What Allied ultimatum did Japan accept when it surrendered in August 1945?
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Potsdam Declaration
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What Allied ultimatum did Japan accept when it surrendered in August 1945?
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Potsdam Declaration
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s profession at Oxford University before his retirement?
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Professor of English Language and Literature
Which university employed J.R.R. Tolkien before he returned to Oxford?
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University of Leeds
In which English city did J.R.R. Tolkien spend most of his academic career?
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Oxford
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1939 lecture on fantasy?
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On Fairy-Stories
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What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s profession at Oxford University before his retirement?
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Professor of English Language and Literature
Which university employed J.R.R. Tolkien before he returned to Oxford?
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University of Leeds
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1939 lecture on fantasy?
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On Fairy-Stories
What was the name of the secret society of Tolkien’s school friends that influenced his early creative life?
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Tea Club and Barrovian Society
Which Tolkien child edited and published The Silmarillion after his father’s death?
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Christopher Tolkien
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published poem, appearing in 1911?
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The Battle of the Eastern Field
Which Tolkien work was published posthumously in 1977 and describes the history of Arda?
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The Silmarillion