Characters of Discworld Trivia

1. Wizards were a common sight in Ankh-Morpork. Where in the city did many wizards live and work?

From Quiz Integrate Me

Answer: Unseen University

Unseen University (first mentioned in 'The Colour of Magic') was the place where young men went to learn magic. A number of Discworld books featured university staff, students, and alumni (the names Mustrum Ridcully, Simon, and Rincewind might ring some bells). Although wizards had the potential to be very powerful, there was an agreement between the university and the Patrician that wizards would not get involved in politics, and the Patrician would never ask them to. Females were generally not admitted to Unseen University. There was a view that wizard magic was for men and witch magic was for women. In 'Equal Rites', Granny Weatherwax summed up her view of wizard magic: "'Men's minds work different from ours, see. Their magic's all numbers and angles and edges and what the stars are doing, as if that really mattered. It's all power. It's all-' Granny paused, and dredged up her favourite word to describe all she despised in wizardry, '-jommetry.'" Her view seems sexist, but Eskarina Smith set a precedent for magic women later in the novel.

From Quiz Most of Us Shall Wear Midnight

Answer: Aliss Demurrage

Aliss Demurrage, also called Black Aliss, was perhaps the most powerful witch of them all. She once sent an entire castle to sleep for one hundred years, yet met her end when pushed into an oven by two Überwaldean children. Granny Weatherwax (who could be more powerful than her forbear) takes great pains to ensure that she does not follow the path taken by Black Aliss.

From Quiz So You Think You Know Ankh-Morpork

Answer: Owns a distillery

Jimkin Bearhugger owns a distillery in Ankh-Morpork producing fine whiskey, including "Old Selected Dragons Blood Whiskey" which, on the bottle, says "every bottle matured for up to 7 minutes".

From Quiz Rincewind, Are You All Right?

Answer: Falling off the Disc

'The Colour of Magic' (1983) is Sir Terry Pratchett's first Discworld novel. It introduces Rincewind the Wizzard and his rather unwanted companion Twoflower, the Disc's very first tourist. After being in no way coerced by the Patrician into helping and protecting Twoflower, Rincewind journeys from burning Ankh-Morpork to the forbidden Temple of Bel-Shamharoth. Heroically defeating the Soul-Eater by using the flash of Twoflower's iconograph, the Disc's most revered hero finds himself in the Wyrmberg where - once again - his courage and magical prowess allows Rincewind to defeat his superior enemies. When Fate rightly decides that Rincewind's boundless lust for danger and adventure is still not satisfied, Wizzard and tourist find themselves in the rimward empire of Krull. As the Krullians want to use their starship 'Potent Voyager' to finally find out Great A'Tuin's gender, they need, coincidentally, two sacrifices in order to ensure the safety of their expedition. Enter Rincewind and Twoflower! After using the, well, oldest trick in the book, both our heroes find themselves wearing spacesuits and aboard the 'Voyager', which, right then drops over the edge and out of sight.

From Quiz Right at the Hub -Terry Pratchett's Discworld Gods

Answer: Dunmanifestin

Right at the hub, Dunmanifestin sits atop Cori Celesti, the highest mountain in Discworld, and is home to most of Discworld's major gods.

From Quiz Who's Who on Discworld

Answer: Rincewind

The rankings for wizards from the Unseen University range from one to eight. Rincewind is on level zero. The highest that he has ever scored in an examination is 2%, and that was for spelling his name correctly. Although it is not the best Rincewind story, I like "The Last Continent" because I find the way that Pratchett parodies Australia very amusing.

From Quiz Cruel and Unusual Geography

Answer: Rincewind

Jack Zweiblumen is the name Twoflower acquired in a brief dimensional crossover along with Rincewind after they fell off a dragon in a high magical field. Rincewind became Dr. Rjinswand a specialist in breakaway oxidation phenomena in nuclear reactors - also known as fires. As well as cruel geography there is also a 'Professor of Vindictive Astronomy' among the many positions at the Unseen University.

From Quiz Moist von Lipwig, Postmaster General

Answer: Albert Spangler

All of these are names that Moist von Lipwig has gone by at some point, but Albert Spangler is the con-man who was to be hanged in 'Going Postal'.

From Quiz Discworld - Family Values

Answer: apprentice

Death first takes Mort in as an apprentice. He later marries Death's adopted daughter, Ysabelle and they have a daughter, Susan Sto Helit.

From Quiz Glad to be Grey - A Discworld Auditors Quiz

Answer: He got a lifetimer with the sands of time flowing

Everyone on Discworld (except Death, until now) has a lifetimer with their name on. The sands of time flow through them until they run out, when the person dies. Death tries turning his upside down when he discovers it, but the sands just flow upwards. The Auditors were annoyed because Death had developed a personality - they don't like personality, finding it inefficient. Because Death has always done his duty as he saw fit, the Auditors let him keep the horse.

From Quiz 'Disc'over Terry Pratchett's Witches

Answer: Eskarina Smith

Drum Billet, the dying wizard, passed his staff on to the 'eighth son' of the eighth son Gordo Smith. Unfortunately he forgot to check the baby's sex first. If you want to read about Esk's struggles, you will need to read 'Equal Rites'. Agnes Nitt (also known as Perdita) is one of the Lancre witches, Lily is Granny Weatherwax's evil sister, and Perspicacia Tick is a 'stealth witch' from the Tiffany Aching books.

From Quiz Valley of the Trolls - a Discworld Quiz

Answer: Carborundum

Although, as the Monstrous Regiment was made up of women pretending to be men, she turned out to be Jade. One hopes she meant 'exotic' people, but one never knows. I wonder if she was the Princess Jade that Susan Sto Helit went to College with in "Soul Music"?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Igors...Comes Around

Answer: Four

We find this out when Igor is explaining to Dr. Hopkins that Jeremy is acting quite normally - this from a man with four thumbs and stitches all round his neck.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Igors - What Goes Around...

Answer: The Ankh-Morporkian Consulate in Bonk

Hence Igor's first words to Sam (the Duke) 'Good evening, marthterth, mithreth...Welcome to Ankh-Morpork'. Although they meet in Bonk, it is technically Ankh-Morpork territory. Sybil thinks Igor is 'a fine figure of a man'; Sam replies 'More than one man, by the look of him'.

From Quiz Wooing the Witches

Answer: Eskarina Smith

A dying wizard, Drum Billet, reached the village of Bad Ass to hand over his staff to the eighth son of an eighth son as per tradition. Unfortunately, he didn't realize that the newborn was a female. Thus, Eskarina Smith became the first female wizard on the Disc.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld 'Lonely Hearts'

Answer: Igneous Cutwell

Igneous Cutwell was first employed by Princess Keli of Sto Lat (whose ancestor was the leader of the nomadic cut-throats) as Royal Recogniser after Mort had altered reality. The spell for ridding her of fleas came about when Cutwell had to recite impressive words as he crowned her. Mort went on to marry Ysabell and Cutwell to become the 'Eminence Grease' (sic) of Queen Keli. From 'Mort'. The wrong answers are all young wizards from other 'Discworld' books.

From Quiz Carrot and Angua - A Different Love Story

Answer: Minty Rocksmacker

Dwarfs age at a different rate to humans, so Minty is only sixty and far too young for a boyfriend (both male and female dwarfs have beards, making dwarf courtship a very careful matter!) Carrot, by letter three home, has gone from 'Please give all my love to Minty. I really miss her' to 'I hope Minty is keeping well'. Out of sight...

From Quiz Discworld Characters

Answer: Minty

Carrot was a human raised by dwarfs, and his relationship with Minty became cause for concern. Carrot was originally sent to Ankh-Morpork as a way of separating the pair.

From Quiz Death of Discworld

Answer: blue

Just like Gandalf is the prototype wizard, Discworld's Death is THE anthropomorphic personification of Death: tall and skeletal, with black robes, a scythe, a sword, small caps voice...a butler, a granddaughter, and a love for curry.

From Quiz It's All About 'The Luggage'

Answer: The Colour of Magic

This was Terry Pratchett's first Discworld book published in 1983. The Luggage has also appeared in 'The Light Fantastic', 'Sourcery', 'Eric', 'Interesting Times', 'The Last Continent', The Last Hero'.

From Quiz B.S. Johnson

Answer: Bergholt Stuttley

Just as "Capability" Brown (the Roundworld landscape gardener) was christened Lancelot, in "Hogfather" and "Carpe Jugulem" we learn that BS Johnson's actual name was Bergholt Stuttley Johnson - although he was of course universally known as "Bloody Stupid" Johnson.

From Quiz The Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Answer: Fabricati Diem, Punc

Make My Day, Punk. Nil Mortifi... is the motto of the Guild of Assassins, Quanti Canicula.... belongs to the city and Non Sumet.... is the motto of Lady Sybil Vimes. If Carrot gets his way the Watch motto may well change.

From Quiz Romance on the Discworld

Answer: Guards! Guards!

Vimes meets her in "Guards! Guards!" when she asks him to help her mate a pair of dragons. He thinks she's talking about a nobleman with a bad performance problem.

From Quiz Commander Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Answer: Wossname

"The city wasa, wasa, wasa wossname. Thing. Woman. Thass what it was."

From Quiz Corporal Nobbs of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Answer: Cecil

With a name like that, it's really no wonder that he prefers to be called 'Nobby'.

From Quiz Characters of the 'Discworld'

Answer: Wizard

He is a wizard who has one appearence, a short one. He appears in "Equal Rites" looking for an heir, and asks Death about reincarnation.

From Quiz WATCH out: Detritus

Answer: Cuddy

(Troll + dwarf): 2 = 2 guys of normal size

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld

Answer: Albert

From Quiz Discworld Characters

Answer: Cut-Me-Own-Throat

'And that's cutting me own throat'. 'Ankh-Morpork's most enterprising salesman - merchant adventurer - itinerant pedlar. Usually selling sausages(uhm...)-inna-buns, but will take up any promising venture. Easily giving in to new ideas.'

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