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Opening sentences, first and last words uttered by characters, and other memorable quotations form the basis for these quizzes.
9 Discworld Quotations quizzes and 100 Discworld Quotations trivia questions.
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  Terry Pratchett's First Lines   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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This quiz is about the first lines of Discworld books by Terry Pratchett, and was inspired by a Forum thread started by The_lioness33. I hope you enjoy it!
Average, 10 Qns, Quiz_Beagle, Sep 24 16
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  Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part I   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give you the first sentence from one of Terry Pratchett's D'iscworld' novels; you identify the novel.
Average, 10 Qns, orlandodaddy, Sep 24 16
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orlandodaddy
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  Discworld Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I love Terry Pratchett and I am quite fond of quotes. In this quiz I will give you a quote from a Terry Pratchett novel and you will have to decide what novel it is from.
Average, 15 Qns, WordMachine, Sep 24 16
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WordMachine
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  Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part III   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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I will give you the first sentence from one of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels; you identify the novel.
Tough, 10 Qns, orlandodaddy, Sep 24 16
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orlandodaddy
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  Terry Pratchett's "Discworld"--- Quotes, Part 2    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Another quiz on who said what in "Discworld".
Tough, 15 Qns, jh27, Sep 24 16
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jh27
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  Pratchett quotes    
Multiple Choice
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For those of you that read Terry Pratchett books, you will be aware of his one liners. Here is a collection of them, but can you remember from which book they came?
Tough, 10 Qns, ArthurR, Sep 24 16
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ArthurR
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  Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part II    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give you the first sentence from one of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels; you identify the novel.
Tough, 10 Qns, orlandodaddy, Sep 24 16
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orlandodaddy
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  Famous Last Words in "Discworld"    
Multiple Choice
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Who says what before Death takes them away from life? Who says the final words of a "Discworld" novel? That is what this quiz about.
Tough, 10 Qns, Lagunathemoron, Sep 24 16
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  Terry Pratchett's "Discworld"--- Quotes    
Multiple Choice
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This is a quiz about who said what in Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" series.
Difficult, 10 Qns, jh27, Sep 24 16
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Discworld Quotations Trivia Questions
1. "Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." In which book did these words appear?

From Quiz Pratchett quotes

Answer: Jingo

The 21st book of the Discworld series starts with an island rising from the sea between Ankh-Morpork and Klatch. Both places lay claim to it, resulting in a mobilisation for war. The main characters in this book are Lord Vetinari and Sam Vines, with Carrot and Leonard de Quirm playing their parts.

2. What Discworld book starts 'This is where the dragons went'?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's First Lines

Answer: Guards! Guards!

The plot of 'Guards! Guards!' concerns the summoning of a dragon, which is then to be killed by a 'King', who would replace the seriously efficient Lord Vetinari as ruler as Ankh-Morpork. The book finishes with one of the loveliest last lines I have ever read - 'Perhaps the magic would last. Perhaps it wouldn't. But then, what does?'

3. Four of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels begin with a description of the Discworld itself. Which of the novels begins with the following sentence? "Against the stars a turtle passes, carrying four elephants on its shell."

From Quiz Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part III

Answer: The Last Continent

At the end of "Interesting Times" the wizards of Unseen University try to bring Rincewind back from the Agatean Empire. Due to the interference from a Quantum Weather Butterfly, he ends up in the fabled continent of XXXX. (It's not Australia, according to Terry Pratchett, just somewhat "australian".)

4. "The flotillas of the dead sailed around the world on underwater rivers." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part II

Answer: Going Postal

Watching this flotilla is the golem Anghammarad, who eventually becomes a part of the staff at the resurrected Ankh-Morpork Post Office.

5. "In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part..." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part I

Answer: The Colour of Magic

The first sentence of the first 'Discworld' novel.

6. "Deities can be touchy". Who said that?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Discworld"--- Quotes, Part 2

Answer: Mustrum Ridcully

Mustrum Ridcully said it in "The Last Continent", to the Unseen University faculty members when they were stranded on an island ruled by God of Evolution.

7. "Dead people walking around is unhygienic". Who said that?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Discworld"--- Quotes

Answer: Mustrum Ridcully

It was Mustrum Ridcully, the Archchancellor of the Unseen University that said it. No one has ever looked at it that way, but Mustrum Ridcully was the sort of person who would.

8. Whose final last words were "There's nothing I can do?" and "Yes. There is that"?

From Quiz Famous Last Words in "Discworld"

Answer: Drum Billet

Drum Billet says these last words at the start of "Equal Rites". He is trying to persuade Death for more time so he can teach Esk some magic.

9. "It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called life." What book did these words come from?

From Quiz Pratchett quotes

Answer: The Last Continent

In the 22nd book of the Discworld series, the story starts a few weeks after the events of "Interesting Times" (the 17th book). Rincewind is magically transported to the continent of XXXX also known as Fourecks, by mistake. The result is, to my mind, the funniest book in the Discworld series.

10. 'According to the First Scroll of Wen the Eternally Surprised, Wen stepped out of the cave where he had received enlightenment and into the dawning light of the first day of the rest of his life'. This is the first line of which book?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's First Lines

Answer: Thief of Time

'Thief of Time' is about the making of the world's first truly accurate clock - that will stop time - and the History monks' fight to stop it being built. The book also features the fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse (the one who left before they became famous...)

11. "The rumor spread through the city like wildfire (which had quite often spread through Ankh-Morpork since its citizens had learned the words "fire insurance")." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part II

Answer: The Truth

"The dwarfs can turn lead into gold..." The lead in question is that which is used to create the letters used in a printing press. But the wizards and the Engravers Guild aren't happy about it.

12. "This is where the dragons went." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part I

Answer: Guards, Guards

The first "Watch" novel, in which we are introduced to Vimes, Colon, Nobby and Carrot.

13. In which book does Commander Vimes said " What, you mean all those dead bodies everywhere you went?"

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Discworld"--- Quotes

Answer: Night Watch

Commander Vimes said that to Carcer in "Night Watch" during their second encounter.

14. What were Zebbo Mooty's last words?

From Quiz Famous Last Words in "Discworld"

Answer: "What happens now?"

In "Guards! Guards!", Zebbo Mooty dies at the mercy of the dragon. Before dying he says "-t" but his true last words as a ghost were "What happens now?".

15. In what book by Sir Terry would you see the words, "Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you"?

From Quiz Pratchett quotes

Answer: Small Gods

"Small Gods", the 13th novel in the Discworld series, is one of the few stand-alone novels in the series. It tells the story of the God Om, and his relationship with his (possibly) only follower Brutha. Unfortunately, Om has appeared as a tortoise. The book satirises religious institutions, people, practices, and the role of religion in politics

16. The first line is 'Sam Vimes sighed when he heard the scream, but he finished shaving before he did anything about it'. Which book?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's First Lines

Answer: Night Watch

This is probably the darkest book of the Discworld series so far, and features time travel, a city revolution and a very nasty villain named Carcer. All the books given feature Sam Vimes, but it's 'Night Watch' that starts with a would-be Assassin falling into his cesspit.

17. "The wind howled." This is the opening sentence for two Terry Pratchett novels. Which one has the following second sentence? "Lightning stabbed at the earth erratically, like an inefficient assassin."

From Quiz Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part II

Answer: Wyrd Sisters

We meet the witches of Lancre: Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick. "When shall we three meet again?" "Well, I can do next Tuesday."

18. "There was a man and he had eight sons." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part I

Answer: Sourcery

The eighth son had eight sons. The only career for the eighth son of an eighth son is to be a wizard. One wizard left the business, got married and had seven sons. "Sourcery" is story of what happens when his eighth son is born. A wizard squared. A source of magic. A sourceror.

19. Windle Poons dies twice in "Reaper Man". Before he dies for the second time, what is his last word?

From Quiz Famous Last Words in "Discworld"

Answer: "Yes?"

He says "Yes?" before dying at the end of the novel. He first dies of old age, but doesn't die as at the time, Death has been sacked.

20. The words "In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded" are found in which book?

From Quiz Pratchett quotes

Answer: Lords and Ladies

"Lords and Ladies" is the 14th book in the series. It and starts at the end of "Witches Abroad", the 12th novel, when the witches arrive back in Lancre. Following an argument with Granny Weatherwax, Magrat (should have been Margaret, but her mother couldn't spell) moves into Lancre Castle, with King Verence, but not in the same room, so as to avoid scandal. The book features witches, elves, and a dwarf playwright.

21. Which two books start with the same first line, 'The wind howled.'?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's First Lines

Answer: 'Wyrd Sisters' and 'Maskerade'

Both books are about the Lancre witches and both start with them meeting up on a nasty, stormy night. In 'Wyrd Sisters' Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick have to restore the King to Lancre, and the book will be very much appreciated by fans of 'MacBeth'. In 'Maskerade' there are only Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg at the meeting - Magrat has become Queen of Lancre. They need a third witch, but their chosen candidate, Agnes Nitt, goes to Ankh-Morpork to become an opera singer. This book will be particularly enjoyed by anyone who knows 'The Phantom of the Opera'.

22. "The wind howled." This is the opening sentence for two Terry Pratchett novels. Which one has the following second sentence? "The storm crackled on the mountains."

From Quiz Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part II

Answer: Maskerade

We meet the witches of Lancre again, but Magrat is now married to King Verence. "When shall we...two...meet again?" "What'd you go and shout that for? You made me drop my toast in the fire. [...] I mean, I ain't deaf. You couldn't just asked me in a normal voice. And I'd have said, 'Next Wednesday.'"

23. "It was a moonless night, which was good for the purposes of Solid Jackson." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworl'd novels?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part I

Answer: Jingo

Solid Jackson is fishing for Curious Squid in the Circle Sea when the island of Leshp rises from the waters, setting in motion the events which would lead to war between Ankh-Morpork and Klatch.

24. "'Witches have been buying lucky horseshoes?' said Nanny. 'Like there's no tomorrow,' said Zakzak. He frowned for a moment. They had been witches, after all. 'Er .... there will be .... won't there?' he added." Which story is this quote from?

From Quiz Discworld Quotes

Answer: The Sea And Little Fishes

"The Sea And Little Fishes" is a short story about the Witch Trials, an annual event where witches test their skills. Esme always wins. This was the first Terry Pratchett story I ever read. I found it in a book called "Legends", which is a large collection filled with short fantasy stories.

25. Whose last words were "And now take off that other mask!"?

From Quiz Famous Last Words in "Discworld"

Answer: Salzella

Salzella says these words when Death pays him a visit at the end of "Maskerade". He demands him to take his mask off, as he thinks the Opera is still on.

26. What book would I be reading if I came across this one liner? "The Duke had a mind like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo."

From Quiz Pratchett quotes

Answer: Wyrd Sisters

"Wyrd Sisters", the 6th novel in the Discworld series, features the three witches, Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat Garlick, and of course not forgetting, Greebo, the most evil cat in the world (named one of my cats after him). Also included is the dwarf playwright Hwel (Shakespeare, but on a smaller scale).

27. "Nothing but stars, scattered across the blackness as though the Creator had smashed the windscreen of his car and hadn't bothered to stop to sweep up the pieces." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part III

Answer: Pyramids

This leads to an introduction of the Discworld as it floats by on the back of Great A'Tuin. Eventually, we are introduced to Teppic, who later becomes King Teppicymon XXVIII in the Kingdom of Djelibeybi.

28. "The bees of Death are big and black, they buzz low and sombre, they keep their honey in combs of wax as white as altar candles." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part II

Answer: Eric

The tranquil (if somber) setting is disturbed by the disembodied voice of Rincewind screaming through the air as he runs from the creatures of the Dungeon Dimensions.

29. "Annn enndinggg? Noaaaow?" what species does the creature that said this belong to?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Discworld"--- Quotes, Part 2

Answer: Wolf

A wolf in "Witches Abroad" said it, he was enchanted by Lily Weatherwax, who is the sister of Esme Weatherwax. He met the witches in a forest when he was about to eat the old grandma.

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