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The Wyrdest Link: Terry Pratchett's Discworld Quizbook by David Langford
01/12/2007 . Source: Phil Jones 
pub: Gollancz. 289 page small hardback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 0-575-07704-2. Buy The Wyrdest Link in the USA - or Buy The Wyrdest Link in the UK  check out website: www.orionbooks.co.uk and www.ansible.co.uk
First published in 2002, this version is in a handy small almost pocket-sized edition. It features the last cover painting, 'The Wyrdist link' by the late Josh Kirby. David Langford has been associated with 'Discworld' ever since his review of 'The Colour Of Magic'. He wrote the first Discworld Quizbook, 'The Unseen University Challenge' in 1996. David Langford an ex-nuclear physicist, a writer and general Science fiction journalist has laid down the gauntlet again to all Discworld fans out there.
'The Unseen University Challenge' was as to speak well...hard. It was a tad on the side of, I really don't won't to use this word but it fits so, 'anal'. It sometimes was with regard to questions a bit seeking the obscure, trampling shall we say the obtuse. Heaven's be praised though I can at least answer some of the questions in this fine little volume. I have to warn though, at this early stage, you do need to be versed in all the books from 'The Colour Of Magic' to 'The Last Hero' (pub: 2001). It would probably be useful if you've also read or at least seen some of the 'extra' Discworld books such as 'The Science Of Discworld', maps and the like. There is even one question that pertains to one of the Discworld games. Don't fret too much though if you've read most of the twenty-seven or so main Discworld books as mentioned then you do stand a fighting chance. The point of note is that you may even get away with having a board (if somewhat obscure) general knowledge as a much of Terry Pratchett's writing is drawn from numerous 'general' sources, Shakespeare for one.
Anyway, the book is laid out in themed questions often pertaining to the groups, societies and guilds of Discworld. Some guilds like the Watch and The Guild of Cunning Artificers crop up more than once. Some of the questions style relates to the guild which breaks up the quizes some what. There are answers provided at the end of the book along with a bonus question about that group of questions. So plenty of questions to go at. Obviously, it's not going to be hugely interesting to non-Discworld fans but if you can answer questions like: What's the bar where the undead of Ankh-Morpork drink? or Which ethnic group gave us the famous opera Bloodaxe and Ironhammer? then it maybe as to say your cup of tea. I think most enjoyment and merriment could be had by having a group of Discworld loving friends exposed to these questions and seeing how many people can answer. Those like David Langford, say, who answers the majority straight off, might need to get out a bit more.
Phil Jones
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