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 title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published poem?
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The Battle of the Eastern Field
What was the publication date of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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21 September 1937
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published book of fiction?
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The Hobbit
What name does J.R.R. Tolkien give to the Ent who leads the Ents?
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Treebeard
Which poem by J.R.R. Tolkien includes the line “Not all those who wander are lost”?
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The Riddle of Strider
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic field at Oxford when he became Merton Professor of English Language and Literature?
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English language and literature
Which fictional people created the Rings of Power with Sauron in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium?
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Elves of Eregion
Which battle in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is also called the Battle of the Pelennor Fields?
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The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
Which university appointed J.R.R. Tolkien as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in 1925?
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The University of Oxford
What is the name of the battle in which Éomer defeats Saruman’s army in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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Battle of Helm’s Deep
What event destroyed Númenor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium?
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The Downfall of Númenor
What is the name of the innkeeper who runs The Prancing Pony in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Bree?
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Barliman Butterbur
Which 1977 book edited by Christopher Tolkien was based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology?
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The Silmarillion
What name did J.R.R. Tolkien give to the life-changing turn in a fairy story?
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Eucatastrophe
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic field at the University of Leeds?
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English language and literature
Which fictional city is home to the White Tree in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Gondor?
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Minas Tirith
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture on fantasy and fairy stories?
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On Fairy-Stories