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Quiz about Discworld Characters and Places
Quiz about Discworld Characters and Places

Discworld Characters and Places Quiz


A quiz about some of the Discworld's lesser known inhabitants and locations. All information is taken from the 2004 edition of "The Discworld Companion" by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs.

A multiple-choice quiz by romeomikegolf. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
174,625
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
9 / 15
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Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 15
1. Who is Minty Rocksmacker? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Black Roger is a pirate that sails the Circle Sea in search of treasure.


Question 3 of 15
3. Who is Size 15? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Who leads the group of people that includes Teach, Boy Willie and Mad Hamish? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Which city is know as the Gateway to Klatch? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. What is the name of the town in XXXX where Rincewind first met Daggie the sheep? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. 'Tudgy' Spold is a former Archchancellor.


Question 8 of 15
8. Where is 'The Place Where the Sun Doesn't Shine'? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Who is the fifth horseman? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. What is the name of the Oh God of Hangovers? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Who takes over from Death when he goes into temporary retirement in 'Reaper Man'? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Who runs the Shonky Shop in Clay lane, Ankh-Morpork? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Where is the Dehydrated Ocean? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Which is the smallest of the Ankh-Morpork Guilds? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. What is the name of the resident gravedigger at the Cemetery of Small Gods? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who is Minty Rocksmacker?

Answer: Carrot's childhood sweetheart

Minty is the 'girl' that Carrot leaves behind when he goes to the city to join the Watch.
2. Black Roger is a pirate that sails the Circle Sea in search of treasure.

Answer: False

Black Roger is a huge dog that looks like a cross between a Pit Bull and a mincing machine. He is a member of the Dog Guild and makes an appearance in 'Men at Arms'.
3. Who is Size 15?

Answer: A Legionary in Klatch

Legionaires in the Klatchian Foreign Legion are so good at forgetting why they joined, they also forget their names and rely on the labels in their clothes to remind them.
4. Who leads the group of people that includes Teach, Boy Willie and Mad Hamish?

Answer: Cohen the Barbarian

They are members of The Silver Horde, Cohen's gang of ancient barbarians in 'Interesting Times'. Maurice is a cat, Dangerous Beans is a rat, (Both in 'The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents') and Modo is the Dwarf gardener at Unseen University.
5. Which city is know as the Gateway to Klatch?

Answer: Al Khali

Al-Ybi is the place where all criminals claim to be when a crime is committed, The Rhoxie is the Seriph of Al Khali's palace and Ee is the lost city in the Great Nef desert.
6. What is the name of the town in XXXX where Rincewind first met Daggie the sheep?

Answer: Dijabringabeeralong

Bugarup is the site of XXXX's equivalent of Unseen University. The other two I made up. However, as very few people have come back from XXXX, you never know.
7. 'Tudgy' Spold is a former Archchancellor.

Answer: True

He appeared in 'Light Fantastic'. He tried to cheat Death by building a box that nothing could enter. Sadly, for him, this included air.
8. Where is 'The Place Where the Sun Doesn't Shine'?

Answer: Slice

Scrote is a tiny town on the road between Ankh-Morpork and Pseudopolis, Bad Ass is a village in the Ramtops and The Great T'Phon is one of the Elephants that carries the Disc. The Place is a deep dark hole between a rock and a hard place.
9. Who is the fifth horseman?

Answer: Ronald Soak

Ron Soak, aka 'Kaos', hygienic dairyman, is encountered in 'Thief of Time'. He is the horseman that left before they became famous. Gerhardt Sock is President of the Butchers Guild, Marco Soto is a History Monk and the man who 'discovered' Lobsang Ludd, and Buggy Swires is a Gnome who joins the City Watch.
10. What is the name of the Oh God of Hangovers?

Answer: Bilious

Bilious is the only known Oh God. So called because of the first words spoken when you wake up in the morning after a good night out.
Bibulous is the God of Wine and Things on Sticks, Flatulus is the Ephebian God of Winds and Fedecks is the Messenger of the Gods (Ephebian).
11. Who takes over from Death when he goes into temporary retirement in 'Reaper Man'?

Answer: New Death

Mort was Death's apprentice who married Ysabell and became the Duke of Sto Helit, Susan is Death's Grand-daughter and the child of Mort and Ysabell, and she has stood in for Death from time to time. Auditors are small beings in the form of floating grey robes. Their job is to make sure that the Universe acts correctly and does not do just as it pleases.
12. Who runs the Shonky Shop in Clay lane, Ankh-Morpork?

Answer: Soon Shine Sun

The Shonky Shop is a secondhand clothes shop and Soon Shine Sun is an undercover History Monk. Wallace Sonky is a manufacturer of certain rubber goods. Mrs Spent is a Market Street landlady and Jocasta Wiggs is a trainee Assassin.
13. Where is the Dehydrated Ocean?

Answer: Klatch

At the heart of the Great Nef desert the Dehydrated Ocean is made up of a silvery sand like substance. Dehydrated water can be reconstituted by adding water.
14. Which is the smallest of the Ankh-Morpork Guilds?

Answer: Dibblers

The Guild of C M O T Dibblers has a membership of 1. The Gamblers Guild has a small membership restricted to professional card sharks and hustlers, the Victims Guild has as yet not been officially recognised and the Guild of Firefighters was outlawed by the Patrician after a brief existance because members would set fire to things to keep themselves in business.
15. What is the name of the resident gravedigger at the Cemetery of Small Gods?

Answer: Legitimate First

'Leggie' comes to our attention in 'Night Watch'. His name comes from a mother's natural pride. Done-it Duncan is a compulsive confessor, Mr Clete is sectretary of the Musicians Guild and Mr Brooks is the royal Bee Keeper at Lancre Castle.
Source: Author romeomikegolf

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