Which Tolkien work was published posthumously in 1980 as a collection of unfinished stories?
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Unfinished Tales
4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What emblem appears on the flag and shield of Gondor in Tolkien’s legendarium?
Answer
White Tree of Gondor
At which battle does Théoden die in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
Answer
Battle of the Pelennor Fields
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s wife and longtime literary partner?
Answer
Edith Tolkien
In which English county did J.R.R. Tolkien spend much of his childhood?
Answer
Warwickshire
Who illustrated the original editions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
Answer
J.R.R. Tolkien
What is the name of the hobbit played by Elijah Wood in The Lord of the Rings films?
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Frodo Baggins
Which university employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a professor from 1925 to 1959?
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University of Oxford
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first academic professorship at Oxford?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
In which English town did J.R.R. Tolkien die in 1973?
Answer
Bournemouth
Which award did J.R.R. Tolkien receive in 1972 for his contributions to literature?
Answer
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Which Tolkien book was published in 1977, four years after his death?
Answer
The Silmarillion
What was the name of Tolkien’s wife and lifelong love, who inspired Lúthien?
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Edith Tolkien
What is the opening sentence of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
Which university employed J.R.R. Tolkien as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon?
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University of Oxford
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s full given name?
Answer
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published academic work?
Answer
A Middle English Vocabulary
What was the name of Tolkien’s eldest son, who edited many of his father’s posthumous works?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which three-volume work by J.R.R. Tolkien begins with The Fellowship of the Ring?
Answer
The Lord of the Rings
What was the title of Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that influenced his ideas about fantasy literature?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
On what date did J.R.R. Tolkien die in Bournemouth, England?
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2 September 1973
Which army unit did J.R.R. Tolkien serve with during the Battle of the Somme in 1916?
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11th Lancashire Fusiliers
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien hold his first academic post as a professor?
Answer
University of Leeds
Which Tolkien poem retells the medieval legend of Sigurd and Gudrún?
Answer
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien teach when he wrote much of his Middle-earth fiction?
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University of Oxford