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'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' Quiz


This quiz is all about 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', the first book in the 'Hitchhiker's' Trilogy by Douglas Adams.

A multiple-choice quiz by jaeryn. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
jaeryn
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
11,560
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
17 / 25
Plays
7986
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 165 (20/25), Guest 108 (20/25), Guest 99 (10/25).
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1. On what day of the week did the world end? Hint


2. Mr. Prosser was a direct male-line descendant of whom? Hint


3. What did the sign on the disused lavatory containing the locked file cabinet say? Hint


4. Where did Ford Prefect usually claim he was from? Hint


5. At which bar did Ford and Arthur have a drink before the world was blown up? Hint


6. Which two plays did Ford Prefect have in his satchel? Hint


7. Which planet was the home of the Heart of Gold? Hint


8. Which of these is an island on Damogran? Hint


9. Who said, 'That is so amazingly amazing I think I'd like to steal it'? Hint


10. Whose father was the only man on the planet to survive the Great Collapsing Hrung Disaster? Hint


11. What is a Hrung? Hint


12. If you want to irritate a Vogon, who should you feed to the ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal? Hint


13. What two word phrase is printed on the front of the Hitchhiker's Guide? Hint


14. If you want to understand alien languages, what must you have in your ear? Hint


15. Which of the following did not occur shortly after the Magrathean missile attack? Hint


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? Hint


17. What won an award for its coastlines? Hint


18. Who were Lunkwill and Fook? Hint


19. Who were Majikthise and Vroomfondel? Hint


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? Hint


22. What are the names of Trillian's white mice? Hint


23. What was not considered by Trillian's mice as a possible question to fit the ultimate answer? Hint


24. Which character sang 'You'll Never Walk Alone'? Hint


25. Who, against overwhelming odds, started to turn into a penguin? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. On what day of the week did the world end?

Answer: Thursday

2. Mr. Prosser was a direct male-line descendant of whom?

Answer: Genghis Khan

3. What did the sign on the disused lavatory containing the locked file cabinet say?

Answer: Beware of the Leopard

4. Where did Ford Prefect usually claim he was from?

Answer: Guildford

5. At which bar did Ford and Arthur have a drink before the world was blown up?

Answer: The Horse and Groom

6. Which two plays did Ford Prefect have in his satchel?

Answer: 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' and 'Godspell'

7. Which planet was the home of the Heart of Gold?

Answer: Damogran

8. Which of these is an island on Damogran?

Answer: France

9. Who said, 'That is so amazingly amazing I think I'd like to steal it'?

Answer: Zaphod Beeblebrox

10. Whose father was the only man on the planet to survive the Great Collapsing Hrung Disaster?

Answer: Ford Prefect's

11. What is a Hrung?

Answer: No one knows

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

Answer: his grandmother

13. What two word phrase is printed on the front of the Hitchhiker's Guide?

Answer: Don't Panic

14. If you want to understand alien languages, what must you have in your ear?

Answer: a Babel fish

15. Which of the following did not occur shortly after the Magrathean missile attack?

Answer: The Heart of Gold exploded

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?

Answer: Veet Voojagig

17. What won an award for its coastlines?

Answer: Norway

18. Who were Lunkwill and Fook?

Answer: computer programmers

19. Who were Majikthise and Vroomfondel?

Answer: philosophers

20. What is the answer to the question of life, the universe, and everything?

Answer: forty two

21. What initials were burned into Zaphod Beeblebrox's brain?

Answer: Z. B.

22. What are the names of Trillian's white mice?

Answer: Benjy and Frankie

23. What was not considered by Trillian's mice as a possible question to fit the ultimate answer?

Answer: How many years does it take to reach enlightenment?

24. Which character sang 'You'll Never Walk Alone'?

Answer: Eddie

25. Who, against overwhelming odds, started to turn into a penguin?

Answer: Ford Prefect

Source: Author jaeryn

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