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Terry Pratchett's 'The Fifth Elephant'

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Introduction:
"One of my favourite "Discworld" books with a romantic passage between Carrot and Angua that brings tears to my eyes. Enjoy the quiz."


1. What's the name of the Imp who is in Ankh-Morpork's first speed camera, being erected by Sergeant Colon on one end of Brass Bridge, at the beginning of the book?
    Wee Mad Arthur
    Rodney
    Rob Anybody
    Daft Wullie


2. What does All Jolson offer Sergeant Colon that finally gets him to remove the clamp from the cart outside his restaurant?
    Honey Ice Cream
    Buttered Slumpie
    Smitten Steak
    Information


3. Vetinari had received a letter - it read 'DeEr Cur, The CruELt to HOMLIss DoGs In thIs CITy Is A DIssGrays, WaT arE The WaTCH Do Ing A BouT IT?' Who was it SiNed (sic) by?
    Laddie
    Scraps
    Carrot Ironfoundersson
    The LeAK AgyANsct CrUle T To DoGs


4. Who, specifically, did Vetinari send to the crowning of the Low King in Uberwald? Be careful with your answer!
    Sybil's husband
    Sam Vimes
    The Duke of Ankh
    Commander of the City Watch


5. Cheery Littlebottom, the dwarf corporal, explained to Vimes that some dwarfs acted as if B'hrian Bloodaxe was still alive. She described these dwarfs as drudak'ak. What does this mean?
    'They do not get out in the fresh air enough'
    'Dwarf Mining Law'
    'A dialect word meaning "watermeadow"'
    'Ideas taster'


6. What would Leonard of Quirm's 'Very-Fast-Coffee machine' have been if Leonard hadn't been thirsty?
    An instrument for unthinkable mass destruction
    A device that fired lead pellets with tremendous speed and force
    A scale model of a device for reaching the moon and other celestial bodies
    A thing that could destroy whole mountains


7. Vetinari described Uberwald as a 'mystery inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma'. How did Sergeant Colon, panicking about Vimes not coming back, describe it?
    A history inside a middle wrapped in an enemy
    A misery wrapped in an enema
    A quiz story inside a ridicule wrapped in an engineer
    A muesli inside a griddle wrapped in a tortilla


8. What did an increasingly paranoid Colon, promoted to Captain in the absence of Vimes and Carrot, think was being stolen?
    Strawberries
    Paperwork
    Petty cash
    Sugar lumps


9. Both Inigo Skimmer and Carrot interrupted when Sybil was trying to give Sam news she'd received from Mrs. Content. What was the news?
    Sybil needed to lose weight
    Sybil was going to have a baby
    Sam needed to lose weight
    The swamp dragons weren't well


10. What, according to Gaspode, was not being a Bad Dog?
    Shirking a Duty
    Biting a hand that fed him
    Stealing sausages
    Doing it on the carpet


11. What was not one of the disciplinary charges that acting Captain Colon had laid against his men?
    Bad time-keeping, demeanour and all-round uselessness
    Earlobing
    Making an arm fall off in an unsubordinate way
    Nostrilling


12. Who did the guards that Vimes nicknamed Nobbski and Colonesque refuse to let into Bonk without a 'pisspot'?
    Lady Sybil
    Cheery Littlebottom
    Detritus
    Inigo Skimmer


13. Who was not a surviving 'child' of Guye and Serafine von Uberwald in 'The Fifth Elephant'?
    Elsa
    Andrei
    Angua
    Wolfgang


14. Who was Captain of the Candles, who committed suicide after the Scone of Stone had been stolen?
    Rhys Rhysson
    Dozy Longfinger
    Dee
    Albrecht Albrechtson


15. How many crowns did anyone who won Wolfgang's great game win?
    Eight hundred
    One hundred
    Four hundred
    One Thousand


16. Irina, the youngest of the three sisters that Sam Vimes runs into, had all sorts of ideas as to what could be done if they cut down their Cherry Orchard. What was not one of them?
    A roller-skating rink
    A Rugby pitch
    A conservatory to grow pineapples
    Move to Bonk and get a big apartment


17. The three sisters lend Vimes the gloomy and purposeless what, of Uncle Vanya?
    Seagull
    Trousers
    Overcoat
    Ra-ra skirt


18. What does Sybil sing to get them taken to see the Low King?
    Bloodaxe's "Ramson" song
    Ironhammer's "Ransom" song
    A Wizard's Staff has a Knob on the End
    Sybil doesn't sing


19. What, found in fat deposits, are BCBs?
    Big Carrot's Belt
    Big Carbon Balls
    Burnt Crunchy Bits
    Brown Curdled Bits


20. What is fatsup, a traditional Uberwald dish?
    A type of ketchup
    Soup with sausages in it
    Liver and onions
    Venison


21. What colour tights are part of Sam Vimes' official dress uniform?
    Answer: (One Word)


22. Vimes describes Wolfgang to Sybil like this '..one who just won't let go. Eight-stone weaklings who'll try to headbutt Detritus. Evil little bantamweight _______s who'll bust a bottle on the bar and try to attack eight watchmen all at once. You know what I mean? Idiots who'll go on fighting long after they should stop. The only way to put 'em down is to put 'em out'. What does he say this type is?
    Head job
    Nutter
    Bottle covey
    Beserker


23. Poor Igor at the embassy is killed by Wolfgang. But as the Igors say, 'what goes around, comes around'. Which bit of Igor can't be used again?
    Heart
    Lower intestine
    Right hand
    Hip joints


24. Who finally killed Wolfgang?
    Tantony
    Angua
    Sam Vimes
    Carrot


25. What does Angua make Carrot promise to do at the end of 'The Fifth Elephant'?
    Ask the King for a bag of gold for what they'd done
    Marry her when they get back to Ankh-Morpork
    Kill her himself if she turns like Wolfgang did
    Give up the Watch as it's too dangerous


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