QUIZ TIME!!!!! Win 'A Present from Sir Terry Pratchett OBE!'
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Well I have both completed entries so far all marked - the clock is ticking for this Saturday's deadline so if you'd like a crack at winning this exclusive little book which has definitely been handled and embossed by Terry even if he couldn't sign it you need to get - cracking!
Well I have both completed entries so far all marked - the clock is ticking for this Saturday's deadline so if you'd like a crack at winning this exclusive little book which has definitely been handled and embossed by Terry even if he couldn't sign it you need to get - cracking!
Re: QUIZ TIME!!!!! Win 'A Present from Sir Terry Pratchett O
Sorry - mega busy today. We do have a clear winner but I also promised to let you have the answers and some stats so I'll put them on tomorrow :twisted:
We had 5 competitors in the end - some new entries came in the last few days so a big :clap: and :dance: for everyone who entered. It was a v. hard quiz in places and nobody got 100%, but our winner did score 91% and there some really close runners up - more tomorrow
Sorry - mega busy today. We do have a clear winner but I also promised to let you have the answers and some stats so I'll put them on tomorrow :twisted: We had 5 competitors in the end - some new entries came in the last few days so a big :clap: and :dance: for everyone who entered. It was a v. hard quiz in places and nobody got 100%, but our winner did score 91% and there some really close runners up - more tomorrow
Re: QUIZ TIME!!!!! Win 'A Present from Sir Terry Pratchett O
OK - first of all the ANSWERS!!!!!
1- What is it considered bad form to eat at the Mended Drum?
The peanuts on the bar - they're for the Librarian.
Most inventive answer - Your opponent's ear (Tonyblack)
2- Where's the place to go where everyone knows your shape?
Biers (on Elm St & Tiptoe Lane)
Most informative answer - Biers formerly known as The Crown and Axe. (Joolz)
3- In addition to the obvious what does The Dwarf Bread Museum also provide a home for?
The Campaign for Equal Heights!
Most popular wrong answer - A replica of the Scone of Stone
4- What is the connection between The Eightfold Seal of Stasis and Ricewind’s sock?
A half brick
Most magical wrong answer - The Octavo (Mixa)
5- Sergeant Colon was said to have had a broad education.
a) Which school did he go to?
He'd been to the School of 'My Dad Said'
b) Which college did he attend ?
The college of 'It stands to Reason'
c) Which university was he a post-graduate student in?
The university of 'What Some Bloke in the Pub Told Me'
The most correctly answered question in all parts!!!!! :dance:
6- What is the technical term for someone who, like Archchancellor Ridcully, regards meals as no more than a foundation for salt, pepper, mustard, pickles, ketchup and sauce?
Autocondimentor
Full house for this one too :angelic-innocent:
7- How is the Discworld regular with the dwarfish name of Sh’rt’azs more commonly known?
Corporal (now Sgt?) Cheery Littlebottom
Best comprehensive answer - Sergeant Cheery 'Cheri' Littlebottom is a forensic alchemist for the City Watch and one of the first dwarfs to be openly female so somewhat atypical. She hates beer and dislikes being an axe-wielding homocidal maniac; she also hates gold (Mixa)
8- what is the name of Archchancellor Ridcully’s more religious brother?
Hughnon Ridcully
100% all round
9- Who is the current President of the Thieves Guild and what is his nickname?
Sir J.H. 'Flannelfoot' Boggis
Fullest answer - Josiah Herbert Boggis aka "Flannelfoot" (well done Joolz, Tony & Mixa)
10- On what night (there's a bonus point for an exact answer) and where, was the Three Jolly Luck Take Away Fish Bar opened.
In Dagon Street on the night of the winter solstice when there was a full moon & a lunar eclipse
10a)- What actually happened there?
NOBODY KNOWS!
10b) What did the owner inadvertently leave behind
All that was found of him was one kidney and half an earhole
Excellent work by all but especially those who also supplied Dagon Street as the venue of the tragedy
11- Who runs a boarding house on Elm St and what kind of clientele does it cater for?
Mrs. Evadne Cake
Best wrong answer - Mrs. Rosemary Palm - clientele: lonely men? (mC)
11a)- What is remarkable about her hat?
It's huge and black and covered in stuffed birds, wax fruit and other decorative items - all painted black!
Funniest nearly right answer -It's twice as tall as she is (jujub)
12- Who will Mrs. Marietta Cosmopolite (3 Quirm Street) NOT rent rooms to?
Seekers of Cosmic Truth
Most derogatory correct answer - those bald headed orange devils (Tony)
12a) During the craze for Moving Pictures what exalted position did she hold with one of the big clicks studios
Vice President in Charge of Wardrobe (she is an actual seamstress who can sew)
:clap: All correct!!!!!
13- How does Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler officially describe his profession?
A Merchant Adventurer
Most irritating nearly right answer - Merchant Venturer - the 'Ad' was vital for this one!
13a)- What is the sovereign ingredient that Throat says people will eat anything with if there's enough of it?
Mustard
Tastiest wrong answer - sizzling onions (Tony)
14- Who is Chairperson for The Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons?
Rosie Devant-Molei
:twisted: mwahahaha - NOT Sybil Vimes nee Ramkin
15- Close to the Cattle Market what would you go to the place known as Harkin for?
Small backroom operations; quack medicines & brewing.
Best made-up answer - Retro-phrenology (Tony)
16- What was the Ankh-Morpork view of crime and punishment?
The penalty for the 1st offence should prevent the 2nd
Most amoral suggestion - If there is a crime, then there ought to be seen to be a punishment; if the punishment can involve the actual perpetrator of the crime then this is a happy state of affairs, but it is not essential (mC)
17- Who were the Nougat Knights?
Ancestral dwarfs from the dawnatime who created the treacle mines & other subterranean sweet lodes
100% :ugeek:
18- The renowned General Tacticus wrote of a particularly bloody skirmish that took place 'where' in Ankh-Morpork?
Lawks Drift
Most directionally challenged answer - Al Ibi (jujub)
19- Finish the old Dwarf proverb - Any 3 dwarfs having a sensible conversation will always end up...?
with 4 points of view
Another full house
20- What do dwarfs call the sheer pleasure about what you are doing and where you are doing it?
Craic
And another
21- Why was creative writing such a hazardous pursuit during the reign of Patrician Olaf Quimby II of Ankh?
It was a criminal offence to make unjustified statements of a literary nature
Most descriptive answer - He prohibited metaphors and similes which couldn't actually be proven ("Poetic simile was strictly limited to statements like: “His mighty steed was fast as the wind, on a fairly calm day, say about Force Three,” any loose talk about a beloved having a face that could launch a thousand ships would have to be backed by evidence that the object of desire did indeed own a very large seaport. ") (mC)
22- What is the name of the boarding school where the upper crust of A-M send their sons and why?
Hugglestones
Most qualitative answer - to make men from boys (well done jujub & Tony)
Note - whilst the Assassin's Guild has the rep for the best bastion of education the question was not asking which school IN AM but the one of choice for the wealthy and influential families
23- What and where is Death's favourite late night restaurant?
The Curry Gardens at the corner of God Street and Blood Alley
23a)- Why do their menus contain so many typos?
Because you'll be so busy laughing at their spelling to notice the 'mistakes' on the bill...
:clap: And 100% again!
24- At Gimlet's Hole Food Delicatessen what type of Rat do they sell?
Only the Best Free Range Rats
Most scurrilous wrong answer - The ones hunted by Wee Mad Arthur but sometimes fake ones from various cuts of other animals (Mixa)
25- There's a Tea Room on Horspath near the Deosil Gate that shares its name with a famous Roundworld literary Inn. What's it called?
The Prancing Pony
:clap: Well done everyone!
26- Unseen University is keen on promoting its water sports and holds a boat race up the river Ankh. Because of the nature of the Ankh except in times of flood -
a)- How is the race carried out and how many students in a team?
8 per team and they chase each other on foot carrying a racing skiff
b)- What is the race called?
The Bumps
c)- Where does the race start and end?
From the University boathouses to the Brass Bridge
d)- What title is bestowed on the winning team?
Head of the River
e)- What are the winners awarded?
Pairs of brown pointy boots to replace the ones ruined by close contact with the 'waters' of the Ankh
Most skimpily answered question - 'A brown' was just about acceptable!
27- Unseen University Library requires users to promise not to bring into the library any fire or flame – echoing which Roundworld library?
The Bodleian Library in Oxford
Most amusingly mispelt right answer - The Blodleian Library (Mixa)
28- In a dwarf bar it's suicide to ask for what?
A short
Most logical wrong answer - "Just a half, thanks" (jujub)
Well done everyone who had a go - this was a very difficult and obscure quiz and was used at the Manchester Convention as the question sheet for Strangely Fascinating :twisted:
And the rankings - very high standard all round, especially considering some people didn't have a lot of time (or other hazards like work or college deadlines) to get their entries in.
4th Runner Up - mC (59%)
3rd Runner Up - Mixa (75%)
2nd Runner Up - jujub (83%)
Runner Up - Tonyblack (86.5%)
So the winner of the little folio with 91% (only 3 wrong answers! ) is - JOOLZ from the Cunning One's forum!!!!
There'll be prizes for everyone as I have some spiffy spare items from the Gala Dinner and the Goodie bag so I'll be in touch with the runners up by PM over the next few days to offer a choice of pressie - if anyone knows Joolz on the Cunning One's forum can they give him/her a nudge please, so I can get the contact info to send the book off
OK - first of all the ANSWERS!!!!!
1- What is it considered bad form to eat at the Mended Drum?
The peanuts on the bar - they're for the Librarian.
Most inventive answer - Your opponent's ear (Tonyblack)
2- Where's the place to go where everyone knows your shape?
Biers (on Elm St & Tiptoe Lane)
Most informative answer - Biers formerly known as The Crown and Axe. (Joolz)
3- In addition to the obvious what does The Dwarf Bread Museum also provide a home for?
The Campaign for Equal Heights!
Most popular wrong answer - A replica of the Scone of Stone
4- What is the connection between The Eightfold Seal of Stasis and Ricewind’s sock?
A half brick
Most magical wrong answer - The Octavo (Mixa)
5- Sergeant Colon was said to have had a broad education.
a) Which school did he go to?
He'd been to the School of 'My Dad Said'
b) Which college did he attend ?
The college of 'It stands to Reason'
c) Which university was he a post-graduate student in?
The university of 'What Some Bloke in the Pub Told Me'
The most correctly answered question in all parts!!!!! :dance:
6- What is the technical term for someone who, like Archchancellor Ridcully, regards meals as no more than a foundation for salt, pepper, mustard, pickles, ketchup and sauce?
Autocondimentor
Full house for this one too :angelic-innocent:
7- How is the Discworld regular with the dwarfish name of Sh’rt’azs more commonly known?
Corporal (now Sgt?) Cheery Littlebottom
Best comprehensive answer - Sergeant Cheery 'Cheri' Littlebottom is a forensic alchemist for the City Watch and one of the first dwarfs to be openly female so somewhat atypical. She hates beer and dislikes being an axe-wielding homocidal maniac; she also hates gold (Mixa)
8- what is the name of Archchancellor Ridcully’s more religious brother?
Hughnon Ridcully
100% all round
9- Who is the current President of the Thieves Guild and what is his nickname?
Sir J.H. 'Flannelfoot' Boggis
Fullest answer - Josiah Herbert Boggis aka "Flannelfoot" (well done Joolz, Tony & Mixa)
10- On what night (there's a bonus point for an exact answer) and where, was the Three Jolly Luck Take Away Fish Bar opened.
In Dagon Street on the night of the winter solstice when there was a full moon & a lunar eclipse
10a)- What actually happened there?
NOBODY KNOWS!
10b) What did the owner inadvertently leave behind
All that was found of him was one kidney and half an earhole
Excellent work by all but especially those who also supplied Dagon Street as the venue of the tragedy
11- Who runs a boarding house on Elm St and what kind of clientele does it cater for?
Mrs. Evadne Cake
Best wrong answer - Mrs. Rosemary Palm - clientele: lonely men?
(mC)11a)- What is remarkable about her hat?
It's huge and black and covered in stuffed birds, wax fruit and other decorative items - all painted black!
Funniest nearly right answer -It's twice as tall as she is (jujub)
12- Who will Mrs. Marietta Cosmopolite (3 Quirm Street) NOT rent rooms to?
Seekers of Cosmic Truth
Most derogatory correct answer - those bald headed orange devils (Tony)
12a) During the craze for Moving Pictures what exalted position did she hold with one of the big clicks studios
Vice President in Charge of Wardrobe (she is an actual seamstress who can sew)
:clap: All correct!!!!!
13- How does Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler officially describe his profession?
A Merchant Adventurer
Most irritating nearly right answer - Merchant Venturer - the 'Ad' was vital for this one!
13a)- What is the sovereign ingredient that Throat says people will eat anything with if there's enough of it?
Mustard
Tastiest wrong answer - sizzling onions (Tony)
14- Who is Chairperson for The Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons?
Rosie Devant-Molei
:twisted: mwahahaha - NOT Sybil Vimes nee Ramkin
15- Close to the Cattle Market what would you go to the place known as Harkin for?
Small backroom operations; quack medicines & brewing.
Best made-up answer - Retro-phrenology (Tony)
16- What was the Ankh-Morpork view of crime and punishment?
The penalty for the 1st offence should prevent the 2nd
Most amoral suggestion - If there is a crime, then there ought to be seen to be a punishment; if the punishment can involve the actual perpetrator of the crime then this is a happy state of affairs, but it is not essential (mC)
17- Who were the Nougat Knights?
Ancestral dwarfs from the dawnatime who created the treacle mines & other subterranean sweet lodes
100% :ugeek:
18- The renowned General Tacticus wrote of a particularly bloody skirmish that took place 'where' in Ankh-Morpork?
Lawks Drift
Most directionally challenged answer - Al Ibi (jujub)
19- Finish the old Dwarf proverb - Any 3 dwarfs having a sensible conversation will always end up...?
with 4 points of view
Another full house
20- What do dwarfs call the sheer pleasure about what you are doing and where you are doing it?
Craic
And another
21- Why was creative writing such a hazardous pursuit during the reign of Patrician Olaf Quimby II of Ankh?
It was a criminal offence to make unjustified statements of a literary nature
Most descriptive answer - He prohibited metaphors and similes which couldn't actually be proven ("Poetic simile was strictly limited to statements like: “His mighty steed was fast as the wind, on a fairly calm day, say about Force Three,” any loose talk about a beloved having a face that could launch a thousand ships would have to be backed by evidence that the object of desire did indeed own a very large seaport. ") (mC)
22- What is the name of the boarding school where the upper crust of A-M send their sons and why?
Hugglestones
Most qualitative answer - to make men from boys (well done jujub & Tony)
Note - whilst the Assassin's Guild has the rep for the best bastion of education the question was not asking which school IN AM but the one of choice for the wealthy and influential families
23- What and where is Death's favourite late night restaurant?
The Curry Gardens at the corner of God Street and Blood Alley
23a)- Why do their menus contain so many typos?
Because you'll be so busy laughing at their spelling to notice the 'mistakes' on the bill...
:clap: And 100% again!
24- At Gimlet's Hole Food Delicatessen what type of Rat do they sell?
Only the Best Free Range Rats
Most scurrilous wrong answer - The ones hunted by Wee Mad Arthur but sometimes fake ones from various cuts of other animals (Mixa)
25- There's a Tea Room on Horspath near the Deosil Gate that shares its name with a famous Roundworld literary Inn. What's it called?
The Prancing Pony
:clap: Well done everyone!
26- Unseen University is keen on promoting its water sports and holds a boat race up the river Ankh. Because of the nature of the Ankh except in times of flood -
a)- How is the race carried out and how many students in a team?
8 per team and they chase each other on foot carrying a racing skiff
b)- What is the race called?
The Bumps
c)- Where does the race start and end?
From the University boathouses to the Brass Bridge
d)- What title is bestowed on the winning team?
Head of the River
e)- What are the winners awarded?
Pairs of brown pointy boots to replace the ones ruined by close contact with the 'waters' of the Ankh
Most skimpily answered question - 'A brown' was just about acceptable!
27- Unseen University Library requires users to promise not to bring into the library any fire or flame – echoing which Roundworld library?
The Bodleian Library in Oxford
Most amusingly mispelt right answer - The Blodleian Library (Mixa)
28- In a dwarf bar it's suicide to ask for what?
A short
Most logical wrong answer - "Just a half, thanks" (jujub)
Well done everyone who had a go - this was a very difficult and obscure quiz and was used at the Manchester Convention as the question sheet for Strangely Fascinating :twisted:
And the rankings - very high standard all round, especially considering some people didn't have a lot of time (or other hazards like work or college deadlines) to get their entries in.
4th Runner Up - mC (59%)
3rd Runner Up - Mixa (75%)
2nd Runner Up - jujub (83%)
Runner Up - Tonyblack (86.5%)
So the winner of the little folio with 91% (only 3 wrong answers!
) is - JOOLZ from the Cunning One's forum!!!!There'll be prizes for everyone as I have some spiffy spare items from the Gala Dinner and the Goodie bag so I'll be in touch with the runners up by PM over the next few days to offer a choice of pressie - if anyone knows Joolz on the Cunning One's forum can they give him/her a nudge please, so I can get the contact info to send the book off
Re: QUIZ TIME!!!!! Win 'A Present from Sir Terry Pratchett O
Congratulations to everyone! :clap: :clap: :clap:
It’s been an incredible experience and, as Jan said, wasn’t a mere trifle at all!
Thank you Jan for letting us enjoy of this great opportunity!
Mx
P.s. In the end I’ve got the most magical, amusingly misspelt, comprehensive and scurrilous answers… That’s not really bad for not being a native! Not to mention the other contestants’ best inventive, derogatory, tastiest, made-up, amoral, descriptive and logical answers. Well, I think that also deserves a crown! :clap:
Congratulations to everyone! :clap: :clap: :clap:
It’s been an incredible experience and, as Jan said, wasn’t a mere trifle at all!
Thank you Jan for letting us enjoy of this great opportunity!
Mx
P.s. In the end I’ve got the most magical, amusingly misspelt, comprehensive and scurrilous answers… That’s not really bad for not being a native!
Not to mention the other contestants’ best inventive, derogatory, tastiest, made-up, amoral, descriptive and logical answers. Well, I think that also deserves a crown! :clap:
Re: QUIZ TIME!!!!! Win 'A Present from Sir Terry Pratchett O
Hi everyone! Today I’ve received my runner up prize and is… FANTASTIC!!!
Here it is…
An excellent paperback Spanish edition of Pyramid’s (with Kidby cover art) and a lovely duckie pin (ala Pat Harkin).
This duckie pin and I are becoming BFF.
Thanks again, Jan!
Mx
Hi everyone! Today I’ve received my runner up prize and is… FANTASTIC!!!
Here it is…
An excellent paperback Spanish edition of Pyramid’s (with Kidby cover art) and a lovely duckie pin (ala Pat Harkin).
This duckie pin and I are becoming BFF.
Thanks again, Jan!
Mx
