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"Mort" by Terry Pratchett Trivia Quiz

Some random questions about this book.

A multiple-choice quiz by martinjudo. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
martinjudo

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
307,299

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
388

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Question 1 of 10

1. Discworld is an imaginary world placed on a turtle. What is the turtle called? Hint

Albert

Lezek

Great A'Tuin

Hamesh

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Question 2 of 10

2. Magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances tend to crop up how often? Hint

nine out of ten times

ninety nine out of one hundred times

seven out of ten times

one out of two times

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is special about reannual plants? Hint

Plants that produce yearly crops of books

Plants that move to where the shade is

Plants that grow upside down

Plants that grow backwards in time

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of Mort's father? Hint

Binky

Hamesh

Lezek

Albert

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Question 5 of 10

5. On what day was the Hiring Fair? Hint

Easter Sunday

Hogwatch Day

Hogwatch Eve

New Years Day

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Question 6 of 10

6. In which town is the Hiring fair located? Hint

Ankh-Morpork

Sheepridge

Sto Lat

Sto Helit

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the first person Mort sees DEATH collecting? Hint

Princess Keli

King Zetesphut

The Duke of Sto Helit

King Olerve the Bastard

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of DEATH's "daughter"? Hint

Rincewind

Keli

Ysabell

Binky

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the real name of DEATH'S butler? Hint

Igneous Cutwell

Hummok M'guk

Ronron Shuwadhi

Alberto Malich

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who, or what, is the librarian at the Unseen University? Hint

Rincewind

an orang-outang

Albert

Mort

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Discworld is an imaginary world placed on a turtle. What is the turtle called?

Answer: Great A'Tuin

Albert is DEATH's butler. Lezek and Hamesh are members of Mort's family.

2. Magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances tend to crop up how often?

Answer: nine out of ten times

Scientists had calculated the possibility of a world existing on a giant turtle in space at being millions to one.

3. What is special about reannual plants?

Answer: Plants that grow backwards in time

Farmers, like Mort's father, plant their seeds this year so that they will grow last year! The others are made up.

4. What is the name of Mort's father?

Answer: Lezek

Binky is the name of DEATH's horse. Albert is also a wizard and Hamesh is Mort's uncle.

5. On what day was the Hiring Fair?

Answer: Hogwatch Eve

Morts father is taking him to the fair in the hopes that Mort will become apprenticed to a trade. Unfortunately only one "person" is interested in Mort.

6. In which town is the Hiring fair located?

Answer: Sheepridge

Sheepridge is a small town on the Rimtop. The others are cities which Mort visits on his adventures.

7. Who was the first person Mort sees DEATH collecting?

Answer: King Olerve the Bastard

King Olerve is assassinated by the Duke of Sto Helit. Princess Keli is the assassinated king's daughter.

8. What is the name of DEATH's "daughter"?

Answer: Ysabell

Ysabell's parents died while crossing the Great Nef during a storm where DEATH found her and saved her life. Keli is a princess from Sto Lat. Rincewind is a wizard who appears in many Discworld books.

9. What is the real name of DEATH'S butler?

Answer: Alberto Malich

Igneous Cutwell is the resident wizard at Sto Lat. Ronron Shuwadhi is a Klatchian mystic who created the first pizza. Hummok M'guk is a Hublandish tribesman who plays Death in a game of dice.

10. Who, or what, is the librarian at the Unseen University?

Answer: an orang-outang

The librarian had been changed into an orang-outang by magic and preferred to stay that way.

Source: Author martinjudo

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