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Hitchhiker's Guide: Mid-Book (through ch 20)
Hitchhiker's Guide: Mid-Book (through ch 20)
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1
What do all the molecules of a hostess's underwear move in accordance with
The theory of interference
The theory of gravitation
The theory of gravity
The theory of indeterminacy
2
What rank of intelligence did humans have on Earth?
The most intelligent
Second most intelligent
Least intelligent
Third most intelligent
3
What does Eddie say the characters' adventure will end in?
Blood
Tears
Sadness
Celebration
4
What escapes?
Marvin
The ghosts of planet Magrathea
The sperm whale
Trillian's pet mice
5
How many suns does Magrathea have?
Four
Two
One
Three
6
What does Zaphod have a problem with?
His third arm
Trillian
His brain
Humans
7
What does Ford use to conceal the alien technology in his satchel?
Scripts for plays
A towel
Magazines
Manuscripts for the bad novels that Ford writes
8
What is Marvin's nickname?
The Paranoid Android
Depresso
Marvy
The Complain-O-Matic
9
The typical Vogon is...
Evolved
Vile
Drunk
Pleasant
10
Where have Zaphod and Arthur met before?
They have never actually met.
At a party in Islington
When Zaphod buzzed Earth as a teaser
When Arthur was abducted by aliens
11
What are serious problems throughout the galaxy?
Unbridled enthusiasm for danger
Stress and nervous tension
Cancer, and untied shoelaces
Rage and uncontrollable anger
12
What word best describes the new interior of the ship?
Extraterrestrial
Chaotic
Dull
Beautiful
13
What did Zaphod call himself when he was on Earth?
Phil
Steve
Ned
Peter
14
What word describes the new personality of the computer?
Condescending
Sarcastic
Ambivalent
Matriarchal (motherly)
15
What does Trillian notice on the wall?
Pictures of dead humans
Children's drawings
Strange symbols of some kind
Billboards and memos
16
What has opened a passage into the interior of the planet?
The whale
Marvin
The Improbability Drive
Eddie
17
Who has come to visit the Earth in massive yellow spaceships?
Martians
Betelgeuse traders
The evil people of Krikkit
Vogons
18
What are the initials burned into Zaphod's brain?
Z.D.
T.B.
T.S.
Z.B.
19
What does Arthur say that saving everyone's lives was?
Really good thinking
His way of saying thanks for rescuing Ford and himself
His greatest achievement
Nothing
20
What does Zaphod search for on the sub-etha radio?
The movements of the Vogon Constructor Fleet
A signal from the intergalactic fence
Some decent gunk music
News about himself
21
What is Arthur concerned about?
What they are going to have for breakfast
If he can ever have tea again
Whether or not Magrathea is safe
If Trillian is interested in him
22
What are the Vogons going to do to Arthur and Ford?
Throw them into space
Return them to the Earth
Put them in prison
Vaporize them
23
What is Trillian's only link with Earth?
Arthur
her cat
her digital watch
mice
24
Why is Arthur so excited to be on Magrathea?
He has never been to an alien planet before.
He has a great design for a planet to show the Magratheans.
He has always believed the legend.
The drink he got has made his brain a little strange.
25
What does the Guide say about the Earth?
Harmless
Nothing at all
A small blue-green planet
That it has been destroyed by the Vogons
26
Where could Ford have more fun than Magrathea?
The dentist
In cat litter
Beselthemun
Back on the ship
27
What is the equivalent of saying, "blood...blood" to a computer?
Bad math
Using a ruler
Turning the power off
Counting
28
What goes through the mind of the bowl of petunias?
Nothing
Whatever
Help
Oh no, not again
29
What was life in the former Galactic Empire largely free of?
Happiness
Suffering
Wealth
Taxes
30
Who is Ford Prefect?
All of these
A roving researcher for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
A drunk
Arthur Dent's friend
31
Where does the ship go when the Improbability Drive is activated?
Into the interior of the planet Magrathea
Nowhere
It appears in orbit of the planet Damogran.
Back to the smoking remains of the Earth
32
Why does Ford order so much beer at lunchtime?
The world is about to end, and Ford wants to remember the taste.
It is a memory disabler.
It is a muscle relaxant.
It is a psychological stabilizer.
33
What sits in a corner of the control cabin of the Starship Heart of Gold?
A computer
A bar
Trillian
A robot