The Last Continent Trivia

1. As the story began, the senior staff at the Unseen University were attempting to find a cure for the Librarian's illness. Besides the fact that he was an orangutan, what was wrong with the Librarian?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "The Last Continent"

Answer: He changed shape when he sneezed.

Even though he changed shape, he continued to maintain his red fur. So he became a furry red armchair, furry red hot water bottle, and a furry red large book, among other items. While the Librarian was ill, the library was out of control, with the books attacking anyone who entered. The university staff realized that they needed to fix the Librarian since he could manage the books, but they didn't know the Librarian's name, and they couldn't "magic a wizard without knowing his name. Basic rule". Unfortunately for them, the Librarian had taken steps to obscure his prior existence, as he preferred life as an orangutan and didn't want to be turned back into a wizard. So the staff needed to find Rincewind, since he was the Deputy Librarian and knew the Librarian's real name.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: Tubul

The four elephants in turn carry the weight of the Disc on their backs.

From Quiz No Worries! "The Last Continent"

Answer: in the Bledlow's pocket

This a traditional, nightly ritual which annoys a lot of the wizards who are trying to sleep through the racket caused by the Bledlows.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: A 'Barking Dog'

The Barking Dog was a small cannon, which the wizards helpfully sent back as it had arrived, with a lit fuse! Hamish is my hamster, who likes appearing in quizzes.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "The Last Continent"

Answer: They climbed through a window in the geographer's office.

To locate Rincewind, the senior staff of the Unseen University needed the help of the Egregious Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography, but when they entered his room, they found a messy room but no wizard. At first they thought he was taking a bath because they could hear the splashing of water from the bathroom, but as time passed by ("we're talking serious prunes here"), they decided to investigate. They opened the door and found "a perfectly ordinary bathroom" with a tropical beach visible out the bathroom's open window. After a quick investigation, they determined that the window was a hole in the space-time continuum, similar to one that had been previously found between the attic and cellar at the university. They climbed through the window, taking the Librarian with them, and left the window propped up so that they could return. They were enjoying a pleasant day on the beach when the university's housekeeper, Mrs. Whitlow, followed them through the window to bring them a snack and unfortunately moved the stick that had propped up the window, trapping them on the island.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: Ceremony of the Keys

McAbre performs the Ceremony of the Keys at 2am every night all year round come rain or shine. It is performed really loudly underneath the Bursar's window.

From Quiz No Worries! "The Last Continent"

Answer: he did not react when the Senior Wrangler called him a monkey

Everyone was shocked when the Senior Wrangler asked, "Does that book say if monkeys have pulses?" and was left intact. They pretty much assumed that the Librarian was dying.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: The Librarian

His 'morphic function' was being attacked by influenza, causing him to change shape - but not, apparently, his colour.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "The Last Continent"

Answer: A kangaroo

Rincewind realized that the kangaroo was stalking him, but he wasn't initially concerned since he knew that kangaroos were vegetarians, and he wasn't wearing green. But after the kangaroo confronted him and told him that he "could kick your stomach out through your neck", Rincewind decided to run away. It was futile since the kangaroo caught up with him in a few bounds, but Rincewind kept running and eventually fell into a deep waterhole, which was all according to the kangaroo's plan. The kangaroo, whose name was Scrappy, met him down the hole and showed him a painting on a wall that appeared to be a group of wizards ("we called them The Pointy Heads"). Scrappy explained that Rincewind's arrival on the continent had "changed history" because he changed "history that's already happened" - "time isn't as straightforward as you think".

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: The Lecturer in Recent Runes

The Librarian definitely isn't a person. He is an ape. Ape. NOT monkey. Ape.

From Quiz No Worries! "The Last Continent"

Answer: he's the only one who can keep the books calm

The Bursar was apparently attacked by a book when he went down in the middle of the night to get one, and the wizards know that they wouldn't be proper wizards if they couldn't get into their own library.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: A Lean Mean Team

Ridcully becomes 'pro-active' and starts preparing 'career development packages' 'job descriptions' and all the other things Managers want you to do, rather than the job! The wizards 'had no intention of being lean, but were getting mean as anything'!

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "The Last Continent"

Answer: Under rocks

Rincewind initially ate whatever he managed to find, mainly grubs, but he eventually discovered that real food was hiding under rocks. He first found a chicken sandwich (or at least it tasted like chicken). He even found lamington cakes under a rock. When Scrappy the kangaroo told him that he'd starve without Scrappy's assistance, Rincewind showed him his food trick, to which Scrappy replied, "I've never seen anyone do that with a scorpion before". So perhaps Rincewind only thought he was finding food.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: Ponder Stibbons

Ponder doesn't last long; he is scared off by the God's great masterpiece- the cockroach.

From Quiz No Worries! "The Last Continent"

Answer: they don't know his name

A basic rule is that you cannot magic a wizard without knowing his name. The Librarian has been The Librarian so long that most of his contemporaries are dead, and all the year books from his year have been...destroyed...with a bananary aroma lingering...

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: Through the Egregious Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography's bathroom window

The Professor of Recondite Achitecture etc. gave them a map of the University which took them to the Egregious Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography's room. Outside his bathroom window was a tropical beach. The other two wrong answers are a way to Narnia and the magic mirror from Harry Potter.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "The Last Continent"

Answer: Rain

During his travels across Fourecks, Rincewind was repeatedly told that water was too heavy to be in the sky. A dwarf named Mad told him: "Everyone knows all the water's deep underground. That's only sense. It's heavy stuff". He dismissed Rincewind's claim about "water falling out of the sky": "You don't believe all THAT stuff, do you? My granddad used to go on about that when he'd been at the beer. It's just an old story". Scrappy the kangaroo had told Rincewind about "The Wet", but the current inhabitants believed it was just an old wives' tale. When Rincewind asked whether they had rivers, Mad responded, "COURSE we've got rivers. This country's got everything, mate". But Mad didn't see a connection between rivers and water: "What'd we want water in rivers for? What'd it do?" Later when they crossed the Lassitude River, which he initially mistook for a stretch of dry sand, Rincewind saw a boat on four wheels being pulled by a camel. Mad informed him if the wind was right, they'd use the sails instead of camels.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: A poisonous spider

Rincewind doesn't meet any poisonous sheep on Ecksecksecksecks but there sure are plenty of the others.

From Quiz No Worries! "The Last Continent"

Answer: Rincewind

Rincewind was the Deputy Librarian when the Librarian was turned into an orangutan.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: Those who were trying to kill him and those who weren't

As far as Rincewind is concerned, the first group has vastly outnumbered the second!

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "The Last Continent"

Answer: Drop-bear

Rincewind heard the crack of a branch and then felt the bear land on his head. The drop-bear was supposedly related to a koala, but it didn't resemble one. It had a thickly padded bottom to protect it against the drop. The drop would render its victim unconscious, and the bear would then feed on the victim. Unfortunately for the bear that targeted Rincewind, it landed on his pointy hat. Rincewind managed to shake the bear off his hat and then took off as other bears plummeted to the ground. Rincewind later met up with a group of horsemen who told him that "there's no such thing as drop-bears. Someone must've seen you coming, mate!" despite Rincewind's description: "Boing... all over the place... great big teeth..." Nevertheless, he checked the trees for drop-bears the next time he set up camp.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: The Lassitude River

The River Ankh 'flows' through Ankh Morpork, the Slipnir River borders on Istanzia, the Vieux River flows through Genua. You learn something new every day!

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: Not even Death knows when he's going to die

Rincewind's hourglass 'looked like something created by a glassblower who'd had the hiccups in a time machine' and the sand is flowing every which way. Death has no idea when Rincewind's going to die, which he finds very vexing.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "The Last Continent"

Answer: Stealing sheep

Rincewind went looking for water, but the water hole was dry, so he started digging. By the time he was deep in the hole, he was surrounded by sheep, who were looking for water. Rincewind saw a sheep rustler approach the hole and shove a sheep into a sack, so he called out to him: "That probably belongs to someone, you know". The man looked around but didn't see Rincewind; the voice appeared to be coming from the sheep, so the man dropped his sack and took off. Rincewind then climbed out of the hole and picked up the sack to free the sheep, but unfortunately for him, four men saw him with the sack and assumed he was the one stealing sheep. Rincewind was tossed in a cell, and it looked bleak for him, especially when DEATH showed up, but when Rincewind mentioned that he was being hanged in the morning, DEATH told him, "THEN I SHALL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HOW YOU ESCAPED". It turned out that DEATH had just stopped by on his way to "MEET A MAN... INSIDE A CROCODILE". And Rincewind did manage to escape, by lifting the cell door off the hinges and running away.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: Dongo

'The barman wore a grubby shirt and a grubby pair of shorts, and until he'd seen a pair of shorts tailored for someone with very short legs and a very long tail Rincewind hadn't realised what a difficult job tailoring must be.' You meet with some strange sights on Discworld.

From Quiz No Worries! "The Last Continent"

Answer: elephant

The first creature he encountered as he entered the god's cave was a beetle, but it was flying around, not under construction. The elephant was quite clearly being built. The shark was behind it. I made up the dog.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: Some of the sheep

When Death asks in his library for a book about the dangerous creatures, he's buried in large volumes, including 'Dangerous Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Jellyfish, Insects, Spiders, Crustaceans, Grasses, Trees, Mosses, and Lichens of Terror Incognita' and that was Volume 29C, Part 3!

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "The Last Continent"

Answer: Female impersonators

The Luggage was picked up along a dusty road, placed in the cart, and filled with fancy ladies' shoes. Painted on the purple cart were the words: "Petunia, The Desert Princess". Rincewind finally caught up with The Luggage when he ran into a carnival during his escape from prison. He asked a tall woman named Letitia if she could help him since he was being chased by the Watch, and she offered to hide him in the cart. But he was soon spotted and ran down an alley that turned out to be a cul-de-sac. As the Watch cornered him, The Luggage flew over their heads and landed between him and the guards. At least he thought it was The Luggage; it was wearing an evening gown and high heels on its many little feet. When the noise had died down, Rincewind saw that the guards were lying about unconscious, as "The Luggage had a cat's tendency to lose interest in things that didn't fight back even after you'd kicked them a few times". Rincewind told The Luggage to get rid of the shoes, the dress, and the earrings ("They don't suit you"), but The Luggage refused to part with stud piercings on its lid. Neilette, one of the ladies who'd been taking care of The Luggage, told Rincewind that they called The Luggage "Trunkie" and believed Trunkie to be a girl, at least the kind of girl that the others were. It turned out that Neilette wasn't one of them and wasn't particularly cut out for the job: "Being a female impersonator is no job for a woman".

From Quiz No Worries! "The Last Continent"

Answer: Ponder Stibbons

This was said to the Atheistic God by Ponder in regards to the elephant having wheels.

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

Answer: The Bursar

While the wizards are all standing round arguing about whether or not it'd be dangerous, Ridcully noticed that the Bursar had sneaked away and was having a nice paddle in the surf.

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