Q 01/05

How many Discworld novels did Terry Pratchett publish between 1983 and 2015?

A) 41

B) 45

C) 49

D) 53

Answer · why

A) 41

The last, The Shepherd's Crown, came out five months after his death.

Q 02/05

Which novel was Pratchett's first, published in 1971?

A) The Dark Side of the Sun

B) The Carpet People

C) Truckers

D) Strata

Answer · why

B) The Carpet People

He substantially rewrote it for a 1992 re-release; the original carried his own illustrations.

Q 03/05

How many copies were in the first British printing of The Colour of Magic?

A) 2,000

B) 5,000

C) 506

D) 1,250

Answer · why

C) 506

Pratchett described the book as doing for fantasy what Blazing Saddles did for Westerns.

Q 04/05

Which novel was the final Discworld book, published five months after Pratchett died?

A) I Shall Wear Midnight

B) Raising Steam

C) Snuff

D) The Shepherd's Crown

Answer · why

D) The Shepherd's Crown

It closed the Tiffany Aching sequence in August 2015.

Q 05/05

In which Buckinghamshire town was Pratchett born in 1948?

A) Beaconsfield

B) Amersham

C) Marlow

D) High Wycombe

Answer · why

A) Beaconsfield

He credited his education to the town's public library rather than to school.