4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What is the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s hobbit hero in The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
Who was J.R.R. Tolkien’s third son and literary executor?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which London publisher first released J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional inn at Bree?
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The Prancing Pony
What rank did J.R.R. Tolkien hold in the British Army during the First World War?
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Second lieutenant
What is the name of the language used for the One Ring’s inscription in J.R.R. Tolkien’s works?
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Black Speech of Mordor
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that influenced modern fantasy studies?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was the name of Tolkien’s wartime literary society with C.S. Lewis?
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The Inklings
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s full first name, including the name represented by the initial R?
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John Ronald Reuel
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that later became an influential essay?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published scholarly article about?
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The Devil’s Coach Horses
Which Oxford college employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a professor?
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Merton College
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic specialty at Oxford?
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Philology
Which 1925 edition did J.R.R. Tolkien co-edit with E.V. Gordon?
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Which university did J.R.R. Tolkien attend as an undergraduate?
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University of Oxford
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien's essay based on his 1939 Andrew Lang Lecture?
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On Fairy-Stories
Which Tolkien poem tells of Beren and Lúthien’s quest for a Silmaril?
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The Lay of Leithian
Which Oxford writer was J.R.R. Tolkien’s close friend and fellow Inkling?
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C. S. Lewis
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1936 lecture that reshaped Beowulf studies?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which son of J.R.R. Tolkien edited and assembled The Silmarillion for publication?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which publisher released J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in Britain?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was J.R.R. Tolkien's academic field at Oxford before his 1945 chair?
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Anglo-Saxon