At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien teach as a professor of Anglo-Saxon?
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University of Oxford
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 name of Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that reshaped scholarly views of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Who was the original publisher of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published Middle-earth story after The Hobbit?
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The Lord of the Rings
What fictional language appears in the inscription on J.R.R. Tolkien’s One Ring?
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Black Speech
What is the name of the ring Bilbo finds in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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The One Ring
Which company first published J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit in 1937?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was the name of the Oxford college where J.R.R. Tolkien taught from 1925?
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Pembroke College
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s complete first name, including the initials usually shown in his pen name?
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John Ronald Reuel
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s university subject at Oxford before becoming a professor?
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English language and literature
Which war did J.R.R. Tolkien serve in as a British Army officer?
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World War I
At which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien begin his professorship in 1925?
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Pembroke College
What is the title of the first volume in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The History of Middle-earth?
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The Book of Lost Tales 1
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s full first name, including his two middle names?
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John Ronald Reuel
Which academic journal published J.R.R. Tolkien’s lecture-essay Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics?
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Proceedings of the British Academy