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What was the title of J. R. R. Tolkien's famous 1936 lecture on Beowulf?	Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
In what month in 1745 did Bonnie Prince Charlie, against his will, halt his invasion of England at Derby and retreat back to Scotland?	December
Whose lines are these: "Read history: so learn your place in Time/And go to sleep: all this was done before"?	Edna St. Vincent Millay
What is the second-largest city in Massachusetts as of 2021?	Worcester
What is the typical French translation of "Der Tod und das Mädchen"?	La jeune fille et la mort
Who was Poet Laureate of Great Britain from 2009-2019?	Carol Ann Duffy
What is beauty, according to Julian Morrow?	Terror
Under what assumed name does Éowyn ride to war in The Return of the King?	Dernhelm

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What doomed Shakespearean monarch proclaims in defiance: "Not all the water in the rough rude sea/Can wash the balm from an anointed king"?	Richard II
Whom did Plato call the "tenth Muse"?	Sappho
Where is Isle La Motte?	Vermont
Who was the last heuy tlatoani of the Mexica?	Cuauhtémoc
What is the translation of "Resurgam," the Latin motto of the city of Portland in Maine?	I will rise again
Where is Daphne du Maurier's story "The Birds" set?	Cornwall
Who was Baldr's son according to Snorri Sturluson?	Forseti
What, supposedly, was the last word Napoleon ever spoke?	Joséphine

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