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In Genesis, what bird did Noah send out after first releasing a raven from the Ark?
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A dove
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s full first name, including the name represented by the initial R?
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John Ronald Reuel
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that later became an influential essay?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which language strongly influenced Tolkien’s fictional language Sindarin?
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Welsh
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What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s full first name, including the name represented by the initial R?
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John Ronald Reuel
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that later became an influential essay?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published scholarly article about?
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The Devil’s Coach Horses
Which Oxford college employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a professor?
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Merton College
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic specialty at Oxford?
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Philology