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The quiz consists of 841 questions in several categories, named after various faculties of the University, such as Thaumatology, Arcane History, Dwarf Studies, and Oook. Each section contains a bonus question, and several ways exist to score more points for a question, many of them ludicrous.
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Callil, Carmen (8 June 1996). Books: Sense of humour pickled in aspic Carmen Callil on a satirical novelist who produces more giggles than groans.
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This book divides the questions into guilds. For example, if it is a question about a joke it may be categorised as in the Fools' Guild.
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David Langford has intentionally not based his questions on the Annotated Pratchett File, a long list of
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trivia available on the internet. Nevertheless, several items are in both the APF and the quizbook.
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Elaine Pritchard (13 June 1996). Spin doctor of disc fiction.
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