward’s School?
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Tea Club and Barrovian Society
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s final completed Middle-earth novel published during his lifetime?
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The Lord of the Rings
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first academic chair at Oxford University?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Which Tolkien work was published posthumously in 1977 under Christopher Tolkien’s editorship?
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The Silmarillion
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that influenced his view of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published fantasy novel?
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The Hobbit
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic lecture that became an influential essay on Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was the original name of Minas Tirith in J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings?
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Minas Anor
What is the name of Aragorn’s father in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium?
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Arathorn II
Which of Tolkien’s children edited and published many of his posthumous works?
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Christopher Tolkien
In Tolkien’s legendarium, what are the two trees of Valinor called?
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Telperion and Laurelin
Which Tolkien work was first published in 1937?
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The Hobbit
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s profession at Oxford University?
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Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Which Tolkien novel features the dragon Smaug as its central antagonist?
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The Hobbit