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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
- There are a total of 20 general entries.
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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
Lords And Ladies
There is a ring of stones which guard the door to another world in Lancre. What are these stones called? | Lords And Ladies
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The Dancers. The stones are called the Dancers. They're said to be ordinary and perfectly dull. They're made of iron, and keep the elves away.
They're made of the love of iron. They're made of iron and the love of iron. Elves hate iron.
She's a virgin. Only a virgin is capable of capturing a unicorn. And as Mrs. Ogg says, Granny was able to outrun every boy in Lancre.
Diamanda challenged Granny to a contest where each of them would have to stare at the sun for as long as they could. How did Granny win? | Lords And Ladies
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She tended to Pewsey when he fell inside the magic circle.. When Pewsey, who was planted by Gytha, fell inside the circle and cried out, Granny looked away from the sun and tended to him. The townspeople then stated that she won, because that was what witchcraft was about.
On Casanunda's card he is claimed to be 'The world's second greatest lover' in bold lettering underneath his name. What quote is printed underneath this? | Lords And Ladies
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"We Never Sleep". "We never Sleep" is what's printed there. There are other statements under that, which include; Finest Swordsman, Outrageous Liar, Soldier of Fortune and Stepladders Repaired.
What did Ridcully do to the bandit who tried to rob their coach? | Lords And Ladies
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He turned him into a pumpkin. He turned him into a pumpkin. Apparently, according to the laws of comedy he still had his hat. Also, Ridcully assured the coachman that it would wear off in a couple hours.
What did the Bursar suggest as a remedy when he found out that Ridcully was going bald? | Lords And Ladies
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A mixture of honey and horse manure. The Bursar claimed that his grandfather swore by this mixture. Later on, Ridcully also wears a mouse cage on his head as well, in accordance with other things that the Bursar suggested.
Cat's water. Chat-eau. But she says the Chateau Maison wasn't made with real cat's water; it tastes sharper than the wine.
Hwel. Read 'Wyrd Sisters' for the convulted parentage which led to Verence becoming King, but when he mentions that his brother (Tomjon) and Mr. Vitoller's men can't come to the wedding as they will be touring Klatch, he says that Hwel the playwright has written something for the wedding - something even rustics can't mess up. Shows how much he knows.
The Stick and Bucket Dance. Old Mr. Thrum still walks with a limp from the apparent last time they performed the Stick and Bucket Dance three months earlier. When the elves invade Lancre, they end up doing the Stick and Bucket dance and take out several elves. The Webley Twizzle is a real Morris Dance deemed to be physically dangerous.
Nanny Gripes. She learned it from Nanny Gripes who learned it from Goody Heggety who learned it from Nanny Plumb who learned it from Black Aliss. When Diamanda says "So what you're saying is that nobody has actually learned anything new?", you know her fate is sealed.
Pewsey. When Pewsey falls into the magic circle while running across the square (towards Nanny dangling a bag of sweets), Granny looks away from the sun to help him. Diamanda says that disqualifies Granny, but the villagers say that a true witch is someone who would look around when she heard a child scream.
6. "Three times outright, once after eleven hours extra time, and twice when the other finalists ran away." We don't find out if they won with the Stick and Bucket Dance any of those times.
Slapstick. He felt that custard pies, whitewash, etc. was essential, and because a roasted peanut is painful and dangerous when hurled with pinpoint accuracy, Ankh-Morporkians were treated to "The Blood-Soaked Tragedy of the Mad Monk of Quirm (with Custard-Pie scene)".
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