What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that influenced his essay On Fairy-Stories?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
How many Dwarves accompany Bilbo in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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Thirteen
Which organization did J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis belong to at Oxford?
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The Inklings
Which Tolkien character is the father of the dragon Smaug?
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No named father
What was the title of Tolkien’s Oxford professorship from 1945 to 1959?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as a professor and fellow?
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Merton College
Which of Tolkien’s sons edited and published The Silmarillion after his death?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which Tolkien work is subtitled There and Back Again?
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The Hobbit
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime army battalion in World War I?
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11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien teach from 1920 to 1925?
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University of Leeds
Who is the main hobbit protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
What was the name of Tolkien’s first son, who became an editor of his writings?
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Christopher Tolkien
What was the name of Tolkien’s 1939 lecture that became a landmark defense of fantasy?
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On Fairy-Stories
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford professorship before he became Merton Professor?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
When was J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit first published?
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21 September 1937
Who completed and edited J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumous book The Silmarillion?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which son of J.R.R. Tolkien edited and published many of his father’s posthumous writings?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which Oxford literary group did J.R.R. Tolkien belong to alongside C.S. Lewis?
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The Inklings
Which 1939 lecture by J.R.R. Tolkien became an influential essay on fantasy?
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On Fairy-Stories
Which Tolkien novel was published in 2007 after being edited by Christopher Tolkien?
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The Children of Húrin
Which Tolkien work was adapted into Ralph Bakshi’s 1978 animated film?
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The Lord of the Rings
Which character did J.R.R. Tolkien create after inventing the word “hobbit”?
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Bilbo Baggins
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s full first name, represented by the initials J.R.R.?
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John Ronald Reuel