Discworld Quiz!

GuanYin · 16-10-2003 10:29pm

all of them?

Noone fails an exam and lives.

Thanx 4 The Fish · 17-10-2003 9:42am

Nope, there is a number, ie 3 in 10, except that isn't it.

Ravaan · 17-10-2003 10:15am

A little under 50%. You've got about a 1 in 2 chance of passing unless you get Mericet as your examiner.

(I finally got round to looking that one up.)

So, what's the pass mark for Unseen University examinations?

GuanYin · 18-10-2003 10:19pm

Do you mean Finals or any examination?

Dunno about any examination, but finals are 88%.

If I'm right my question is:

"How old was Cohen when he left his tribe?"

GuanYin · 28-10-2003 1:48am

Hrm, 10 days and no reply.

Ok I'll give an easier question:

What can be found at the very centre of Ankh Morpork?

ozt9vdujny3srf · 28-10-2003 2:00am

Te river ankh?

GuanYin · 28-10-2003 2:03am

strangely enough, nope.

Sarky · 28-10-2003 10:48am

The Shades?

GuanYin · 28-10-2003 10:55am

nope again.
Its a building.

Thanx 4 The Fish · 28-10-2003 12:11pm

UU ?

GuanYin · 28-10-2003 12:43pm

nope, fraid not.

Thanx 4 The Fish · 28-10-2003 12:49pm

Tower of the arts.

BTW for all those people who got the success rate at the assassin's guild wrong, the answer is 1 in 5 make it as assassins.

GuanYin · 28-10-2003 1:44pm

Nope again.

(what book has the assassin reference? That did my head in for ages)

Ravaan · 28-10-2003 2:11pm

Me too. I reread the first section of Pyramids, figuring it'd be there, but the answer I gave (1 in 2) was the only reference to passing rate I could see. I even checked the New Discworld Companion, but it wasn't there either. Where the hell do you get 1 in 5 from Thanx 4 The Fish?????

Is the answer to sykeirl's The Dysk?

Thanx 4 The Fish · 28-10-2003 2:16pm

UU was the centre of the city but it expanded away from there.

Is it pseudopolis Yard.

AM grid reference EJ5 or the watchhouse

GuanYin · 28-10-2003 3:09pm

nope and nope

Where is the Assassin ref T4TF?

Ravaan · 28-10-2003 3:42pm

Opera House?

GuanYin · 28-10-2003 4:40pm

Bingo!

Your go

Ravaan · 28-10-2003 5:37pm

Who wrote the Necrotelicomnicom?

Tree · 28-10-2003 7:15pm

leonard da quirm?

Sarky · 29-10-2003 2:51pm

Ahmed the I'm-not-mad-i-just-get-these-headaches?

echomadman · 29-10-2003 3:42pm

It was written by Achmed the Mad, though he preferred to be called Achmed the I just get these headaches

Ravaan · 30-10-2003 9:44am

Echomadman's right. But if either of you want to post a new question - go ahead.

Ravaan · 07-11-2003 10:25am

Bleedin' hell, do I have to do everything myself? OK, name all of Angua's brothers and sisters.

GuanYin · 09-11-2003 4:34pm

Wolfgang and Elsa (both deceased) and Andrei

Macseamusa · 10-11-2003 2:20pm

just gotta say, i bought Night Watch on friday and im nearly finished, and its excellent.
where are u guys getting these question? from the discworld quiz book? or just making it up?

GuanYin · 10-11-2003 2:54pm

Making them up, and seeing as I think I'm right and noone has confirmed it....

What is the name of the pub opposite the ankh morpork opera house.

GuanYin · 17-11-2003 5:40pm

come on people

Sean101 · 20-11-2003 12:26am

Broken/mended Drum? Im goin out on a limb here. I shud probably check the mappe.

GuanYin · 20-11-2003 9:36am

Fraid not!

Sean101 · 20-11-2003 9:07pm

Ah, crap i shud have properly read your question. Is it in Masquerade? I bet its one on the pubs the musicians went to between Acts. I should know cos its the most recent one i reread.

Ravaan · 21-11-2003 10:16am

Right:

I've checked the Mappe and found that opposite the Opera House is...........................the new Watch House! (as the Opera House is in Pseudopolis Yard). So I thought, maybe it's the Bucket - but that's not the case as The Bucket's on Gleam Street. And then I was reading Thief of Time last night which states that The Dysk is opposite the Opera House. But that's a small, independant theatre: not a pub. So I'm stuck. The Mappe doesn't help. I haven't had a flick through Maskerade yet and I haven't checked the companion but....it's a darn confusing question skye.

*shakes fist*

shock · 25-11-2003 6:38pm

The Muscicians Rest?
(complete guess)

GuanYin · 25-11-2003 9:37pm

Nope fraid not.

Ravaan, if you find the pub at Pseudopolis yard you will have it.

Havelock · 27-11-2003 1:06pm

All Bar None

I know I'm right, so my question.

What is the Busars's full name inclueding all titles? (Involves alot of research to get them all, bewarned)

*Sits backs and waits patentiently*

GuanYin · 27-11-2003 2:13pm

Havelock, you're wrong!

Nevyn · 27-11-2003 5:10pm

Bursar
Wizard, member of Unseen University's faculty and the Bursar of said institution. Given name unknown, though rumored to be "Dr A.A. Dinwiddie, D.M.(7th), D.Thau., B.Occ., M.Coll., B.R"

Havelock · 28-11-2003 11:07am

I am not wrong, if you check your Map, you will clearly see All Bar None is situated in Pseudopolis Yard. There are no other pubs there. Please direct me to other source. or PM me the quote.

Havelock · 28-11-2003 11:09am

Thead you are correct except it is quoted as being spelt with an "O", but I'll give it to you. Your question.

Ravaan · 28-11-2003 11:23am

Havelock: Not yours to "give", skye's right actually and not on a technicality. The answer is "The Stab In The Back" as mentioned about halfway through Maskerade (as a bit of scan reading revealed yesterday). Not "All Bar None". However skye, it was an evil, evil question, almost as evil as that "what proportion of assassins..." question that we never got the reference to.

But what with Havelock's being answered already....who's next?

Havelock · 28-11-2003 11:26am

"The Stab in the Back" ain't on my Mappe, which is the new one, so guess they forgot about it too. Sorry about that.

GuanYin · 28-11-2003 11:33am

Originally posted by Havelock
"The Stab in the Back" ain't on my Mappe, which is the new one, so guess they forgot about it too. Sorry about that.

Well done Ravaan, your question.

Well Masquerade came before the map did it not??
And Havelock, you seeme dto ignore the fact I told you your answer is wrong.

Havelock · 28-11-2003 12:25pm

My answer is not wrong. It is correct, it is just not the pub you had in mind.
I apologised for not waiting for you give me the go ahead, but it was the only pub listed there.

GuanYin · 28-11-2003 2:08pm

The Question was "the Pub opposite the Opera House."

All Bar none isn'ty opposit the Opera house. Even on the Map.

Hence your answer was wrong.

shock · 28-11-2003 5:11pm

Will you two quit it!

Nevyn · 29-11-2003 1:25am

o h stop squabbling it might have been there but now there is that wonderful old [insert plot device] shop that has Always been there run by that loverly helpfull old lady that everyone knows.

Ravaan your question, I'll not bicker

have a whole 24hr from this post , or else I'll post one .

Nevyn · 30-11-2003 10:19pm

Where was Wallace Stonky found dead ?

Tree · 01-12-2003 1:35am

in his bath tub?

Nevyn · 01-12-2003 2:00am

nope not in his bath tub.

question still stands:

Where was Wallace Stonky found dead ?

TheSonOfBattles · 01-12-2003 3:25am

In a vat of rubber in his own factory. I think. Just a guess, don't have the book to check it and back it up.

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