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Quiz about Terry Pratchetts The Last Continent

10 Tough Questions about Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

How well do you know Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'? Take my quiz and find out!

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

Author
magicmella

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
341,288

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
146

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Question 1 of 10

1. The book starts with a brief description of Great A'Tuin and the four elephants, named Berilia, Jerakeen, Great T'Phon and what? Hint

Binky

Tubul

Scrappy

Chelys

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'It was an old custom, centuries old, and in the summer a few tourists would hang around to watch it.' What is it? Hint

Ceremony of the Lost Keys

Ceremony of the Bledlows

Ceremony of the Archchancellor's Keys

Ceremony of the Keys

3. There are nine 'people' trapped on the desert island in the past, including the Librarian, Mrs Whitlow, Archancellor Mustrum Ridcully, the Dean, the Bursar, the Chair of Indefinite Studies, the Senior Wrangler, Ponder Stibbons and who else? Hint

The Egregious Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography

The Professor of Extreme Horticulture

The Lecturer in Recent Runes

The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Wizards meet the God of Evolution on the island, who is currently trying to make a new start in designing creatures for the world. One wizard decides to stay and help, feeling it is his duty to make sure things are done properly. Who is it? Hint

The Bursar

Archchancellor Ridcully

Ponder Stibbons

The Dean

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Question 5 of 10

5. When Rincewind is aboard Mad's coach, he is asked to fight off some bandits. He threatens them with magic, but what actually causes the big crash and death of some of the riders? Hint

A poisonous snake

A poisonous sheep

An arrow fired from another bandit

A poisonous spider

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Question 6 of 10

6. When Rincewind and Mad make it to Dijabringabeeralong, Rincewind is astonished to see that there is no water in the river. What is the river called? Hint

The Lassitude River

The Slipnir River

The River Ankh

The Vieux River

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Question 7 of 10

7. Crocodile's nickname is Crocodile Crocodile, because he's a crocodile. What do most people in the pub call him, though? Hint

Bongo

Dongo

Drongo

Brongo

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Question 8 of 10

8. Rincewind has an argument with Scrappy, the kangaroo, about him going to Bugarup without help. When asked how he'll find the way he says he'll ask directions, and when asked how he'll feed himself he says that he has an amazing new power. When giving a demonstration of it, what is it that Rincewind pulls from under the stone? Hint

A scorpion

A jam sandwich

A vegemite sandwich

A Roo Beer

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Question 9 of 10

9. When Rincewind is drunk he makes a sheep shearing bet with some locals. How much money does he bet that he can beat the local sheep shearing champion in a race against time? Hint

250 squids

100 squids

500 squids

1,000 squids

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Question 10 of 10

10. When Rincewind and the wizards board a boat home at the end of the book, some characters he had met throughout the book came to see him off. Three of these are the 'ladies' that had helped reunite him with the Luggage. Which one of them really was female? Hint

Noelene

Darleen

Letitia

Neilette

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The book starts with a brief description of Great A'Tuin and the four elephants, named Berilia, Jerakeen, Great T'Phon and what?

Answer: Tubul

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

2. 'It was an old custom, centuries old, and in the summer a few tourists would hang around to watch it.' What is it?

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.

Answer: The Lecturer in Recent Runes

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

Answer: Ponder Stibbons

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

5. When Rincewind is aboard Mad's coach, he is asked to fight off some bandits. He threatens them with magic, but what actually causes the big crash and death of some of the riders?

Answer: A poisonous spider

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

6. When Rincewind and Mad make it to Dijabringabeeralong, Rincewind is astonished to see that there is no water in the river. What is the river called?

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!

7. Crocodile's nickname is Crocodile Crocodile, because he's a crocodile. What do most people in the pub call him, though?

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.

Answer: A scorpion

Scrappy had in fact been helping him pull food from strange places, so when he told Rincewind that he couldn't do it alone, he proved himself by not helping him. Rincewind drinks Roo Beer in Crocodile's pub, eats a jam sandwich pulled from beneath a rock earlier and, in fact, invents vegemite.

9. When Rincewind is drunk he makes a sheep shearing bet with some locals. How much money does he bet that he can beat the local sheep shearing champion in a race against time?

Answer: 500 squids

The locals are shocked when Rincewind shears 30 sheep in two minutes, but can't afford to pay the bet. They give him a tiny horse called Snowy, that the owner had had for ages, for a few minutes.

Answer: Neilette

Neilette's family had owned the old brewery in town and had decided to open it back up for business with the help of Letitia and Darleen. Rincewind never once realised that most of the ladies in the travelling troupe were in fact men.

Source: Author magicmella

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