Which character inherits Bilbo’s ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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Frodo Baggins
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 the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s sequel to The Hobbit?
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The Lord of the Rings
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that influenced modern Beowulf criticism?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which university employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a professor for most of his academic career?
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University of Oxford
Which Oxford college employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a professor of Anglo-Saxon from 1925?
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Pembroke College
What is the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s wife, whom he married in 1916?
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Edith Bratt
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first academic post at the University of Leeds?
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Reader in English Language
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published novel?
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The Hobbit
At which battle of World War I did J.R.R. Tolkien serve in 1916?
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Battle of the Somme
Which Tolkien work was published posthumously in 1977, edited by Christopher Tolkien?
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The Silmarillion
What is the name of the first volume of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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The Fellowship of the Ring
On what date was J.R.R. Tolkien born in Bloemfontein, South Africa?
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3 January 1892
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that transformed modern Beowulf criticism?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien begin teaching after leaving the University of Leeds?
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University of Oxford
Who completed and edited J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion for publication after his death?
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Christopher Tolkien
What is the name of the inn where Frodo meets Aragorn in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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The Prancing Pony
In what year was J.R.R. Tolkien born?
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1892
Which medieval poem did J.R.R. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon publish a major scholarly edition of in 1925?
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s wife?
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Edith Tolkien
What is the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s short story about an artist and a leaf?
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Leaf by Niggle
Which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien attend as an undergraduate?
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Exeter College
What term did J.R.R. Tolkien use for a sudden joyful turn in a fairy story?
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Eucatastrophe