In which battle did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as a British Army signals officer during World War I?
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Battle of the Somme
4751 J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Questions with Answers
4751 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which son of J.R.R. Tolkien edited and published The Silmarillion after Tolkien’s death?
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Christopher Tolkien
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien study English and later teach for most of his career?
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University of Oxford
Which publisher released J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit in 1937?
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George Allen & Unwin
In which South African city was J.R.R. Tolkien born in 1892?
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Bloemfontein
What was Tolkien’s 1936 lecture and essay about the Old English poem Beowulf called?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Tolkien character says, “My precious”?
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Gollum
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s wife, whom he associated with Lúthien?
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Edith Bratt
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture on Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
On what date did J.R.R. Tolkien die?
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2 September 1973
Which publisher first released J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s middle name?
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Reuel
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published Middle-earth story?
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The Hobbit
Which medieval poem did J.R.R. Tolkien co-edit with E.V. Gordon in 1925?
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
What academic subject did J.R.R. Tolkien teach at Oxford University?
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English language and literature
Who edited J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumous book The Silmarillion for publication?
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Christopher Tolkien
On what date is Bilbo Baggins’s birthday in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth?
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22 September
Where was J.R.R. Tolkien born on 3 January 1892?
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Bloemfontein
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, who is the Lord of the Nazgûl?
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The Witch-king of Angmar
What is the title of the first chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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An Unexpected Party
In which publication did J.R.R. Tolkien’s story “Leaf by Niggle” first appear?
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The Dublin Review
Which Oxford college employed J.R.R. Tolkien as Merton Professor from 1945?
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Merton College
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic title at Oxford from 1925 to 1945?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
At which battle did J.R.R. Tolkien serve during the First World War?
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Battle of the Somme
Who edited J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion for its 1977 publication?
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Christopher Tolkien
In which city was J.R.R. Tolkien born?
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Bloemfontein
On what date was J.R.R. Tolkien born in 1892?
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3 January
What is the name of Tolkien’s first published Middle-earth novel?
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The Hobbit
What is the name of the inn at Bree in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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The Prancing Pony
Which Tolkien novel was published in three volumes from 1954 to 1955?
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The Lord of the Rings