Which language family did J.R.R. Tolkien’s invented language Sindarin belong to?
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Elvish languages
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Which language family did J.R.R. Tolkien’s invented language Sindarin belong to?
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Elvish languages
Which Tolkien novel begins with the line “In a hole in the ground…”?
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The Hobbit
Which character is the father of the dragon Smaug in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth writings?
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No father is named
Which fictional people did J.R.R. Tolkien call the Ents in The Lord of the Rings?
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Tree shepherds
In which British Army battalion did J.R.R. Tolkien serve during the Battle of the Somme?
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11th Lancashire Fusiliers
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Which Tolkien novel begins with the line “In a hole in the ground…”?
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The Hobbit
Which character is the father of the dragon Smaug in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth writings?
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No father is named
Which fictional people did J.R.R. Tolkien call the Ents in The Lord of the Rings?
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Tree shepherds
In which British Army battalion did J.R.R. Tolkien serve during the Battle of the Somme?
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11th Lancashire Fusiliers
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic title at Oxford when he specialized in Old English?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
What is the name of the powerful jewel central to Tolkien’s First Age mythology?
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The Silmarils