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Geyser Eelborn
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:38 pm

On the second day of Hogswatch, I sent my true love back
A nasty little letter--ha!
And a partridge in a pear tree!

What do you mean, you’ve never heard of the Unseen University?! Preposterous! Well, my dear boy—or dear lady—the UU is the university for wizards on the Disc! Well…besides the university in Four-Ecks. The UU has a reputation for backstabbing, but most of that is in the past—largely due to this man dragon wizard here—the current Archchancellor, Mustrum Ridcully. If you want him to follow you home, you must prove yourself to be Discworld-savvy.

That’s right, ladies and boys—it’s trivia time. PM the answers to these fifty questions to Godar (please put the answers in red). The person with the most points win. In the case of a tie, the winner will be randomized.

Rules:
1: DO NOT QUESTION ME!!!
2: Don't cheat. ...Whatever that means.
3: Do. Not. Question. Me.
4: Cheating is here defined as asking other contestants for answers, giving false answers to contestants, or giving any answers at all, right or wrong, to contestants. Pull yourself up by yo' own bootstraps, yo.
5: YOU!! IN THE GREEN!! ARE YOU QUESTIONING ME?!
6: Don't eat Wow-Wow Sauce after its expiration date. And never eat a charcoal biscuit and have a smoke after consuming Wow-Wow Sauce.
7: Questioning me will result in banishment to the Dungeon Dimensions.
8: Don't call the Librarian a...you-know-what.

Starts: Noon PST, Friday December 24th (1pm MST, 2pm CST, 3pm EST)
Ends: Noon PST, Friday December 31st (1pm MST, 2pm CST, 3pm EST)

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:43 pm

Questions
1. What is the name of Death’s daughter?
2. What is Death’s favorite animal?
3. What is the name of Granny Weatherwax’s cat?
4. What realworld Roundworld place is Four-Ecks (XXXX) based on?
5. Why is the Counterweight Continent so named?
6. Who are Death’s mortal (no pun intended) enemies?
7. According to Susan in Thief of Time, what type of chocolate doesn’t count?
8. Agnes Nitt has an interesting alter-ego. What is her alter-ego’s name, and what is she like?
9. What racial epithet is applied to dwarves?
10. What character has a tendency to say “—ing!”?
11. In the book (not the movie) version of The Hogfather, what animal was the Scissor Man shaped like?
12. What do Medium Dave and Banjo fear more than anything else?
13. Who were the original five Horse Riders of the Apocalypse?
14. What does the fifth member do now?
15. What god has an obsession with the number…that comes between seven and nine?
16. Why universe hate Rincewind? Why does Rincewind always get into trouble?
17. Why were the NacMac Feegle (AKA “The Wee Free Men”) kicked out of Fairyland?
18. How does Susan defeat monsters?
19. What was the name of the first tourist?
20. What dangerous concept does the first tourist introduce to Ankh-Morpork?
21. What is Ankh-Morpork’s bitter rival in Jingo?
22. Who is the King of the Trolls?
23. What country on the Discworld is based on Egypt?
24. What is the symbol of Omnianism?
25. Who is Nobby’s traditional partner in the “Watch books”?
26. Who is his partner in The Hogfather?
27. What happens to the dragon menacing Ankh-Morpork in Guards! Guards!?
28. Who is famous for having a duck on his head?
29. Why do Assassins wear black?
30. Whose life does Death save in The Hogfather, in strict violation of the traditional winter story?
31. What is the only thing that Asriel, Death of the Universe, say in Reaper Man?
32. What is Nanny Ogg’s favorite song?
33. What’s her other favorite song?
34. What’s so surprising about her Bananana Soup Surprise?
35. What type of foliage gained significance in Night Watch?
36. What is Reg Shoe?
37. What is the (former) Dean of the UU’s first name?
38. What is the motto of the Unseen University?
39. …What is the other motto of the UU?
40. What was the name of Havelock Vetinari’s dog?
41. Going Postal introduced which “civil servant”?
42. Who is the Disc’s greatest hero?
43. What does Magrat’s wand in Witches Abroad do?
44. On what poem is The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents based on?
45. Who was/were the ghost/ghosts in Masquerade?
46. What do Granny Weatherwax’s dwarven and trollish names translate to?
47. What must the UU do in Unseen Academicals?
48. What was the name of the world’s greatest mathematician in Pyramids?
49. Who has a penchant for eyeballs?
50. In which book did Pratchett first explore the idea of a flat planet?