4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien teach at before becoming a professor at Merton College?
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Pembroke College
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien hold the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon?
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University of Oxford
At which 1916 battle did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as a signals officer?
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Battle of the Somme
What was the original name of Mirkwood in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium?
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Greenwood the Great
Which Tolkien character is known as the Lord of the Nazgûl?
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Witch-king of Angmar
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s birth name, excluding his nickname and initials?
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
What is the full name of Samwise Gamgee in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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Samwise Gamgee
Which Tolkien book was published posthumously in 1977 by Christopher Tolkien?
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The Silmarillion
Which World War I regiment did J.R.R. Tolkien serve in as a second lieutenant?
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Lancashire Fusiliers
Which Oxford academic post did J.R.R. Tolkien hold from 1925 to 1945?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Which Oxford discussion group included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis?
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The Inklings
Which Tolkien character inherits the One Ring from Bilbo Baggins?
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Frodo Baggins
Which character is Aragorn’s father in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium?
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Arathorn II
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1939 lecture about the origins of fairy stories?
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On Fairy-Stories
Which Tolkien story features the dragon Chrysophylax Dives?
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Farmer Giles of Ham
Which Tolkien work was published posthumously in 2007, edited by his son Christopher?
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The Children of Húrin
What fictional world is the setting for most of J.R.R. Tolkien’s major stories?
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Middle-earth
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture and essay about Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which publisher released J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings in the United Kingdom?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was the title of Tolkien’s unfinished mythology later published as The Silmarillion?
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The Silmarillion
What is the name of the hobbit protagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1925 Oxford professorship in Anglo-Saxon?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
In Tolkien’s legendarium, who is Arwen’s father?
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Elrond
Who edited and published many of J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumous works?
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Christopher Tolkien
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture on Beowulf called?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Who leads the Dwarves’ quest in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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Thorin Oakenshield