10 Average Questions about The Fifth Elephant

Answer: Fools

In Ankh Morpork Clowns are regarded as anything but but funny. Stopping the Clown's guildhouse from burning down brought the ambiguous comment from Capt. Carrot "If we let it burn, it'll be a blow for entertainment in the city".

Answer: Done It Duncan

'Done It Duncan' is the man you want around if you want to clear up any crime that you have open on the books as he will admit to anything. 'Here and Now' is another unlicensed thief from Ankh Morpork who Capt. Carrot apprehends in an earlier Discworld novel. Foul Old Ron and the Duckman are two of Ankh Morpork's illustrious beggars.

Answer: Rhys Rhysson

B'hrian Bloodaxe was the first Low King to sit on the Scone of Stone. Albrecht Albrechtson was the runner up in the contest for the title of Low King. Bjorn Hammerhock was a dwarf who worked as an articifer who was shot in the chest by the gonne in 'Men at Arms'.

When Death came to usher him into the afterlife he made the joke 'you'll be Bjorn again' because dwarf religion believes in reincarnation. OK, you had to be there!

Answer: Sgt Fred Colon

In 'Men at Arms' Sgt Colon states that he doesn't want to be an officer. When he's promoted to Captain in 'Fifth Elephant' he experiences extreme paranoia and believes everyone is out to undermine him. Also in 'Men at Arms' when Lord Vetinari and Captain Vimes are considering Vimes' replacement the mental image they both share of Nobby Nobbs is enough to have them both shaking their heads and saying 'No'. Sgt Flint is a Troll in the Night Watch, and Sgt Angua went to Uberwald with Cmdr Vimes.

Answer: Lady Serafine Von Uberwald

Schmaltzberger is a dwarf clan. There is no Lady Rhysson. Rhysson is the new Low King, and it's strongly hinted at in the book that Rhysson is female. Lady Margolotta is a vampire. Technically Lady Serafine is Baroness Serafine Von Uberwald, but in the book she is refered to as Lady Serafine.

Answer: 5 weeks

When Sybill tells Sam that she sang the part of Ironhammer at finishing school she states 'Not the full five week version of course'

Answer: Gaspode

Gaspode is the talking dog that befriended Angua in 'Men at Arms'. Wolfgang is Angua's brother and yes Aunt Hilda is a werewolf. Angua names her when she meets her family and states "The pack's all here, then? Except for father, who I expect is off rolling in something. what a family-'.

Answer: False

The Low King admits to Vimes that the first 'Scone of Stone' crumbled after 300 years and there have been several replacements since. All the senior dwarf's are aware of this and collude in the myth that the 'Scone of Stone' is the original first sat on by B'hrain Bloodaxe.

Answer: 5

When Carrot returns he finds Nobby outside the Watch House. Nobby states that there are "just me and Dorfl and Reg and Washpot" if you include the increasingly paranoid Capt Colon who is holed up in the Watch House that makes five.

Answer: Silver

The correct answer is Silver. According to a briefing note given to Vimes Silver hasn't been mined in Uberwald since the 'Diet of Bugs' in AM 1880. The possession of it is also illegal.