JRR Scavenger Hunt

JRR stands for

• Jerald Robert Roy

• Johnny Richie Rich

• John Ronald Reule

• Jimmy Ronald Ryan

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JRR Tolkien is from _______.

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Tolkien enlisted as a lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers and served in ___, making sure to continue writing as well. He fought in the Battle of the Somme, in which there were severe casualties, and was eventually released from duty due to illness.

• the Korean war

• WWI

• WWII

• The Boer War

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In Africa the creature that deeply frightened Tolkien that would later appear in his writing was a ___.

• lion

• snake

• hyena

• spider

The award-winning fantasy novel The Hobbit—about the small, furry-footed Bilbo Baggins and his adventures—was published in ____

Tolkien's books became bestsellers, leading to fans forming Tolkien clubs and ____.

• call his house late at night.

• seek the one true ring.

• bowling in LOTR costumes.

• organizing massive LARP battles.

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Tolkien created ___ to go with The Hobbit.

• a cook book

• a history book

• a language book

• a language key

Tolkien came up with the first line of The Hobbit while ___.

• fighting in the trenches

• reading a storybook to his children

• grading student essays

• praying at church

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Tolkien was apart of a group of friends from Oxford known as the _______.

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