J.R.R. Tolkien

3. One of these became his guardian after his mother died
5. The Return of the King won this Academy Award
10. What the “R.R.” stands for
11. Most of Tolkien’s stories take place in this world
15. Author Terry Pratchett compared Tolkien to this mountain that often appears in Japanese prints
17. Wars were fought over these three fabulous jewels
18. He became a professor at this University in 1925
19. The Lord of the Rings Series has this many parts
20. One of the elvish languages that Tolkien developed
21. The name of the literary group Tolkien was a part of while at Oxford
23. The ranger hero that Frodo meets on his quest
26. He completed the work his father had started on The Silmarillion
27. Tolkien served in this army during World War I

1. One of the elvish languages that Tolkien developed
2. The Hobbit has sold more than this many million copies
4. Power Another series inspired by Tolkien’s work
6. Where Tolkien was born
7. This is the name of the prequel to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
8. He started working at this University in 1920
9. The name of Tolkien’s wife
12. The number of children he had with Edith Bratt
13. Bilbo Baggins goes on a quest to recover treasure stolen from this dragon
14. The Hobbit has been sold in this many languages
16. Tolkien had a great appreciation for this epic poem
17. The name of the Dark Lord in The Lord of the Rings
22. The name of the wizard who draws Bilbo Baggins into a quest
24. This Tolkien story was published in 1937
25. Bilbo’s nephew