4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What language is inscribed on the One Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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Black Speech of Mordor
How old is Bilbo Baggins when J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings begins?
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111 years old
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1962 poetry collection featuring Tom Bombadil?
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Which dictionary project employed J.R.R. Tolkien after World War I?
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Oxford English Dictionary
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s group of literary friends at Oxford?
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The Inklings
Which Tolkien work was published posthumously in 1977 after editing by Christopher Tolkien?
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The Silmarillion
Which Oxford college employed J.R.R. Tolkien when he became professor of Anglo-Saxon in 1925?
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Pembroke College
Which Oxford pub was the regular meeting place of Tolkien’s literary group, the Inklings?
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The Eagle and Child
What is the title of Tolkien’s famous 1936 lecture about Beowulf’s monsters and critical reception?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Tolkien work contains the essay “On Fairy-Stories”?
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Tree and Leaf
Which Tolkien work contains the poem “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil” as its title poem?
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Which city is J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthplace?
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Bloemfontein
Who wrote the poem “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil”?
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Which woman inspired the character Lúthien in J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology?
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Edith Tolkien
What is the name of the fictional manuscript Tolkien used as the frame for The Lord of the Rings?
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The Red Book of Westmarch
Which university did J.R.R. Tolkien teach at from 1925 to 1959?
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University of Oxford
Who was J.R.R. Tolkien’s wife and longtime literary companion?
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Edith Bratt
What is the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional land of the Hobbits?
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The Shire