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1. The title of the third "Discworld" book is something very important on Roundworld (Earth) and Victoria Woodhull and Emily Pankhurst were US and UK campaigners for this. The "Discworld" book is spelled in a different way. Which of these is the correct title?
2. The fourth "Discworld" book is about an apprenticeship with a difference. The book is named after the hero, and given that his master is Death (or an anthropomorphic personification), it's a good job his name means the same thing in French. What is the title?
3. Terry's sixth book takes its title from the description of the three witches in the Roundworld Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', but with Discworld's idiosyncratic spelling. What is the title?
4. Terry Pratchett's seventh book is about the kingdom of Djelibeybi, and is named after a 'three-dimensional structure where the upper surfaces are triangular and converge on one point (apex)'. The book has led to some Discworld aficionados calling the author 'Pterry'. What is the title of this book?
5. I found the title of the eighth "Discworld" book in Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus', but it is always shouted by the master of the castle when the mob arrives - it's a plea for the people who protect him to come and help. What is the title?
6. The ninth book in the series is about Discworld's only demonology hacker. He shares his first name with the real name of the Roundworld author George Orwell, the Roundworld guitar god known as 'Slowhand' and the Australian Roundworld actor who played Hector in 'Troy'. What name?
7. The tenth "Discworld" book is about the film business and is called 'Moving Pictures'. It's set in a place called Holy Wood outside Ankh-Morpork (where the light is better). The Roundworld parallels don't stop there, either. The Alchemists discover that if you heat corn in a hot pan with a little oil you get a strangely more-ish snack which you can put butter and salt on. What do they call these?
8. The eleventh "Discworld" book is the second one to focus on Death as the main character. The title is apparently a parody of a cult 1984 film, written and directed by Alex Cox, and starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton. Given that Death (as Bill Door) gets a job helping Miss Flitwick bringing in the harvest, and the above information, what is the title?
9. The twelfth "Discworld" book, 'Witches Abroad' takes a long, hard look at fairy tales and draws on many of them. The heroine is a young girl called Ella. Because she spends so much time cooking over a fire, Mrs Pleasant calls her Embers. So, what is her nickname?
10. 'Small Gods', the thirteenth "Discworld" book, looks at faith and religion. The main God is the Great God Om, who can best be described as chelonian. What does he manifest himself to Brutha as?
11. The fifteenth book in the series is the second about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. The title derives from medieval soldiers who had their own equipment. What is the title?
12. If you're a fan of rock music, the book to start reading Terry Pratchett is the sixteenth of the series, 'Soul Music', which introduces 'Music with Rocks In' to the Discworld. The hero comes from the small country of Llamedos. This is a parody of which Roundworld Welsh poet, who created a town called Llareggub?
13. The title of the seventeenth book comes from a Roundworld Chinese curse, which is appropriate, given that Discworld's Counterweight continent bears a significant resemblance to China. It doesn't sound much like a curse until you think about it. 'May you live in ___________ times'. What is the missing word?
14. 'Maskerade', the eighteenth "Discworld" book, is set in Ankh-Morpork Opera House. There's a pretty girl called Christine and an opera ghost, a man with a mask, taking a probably unhealthy interest in her. Who in Roundworld wrote a musical which became the longest running show on Broadway, with a strangely similar plot?
15. The nineteenth "Discworld" book, 'Feet of Clay' features creatures from Yiddish folklore, magical creatures created and animated. A famous one came from Prague. What is their name?
16. The title of the twenty-first "Discworld" book, 'Jingo', comes from a little ditty which runs
'We don't want to have to fight,
but by Jingo if we do
We've got the ships, we've got the men,
we've got the money too.' What war, in 1878, was it written for?
17. The twenty-third "Discworld" novel, 'Carpe Jugulum' is about vampires and the title can be translated as 'go for the throat' or 'seize the throat'. Which Roundworld film, starring Robin Williams, made great use of the phrase 'Carpe Diem' or 'seize the day'?
18. In 'The Fifth Elephant', Sam Vimes meets three sisters (at least one of them wants to chop down their cherry orchard) who lend him the 'gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya'. What Roundworld Russian playwright might this suggest?
19. The twenty-eighth "Discworld" book shares its name with a painting by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijnt that hangs in the Rijksmuseum. The painting is misnamed because of a dark varnish over it. What is the title?
20. The thirty-first "Discworld" book gets its title from the title of a book by the Scottish theologian John Knox, written in 1558. The title of John Knox's book was 'The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of _____'. What is the missing word?
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