4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Tolkien work was published posthumously in 2007 as an expanded standalone tale of Túrin Turambar?
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The Children of Húrin
Which Tolkien short story features the characters Niggle and Parish?
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Leaf by Niggle
Which character is the dragon-slayer in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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Bard the Bowman
What is the Black Speech of Mordor used for in J.R.R. Tolkien’s One Ring inscription?
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The Ring’s inscription
What is the name of the publisher that first released J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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George Allen & Unwin
Which fictional realm does J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit mainly take place in?
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Middle-earth
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s biography, in which city was he born in 1892?
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Bloemfontein
Which Tolkien son edited and published many of his father’s posthumous Middle-earth works?
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Christopher Tolkien
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien teach Old English and later English language?
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University of Oxford
Which Tolkien character carries the sword Sting in The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime friends’ literary group?
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The Inklings
In which World War I battle was J.R.R. Tolkien’s battalion involved in 1916?
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Battle of the Somme
What do the initials J.R.R. stand for in J.R.R. Tolkien’s name?
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John Ronald Reuel
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1939 lecture on fantasy later published as?
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On Fairy-Stories
Who is the author of The Lord of the Rings, first published in the 1950s?
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J.R.R. Tolkien
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as a professor of Anglo-Saxon?
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University of Oxford