Which Oxford college employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a fellow from 1925?
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Pembroke College
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Which Oxford college employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a fellow from 1925?
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Pembroke College
On what date was J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit first published?
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21 September 1937
What was the name of the fictional elvish star-jewel created by Fëanor in Tolkien’s mythology?
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Silmaril
What was the name of the Tolkien family’s first published Middle-earth legendarium book after his death?
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The Silmarillion
What was the name of Tolkien’s academic field at Oxford, where he became a professor in 1925?
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Anglo-Saxon
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