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1. Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 in Beaconsfield. In which English Home County, north of the River Thames, was he born?
2. Terence Pratchett had two middle names. What were they? (You can work them out if you know that the first was after a famous king in the Old Testament and the second an infamous English king.)
3. After Terry Pratchett passed his 11-plus exams in 1959, which school did he attend?
4. Terry Pratchett's first short story "The Hades Business" was published in his school magazine.
5. Having gained his O-levels, Terry Pratchett embarked on his A-levels, but he was also looking around for a job. After the first year, an opportunity arose and he left school to try his hand in which line of work?
6. Terry Pratchett's first book was published in 1971. It dealt with a tribe called Munrungs and their journey to a new location in their world after their village was destroyed by the Fray. What was the home of the Munrungs?
7. Terry Pratchett got married in 1968 to Lyn Purves, and their only daughter was born in 1976. What is her name, which is also the name of a British singer?
8. In 1980, shortly after the Three Mile Island incident, Terry Pratchett was appointed publicity officer to which utility board?
9. Terry Pratchett was still working as a publicity officer when he published "The Colour of Magic" in 1983. This was the first in a series of books that were set in which famous fantasy location?
10. Terry Pratchett received many awards for his work, including Author of the Year, the Science Fiction Award and many honorary doctorates from universities. What award did he receive in the 2009 UK New Year Honours list for services to Literature?
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