4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which 1957 prize did J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings win?
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International Fantasy Award
What was the full name of J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit?
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Which Tolkien essay was first delivered as a 1939 lecture about fantasy and fairy stories?
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On Fairy-Stories
What name is given to the group that included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis?
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The Inklings
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien hold the post of Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon?
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University of Oxford
Which fictional inn in Bree appears in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring?
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The Prancing Pony
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s biography, at which university did he become a professor of Anglo-Saxon in 1925?
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University of Oxford
What name did J.R.R. Tolkien give to the great lamp-shaped trees of Valinor?
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The Two Trees of Valinor
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford academic position in Anglo-Saxon from 1925?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
What is the full title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s influential 1936 lecture on Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What language did J.R.R. Tolkien invent for the inscription on the One Ring?
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Black Speech of Mordor
What was the name of Tolkien’s scholarly edition with E.V. Gordon?
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien teach at as a professor and fellow?
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Merton College
Which Tolkien essay, first delivered in 1936, transformed modern discussion of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime army regiment during World War I?
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Lancashire Fusiliers
What is the inscription on the One Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings written in?
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Black Speech of Mordor