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'Equal Rites' Random Questions Quiz

I have taken Terry Pratchett's 'Equal Rites', the third book in his Discworld series, and randomly opened it to ten different pages resulting in the following questions.

A multiple-choice quiz by orlandodaddy. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
orlandodaddy

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
224,000

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. According to this book, what automatically creates wizard talent in a baby boy? Hint

Being the seventh son of a seventh son.

Being the eighth son of an eighth son.

Being born in Lancre.

Being delivered by a witch.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which witch served as midwife at Esk's birth? Hint

Nanny Ogg

Granny Weatherwax

Nanny Annaple

Magrat Garlick

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Question 3 of 10

3. The town in which Esk accidentally gets separated from Granny is Ohulan.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which "white" wizard does Mrs. Whitlow say will soon become a "grey" wizard if he doesn't take better care of his laundry? Hint

Treatle

Gandalf

Cutangle

Granpone

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Question 5 of 10

5. When Granny is reading the tea-leaves for Mrs. Whitlow, what mind does she "Borrow"? Hint

A raven

A rat

The University itself

A cockroach

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Question 6 of 10

6. When Simon discovers Esk in the Library trying to learn how to read, what book does she have? Hint

The Necrotelicomnicon

Demonylogie Malyfycorum of Henchanse the Unsatyfactory

The Octavo

Liber Paginarum Fulvarum

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Question 7 of 10

7. How does Terry Pratchett describe the colours vomit green, unmentionable brown, nicotine yellow or surgical appliance pink? Hint

They make learning fun.

They can only be produced by magic.

The unofficial colors of Unseen University.

They always smell of boiled cabbage.

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Question 8 of 10

8. In Ohulan, what does Esk do to Mr. Skiller's barrels of beer the night she arrives at the Fiddler's Riddle? Hint

Turns them into something nasty.

Makes them disappear.

Fills them with cement.

Turns them into triple-distilled white mountain peach brandy.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who inscribed the secret of longevity in insect heiroglyphics at Unseen University? Hint

The ants

Simon

The cockroaches

The Librarian

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Question 10 of 10

10. On what people's barges did Esk sail down the Ankh? Hint

The Zoons

The Nac Mac Feegle

Klatchian Traders

The Balancing Monks

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. According to this book, what automatically creates wizard talent in a baby boy?

Answer: Being the eighth son of an eighth son.

On the Discworld, eight is a very important magical number. Gordo Smith was an eighth son with seven sons of his own and baby about to be born. The wizard Drum Billet knew he was to die, and of this impending birth, and decided to pass his powers to the newborn boy by giving him his staff.

There was a problem that Drum and Gordo weren't aware of until after the baby had grasped the staff: the child was a girl.

2. Which witch served as midwife at Esk's birth?

Answer: Granny Weatherwax

Granny of course, who ends up accompanying Esk to Ankh-Morpork to help get Esk into Unseen University as she now has wizard talent.

3. The town in which Esk accidentally gets separated from Granny is Ohulan.

Answer: False

Bit of a trick question there. Esk does get "lost" in Ohulan, but not accidentally. She was determined to see for herself one or two of the unspeakable things that Granny said lurked in cities.

4. Which "white" wizard does Mrs. Whitlow say will soon become a "grey" wizard if he doesn't take better care of his laundry?

Answer: Granpone

She says a white wizard is just a black wizard with a good housekeeper.

5. When Granny is reading the tea-leaves for Mrs. Whitlow, what mind does she "Borrow"?

Answer: The University itself

When she came back and started to pretend to read the tea-leaves (in fact telling Mrs. Whitlow to hire Esk as a cleaning girl) she opened her windows, extended her west and east wings, and grasped the cup in her pillars; although it was with a plaster expression and stony silence.

6. When Simon discovers Esk in the Library trying to learn how to read, what book does she have?

Answer: Demonylogie Malyfycorum of Henchanse the Unsatyfactory

"The Octavo" is the Creator's own grimoire and holds The Eight Spells. The other two are different names for the same book. H. P. Lovecraft's 'Necronomicon' is the 'Book of the Dead'. 'Liber Paginarum Fulvarum' is a dog-Latin title that translates to 'Book of Yellow Pages', i.e. not the 'Book of the Dead', but rather the 'Phonebook of the Dead'. Esk figures she can learn how to read by just looking at a book and trying until she gets it, like milking and knitting.

But one should never do this with a book of magic.

They tend to read you back.

7. How does Terry Pratchett describe the colours vomit green, unmentionable brown, nicotine yellow or surgical appliance pink?

Answer: They always smell of boiled cabbage.

Even if no cabbage had ever been boiled in the vicinity.

8. In Ohulan, what does Esk do to Mr. Skiller's barrels of beer the night she arrives at the Fiddler's Riddle?

Answer: Turns them into triple-distilled white mountain peach brandy.

First she turned them into milk. When he asked them to be turned back, she remembered something better than beer from back home. They didn't get turned into something nasty until the morning she left, after he tried to steal her staff.

9. Who inscribed the secret of longevity in insect heiroglyphics at Unseen University?

Answer: The ants

It was in a hidden chamber in a pyramid of sugar cubes. They got it completely right, but it was all washed away the next time the University flooded.

10. On what people's barges did Esk sail down the Ankh?

Answer: The Zoons

They are completely honest and cannot grasp the idea of anything being described as being other than what it is. Once they learned this was a drawback in the trading world, they developed a great respect for someone who could bend the truth, and the position of Tribal Liar was created.

Source: Author orlandodaddy

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