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 J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published academic essay on the Old English poem Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What club did J.R.R. Tolkien belong to with C.S. Lewis?
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The Inklings
Which Tolkien publication was edited and completed by his son Christopher and released in 1977?
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The Silmarillion
Which Tolkien academic essay introduced the influential idea of “eucatastrophe”?
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On Fairy-Stories
Which university did J.R.R. Tolkien attend as an undergraduate, studying classics before English?
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University of Oxford
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published academic book?
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A Middle English Vocabulary
Who completed the edited text of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion for publication?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which volume of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings concludes the trilogy?
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The Return of the King
Which language family includes Tolkien’s invented language Quenya?
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Elvish languages
Which battle did J.R.R. Tolkien experience during World War I?
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Battle of the Somme
What was the title of Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that changed how scholars viewed Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What is the name of the fictional metal used in Bilbo’s sword Sting?
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No named metal
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien's son who edited and published The Silmarillion?
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Christopher Tolkien
Who published the first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit in 1937?
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George Allen & Unwin
Which Tolkien short work was first published as a standalone book in 1949?
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Farmer Giles of Ham
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s official Oxford professorship from 1925 to 1945?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic subject at Oxford when he earned his first-class degree in 1915?
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English Language and Literature
Which Oxford university did J.R.R. Tolkien attend as a student?
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University of Oxford
Which publishing company first released J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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George Allen & Unwin
What subtitle did J.R.R. Tolkien give The Hobbit?
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There and Back Again
Which publisher first issued The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in Britain?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford academic title in Anglo-Saxon studies?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
What name did J.R.R. Tolkien give the evil language used for the Ring inscription?
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Black Speech of Mordor