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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In Greek mythology, who commanded the creation of Pandora?

Answer

Zeus

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Noah's Ark

According to Genesis, what bird did Noah send out three times after the Flood?

Answer

A dove

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Noah's Ark

According to Genesis, what did Noah do after leaving the Ark that involved an altar?

Answer

He offered burnt offerings

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Noah's Ark

According to Genesis, which son of Noah was the ancestor of the Israelites through Abraham's line?

Answer

Shem

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

How many Academy Awards did the 2003 film J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King win?

Answer

11

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

What is the name of the giant tree-like beings in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth?

Answer

Ents

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

Which dragon does Bard kill in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?

Answer

Smaug

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

What was Mirkwood called before it became Mirkwood in Tolkien’s Middle-earth?

Answer

Greenwood the Great

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• J.R.R. Tolkien

In J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology, what was the name of the great island kingdom destroyed before Aragorn’s ancestors reached Middle-earth?

Answer

Númenor

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

What is the name of the dark lord who ruled before Sauron in J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology?

Answer

Morgoth

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

What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic field at Oxford, specializing in old languages and texts?

Answer

Philology

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

Which wizard guides Frodo’s quest in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?

Answer

Gandalf

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