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Quiz about Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences Part I
Quiz about Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences Part I

Terry Pratchett Novels First Sentences, Part I Quiz


I will give you the first sentence from one of Terry Pratchett's D'iscworld' novels; you identify the novel.

A multiple-choice quiz by orlandodaddy. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
orlandodaddy
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
245,377
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
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567
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Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 92 (2/10), Guest 172 (3/10), Guest 90 (6/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. "In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part..." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "This is where the dragons went." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "There was a man and he had eight sons." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "It was a moonless night, which was good for the purposes of Solid Jackson." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworl'd novels? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "This is the bright candlelit room where the lifetimers are stored - shelf upon shelf of them, squat hourglasses, on for every living person, pouring their fine sand from the future into the past." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "Now consider the tortoise and the eagle." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett'Discworld' novels? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "This is a story about magic and where it goes and perhaps more importantly where it comes from and why, although it doesn't pretend to answer all or any of these questions." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "Corporal Carrot, Ankh-Morpork City Guard (Night Watch), sat down in his nightshirt, took up his pencil, sucked the end for a moment, and then wrote:" This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "The Morris dance is common to all inhabited worlds in the multiverse." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. "It was a warm spring night when a fist knocked at the door so hard that the hinges bent." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels? Hint



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1. "In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part..." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

Answer: The Colour of Magic

The first sentence of the first 'Discworld' novel.
2. "This is where the dragons went." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

Answer: Guards, Guards

The first "Watch" novel, in which we are introduced to Vimes, Colon, Nobby and Carrot.
3. "There was a man and he had eight sons." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

Answer: Sourcery

The eighth son had eight sons. The only career for the eighth son of an eighth son is to be a wizard. One wizard left the business, got married and had seven sons. "Sourcery" is story of what happens when his eighth son is born. A wizard squared. A source of magic. A sourceror.
4. "It was a moonless night, which was good for the purposes of Solid Jackson." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworl'd novels?

Answer: Jingo

Solid Jackson is fishing for Curious Squid in the Circle Sea when the island of Leshp rises from the waters, setting in motion the events which would lead to war between Ankh-Morpork and Klatch.
5. "This is the bright candlelit room where the lifetimers are stored - shelf upon shelf of them, squat hourglasses, on for every living person, pouring their fine sand from the future into the past." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

Answer: Mort

The first 'Discworld' novel with Death as a main character. This novel is the story of what happens when Death decides to take an apprentice.
6. "Now consider the tortoise and the eagle." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett'Discworld' novels?

Answer: Small Gods

The tortoise in question is the god Om, who discovers the decline in true believers has reduced his physical manifestation from a large bull to a tortoise with just one eye. Luckily he lands in the garden being tended by temple novice Brutha, who just happens to be his last true believer.
7. "This is a story about magic and where it goes and perhaps more importantly where it comes from and why, although it doesn't pretend to answer all or any of these questions." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

Answer: Equal Rites

The wizard Drum Billet is dying. He knows of a man who is an eighth son who has seven sons and a pregnant wife (and we all know that the eighth son of an eighth son becomes a wizard). His intent is to pass his staff to the newborn boy. But there is a problem. He forgot to make sure it was a boy.
8. "Corporal Carrot, Ankh-Morpork City Guard (Night Watch), sat down in his nightshirt, took up his pencil, sucked the end for a moment, and then wrote:" This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

Answer: Men At Arms

Astute readers with good memories will remember that Carrot is only a Constable at the end of "Guards, Guards" and is already a Captain in "Jingo" and "Feet of Clay". The letter he writes tells his adopted dwarf parents of his promotion to Corporal. At the end of the novel he writes telling of his promotion to Captain.
9. "The Morris dance is common to all inhabited worlds in the multiverse." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

Answer: Reaper Man

Terry Pratchett has a fascination with the Morris Dance and it features in several 'Discworld' books.
10. "It was a warm spring night when a fist knocked at the door so hard that the hinges bent." This is the first sentence in which of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels?

Answer: Feet of Clay

The fist belongs to one of Ankh-Morpork's golems, who have just made themselves a king and must now find him a master.
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