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Welcome to Milliway's! Trivia Quiz

This is my second "Hitchhiker's Guide" quiz. This one covers the second book in the series: "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe". Enjoy the quiz, and have a nice diurnal anomaly!

A multiple-choice quiz by Wazootyman. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Wazootyman

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
255,387

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1383

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. When the three mile high illuminated letters spelling out the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Complaints Department Company Motto ("Share and Enjoy") sunk nearly halfway into the ground on the planet Eadrax, what did the protruding upper halves of the letters appear to spell out in the local language? Hint

You're a load of useless bloody loonies

Forty-two

Go stick your head in a pig

We apologize for the inconvenience

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Question 2 of 10

2. What unusual power are Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Happy Vertical People Transporters equipped with? Hint

They can see into the future

They can read minds

They can move in any direction

They can travel backwards in time

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the extrapolative heart of the Total Perspective Vortex? Hint

A piece of fairy cake

The Universe itself

A Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

The brain of its previous victim

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Question 4 of 10

4. At Milliway's, why didn't Hotblack Desiato respond when Ford tried to engage him in conversation? Hint

He was extremely drunk.

He was dead.

He didn't know Ford.

He had gone deaf from listening to his own music.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who made a surprise, last-minute appearance at Milliway's? Hint

Slartibartfast

The Great Prophet Zarquon

The Man Who Rules The Galaxy

Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Question 6 of 10

6. What color are Frogstar Fighters in the real universe? Hint

Pink

Green

Gray

Putrid Yellow

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Question 7 of 10

7. When he was on Frogstar world B, Zaphod Beeblebrox found a Transtellar Cruise ship that had been keeping its passengers in suspended animation for nine hundred years, while it awaited restocking of a certain type of supplies. What supplies was it waiting for? Hint

Individually wrapped chocolate biscuits

Lemon-soaked paper napkins

Nonbiodegradable plastic cups

Shoes

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Question 8 of 10

8. Due to a suspicious freak of temporal relastatics, on the entirety of the planet Ursa Minor Beta it is always Saturday afternoon, just before the beach bars close.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. When he was brought to Ursa Minor Beta, Zaphod discovered a heavy, metal object in his pocket. What did this object turn out to be? Hint

His pair of Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglassses

The starship Heart of Gold

A copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

A miniature artificial Universe

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the name of Hotblack Desiato's rock band? Hint

The Evildrome Boozarama

Maximegalon

The Cataclysmic Combo

Disaster Area

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Go stick your head in a pig

They are no longer illuminated, except at times of special celebration.

2. What unusual power are Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Happy Vertical People Transporters equipped with?

Answer: They can see into the future

"Not unnaturally, many elevators imbued with intelligence and precognition became terribly frustrated with the mindless business of going up and down...and took to squatting in basements sulking. An impoverished hitchhiker visiting any planets in the Sirius star system these days can pick up easy money working as a couselor for neurotic elevators."

3. What was the extrapolative heart of the Total Perspective Vortex?

Answer: A piece of fairy cake

A fairy cake is a British term for a cupcake. When Zaphod Beeblebrox had completed his ordeal in the Vortex, he removed and ate this particular element.

4. At Milliway's, why didn't Hotblack Desiato respond when Ford tried to engage him in conversation?

Answer: He was dead.

He was spending a year dead for tax reasons.

5. Who made a surprise, last-minute appearance at Milliway's?

Answer: The Great Prophet Zarquon

He was very late, however, and the universe ended before he was able to say anything of note.

6. What color are Frogstar Fighters in the real universe?

Answer: Gray

In Zarniwoop's artificial universe, however, they are inexplicably green.

Answer: Lemon-soaked paper napkins

Although civilization on Frogstar world B had long since collapsed, the ship's autopilot was firmly convinced that another civilisation would eventually arise, and that that civilization would eventually produce lemon-soaked paper napkins.

8. Due to a suspicious freak of temporal relastatics, on the entirety of the planet Ursa Minor Beta it is always Saturday afternoon, just before the beach bars close.

Answer: False

Although this is true for nearly all of Ursa Minor Beta, there are a very few places, including the Lamantine district of Light City, that instead enjoy the cool of a perpetual early Saturday evening.

9. When he was brought to Ursa Minor Beta, Zaphod discovered a heavy, metal object in his pocket. What did this object turn out to be?

Answer: The starship Heart of Gold

It had been shrunk down to pocket-size, at an Improbability Level of...oh I don't know, but something very large.

10. What was the name of Hotblack Desiato's rock band?

Answer: Disaster Area

It was bigger than the biggest thing ever. Other than Zaphod, of course.

Source: Author Wazootyman

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