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Intermediate J.R.R. Tolkien

In Tolkien’s legendarium, what was Gandalf’s original name in Valinor?

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What was the publication year of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion?

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What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s wife, whom he portrayed through the story of Beren and Lúthien?

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What is the name of Aragorn’s father in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium?

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What is the name of the Old English poem that J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture helped revive in literary scholarship?

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J.R.R. Tolkien

In Tolkien’s legendarium, what was Gandalf’s original name in Valinor?

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Olórin

Easy Easy difficulty.
J.R.R. Tolkien

What was the publication year of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion?

Answer

1977

Hard Hard difficulty.
J.R.R. Tolkien

What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s wife, whom he portrayed through the story of Beren and Lúthien?

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Edith Tolkien

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J.R.R. Tolkien

What is the name of Aragorn’s father in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium?

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Arathorn II

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J.R.R. Tolkien

What is the name of the Old English poem that J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture helped revive in literary scholarship?

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Beowulf

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J.R.R. Tolkien

What name does J.R.R. Tolkien give to the Elvish script used for languages such as Quenya and Sindarin?

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Tengwar

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World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which company briefly became the world’s most valuable publicly traded company in July 2020 after its market cap passed Saudi Aramco’s?

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Apple

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World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which company’s 2024 market-cap rise was strongly associated with demand for graphics processors used in artificial intelligence?

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NVIDIA

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World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which company owns the cloud-computing business Amazon Web Services, a major driver of its market value?

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Amazon

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World's Richest Companies By Market Cap

Which company became the first US company to report US$100 billion in annual revenue?

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Walmart

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Pandora's Box

What is the Greek name of the jar associated with Pandora in Hesiod’s Works and Days?

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Pithos

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Pandora's Box

Frank Wedekind's Lulu plays inspired which 1929 film titled Pandora's Box?

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Pandora's Box

Trivia questions and answers, drawn fresh from the well

In Tolkien’s legendarium, what was Gandalf’s original name in Valinor?

What was the publication year of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion?

What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s wife, whom he portrayed through the story of Beren and Lúthien?

What is the name of Aragorn’s father in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium?

What is the name of the Old English poem that J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture helped revive in literary scholarship?

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In Tolkien’s legendarium, what was Gandalf’s original name in Valinor?

What was the publication year of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion?

What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s wife, whom he portrayed through the story of Beren and Lúthien?

What is the name of Aragorn’s father in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium?

What is the name of the Old English poem that J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture helped revive in literary scholarship?

What name does J.R.R. Tolkien give to the Elvish script used for languages such as Quenya and Sindarin?

Which company briefly became the world’s most valuable publicly traded company in July 2020 after its market cap passed Saudi Aramco’s?

Which company’s 2024 market-cap rise was strongly associated with demand for graphics processors used in artificial intelligence?

Which company owns the cloud-computing business Amazon Web Services, a major driver of its market value?

Which company became the first US company to report US$100 billion in annual revenue?

What is the Greek name of the jar associated with Pandora in Hesiod’s Works and Days?

Frank Wedekind's Lulu plays inspired which 1929 film titled Pandora's Box?

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