What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime army battalion in World War I?
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11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
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What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime army battalion in World War I?
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11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
What is the name of the great spider defeated by Sam in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?
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Shelob
What is the name of the sword that Bilbo finds in the troll hoard in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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Sting
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien teach from 1920 to 1925?
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University of Leeds
Who is the main hobbit protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
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At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien teach from 1920 to 1925?
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University of Leeds
Who is the main hobbit protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
What was the name of Tolkien’s first son, who became an editor of his writings?
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Christopher Tolkien
What was the name of Tolkien’s 1939 lecture that became a landmark defense of fantasy?
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On Fairy-Stories
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford professorship before he became Merton Professor?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
When was J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit first published?
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21 September 1937
Who completed and edited J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumous book The Silmarillion?
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Christopher Tolkien