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Hitchhiker's Guide: Don't Panic Quiz

This is a tricky quiz on the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (the first book in the series) by Douglas Adams. Don't even attempt it on a Thursday.

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

Author
Wazootyman

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
251,554

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. When Ford Prefect hitched a ride on the Vogon Constructor ship, what did he take with him to replenish his salt and protein levels? Hint

A McDonald's Hamburger

Pickled Onions

Peanuts

Three Pints Of Beer

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Marvin fitted with that made him so insufferably dismal? Hint

A Genuine People Personality

A Micromodulated Moaning Microchip

A Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Complaint Circuit

A Wooden Leg

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Question 3 of 10

3. What seemingly innocuous phrase, uttered by Arthur Dent, drifted through a freak wormhole into a distant galaxy and caused several thousand years of ghastly and utterly unnecessary wars? Hint

"The suspense is killing me"

"So this is it, we're going to die"

"I hope you all have a really miserable time"

"I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style"

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the following devices were NOT attached to Ford and Arthur when Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz read them his poetry? Hint

Imagery Intensifier

Metaphor Reinforcer

Simile Dumper

Alliterative Residulator

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Question 5 of 10

5. Why, when he was marooned on Earth, did Ford Prefect look for green flying saucers in particular? Hint

Green is the traditional design of Hitchhiker's Guide Research Ships

Because yellow ones have Vogons in them

Green is his favorite color

Green is the traditional livery of the Betelgeusian Trading Scouts

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Question 6 of 10

6. Mr Prosser, the man who wanted to knock Arthur's house down, had as his ancestor which famous historical figure? Hint

Attila The Hun

Ghengis Khan

Julius Caesar

Alexander the Great

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Question 7 of 10

7. What does the "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" compare to the effect of drinking a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster? Hint

Being drunk - if you're a glass of water

Having your major intestine leap up through your neck and throttle your brain

Having the bottom fall out of your mind, your eyes turn inside out, and your feet leak out of the top of your head

Having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped around a gold brick

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the name of the computer that was destined to give the Question to Life, The Universe, and Everything? Hint

Arthur Dent

Earth

Deep Thought

The Great Hyperlobic Omni-Cognate Neutron Wrangler of Ciceronicus Twelve, The Magic and Indefatigable

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Question 9 of 10

9. In a Finite Improbability Drive, what was used for the strong Brownian Motion producer? Hint

A cup of tea

A Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

A prepared, treated, and diced earthling brain

A Bambleweeny 57 Sub-Meson Brain

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Question 10 of 10

10. About what shape was the starship Heart Of Gold? Hint

A Penguin

A Perfect Sphere

A Restaurant

A Running Shoe

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When Ford Prefect hitched a ride on the Vogon Constructor ship, what did he take with him to replenish his salt and protein levels?

Answer: Peanuts

He had had the three pints of beer beforehand to cushion his system. Matter Transference Beams can be rough.

2. What was Marvin fitted with that made him so insufferably dismal?

Answer: A Genuine People Personality

He was a Personality Prototype. Other Genuine People Personality AIs occur in the story, including the ship doors which have "a cheerful and sunny disposition".

3. What seemingly innocuous phrase, uttered by Arthur Dent, drifted through a freak wormhole into a distant galaxy and caused several thousand years of ghastly and utterly unnecessary wars?

Answer: "I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style"

The words drifted across the conference table at which the Vl'hurgs and the G'Gugvuntts were negotiating, and unfortunately in the Vl'hurg tongue it was the most dreadful insult imaginable. Interestingly, a young Vl'hurg officer(along with his green steaming young lady) is seen in the Restaurant at the End of the Universe just seconds after Arthur arrives there himself. Fortunately, Arthur was at that point still incapable of speech, so he was unable to start another war.

4. Which of the following devices were NOT attached to Ford and Arthur when Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz read them his poetry?

Answer: Metaphor Reinforcer

These devices, along with the Rhythmic Modulator, were all designed to heighten the experience of the poem - not a good thing with Vogon poetry.

5. Why, when he was marooned on Earth, did Ford Prefect look for green flying saucers in particular?

Answer: Green is the traditional livery of the Betelgeusian Trading Scouts

However, when he got drunk he would admit that honestly the color of the flying saucers didn't matter that much really.

6. Mr Prosser, the man who wanted to knock Arthur's house down, had as his ancestor which famous historical figure?

Answer: Ghengis Khan

Mr L. Prosser was a direct male-line descendant of Ghengis Khan, although intervening generations and racial mixing had so juggled his genes that the only vestiges left in him of his mighty ancestry were a pronounced stoutness about the tum and a predilection for little fur hats.

7. What does the "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" compare to the effect of drinking a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster?

Answer: Having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped around a gold brick

"Being drunk..." is how Ford described the experience of Hyperspace to Arthur; "Having the bottom fall..." was Arthur's experience of Hyperspace; "Having your major intestine..." was what happened to Poet Master Grunthos the Flatulent(second worst poet in the universe) before he could begin reciting his twelve-book epic, "My Favorite Bathtime Gurgles".

8. What was the name of the computer that was destined to give the Question to Life, The Universe, and Everything?

Answer: Earth

The program had been running for 10 million years, and was ten minutes short of completion when it was destroyed by the Vogons. The mice were furious.

9. In a Finite Improbability Drive, what was used for the strong Brownian Motion producer?

Answer: A cup of tea

To produce an Infinite Improbability Drive, of course, you need a good, fresh, really hot cup of tea.

10. About what shape was the starship Heart Of Gold?

Answer: A Running Shoe

Not only that, but the interior was designed with excitingly chunky contours.

Source: Author Wazootyman

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