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When the Auditors decide that Death needs to be replaced because he has started t odevelop a personality, he goes to work on the farm of Miss Flitworth, under the name of Bill Door. It is not surprising that the lack of Death causes problems.
4 Reaper Man quizzes and 40 Reaper Man trivia questions.
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  #11 'Reaper Man': Dead Men Walking    
Multiple Choice
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Got an appointment with Death? You may have to wait a while...
Average, 10 Qns, AcrylicInk, Jun 01 20
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  'Reaper Man' Random Questions   popular trivia quiz  
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I have taken Terry Pratchett's 'Reaper Man', the eleventh book in his 'Discworld' series, and randomly opened it to ten different pages resulting in the following questions.
Average, 10 Qns, orlandodaddy, Feb 17 07
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  Terry Pratchett's " Reaper Man "   great trivia quiz  
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A quiz on one of my favourite books in the "Discworld" series - Pratchett fans should have no problems - enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, dizzybuggy, Dec 06 06
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  Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Reaper Man"    
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This is a reasonably easy multiple choice quiz on the Discworld book "Reaper Man".
Average, 10 Qns, JasonOgg, Nov 20 06
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In terms of experience, how old was Windle Poons when he died the first time?

From Quiz "'Reaper Man' Random Questions"





Reaper Man Trivia Questions

1. Death received a present that sparked a passion to live his - for want of a better word - life. What was it?

From Quiz
#11 'Reaper Man': Dead Men Walking

Answer: A sand timer

In the 'Discworld' novels, everyone had a sand timer. The characters lived their lives as the sand poured from the top bulb into the bottom one. Originally, Death's timer was empty. At the beginning of 'Reaper Man', he received a new, golden timer as a retirement present. The new one had sand pouring through it: Death's life was about to end.

2. Who is Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully's brother?

From Quiz 'Reaper Man' Random Questions

Answer: The Chief Priest of Blind Io

We eventually learn his name is Hughnon Ridcully. In the wake of the odd events created by the unleashed life force both the wizards and priests show up at the Patrician's Palace. While the others are fighting, first verbally then physically, the two leaders of the magical and religious go aside to trade quiet opinions on the situation. The priest gets around to saying, "Incidentally, mother says you haven't written lately..."

3. Who was the oldest wizard in the Unseen University?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's " Reaper Man "

Answer: Windle Poons

At 130, Windle Poons was the oldest faculty member. He has a going away party in readiness for his 'departure'.

4. What name does Death select as his alias? (First and last name)

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Reaper Man"

Answer: Bill Door

Poor old Death.

5. Who hired Death to work on their farm in 'Reaper Man'?

From Quiz #11 'Reaper Man': Dead Men Walking

Answer: Miss Flitworth

Death responded to a 'MAN WANTED' notice. Miss Flitworth had put the sign up over a year ago, but nevertheless she hired him for sixpence a week. He was to sleep in the barn, but was allowed in the farmhouse for meals. With her help, Death came up with the name 'Bill Door'. He soon set to work cutting the hay with a scythe - one blade at a time.

6. Who built the 'Combination Harvester' which Bill Door tried to outwork?

From Quiz 'Reaper Man' Random Questions

Answer: Ned Simnel

Iago Peedbury owned the field where the contest took place. Duke Bottomley was one of Miss Flitworth's workers. Cyril was the dyslexic rooster.

7. What time in the evening was Windle supposed to die?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's " Reaper Man "

Answer: Half past nine

Death was supposed to turn up in person to 'collect' Windle.

8. What is Miss Flitworth's first name?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Reaper Man"

Answer: Renata

Angua is a member of Ankh-Morpork City Watch and doesn't appear in this book. Esmerelda is the first name of the Lancre witch Granny Weatherwax (also not in this book) and Ludmilla is, in fact, only "human" for three weeks out of four. For the fourth week she's a wolfwoman.

9. Which kind of animal did Death bring with him to the farm?

From Quiz #11 'Reaper Man': Dead Men Walking

Answer: A horse

Miss Flitworth was taken aback when she saw the horse Death arrived with. It was a magnificent white horse with silver on the saddle. The old lady was immediately suspicious and assumed that it was stolen. (Not that she minded; her father had been a smuggler, too.) In reality, the animal wasn't stolen. Death wouldn't leave his faithful Binky behind.

10. What stole six hours of Bill Door's life?

From Quiz 'Reaper Man' Random Questions

Answer: Sleep

Bill Door is, of course, Death who has 'retired' from his anthropomorphic personification position. He has never slept in his, uh, life. He was waiting for sleep to come when noticed that the light had changed and the sand in his lifetimer was lower.

11. Who created the 'Fresh Start Club'?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's " Reaper Man "

Answer: Reg Shoe

Reg Shoe - a zombie with a positive outlook for the rights of the undead.

12. Windle Poons was expecting to die but things didn't go as planned. What privileged job did he have before his death?

From Quiz #11 'Reaper Man': Dead Men Walking

Answer: A wizard

Wizards were guaranteed a personal visit from Death at the moment of their passing. Unfortunately, Death had joined the land of the living and was no longer attending to souls in need of moving on. Those who had died continued to exist on the Discworld. In the case of Windle Poons, he awoke with more life in him than ever before!

13. How does Bill Door scythe the grass?

From Quiz 'Reaper Man' Random Questions

Answer: One blade at a time

As Death, Bill Door had never had the need to scythe more than one of anything at a time. He cut the grass one blade at a time, but he was completing rows faster than a man doing it swathe by swathe.

14. What was the name of Mrs. Cake's daughter?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's " Reaper Man "

Answer: Ludmilla

Ludmilla was also a werewolf part of the time.

15. Who are the different members of the Fresh Start Club?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Reaper Man"

Answer: Reg Shoe, Shleppel, Doreen Winkings, Arthur Winkings, Windle Poons, Lupine, Drull, Ixolite, Gorper

Mrs Cake is feared by most Ankh-Morporkian religious establishments; there is no such person called "Renata von Uberwald"; Ysabell is Death's adopted daughter; Hughnon Ridcully is Mustrum Ridcully's brother; Angua has already been mentioned as a member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch and Gytha Ogg is another Lancre witch.

16. In 'Reaper Man', what was special about Reg Shoe, founding member of the Fresh Start club?

From Quiz #11 'Reaper Man': Dead Men Walking

Answer: He was a zombie.

Reg Shoe was a zombie. He had been a passionate revolutionary and the events leading up to his death can be found in 'Night Watch'. His enthusiasm led to his zombification, igniting a desire to give a voice to the undead of Ankh-Morpork. He set up the Fresh Start club and tried to convince Windle Poons to join the ranks.

17. What was Death's token when he played "Exclusion Possession"?

From Quiz 'Reaper Man' Random Questions

Answer: The boot

This is the Discworld's version of Monopoly. Some people will challenge Death to a game in a futile attempt to turn him away. They never win, of course, but Death does tell us that last year someone got three streets and all the utilities.

18. What name did Death assume when he applied as a farmhand?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's " Reaper Man "

Answer: Bill Door

He never did have much imagination really.

19. On the continent of Xxxx, what do the wizards that wear hats with corks hanging off them live on?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Reaper Man"

Answer: Prawns

This would not be one of the easiest questions. The continent of Xxxx (or Fourecks) is one of the main settings of the Discworld book "The Last Continent".

20. The nature of Death was changing in 'Reaper Man' and a new kind of Death emerged. Which anthropomorphic figure appeared in the barn after poison had been laid down?

From Quiz #11 'Reaper Man': Dead Men Walking

Answer: The Death of Rats

Miss Flitworth had a rat problem that she had prepared a poison for. This left Death with a moral quandary. He had taken lives that had already been lived, but he had never actually killed anything before. The Death of Rats - which had once been a part of Death himself - appeared in the barn to collect the rodents' souls.

21. What does Arthur Winkings say caused him to become a vampire?

From Quiz 'Reaper Man' Random Questions

Answer: A lawyer

He was just a man in the wholesale fruit and vegetable business when he got a letter from a lawyer saying that he was apparently the only surviving relative of his great-great-uncle who just happened to be a vampire. Now he gets pains in his leg if he even thinks about going back to the temple and has a wife that decided to be a vampiress by marriage. She sometimes forgets her accents and starts pronouncing her double-u's.

22. What was the name of Miss Flitworth's elderly cockerel?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's " Reaper Man "

Answer: Cyril

Also dyslexic - Death eventually set Cyril the task of learning the words.

23. What does Death suggest the Death of Rats have as his steed?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Reaper Man"

Answer: Dog

The Death of Rats does, in fact, end up riding a raven.

24. What disaster did Death save a young girl from?

From Quiz #11 'Reaper Man': Dead Men Walking

Answer: A fire in a tavern

A building in the town square was on fire, threatening the rest of the village and their thatch roofs. A young girl was still inside the burning inn. After being reprimanded for telling Miss Flitworth 'there is a time for everyone to die', Death headed in to rescue her. That meant giving the girl the time left in his own sand timer.

25. Take the liver of a certain rare fish and extract of a particular root; administer one spoonful. According to the Lecturer in Recent Runes what do you get?

From Quiz 'Reaper Man' Random Questions

Answer: A zombie

In a typically tangential conversation, the Lecturer is telling the other wizards how he thinks a man can be changed into a zombie.

26. What was the name of the blacksmith in the village?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's " Reaper Man "

Answer: Ned Simnel

Responsible for the building of the Combination Harvester.

27. What is the second form the "city eggs" take?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Reaper Man"

Answer: Silver baskets on wheels

Apparently, the "city eggs" firstly become something you would want to keep, and then something that would be useful.

28. At the beginning of the book the men of the Ramtops dance a Morris Dance to welcome the spring. What dance do they do at the end of the book?

From Quiz 'Reaper Man' Random Questions

Answer: The Other Morris

They wear the other costume and the other bells (the ones made of octiron, which don't make noise but rather textured silence). There is no music. They have to do it. They have to do both or they can't do either.

29. What did Bill Door steal from the Combination Harvester?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's " Reaper Man "

Answer: Three-eighths Gripley

A seemingly vital part to the Combination Harvester which Bill stole in what seems to be a spot of jealousy.

30. What is "essence of spikkle, mixed with oatmeal" used for?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Reaper Man"

Answer: Killing rats

The rats died; the Death of Rats appeared.

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