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• J.R.R. Tolkien

What is the name of the fictional continent containing Mordor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium?

Answer

Middle-earth

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• J.R.R. Tolkien

Which 1925 edition did J.R.R. Tolkien co-edit with E.V. Gordon?

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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• J.R.R. Tolkien

Which university did J.R.R. Tolkien attend as an undergraduate?

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University of Oxford

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• J.R.R. Tolkien

Which dragon is defeated by Bard in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?

Answer

Smaug

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• J.R.R. Tolkien

Which language did J.R.R. Tolkien create for the Elves and call Quenya?

Answer

Quenya

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

In the American Revolution commemorated by America's 250th anniversary, which treaty formally ended the war with Britain?

Answer

Treaty of Paris (1783)

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

In America's 250th-anniversary founding story, which state was first to ratify the U.S. Constitution?

Answer

Delaware

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

What is the formal name for America250’s 250th-anniversary observance?

Answer

United States Semiquincentennial

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

What city was the first capital of the United States under the Constitution, before America250 commemorates the nation’s founding?

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New York City

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Under Article Seven of the United States Constitution, how many states had to ratify it for it to take effect?

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Nine

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

On the engrossed United States Declaration of Independence, whose oversized signature became iconic?

Answer

John Hancock

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 prohibit in the Northwest Territory?

Answer

Slavery

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