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Which fictional language in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium was inspired chiefly by Welsh?
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Sindarin
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, what is the name of the creature who challenges Bilbo with riddles?
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Gollum
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, what is the name of the tower where Saruman lives?
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Orthanc
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology, what is the name of the island kingdom where Aragorn’s ancestors lived?
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Númenor
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, in what year was the book first published?
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1937
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Which J.R.R. Tolkien character is the father of Faramir and Boromir?
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Denethor II
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien study English literature before becoming a professor?
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University of Oxford
Which Tolkien poem, first published in 1934, introduced the character of Tom Bombadil?
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s full first name before the initials in his pen name?
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John Ronald Reuel
At which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien teach Anglo-Saxon from 1925 to 1945?
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Pembroke College