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Quiz about So Long and Thanks for All the Fish

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish! Quiz

This is my fourth "Hitchhiker's Guide" quiz, and, of course, it covers the fourth book in the series. Have fun, and, seriously, thanks for all the fish!

A multiple-choice quiz by Wazootyman. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Wazootyman

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
255,946

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1149

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. When he first appears in the book, Ford Prefect is recklessly causing trouble in a bar on the lower south side of Han Dold City. What was this bar called? Hint

The Horse and Groom

The Old Pink Dog

The Domain of the King

Jinond-o-Nick's

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Question 2 of 10

2. The first familiar face Arthur saw when he got back to Earth was No-Nothing-Bozo the Non-Wonder Dog, named for the President of the United States. What word was used to drive this dog into a frenzy? Hint

Commies!

Liberals!

Democrats!

Russians!

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Question 3 of 10

3. In his Guide entry for Earth, how did Ford Prefect describe the air in Los Angeles? Hint

Inexplicably yellow

Disconcertingly thick

Highly nutritious, especially for methane-breathing life forms

Boffo. A good one.

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Question 4 of 10

4. What part of Fenchurch's body is very unusual?

Answer: (One word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Arthur and Fenchurch spent their first night together flying over London in various states of undress and ...erm... linkage. The next night, they did the same thing, but with what difference? Hint

They did it over the Channel.

They did it upside-down.

They brought tape players.

They brought paper airplanes.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Wonko the Sane claimed that angels were in the habit of visiting him; what food product, that they couldn't get where they were from, did the angels like to eat? Hint

Swordfish Steak

McDonalds Hamburgers

Nachos

Wheat Germ

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Question 7 of 10

7. Ford returns to Earth by stowing away on a flying saucer. Soon after it lands, a huge robot emerges. What does it ask to be taken to? Hint

Our Lizard

Our Leader

Bournemouth

Pleiades Zeta

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Question 8 of 10

8. When our heroes were on the huge robot's ship, heading away from Earth, Ford Prefect finally got to finish a movie that he thought had been forever lost with the destruction of Earth. This movie was the reason that he had returned to Earth; what was it? Hint

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

The Magnificent Seven

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Casablanca

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Question 9 of 10

9. During his long life (he ended up 37 times older than the Universe itself), every part of Marvin's body was replaced at least fifty times.

Yes

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was God's final message to his creation? Hint

This universe inspected with pride by Number Forty-Two

You're a lot of useless bloody loonies

We apologize for the inconvenience

What do you get if you multiply six by seven

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When he first appears in the book, Ford Prefect is recklessly causing trouble in a bar on the lower south side of Han Dold City. What was this bar called?

Answer: The Old Pink Dog

Ford was attempting unsuccessfully to pay for a vast drinks bill with an American Express Card. He was nearly beaten to death by a disembodied arm while having his throat torn out by a savage bird, but at the last moment he saved the day by offering to do a write-up for the bar in the Guide.

Answer: Commies!

The dog was named after the President of the United States because of the way his hair stuck up (this would presumably have been Ronald Reagan).

3. In his Guide entry for Earth, how did Ford Prefect describe the air in Los Angeles?

Answer: Inexplicably yellow

He describes Los Angeles, in his entry in the Guide, as "junky, wunky, lunky, stunky, and what's that other word, and all kinds of bad stuff, woo," and later in the entry as being "like several thousand square miles of American Express junk mail, but without the moral depth. Plus the air is, for some reason, yellow."

4. What part of Fenchurch's body is very unusual?

Answer: Feet

They don't touch the ground. This probably has something to do with the fact that she didn't quite transition properly to the new Earth, but who knows, really?

5. Arthur and Fenchurch spent their first night together flying over London in various states of undress and ...erm... linkage. The next night, they did the same thing, but with what difference?

Answer: They brought tape players.

Sony Walkmen, to be exact. It was later mentioned that their nighttime antics were causing quite a stir in London.

6. Wonko the Sane claimed that angels were in the habit of visiting him; what food product, that they couldn't get where they were from, did the angels like to eat?

Answer: Nachos

The angels are easily recognizable for their golden beards and green wings. They also "do a lot of coke and are very wonderful about a whole range of things".

7. Ford returns to Earth by stowing away on a flying saucer. Soon after it lands, a huge robot emerges. What does it ask to be taken to?

Answer: Our Lizard

It came from a very ancient democracy, wherein the people always elected lizards. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people". Arthur says that this arrangement is terrible, but Ford scoffs at his naivete, and wishes that he had "one Altarian dollar for every time I heard one bit of the Universe look at another bit of the Universe and say 'That's terrible'".

Answer: Casablanca

"This is the big one. This is the one I came back for. Do you realize that I never saw it all the way through? I always missed the end. I saw half of it again the night before the Vogons came. When they blew the place up I thought I'd never get to see it."

9. During his long life (he ended up 37 times older than the Universe itself), every part of Marvin's body was replaced at least fifty times.

Answer: No

"Every part of me has been replaced at least fifty times... except... Do you remember when you first met me? I mentioned to you that I had this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side? That I had asked for them to be replaced but they never were? See if you can guess which parts of me were never replaced. Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch."

10. What was God's final message to his creation?

Answer: We apologize for the inconvenience

It was the last thing Marvin saw, and possibly the first thing Marvin saw that he liked.

Source: Author Wazootyman

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