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Which company became the world’s most valuable public company after briefly passing Microsoft on June 18, 2024?
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Nvidia
Which company’s 2014 stock-market debut set the previous record for the largest IPO before Saudi Aramco?
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Alibaba Group
Which company reached a $2 trillion market capitalization before Microsoft did?
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Apple
Which Germanic epic did J.R.R. Tolkien discuss in his famous 1936 lecture?
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Beowulf
What name is given to the joyful sudden turn at the end of a story in Tolkien’s literary theory?
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Eucatastrophe
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What was the name of the battalion in which J.R.R. Tolkien served during the First World War?
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Which mountain does the Genesis Flood story name as the place where Noah’s Ark came to rest?
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