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As the anniversary of the Battle of Koom Valley approaches, tensions mount between the troll and dwarf communities of Ankh-Morpork, and a vampire joins the City Watch.
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  Terry Pratchett's 'Thud!'   great trivia quiz  
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Sam Vimes' City Watch has to deal with the issue of Koom Valley before it gets out of hand. This Discworld novel is Pratchett's take on racial intolerance.
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  Terry Pratchett's "Thud!"   popular trivia quiz  
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Pratchett's attention to detail is incredible. Is yours?
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  Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Thud!"    
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This is a quiz on one of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' masterpieces, "Thud!".
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  Terry Pratchett's "Thud!" - Part 2    
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My first "Thud!" quiz was originally written with twenty questions, but as a first-time author, I was only allowed to ask ten. Here are the remaining questions.
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  Terry Pratchett`s "Thud!"    
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I have played all the Terry Pratchett quizzes. I think we need some more.
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Tricky one for the last. What is Sir Samuel Vimes doing at the end of the book?

From Quiz "Terry Pratchett`s "Thud!""





Thud! Trivia Questions
1. After dwarf assassins attacked Vimes' home and were dealt with by Willikins, one of them was found to have a strange substance around his mouth. What colour was the substance?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Thud!" - Part 2

Answer: green

Dwarf assassins take a slow-acting poison before going out on missions, and the poison tints their saliva green.

2. Let`s start the book off. What was the first thing Tak did?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett`s "Thud!"

Answer: Wrote himself.

Tak was the father of life, according to legend.

3. Thud is also the name of a game. In which Discworld novel was it first mentioned?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'Thud!'

Answer: Going Postal

Lord Vetinari is referred to as playing this game in 'Going Postal'. In the game, trolls and dwarfs have to play against each other. In order to win the game, the player must win twice - once as a dwarf and next as a troll. This is to gauge the player's ability to think both ways.

4. Who is the curator of Fine Art at the Royal Art Museum?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Thud!"

Answer: Sir Reynold Stitched & Reynold Stitched

When Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs first met him, he had "the attitude of a preoccupied chicken".

5. After the wizards tinker with Vimes' coaches, at what speed does Carrot say "something happens"?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Thud!"

Answer: 13 miles an hour

Carrot says he doesn't know what happens at 13 miles an hour, only that something happens. We find later that plants and livestock explode as the coach passes, that the coach no longer touches the ground, and that the coach steers itself.

6. Sally is the new member of the watch, much to Vimes` chagrin. What species is she?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett`s "Thud!"

Answer: vampire

Vimes has always been against vampires in the watch. He just does not trust the little bloodsuckers.

7. What does Mr John Smith have in abundance that Mrs Doreen Winkings lacks?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Thud!" - Part 2

Answer: Ws

Doreen Winkings is known to make a very big deal of being undead, even though it is actually her husband, Arthur, who is the vampire.

8. What product does Angua use to wash her hair?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Thud!"

Answer: Willard Brothers "Good Girl!" Flea Shampoo

She says it brings up the gloss. While Dibbler, Dr Lawn, and Thundergust are all real characters, none of the other products are known in the Discworld.

9. What is 'Sally`s' REAL first and last name?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett`s "Thud!"

Answer: Salacia Humpending.

The only non vampire is Serafine, who is a werewolf. (Angua`s mother).

10. Who was the first vampire to join the City Watch?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'Thud!'

Answer: Salacia von Humpeding

The Patrician wanted the City Watch to be represented by all the different types of species. Also, the Ankh-Morpork Mission of the Uberwald League of Temperance was pressurizing him to include a vampire in the Watch. In the end Sam Vimes had to give in to their demands and agree to interview their candidate.

11. What is Tawneee's real name?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Thud!"

Answer: Betty

Nobby: "She says no one would be interested in an exotic dancer named Betty. She says it sounds like she'd be better with a cake mixture."

12. Mr Stronginthearm, of Burleigh & Stronginthearm fame, visits Vimes as part of a dwarven delegation. What is Stronginthearm's first name?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Thud!"

Answer: Pors

Burleigh & Stronginthearm are makers of crossbows.

13. What type of "Dark" seems to try to take over Vimes?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Thud!"

Answer: The Summoning Dark

The Summoning was not a very nice specimen of darkness, and did not succeed in taking over Vimes. Its mine-sign was that of a sort of eye with a tail.

14. Carrot's dwarf name is Kzad-bhat. What is the Morporkian (English) translation?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Thud!" - Part 2

Answer: Head Banger

Kzad-bhat means Head Banger, and is fitting due to Carrot's size. Copperhead is the mountain where he was raised. Smelter is the title given to him for the duration of the investigation in the mine. Enlightenment is one of the worst things that can happen to a dwarf, and therefore an unlikely choice.

15. Who was the government inspector in charge of checking the City Watch's accounts?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'Thud!'

Answer: A. E. Pessimal

He ended up saving Sam Vimes' life and joining the Watch as a lance-constable.

16. What type of animal did Methodia Rascal think was following him?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Thud!"

Answer: Chicken

Methodia's great fear in life seemed to be of the chicken finding out. "Awk! Awk! It comes! IT COMES!"

17. The Citizens' Militia has some rather odd members. Who is the Special Constable who works on the Clacks and has a passion for foreign weaponry?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Thud!" - Part 2

Answer: Andy Hancock

Andy "Two Swords" Hancock, so called for the twin Agatean swords he keeps at his back, once chopped his way through three training dummies in half an hour. Mr Boggis is the President of the Thieves' Guild. Willikins is Vimes' butler and a former member of the Shamlegger Street Rude Boys. Albert Spangler was the name under which Moist Von Lipwig was hanged in "Going Postal".

18. What finally convinces Nobby that Tawneee isn't the girl for him?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Thud!"

Answer: her inability to cook

Nobby is greatly disappointed by Tawneee's attempt at Distressed Pudding. He is not bothered by her name, profession, and vocabulary.

19. Sir Samuel Vimes has a young son. What is his name?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett`s "Thud!"

Answer: Sam

Suffer-not-injustice was his ancestors' name: a regicide. He called his son Sam, the "young" was an honorific.

20. To whom did the club found next to the body of Grag Hamcrusher belong?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'Thud!'

Answer: Helmclever

The club was placed next to the body to throw suspicion on a troll. Mr. Shine had given that club to Helmclever for being so good at the game of Thud.

21. What species is Mr Shine?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Thud!"

Answer: Troll

Mr Shine was destined to lead the trolls, as he was diamond.

22. What was the name of the artist responsible for the painting on which the Koom Valley Codex is based?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Thud!" - Part 2

Answer: Methodia Rascal

"The Battle of Koom Valley" took Methodia Rascal sixteen years to complete and drove him madder than he already was - before he even started the picture he was convinced that he was being chased by a chicken, and at times that he WAS the chicken.

23. What is Vimes` son`s favorite book?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett`s "Thud!"

Answer: Where`s my Cow?

The actual book has been released !

24. Terry Pratchett frequently spoofs various current events in his novels. Which controversial bestseller is parodied in 'Thud!'?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's 'Thud!'

Answer: The Da Vinci Code

'The Battle of Koom Valley' painting by Methodia Rascal is said to hold the key to the mystery surrounding Koom Valley. A book titled 'The Koom Valley Codex' contained his notes and led people to believe that the secret location of a treasure was hidden in the painting. This is similar to 'The Da Vinci Code' plot which centers on the secret of Mary Magdalene hidden in one of Leonardo DaVinci's paintings.

25. In her clacks to the Low King, how does Sally sign her name?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Thud!" - Part 2

Answer: Aicalas

Vampires, according to Vimes, can't resist thinking nobody will know it's them if they spell their name backwards. I can't help wondering if this is because they can't use mirrors.

26. A troll may use the word "coprolite" in reference to another troll for whom he has little regard. What is coprolite?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Thud!"

Answer: fossilised fecal matter

Detritus uses the word to describe Chrysoprase, the godfather-like troll who, according to Vimes, runs the biggest pipeline (for troll drugs) in the city. One of the trolls in the almost-riot uses it in reference to Brick who it seems is too thick - or high - to recognise the insult.

27. What is the name of the troll king?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett`s "Thud!"

Answer: Mr. Shine.

Chrysophrase is the supposed leader of the Breccia (the troll mafia), Igneous runs a troll pottery and Coalface was a suspect in "Men at Arms".

28. Who is required to have a near-Vimes experience?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Thud!"

Answer: Death

Vimes: "Is it? Is this it? This time I die?" Death: "COULD BE." Vimes: "Could be? What sort of answer is that?" Deatg: "A VERY ACCURATE ONE. YOU SEE, YOU ARE HAVING A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE, WHICH INESCAPABLY MEANS I MUST HAVE A NEAR VIMES EXPERIENCE. DON'T MIND ME. CARRY ON WITH WHATEVER YOU WERE DOING. I HAVE A BOOK."

29. After their night out, Sally, Angua, and Cheery have a brief conversation about shoes. Whose copper slingbacks does Cheery mention?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett's "Thud!"

Answer: Yan Rockhammer

Jimmy Choo is one of our designers, AE Pessimal is a clerk/inspector for Vetinari, and Gimlet Gimlet is a dwarf restaurateur who specialises in "hole food".

30. In which street was the entrance to the dwarf mine in Ankh-Morpork?

From Quiz Terry Pratchett`s "Thud!"

Answer: Treacle Street

They are all streets in Ankh-Morpork, except Slate Street (I might have made that up).

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