What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford professorship beginning in 1925?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
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What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford professorship beginning in 1925?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
What writing system did J.R.R. Tolkien create for many Elvish inscriptions?
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Tengwar
What is the name of the mountain where Tolkien’s Dwarves reclaim their kingdom in The Hobbit?
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The Lonely Mountain
Which Tolkien language was designed as the language of the Grey Elves?
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Sindarin
What is the name of the fictional innkeeper who hosts Frodo in Bree in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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Barliman Butterbur
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Barliman Butterbur
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