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? Some kind of pink and blue floral pattern The Guide's logo Nothing; it was your average towel Fish

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

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? QQ7 Active J Gamma PP3 Plural R Beta ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha QQ7 Active Q 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. He began to despise the Universe in general and everybody in it in particular. 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. All of them are.

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

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

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 would individually set off every star in the Universe into a supernova We never learn, we only learn that it was faulty It would throw all the stars out of their proper places, causing them to smash into each other 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