What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first given name?
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John
4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which university awarded J.R.R. Tolkien an honorary doctorate in 1972?
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University of Oxford
What is the full subtitle of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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There and Back Again
Which literary group did J.R.R. Tolkien attend with C.S. Lewis?
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The Inklings
Who was J.R.R. Tolkien’s wife from 1916 until her death in 1971?
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Edith Tolkien
Which Tolkien family member edited and published The Silmarillion after J.R.R. Tolkien’s death?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which Tolkien work is an unfinished time-travel story involving the fictional Notion Club?
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The Notion Club Papers
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1939 Andrew Lang Lecture?
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On Fairy-Stories
Which Oxford academic position did J.R.R. Tolkien hold from 1925?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
What was Númenor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium?
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An island kingdom
What is the first published volume of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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The Fellowship of the Ring
What term did J.R.R. Tolkien coin for the sudden joyous turn in a story’s fortunes?
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Eucatastrophe
Which university employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a professor of Anglo-Saxon from 1925?
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University of Oxford
Where was J.R.R. Tolkien born?
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Bloemfontein
What is the capital city of Númenor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium?
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Armenelos
Which Oxford university position did J.R.R. Tolkien hold from 1925 to 1945?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Which military regiment did J.R.R. Tolkien serve with during the First World War?
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Lancashire Fusiliers
At which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien study as an undergraduate?
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Exeter College
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published Middle-earth book?
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The Hobbit
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, what language is used for the One Ring’s inscription?
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Black Speech of Mordor
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic title at Oxford from 1945 to 1959?
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Merton Professor of English Language and Literature
Who edited J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumously published book The Silmarillion?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which publisher first published J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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George Allen & Unwin
Which London publisher first issued J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s military role during the First World War?
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Signals officer
Who illustrated 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 full name at birth?
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Which fictional metal makes Bilbo’s sword Sting glow near Orcs in Tolkien’s works?
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No metal is specified