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Quiz about The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

10 Average Questions about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

A quiz based only on "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" Book One of the series by Douglas Adams.

A multiple-choice quiz by 403_soccer. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
403_soccer

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
232,328

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the full title of Zaphod Beeblebrox's job? Hint

President of the Imperial Galactic Government

President of the Imperial Government

President of the Galaxy

The Imperial Galactic Government President-in-Chief

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Question 2 of 10

2. "That is really amazing," he said. "That really is truly amazing. That is so amazing I think I'd like to steal it." Who said that to the press? Hint

Ford Perfect

Marvin

Arthur Dent

Zaphod Beeblebrox

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Question 3 of 10

3. According to the Encyclopedia Galactica, what is alcohol made of? Hint

Fermentated grapes

Fermentation of sugars

Crystalized sugars with fermentated grapes

Carbon-based life forms' wastes

4. True or False? The Babel Fish is small, yellow and caterpillar like. It feeds on cosmic particles and absorbs emotions from its user and other people around by telepathic thoughts. It helps you find a ship you can hitchhike with.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who said "Life, loath it or ignore it, you can't like it"? Hint

Slartibartfast

Fred

Deep Thought

Marvin

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Question 6 of 10

6. The last dolphin message was misinterpreted as a stunt.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did the book compare infinity with? Hint

Forever

Numbers

The night sky

The meaning of Life

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Question 8 of 10

8. Why did Deep Thought call itself the second greatest computer in the Universe of Time and Space? Hint

It was too humble

The Galactic Space Group chose the Milliard Gargantubrain as the smartest computer

A better computer is going to be built after it

Deep Thought was making fun of Fook and Lunkwill

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Question 9 of 10

9. The saying "I seemed to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style" started a war on the other side of infinity.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. When Trillian and Ford came to, after being gassed, they shouted until someone put them in planet catalog to keep them busy until they were of need. What is the planet catalog? Hint

A game room filled with entertainment for the guest

A library filled with coupons and shipping orders

A room where the scenery changes like a slide show

A large size book where the planet keeps all their records

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the full title of Zaphod Beeblebrox's job?

Answer: President of the Imperial Galactic Government

"The President in particular is very much a figurehead-he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to desplay are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controverial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character.

His job is not to wield power but draw attention away from it."

2. "That is really amazing," he said. "That really is truly amazing. That is so amazing I think I'd like to steal it." Who said that to the press?

Answer: Zaphod Beeblebrox

Zaphod Beeblebrox said this at the unveiling of the Heart of Gold Ship after annoying the press with saying things like "Hi" over and over again or "Wow" when the ship was brought up.

3. According to the Encyclopedia Galactica, what is alcohol made of?

Answer: Fermentation of sugars

"Alcohol is a colorless volatile liquid formed by the fermentation of sugars" and also notes "its intoxicating effect on certain carbon-based life forms."

Answer: False

"The Babel Fish is small, yellow and leechlike. It feeds on brainwave energy recived not from its own carrier but from those around it. It translates languages you don't know into ones you do know when in use."

5. Who said "Life, loath it or ignore it, you can't like it"?

Answer: Marvin

Marvin, the depressed robot, says this as Zaphod, Arthur, Trillian and Ford try to figure what happend to the planet they landed on.

6. The last dolphin message was misinterpreted as a stunt.

Answer: True

"The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backward somersault through a hoop while whistling the "Star-Spangled Banner", but in fact the message was this: 'So long and thanks for all the fish.'"

7. What did the book compare infinity with?

Answer: The night sky

"Looking up into the night sky is like looking into infinite-distance is incomprehensible and therefore meaningless."

8. Why did Deep Thought call itself the second greatest computer in the Universe of Time and Space?

Answer: A better computer is going to be built after it

Deep Thought would create the computer that would be better than itself.

9. The saying "I seemed to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style" started a war on the other side of infinity.

Answer: True

"It's an insult in the Vl'hurg tongue." At the moment Arthur said it a freak wormhole opened up in the fabric of the space-time continuum and carried the words to a place back in time where two Vl'hurgs were arguing and one asked the other to take back what he had said about his mother when the saying popped out.

10. When Trillian and Ford came to, after being gassed, they shouted until someone put them in planet catalog to keep them busy until they were of need. What is the planet catalog?

Answer: A room where the scenery changes like a slide show

It shows numerous scenes of any thing; purple seas, gold mountains, land that is covered knee deep in fish.

Source: Author 403_soccer

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