What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford professorship from 1925 to 1945 called?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
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What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford professorship from 1925 to 1945 called?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Who played Gollum in Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth stories?
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Andy Serkis
What is the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s language used by many High Elves in Middle-earth?
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Quenya
Which university employed J.R.R. Tolkien before his return to Oxford in 1925?
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University of Leeds
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What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published work of fiction?
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The Hobbit
Which university employed J.R.R. Tolkien before his return to Oxford in 1925?
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University of Leeds
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first published book?
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The Hobbit
At which Oxford pub did J.R.R. Tolkien and the Inklings often meet?
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The Eagle and Child
Which of J.R.R. Tolkien’s sons edited The Silmarillion for publication?
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Christopher Tolkien
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture on the Old English poem Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
What is the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional dragon in Farmer Giles of Ham?
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Chrysophylax Dives