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Hitchhiker's Guide Quiz for Experts | Adams, Douglas

This is a quiz about my favorite 5 books, the "Hitchhiker's Trilogy" by Douglas Adams. The questions are for all five books.

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

Author
ilikepie

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
93,374

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1961

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. An easy one to start out with: What is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything?

Answer: (One Number)

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many cups of water did Arthur have to cure himself of his hangover? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. True or False: Marvin has many weapons on him.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. How long did Arthur live in his cave? Hint

2 years

42 years

10 years

5 years

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Question 5 of 10

5. How do you fly? Hint

Use a jetpack

Jump off a rock 5 times

Jump off a Bugblatter beast of Traal

Throw yourself at the ground and miss

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who went to the world of ballpoint pens? Hint

Arthur Dent

Veet Vojagig

Ford Prefect

Slartibartfast

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the alternate universe created for? Hint

Arthur Dent

Ford Prefect

Trillian

Zaphod Beeblebrox

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the name of the second-worst poetry in the universe? Hint

Five warts I found on my feet in a cocoon on blrang

Ode to a green lump of putty I found in my armpit on midsummer morn

Footeld Gruntbuggies Hrwaninging on and banging in my head

Raucaes fleeting in a torpedo on whacking blooreds

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the only town on the planet Now What? Hint

Sigh...

Well, Let's Go

Oh Well

Let's Turn Back

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Question 10 of 10

10. What did Arthur's daughter have built in on her wrist? Hint

An abacus

A computer

A video game

A radio

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. An easy one to start out with: What is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything?

Answer: 42

Nobody knows what the question is, though...

2. How many cups of water did Arthur have to cure himself of his hangover?

Answer: 2

He drank in the bathroom and not the kitchen, however. How odd.

3. True or False: Marvin has many weapons on him.

Answer: False

Even so, he defeats a tank.

4. How long did Arthur live in his cave?

Answer: 5 years

Then he and Ford caught a couch out of the Earth(which is where the cave was).

5. How do you fly?

Answer: Throw yourself at the ground and miss

Arthur masters this techniqe.

6. Who went to the world of ballpoint pens?

Answer: Veet Vojagig

He was a limo driver for a cheap family.

7. Who was the alternate universe created for?

Answer: Zaphod Beeblebrox

He goes there and finds out that he is a great and amazing guy.

8. What was the name of the second-worst poetry in the universe?

Answer: Ode to a green lump of putty I found in my armpit on midsummer morn

It was so bad that when the author tried to write his twelve-book epic, "My favorite bathtime gurgles", his kidney leapt up and throttled his brain.

9. What was the only town on the planet Now What?

Answer: Oh Well

"Now What" were the first words that that the pilgrims who came to Now What spoke ("Oh Well" were the second words).

10. What did Arthur's daughter have built in on her wrist?

Answer: A computer

It interested the inhabitants of the village she lived in quite a lot.

Source: Author ilikepie

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