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Quiz about Hitchhiker Explores the Universe

Hitchhiker Explores the Universe Quiz

Don't Panic! This is a quiz about the first book of the five-part trilogy. In fact, there is a trivial question for each of the first ten chapters. A warning: when we say trivia, we really mean trivia. "THHGTTG" means "The Hitch Hiker's to the Galaxy".
This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author kiwidan42

A multiple-choice quiz by gme24. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
gme24

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
13,166

Updated
Jan 02 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
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Author's Note: Read the book!

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 1.
What was the name of the man, who worked for the council and was in charge of the crew that wanted to demolish Arthur Dent's house?

Richard Guildford

Mr. Prosser

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Question 2 of 10

2. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 2.
Ford Prefect managed to get Arthur Dent to follow him to the local down the road.
What was the name of the village pub?

Horse and Groom

Red Lion

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Question 3 of 10

3. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 3.
Ford Prefect bought four packets of peanuts and left the pub. What did the landlord say after clearing his throat?

Thank you for the fiver

Last orders please

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Question 4 of 10

4. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 4.
What was the name of the planet that housed the secret project "Heart of Gold"?

Damogran

Betelgeuse

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Question 5 of 10

5. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 5.
What was the name of the race of people that served the Vogons on their space journeys?

Traal

Dentrassi

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Question 6 of 10

6. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 6.
When inserted in one's ear, the Babel fish was an automatic translator for any form of language. What colour was it?

Yellow

Green

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Question 7 of 10

7. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 7.
What was repeated at regular intervals by the Vogon guard as he was taking Arthur and Ford towards the airlock?

Resistence is useless

The hours are good

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Question 8 of 10

8. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 8.
According to the "Guide", what was the record for hitchhiking to the other side of the Galaxy?

30 seconds

Just under five years

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Question 9 of 10

9. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 9.
After being rescued, the two travelers found themselves in a spaceship that was powered by what drive?

Infinite Improbability Drive

Annihilation of matter and antimatter

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Question 10 of 10

10. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 10.
What was awarded to the discoverer of the "Infinite Improbability" generator, by the Galactic Institute?

Prize for Discovering Something out of Thin Air

Prize for Extreme Cleverness

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 1. What was the name of the man, who worked for the council and was in charge of the crew that wanted to demolish Arthur Dent's house?

Answer: Mr. Prosser

Mr. Prosser was described as being "forty, fat, and shabby" with "a pronounced stoutness about the tum and a predilection for little fur hats".
He was trying to convince Arthur Dent to move out of the way of the bulldozer, so that they could complete their job.

2. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 2. Ford Prefect managed to get Arthur Dent to follow him to the local down the road. What was the name of the village pub?

Answer: Horse and Groom

Red Lion is the most common pub name in England, but it wasn't the one that Ford and Arthur went to.
Ford ordered six pints of bitter and told Arthur that they had 10 minutes to drink them, because the world was going to end.
He also said that the beer was a "muscle relaxant".

3. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 3. Ford Prefect bought four packets of peanuts and left the pub. What did the landlord say after clearing his throat?

Answer: Last orders please

Ford had given the landlord a fiver and told him to keep the change. The peanuts cost 28 pence. Just before leaving the pub Ford had announced that the earth was going to be destroyed in a couple of minutes.

4. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 4. What was the name of the planet that housed the secret project "Heart of Gold"?

Answer: Damogran

The planet consisted of various sized desert islands and large stretches of sea.
It was described as "Damogran the hot; Damogran the remote; Damogran the almost totally unheard of".
Ford Prefect was from "a small planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse".

5. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 5. What was the name of the race of people that served the Vogons on their space journeys?

Answer: Dentrassi

The Dentrassi were employed as cooks and drink mixers. They were always happy to help hitchhikers, because by doing that they greatly annoyed the Vogons.
Traal was a planet known for its always hungry Ravenous Bugblatter Beast.

6. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 6. When inserted in one's ear, the Babel fish was an automatic translator for any form of language. What colour was it?

Answer: Yellow

The Babel fish is described in the "Guide" as "small, yellow and leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the Universe".
It had the ability to absorb brainwave energy and then give out nerve signals, in such a way that the user was able to understand any spoken language.

7. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 7. What was repeated at regular intervals by the Vogon guard as he was taking Arthur and Ford towards the airlock?

Answer: Resistence is useless

The guard was taking his prisoners to airlock number three from where they would be ejected into space. They both tried to appeal to his good nature, but to no avail. He kept repeating the phrase over and over.

8. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 8. According to the "Guide", what was the record for hitchhiking to the other side of the Galaxy?

Answer: Just under five years

The planet Damogran was mentioned as being on the other side of the universe, where light from Sol would take five hundred thousand years to reach it.
As stated in the "Guide", "... if you hold a lungful of air you can survive in the total vacuum of space for about thirty seconds."
The two lucky travelers were rescued after being out in space for 29 seconds.

9. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 9. After being rescued, the two travelers found themselves in a spaceship that was powered by what drive?

Answer: Infinite Improbability Drive

When the two of them opened their eyes, they found themselves sitting on a pavement in a place that looked like Southend in England. Everything was shifting and changing, Arthur lost his legs and Ford was turning into a penguin.
The warp drive in "Star Trek" operates by annihilation of matter and antimatter.

10. "THHGTTG" - Chapter 10. What was awarded to the discoverer of the "Infinite Improbability" generator, by the Galactic Institute?

Answer: Prize for Extreme Cleverness

The unnamed student, working at the Galactic Government's research centre, did discover the drive by pure luck.
After receiving the award the poor soul was lynched by enraged physicists who "couldn't really stand a smartass".

Source: Author gme24

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