Which author was J.R.R. Tolkien’s close friend and fellow Inkling?
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C.S. Lewis
4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
In J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, what is the capital city of Gondor?
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Minas Tirith
Which society did J.R.R. Tolkien help form while studying at King Edward’s School?
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Tea Club and Barrovian Society
On what date was J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit first published in 1937?
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21 September 1937
Which Tolkien essay, published in 1936, became a landmark study of the poem Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Tolkien work presents the creation of the world and the First Age legends of Middle-earth?
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The Silmarillion
Which publisher first released J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring in 1954?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford professorship specifically devoted to from 1945?
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The English Language and Literature
What was the name of the World War I battle where J.R.R. Tolkien served in 1916?
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Battle of the Somme
Which Tolkien story features the artist Niggle and a mysterious tree?
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Leaf by Niggle
Which Tolkien lecture argued that monsters are central to Beowulf’s meaning?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
From which Old English term did J.R.R. Tolkien derive the name Middle-earth?
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Middangeard
What was the full name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s eldest son, who became a literary editor?
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John Francis Reuel Tolkien
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthplace, according to biographical records?
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Bloemfontein
Which Oxford subject did J.R.R. Tolkien teach as a professor from 1925?
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Anglo-Saxon