What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first given name?
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John
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Which university awarded J.R.R. Tolkien an honorary doctorate in 1972?
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University of Oxford
What is the full subtitle of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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There and Back Again
Which literary group did J.R.R. Tolkien attend with C.S. Lewis?
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The Inklings
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first son, who later became a Catholic priest?
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John Tolkien
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Which university awarded J.R.R. Tolkien an honorary doctorate in 1972?
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University of Oxford
What is the full subtitle of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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There and Back Again
Which literary group did J.R.R. Tolkien attend with C.S. Lewis?
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The Inklings
Who was J.R.R. Tolkien’s wife from 1916 until her death in 1971?
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Edith Tolkien
Which Tolkien family member edited and published The Silmarillion after J.R.R. Tolkien’s death?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which Tolkien work is an unfinished time-travel story involving the fictional Notion Club?
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The Notion Club Papers
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1939 Andrew Lang Lecture?
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On Fairy-Stories
Which Oxford academic position did J.R.R. Tolkien hold from 1925?
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Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon