Our quiz writer made yet another Tom Bombadil reference this week. Can you spot it?

NPR | By Holly J. Morris

Published March 27, 2026 at 5:01 AM EDT

From left: the archbishop of Canterbury, the first lady, Stephen Colbert.

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