4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which publisher first accepted J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published scholarly article on Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic chair at Oxford from 1925 to 1945?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
At which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as a fellow and tutor from 1925?
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Pembroke College
Which London publishing company first issued J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was the name of the World War I regiment in which J.R.R. Tolkien served?
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Lancashire Fusiliers
Which 1936 essay by J.R.R. Tolkien argued that Beowulf should be valued as a work of art?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What is the name of the hobbit played by Martin Freeman in The Hobbit film trilogy?
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Bilbo Baggins
Which woman inspired J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional characters Beren and Lúthien?
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Edith Tolkien
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s eldest son, who edited much of his unpublished work?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which medieval poem did J.R.R. Tolkien edit with E.V. Gordon in a landmark 1925 edition?
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
What was the name of Tolkien’s first published Middle-earth poem collection?
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Which character is the innkeeper of The Prancing Pony in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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Barliman Butterbur
What is the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional land where the Shire is located?
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Middle-earth
Which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien join as a professor in 1925?
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Pembroke College
What was the name of Frodo Baggins’s father in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth?
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Drogo Baggins