Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quiz

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1. On what day of the week did the world end? Monday Thursday Wednesday Sunday

2. Mr. Prosser was a direct male-line descendant of whom? Alexander the Great Charlemagne Genghis Khan William Shakespeare

3. What did the sign on the disused lavatory containing the locked file cabinet say? Beware of the Leopard Beware of the Cheetah Beware of the Dog Keep Out

4. Where did Ford Prefect usually claim he was from? Islington Ilford Guildford Croydon

5. At which bar did Ford and Arthur have a drink before the world was blown up? The Horse and Groom The Frog and Salesclerk The Duck and Crumpet The Dog and Farmer

6. Which two plays did Ford Prefect have in his satchel? 'Godspell' and 'Oklahoma' 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' and 'Godspell' 'Oliver!' and 'The Music Man' 'Fiddler on the Roof' and 'Godspell'

7. Which planet was the home of the Heart of Gold? Earth Damogran Magrathea Vulcan

8. Which of these is an island on Damogran? Mexico Australia France Christmas Island

9. Who said, 'That is so amazingly amazing I think I'd like to steal it'? Ford Prefect Trillian Zaphod Beeblebrox Eddie

10. Whose father was the only man on the planet to survive the Great Collapsing Hrung Disaster? Trillian's Slartibartfast's Arthur's Ford Prefect's

11. What is a Hrung? a nickname for the President of the Galaxy A large spacefaring cow-like creature No one knows an expensive spacecraft built by the people of Betelgeuse Seven

12. If you want to irritate a Vogon, who should you feed to the ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal? his father the Vogon himself his grandmother his wife

13. What two word phrase is printed on the front of the Hitchhiker's Guide? Mostly Harmless Have Fun Don't Panic Drink Pepsi

14. If you want to understand alien languages, what must you have in your ear? a Babel worm a Babel fish a Babel frog a Universal Translator

15. Which of the following did not occur shortly after the Magrathean missile attack? Someone's arm was bruised The Heart of Gold exploded A whale and a bowl of petunias were created and destroyed Three cups and a mouse cage were broken

16. Who reportedly found a planet full of ballpoint pens and worked as a limousine driver for a family of cheap green retractables until he was taken away and locked up? Zaphod Beeblebrox Veet Voojagig Slartibartfast Vroomfondel

17. What won an award for its coastlines? Hawaii France Norway Japan

18. Who were Lunkwill and Fook? computer programmers ballpoint pens Vogon poets coastline designers

19. Who were Majikthise and Vroomfondel? dolphins computer programmers philosophers researchers for the Hitchhiker's Guide

20. What is the answer to the question of life, the universe, and everything? Answer: (it's a number!)

21. What initials were burned into Zaphod Beeblebrox's brain? A. D. Z. B. T. M. F. P.

22. What are the names of Trillian's white mice? Pookie and Donnie Benjy and Johnnie Benjy and Frankie Lennon and McCartney

23. What was not considered by Trillian's mice as a possible question to fit the ultimate answer? What's yellow and dangerous? How many roads must a man walk down? How many years does it take to reach enlightenment? What do you get if you multiply six by seven?

24. Which character sang 'You'll Never Walk Alone'? Trillian Marvin the Paranoid Android Eddie Arthur Dent

25. Who, against overwhelming odds, started to turn into a penguin? Ford Prefect Zaphod Beeblebrox Arthur Trillian