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Quiz about Hitchhiker Time A Guide to the Galaxy Part 5

Hitchhiker Time: A Guide to the Galaxy Part 5 Quiz

Welcome to this, the fifth quiz of the series! 10 questions, you know the drill. If you have not played the first four, I suggest you do. Otherwise...HAVE FUN!

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

Author
DLHenry

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
187,124

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
872

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who is Marvin? Hint

A very depressed man

Zaphod's paranoid android

The shipboard computer

There isn't anyone named Marvin!

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Question 2 of 10

2. What sound do the doors on the Heart of Gold make? Hint

A disgruntled gargle and crash

A satisfied hum and click

One million people saying, "WOP!"

They're quiet as something...very quiet

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Question 3 of 10

3. The monkeys harassing Ford and Arthur about a script for a play sank away into something; what was that something? Hint

a better dimension

they sank into depression because Ford and Arthur sayed their script wasn't all that great

they sank into the ocean

Elvis Presley Land

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Question 4 of 10

4. After Zaphod steals the Heart of Gold...a newscaster asks a question. What was that question? Hint

Who is this God person anyway?

Who is this guy?

Has the big Z finally flipped?

Why?

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who invented the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster? Hint

Lunkwill and Fook

Ford Prefect

Zaphod Beeblebrox

Slartibartfast

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Question 6 of 10

6. What does Zaphod do to get people off their guard? Hint

makes them nervous

knocks them over

pretends to be stupid

shouts hysterically

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Question 7 of 10

7. What does the very first piece of ticker tape that the shipboard computer spits out say? Hint

Hi there

Hi guys!

Hello there

Life...don't talk to me about life!

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Question 8 of 10

8. What were the odds of the ship picking up Arthur and Ford, considering what Trillian and Zaphod were doing at the time? Hint

two to the power of infinity minus one

impossible divided by three

a impossibly large number

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Question 9 of 10

9. What does the door to the bridge say when Marvin, Ford and Arthur walk through it? Hint

Thank you for making a simple door very happy.

Hi There!

I have not been programmed to talk.

I'm just a door.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Where did Arthur meet Zaphod for the first time? Hint

Stavromula Beta

They were college roomates

Zaphod gate-crashed a party in Islington, London and stole a girl from Arthur

That one place

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is Marvin?

Answer: Zaphod's paranoid android

A quote from Marvin, "Life...don't talk to me about life!"

2. What sound do the doors on the Heart of Gold make?

Answer: A satisfied hum and click

The doors annoy Marvin!

3. The monkeys harassing Ford and Arthur about a script for a play sank away into something; what was that something?

Answer: a better dimension

The monkey part of the story was rather short. Rightly so.

4. After Zaphod steals the Heart of Gold...a newscaster asks a question. What was that question?

Answer: Has the big Z finally flipped?

Alas, the big Z had not flipped, though that would have made the story more interesting.

5. Who invented the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster?

Answer: Zaphod Beeblebrox

Lunkwill and Fook invent "Deep Thought". Zaphod is the master of the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.

6. What does Zaphod do to get people off their guard?

Answer: pretends to be stupid

It's hard to tell when Zaphod is being stupid, or when he's serious.

7. What does the very first piece of ticker tape that the shipboard computer spits out say?

Answer: Hi there

Eddie has two personalities throughout the story. Enthusiastic and motherly.

8. What were the odds of the ship picking up Arthur and Ford, considering what Trillian and Zaphod were doing at the time?

Answer: two to the power of infinity minus one

It never says what Trillian and Zaphod were doing.

9. What does the door to the bridge say when Marvin, Ford and Arthur walk through it?

Answer: Thank you for making a simple door very happy.

The doors got on everyone's nerves.

10. Where did Arthur meet Zaphod for the first time?

Answer: Zaphod gate-crashed a party in Islington, London and stole a girl from Arthur

Stavromula Beta is part of another book. At the party, Zaphod wore a birdcage over his second head.

Source: Author DLHenry

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