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Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'

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Introduction:
"According to the dedication 'This is not a book about Australia. No, it's about somewhere entirely different which just happens to be, here and there, a bit...Australian'. I hope that helps!"


1. Rincewind was transported to EcksEcksEcksEcks at the end of the book 'Interesting Times' in a complicated spell, involving Rincewind, an apparent kangaroo and what else?

    A 'Barking Dog'
    A 'Hamish Hamster'
    A 'Curious Cat'
    A 'Duelling Dingo'


2. Who, at the beginning of 'The Last Continent' was 'very, very ill'?
    The Archchancellor
    The Librarian
    The Dean
    The Lecturer in Recent Runes


3. In this book, Mustrum Ridcully is trying to be a Manager (with all this entails!). What is he trying to weld the wizards into?
    A Happy Band
    A Lean Mean Team
    A Well-Oiled Machine
    A Fine Faculty


4. How did the wizards get out of the University?
    Through the Egregious Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography's bathroom window
    Through a Wardrobe
    Walking into the Professor of Recondite Architecture and Origami Map Folding's map
    Through the Mirror of Erised


5. At first, Rincewind was sure he was a racist - he'd run 100m, the mile, the Marathon - the lot. When he finds out what a racist really is, he knows he's not. What two sorts of people does Rincewind divide the world into?
    Those who were trying to kill him and those who weren't
    Ankh-Morporkians and the rest of the Discworld
    Wizards and everyone else
    Humans and other species


6. In this book, what do we find out about Rincewind's hourglass (which, on the Discworld, holds the sands of the owner's life)?
    Death has turned it upside down
    It's nearly run out
    Not even Death knows when he's going to die
    It's full


7. What does a list of the harmless creatures of Fourecks (the continent is referred to as this in the book as well as EcksEcksEcksEcks, The Last Continent and Terror Incognita) contain?
    Snakes
    Kangaroos, Wombats, Wallabies and Platypus
    Jellyfishes
    Some of the sheep


8. Who's the first wizard to go to the tropical island?
    Mustrum Ridcully
    The Chair of Indefinite Studies
    The Dean
    The Bursar


9. While the wizards are arguing about whether to go to the tropical island, we discover that the Senior Wrangler has lost several relatives in somewhat unusual ways. As a result, what is something that the Senior Wrangler does not say are dangerous?
    Lions
    Clams
    Pineapples
    Prawns


10. Which of the wizards has a certain fondness for Mrs Whitlow, the University's housekeeper?
    The Bursar
    Mustrum Ridcully
    Ponder Stibbons
    The Senior Wrangler


11. What's the name of the talking Kangaroo that helps (for some value of helps) Rincewind?
    Snappy
    Skippy
    Scrappy
    Scraps


12. How many horses were pulling 'Mad's' chariot?
    Two
    Six
    Four
    Eight


13. What Australian group does Rincewind describe himself as, after the Road Gang attack, when Mad says he's as mad as him?
    Man Without A Hat
    INXS
    Mental As Anything
    Man At Work


14. Why was the barman in Dijabringabeeralong called Crocodile?
    He cried a lot
    He looked like Paul Hogan
    He was a crocodlie
    His surname was Dundee


15. Mrs. Whitlow had altered her dress to something she had once seen in a picture of Queen Zazumba. It was two quite respectable halves separated by a narrow channel. What is it described as?
    an englandandfrance
    a newzealand
    a straitofgibraltar
    abosphorous


16. When the god of evolution wanted to know about sex, who explained it to him?
    Mustrum Ridcully
    The Dean
    Ponder Stibbons
    Mrs. Whitlow


17. While in Fourecks, Rincewind boils beer, vegetables and salt to make a kind of 'salty-tasting beery brown gunk'. What spread did he probably invent?
    Marmite
    HP Sauce
    Piccalilli
    Vegemite


18. The god of evolution's big project was what?
    Answer: (One Word)


19. Whilst in jail in Bugarup, Rincewind is told about a Fourecks outlaw who sounds suspiciously like the famous Ned Kelly. What is his name?
    Coalscuttle Head
    Tinhead Ned
    Fred Kelly
    Kaiser Kelly


20. What's the name of the Dibbler Rincewind meets in Forecks?
    No Worries Dibbler
    Fair Go Dibbler
    G'day Mate Dibbler
    Chuck Another Prawn on the Barbie Dibbler


21. In the Galah float of 'Petunia, the Desert Princess', who was the only real woman?
    Letitia
    Noelene
    Darleen
    Neilette


22. There are two Rincewinds in this book.
    True
    False


23. What creature do the wizards from Unseen University bring into being on Fourecks?
    Kangaroo
    Budgerigar
    Wombat
    Duck-billed platypus


24. In the spirit of exchange, what does Archchancellor Ridcully offer to swap six students from Unseen University for with Archancellor Rincewind?
    Six students from Bugarup University
    A decent lawnmower
    A crate of Funnelweb beer
    A flock of sheep


25. At the end of 'The Last Continent' there's an old man with a leather bag on his back (possibly carrying the whole universe) who tries out a word that had been handed down for thousands of years - what did this word mean?
    Hello Sheila
    Surf's up
    The smell after rain
    Got a stubby?


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