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The Unseen University Challenge: Terry Pratchett's Discworld Quizbook
Trolls have smashed down the door, there's a banshee on the roof, the river's caught fire, the librarian has turned into some kind of ape, and this is your starter for ten...
Questions about figgins, DEATH, mind-destroying footnotes, carnivorous Luggage with lots of little legs, quantum butterflies, the magico-numerical significance of what we must always call "twice four" or "seven plus one," and even the precise sex of the Great Turtle who supports Terry Pratchett's phenomenal planet (via four elephant middlemen).
This is a quiz book for fans of fantasy and fun alike - and the ultimate challenge for all Discworld aficionados.
Questions about figgins, DEATH, mind-destroying footnotes, carnivorous Luggage with lots of little legs, quantum butterflies, the magico-numerical significance of what we must always call "twice four" or "seven plus one," and even the precise sex of the Great Turtle who supports Terry Pratchett's phenomenal planet (via four elephant middlemen).
This is a quiz book for fans of fantasy and fun alike - and the ultimate challenge for all Discworld aficionados.
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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About the author
Terry Pratchett
684 books46.1k followersSir Terence David John Pratchett was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983–2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
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June 11, 2012
Calling all Discworld fans! Anyone who thinks they know their stuff when it comes to the Discworld should get their gleeful mitts on this dandy little updated quiz book. Containing questions across the scale of easy-peasy to devillishly difficult, it will challenge even the hardiest of Pratchetteers as they test their knowledge of the flatest of fantasy worlds. It's fun, it's funny and it's a must-have addition to anyone who loves the work of Britain's greatest living fantasy author!
September 24, 2017
Unfortunately I flunked out of the University. I enjoy Pratchett's writing and the Diskworld universe, but I'm not obsessive enough over the details.
When it's a quiz/final exam that's a fatal error. At least it wasn't an essay test.
When it's a quiz/final exam that's a fatal error. At least it wasn't an essay test.
April 27, 2019
This is a little book with short quizzes on the most random little facts, names and Roundworld parallels that anyone could have come up with. It can be read through for fans who feel that they need some more Discworld in their lives. Sadly, having been published in 1996, the book only covers the first dozen or so Discworld books.
July 29, 2017
i barely got into double figures with correct answers, but i still enjoyed the memory jogs.
June 9, 2022
Terry Pratchett was an exceptional author of comic fantasy. All his work is brilliant and a great read for all fantasy fans.
November 22, 2022
Sadly a little dated now but thanks for the memories
June 8, 2018
Additional reading with regards to the Discworld Universe
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April 11, 2010Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" Quizbook by David Langford (1996)
September 12, 2016
This was interesting but I did not remember many of the answers
September 23, 2018
fantastic fun
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