Q 01/05

Which Discworld novel borrows its plot from Shakespeare's Macbeth?

A) Witches Abroad

B) Wyrd Sisters

C) Carpe Jugulum

D) Moving Pictures

Answer · why

B) Wyrd Sisters

Wyrd Sisters has its witches decide they can't wait 15 years for the rightful heir to grow up, so they move the whole kingdom 15 years into the future...

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

The Carpet People was rewritten so heavily for its 1992 edition that Pratchett said the book had two authors, and they were both the same person.

Q 03/05

Which Discworld con man is saved from the gallows and made to run Ankh-Morpork's Post Office?

A) Reacher Gilt

B) Moist von Lipwig

C) Nobby Nobbs

D) Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler

Answer · why

B) Moist von Lipwig

Moist von Lipwig survives because Lord Vetinari secretly had his hanging faked, so the con man could be put to work reviving the city's post.

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) Wintersmith

D) The Shepherd's Crown

Answer · why

D) The Shepherd's Crown

The Shepherd's Crown sees Granny Weatherwax die and leave everything to her young successor, Tiffany Aching.

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.