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Glad to be Grey - A Discworld Auditors Quiz

The Auditors from Discworld appear in several books - and they are not nice. They really hate disorganised things - like humanity. They don't really deserve a quiz, but I hope you enjoy it.

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

Author
Quiz_Beagle

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
286,502

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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435

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Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. In 'Reaper Man', how does Death discover that the Auditors of Reality had decided to retire him? Hint

Azrael told him

The Auditors took his horse, Binky

He got a letter from the Auditors

He got a lifetimer with the sands of time flowing

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was not one of the things the Auditors accused Death of doing in 'Reaper Man'? Hint

Living with intent to survive

Pride

Allowing Death of Rats to live

Siding with chaos against good order

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Question 3 of 10

3. In 'Hogfather', what do the Auditors call what they want done to the person they call the 'Fat Man'? Lord Downey, the Head of the Assassin's Guild, calls it inhumed. Hint

Assassinated

Killed

Brought to an end

Exterminated with extreme ruthlessness

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 'Hogfather', do the Auditors take the shape of dogs to chase the boar?

Yes

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 'Hogfather', what was the final question Death asked the Auditors? Hint

Have you been naughty or nice?

Have you come here to die?

Are you feeling lucky?

Is this a dagger I see before me?

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was Lady Myria LeJean, an Auditor pretending to be human, wearing when she first visited Jeremy Clockson in 'Thief of Time'? Hint

A shapeless grey dress

Red feathers and a hula hula skirt

Head to toe in black

An enormous and expensive white fur coat

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 'Thief of Time', what book did the Auditor Lady LeJean give Jeremy to read about the glass clock of Bad Schuschein? Hint

Father Goose

Grim Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Hamsterson

F-Stop's Fables

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Question 8 of 10

8. What does Igor notice that tells him that there is something odd about Lady LeJean in 'Thief of Time'? Hint

She has odd eyes, one brown and one blue

Her teeth are too big

Her feet are too big

Her feet don't touch the ground

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 'Thief of Time', what is not one of the names the Chief Auditor is called when they visit Jeremy? Hint

Mr White

Mr Green

Mr Red

Mr Black

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Question 10 of 10

10. What does Miss Tangerine, an Auditor in human form in 'Thief of Time', call her fellow Auditors to show her disgust for them? Hint

Scumbags

Plebs

Ratbags

Organs

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In 'Reaper Man', how does Death discover that the Auditors of Reality had decided to retire him?

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.

2. What was not one of the things the Auditors accused Death of doing in 'Reaper Man'?

Answer: Allowing Death of Rats to live

He was also accused of 'Morticide' (which was not killing Mort, his one-time apprentice)! I particularly like the offence of 'Living with intent to survive' - obviously a heinous one in the eyes of the Auditors!

3. In 'Hogfather', what do the Auditors call what they want done to the person they call the 'Fat Man'? Lord Downey, the Head of the Assassin's Guild, calls it inhumed.

Answer: Brought to an end

Lord Downey thought that this was an odd way to put it, but for three million dollars in gold for doing the job, he doesn't worry about terminology too much!

4. In 'Hogfather', do the Auditors take the shape of dogs to chase the boar?

Answer: Yes

Death explains to Susan that the boar is really the Hogfather and that 'THESE ARE NOT REAL DOGS. IF THEY CATCH HIM HE WON'T JUST DIE, HE WILL...NEVER BE...'

5. In 'Hogfather', what was the final question Death asked the Auditors?

Answer: Have you been naughty or nice?

Death has had to stand in for the Hogfather while he was out of action, and it seems to have rubbed off on him. As Death himself says to the Auditors 'IT GETS UNDER YOUR SKIN, LIFE'. Of course, that's what really gets up the Auditors' noses!

6. What was Lady Myria LeJean, an Auditor pretending to be human, wearing when she first visited Jeremy Clockson in 'Thief of Time'?

Answer: An enormous and expensive white fur coat

With her pale face and long black hair, Jeremy wondered whether she was a zombie. As an Auditor, you would expect her to be in grey, but she was trying to fit in with the citizens of Ankh-Morpork (which gave her a lot of leeway)!

7. In 'Thief of Time', what book did the Auditor Lady LeJean give Jeremy to read about the glass clock of Bad Schuschein?

Answer: Grim Fairy Tales

Lady LeJean wants Jeremy to build a glass clock for her. The slight problem is that when it starts, it will stop time. It happened once before (yes, the Auditors!) and has been preserved in a children's book as a legend.

8. What does Igor notice that tells him that there is something odd about Lady LeJean in 'Thief of Time'?

Answer: Her feet don't touch the ground

As Igors are composed of spare parts, it's highly unlikely odd parts of the body would raise an Igor's eyebrow. Lady LeJean, as befits an Auditor, has grey eyes. Besides not standing on the ground all the time ('You can jutht thee the thadow under her thoeth'), what gives Igor the willies (and Igor was not normally a man 'subject to the slightest willy') was that 'she didn't smell like anything. In Igor's experience everything smelled like something'.

9. In 'Thief of Time', what is not one of the names the Chief Auditor is called when they visit Jeremy?

Answer: Mr Red

When they meet Jeremy, Lady LeJean introduces the Auditors as Mr Black, Mr Green, Miss Brown, Miss White, Miss Yellow and Mr Blue. The senior decides he doesn't want to be Mr Green, and that black is a more significant shade. Miss White then says that white is higher status than black, which is merely an absence of colour, so the Chief Auditor becomes and remains Mr White.

They've only just taken on human form and are already they've begun acting more like humans than Auditors. As Lady LeJean puts it 'Once you have a body, you have a 'me'.

10. What does Miss Tangerine, an Auditor in human form in 'Thief of Time', call her fellow Auditors to show her disgust for them?

Answer: Organs

As has been noted, the Auditors loathe things like feelings and discord and confusion. This is the word she uses to describe her feelings of Yuerkkk, which her body seems to have the sensation of. I hope you've enjoyed the quiz about the Auditors - they would hate it!

Source: Author Quiz_Beagle

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