What is the name of the 1936 lecture in which J.R.R. Tolkien defended Beowulf’s literary value?
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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?
Which battle ends the First Age in J.R.R. Tolkien’s history of Middle-earth?
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The War of Wrath
Which hobbit is the central character of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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Frodo Baggins
What was the name of Tolkien’s academic field at Oxford that focused on Old and Middle English literature?
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English language and literature
On what date did J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings begin publication?
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29 July 1954
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic field of study and research?
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Philology
Who completed the editorial work for Tolkien’s The Silmarillion after his death?
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Christopher Tolkien
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s only daughter?
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Priscilla Tolkien
Which Tolkien book, published posthumously in 1977, describes the creation of Arda?
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The Silmarillion
What was the name of the fictional inn at Bree in The Lord of the Rings?
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The Prancing Pony
What was the name of the Oxford college where J.R.R. Tolkien studied?
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Exeter College
What was the name of the literary society J.R.R. Tolkien joined with school friends in Birmingham?
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Tea Club and Barrovian Society
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published fictional work?
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The Hobbit
Which Tolkien novel features the character Smaug?
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The Hobbit
Which Oxford University college employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a professor from 1925?
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Pembroke College
Which 1919–1920 publication project employed J.R.R. Tolkien after World War I?
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Oxford English Dictionary
What was the name of the publisher that first released The Hobbit in 1937?
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George Allen & Unwin
What is the opening section of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion called?
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Ainulindalë
Which son of J.R.R. Tolkien edited many posthumous books based on his father’s writings?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which Oxford society included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis among its members?
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The Inklings
Which 1939 lecture by J.R.R. Tolkien discussed fantasy, recovery, escape, and consolation?
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On Fairy-Stories
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published poem featuring Tom Bombadil called?
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
In J.R.R. Tolkien's invented languages, what does the name Quenya primarily identify?
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An Elvish language
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford professorship in Old English?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
What is the name of the inn in Bree in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth?
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The Prancing Pony
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology, what is the capital city of Gondor?
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Minas Tirith
Which Tolkien novel follows The Hobbit and features the One Ring’s destruction?
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The Lord of the Rings