Douglas Adams' 'Hitchhiker' Series, Part I

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1. What does Arthur say when he sees that the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has the phrase "Don't Panic" printed on the cover? "That's the most thoughtful or intelligible thing anyone's said to me all day." "Why did they print the phrase 'don't panic' on the cover?" "I am NOT panicking!" Nothing

2. What type of pattern was on Ford's towel? Nothing; it was your average towel Fish The Guide's logo Some kind of pink and blue floral pattern

3. What was the only alteration to Ford's towel? He strengthened the seams He interwove the fabric with little bits of wire Nothing; Ford believes in simplicity when it comes to towels He tied a large lump of rock to one end

4. What does Marvin say when he sees God's Final Message to His Creation? "Incredible. It's even worse than I thought it would be." "Wretched, isn't it?" "Is that all?" "I think I feel good about it."

5. In which part of the Galaxy was God's Final Message to His Creation written? ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha QQ7 Active Q Gamma PP3 Plural R Beta QQ7 Active J Gamma

6. Which of these is not a quote from one of the books in the "Hitchhiker' series? It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes. All of them are. The only moral it is possible to draw from this story is that one should never throw the letter Q into a privet bush, but unfortunately there are times when it is unavoidable. He began to despise the Universe in general and everybody in it in particular.

7. Why did Ford choose the name "Ford Prefect" as being nicely inconspicuous? It sounded pretty normal He had mistaken the dominant life form It was his original name No reason

8. What phrase caused the G'Gugvuntts and the Vl'hurgs to declare war? "I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle" "How many roads must a man walk down?" "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" "I wouldn't want to go anywhere without my wonderful towel"

9. What do aorist rods do? They take energy from living things What's an aorist rod? They produce energy spontaneously for no readily apparent reason They take unused energy from the past

10. What was the supernova bomb designed by Hactar supposed to do? It was to connect the heart of every major star with the heart of every other major star and thus cause the entire Universe to explode like a great big supernova It would throw all the stars out of their proper places, causing them to smash into each other It would individually set off every star in the Universe into a supernova We never learn, we only learn that it was faulty