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Quiz about Hitchhiker Time A Guide to the Galaxy Part 3

Hitchhiker Time: A Guide to the Galaxy Part 3 Quiz

Here's my third quiz about "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams. If you have not yet played the first two of them, you probably should.

A multiple-choice quiz by DLHenry. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
DLHenry

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
179,430

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1283

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Why is Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz happy the Dentrassis is smiling? Hint

He wants his crews morale to be high.

All of these or none of these.

It means the Dentrassis doesn't suspect anything.

It means there is trouble on the ship which he can get angry about.

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Question 2 of 10

2. What should you on no account allow a Vogon to do? Hint

Irritate you

Read Poetry

Throw your Grandmother into a pit of flaming effluence

Make supper for you

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is a "teaser"? Hint

None of these

Exotic Dancer

A rich kid with nothing to do

A very large man on a small bicycle

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Question 4 of 10

4. What does Ford say the galaxy is? Hint

A rather dreary place

A fun place

It's like a grapefruit

None of these

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Question 5 of 10

5. What does the Vogon language sound like? Hint

Vogon's don't speak, they're telepathic.

A million people saying "WOP" at the same time.

A man trying to gargle while fighting off a pack of wolves

A lunatic babbling obscenities.

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Question 6 of 10

6. What would make Arthur feel safe on the ship? Hint

Mandarin Oranges

A box of cornflakes

Chocolate Milk

A nice game of cricket, and some tea

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Question 7 of 10

7. Why won't the Vogon let anyone off the ship when they dock? Hint

They are all his slaves

He's just really mean!

He doesn't feel like leaving, so they shouldn't either

He had an unhappy love affair, and doesn't see why anyone else should be happy if he isn't.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these does not happen to Arthur during his first jump to hyperspace? Hint

His fingers contracted, and seeped into his skull.

His eyes turned inside out.

The bottom fell out of his mind

His feet leaked out the top of his head

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the second worst poetry in existence? Hint

Vogon Poetry

None of these

Poetry by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings

Poetry made by the Azgoths of Kria

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Question 10 of 10

10. What must Arthur and Ford do to avoid being thrown into the vacuum of space? Hint

Compliment the Vogon's poetry

Attach their own spleens to their foreheads

Recite Vogon Poetry

Ask the Vogons nicely not to throw them into space.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Why is Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz happy the Dentrassis is smiling?

Answer: It means there is trouble on the ship which he can get angry about.

Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz is always looking for something to get angry about.

2. What should you on no account allow a Vogon to do?

Answer: Read Poetry

Their poetry is the third worst in the galaxy.

3. What is a "teaser"?

Answer: A rich kid with nothing to do

"Teasers" usually frighten people who won't be believed on planets which do not know of space travel.

4. What does Ford say the galaxy is?

Answer: A fun place

Douglas Adams once wrote that, "Life, is like a grapefruit...".

5. What does the Vogon language sound like?

Answer: A man trying to gargle while fighting off a pack of wolves

Arthur doesn't know what the Vogon is saying until he has a Babel fish placed in his ear.

6. What would make Arthur feel safe on the ship?

Answer: A box of cornflakes

Arthur may be completely obsessed with tea, but still, a box or cornflakes would have made him feel safe.

7. Why won't the Vogon let anyone off the ship when they dock?

Answer: He had an unhappy love affair, and doesn't see why anyone else should be happy if he isn't.

After the announcement about his "love affair" he says that he knows Arthur and Ford are on the ship.

8. Which of these does not happen to Arthur during his first jump to hyperspace?

Answer: His fingers contracted, and seeped into his skull.

Even Ford curls into a fetal ball before the jump to hyperspace.

9. What is the second worst poetry in existence?

Answer: Poetry made by the Azgoths of Kria

A poem written by one of the Azgoths of Kria: "Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I found in my Armpit one Midsummer's Morning." Quite disgusting if you ask me.

10. What must Arthur and Ford do to avoid being thrown into the vacuum of space?

Answer: Compliment the Vogon's poetry

They compliment his poetry, but then make a mistake by complimenting the Vogon himself.

Source: Author DLHenry

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