Which Tolkien character is the father of Elrond?
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Eärendil
4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford academic title in Old English studies?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Which First World War battle did J.R.R. Tolkien take part in?
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Battle of the Somme
Which 1937 book by J.R.R. Tolkien introduced Bilbo Baggins?
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The Hobbit
What is the full title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture later published as “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics”?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien study English Language and Literature?
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University of Oxford
Which publisher first issued J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford professorship from 1925 to 1945 called?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published work of fiction?
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The Hobbit
Which university employed J.R.R. Tolkien before his return to Oxford in 1925?
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University of Leeds
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published book?
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The Hobbit
At which Oxford pub did J.R.R. Tolkien and the Inklings often meet?
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The Eagle and Child
Which of J.R.R. Tolkien’s sons edited The Silmarillion for publication?
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Christopher Tolkien
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture on the Old English poem Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What is the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional dragon in Farmer Giles of Ham?
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Chrysophylax Dives
Who was J.R.R. Tolkien’s eldest son?
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John Francis Reuel Tolkien
Which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as a fellow from 1945?
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Merton College
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s essay about the value of fairy stories?
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On Fairy-Stories
In which English city did J.R.R. Tolkien die in 1973?
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Bournemouth
Who illustrated the dust jacket for the first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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J.R.R. Tolkien
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first academic teaching post at Oxford?
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Pembroke College
What is the title of the chapter in The Hobbit where Bilbo meets Gollum?
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Riddles in the Dark