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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• World

What is the oldest known writing system?

Answer

Cuneiform

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• World

Which country includes Greenland, the world’s largest island?

Answer

Denmark

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• World

Which empire built the road network centered on Cuzco and stretching across the Andes?

Answer

Inca Empire

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• J.R.R. Tolkien

Which Tolkien novel features the dragon Glaurung as its chief antagonist?

Answer

The Children of Húrin

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• J.R.R. Tolkien

Which Tolkien character is the father of the Dwarf king Thorin Oakenshield?

Answer

Thráin II

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• J.R.R. Tolkien

Which Tolkien character speaks the line “My precious” about the One Ring?

Answer

Gollum

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• J.R.R. Tolkien

Which character challenges Bilbo Baggins with riddles in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?

Answer

Gollum

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• J.R.R. Tolkien

What word opens the West-gate of Moria in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring?

Answer

Mellon

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• J.R.R. Tolkien

Which Tolkien essay explores the literary value of fairy-stories and the idea of secondary worlds?

Answer

On Fairy-Stories

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• J.R.R. Tolkien

What language did J.R.R. Tolkien create as the ancient tongue of the Elves in Valinor?

Answer

Quenya

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• J.R.R. Tolkien

What is the name of J.R.R. Tolkien's wizard character who returns as Gandalf the White?

Answer

Gandalf the Grey

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Noah's Ark

In the Babylonian flood story, what name is given to the hero often compared with Noah?

Answer

Utnapishtim

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