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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Part 1
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Part 1
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1
How does Vogon poetry rank in the universe?
Second best
Eleventh
The very worst
Third worst
2
What does the whale think might be a good friend, but is in fact not?
His tail
The bowl of petunias
The wind
The ground
3
What sits in a corner of the control cabin of the Starship Heart of Gold?
A robot
A bar
A computer
Trillian
4
What does Arthur awake to the sound of?
Marvin moaning and complaining
Laughter
Computerized beeping
Arguing
5
Why do parents tell their children about the legend of Magrathea?
They want them to grow up to become sociologists.
They want them to grow up to become psychologists.
They want them to grow up to become physical therapists.
They want them to grow up to become economists.
6
What does Ford buy on his way out of the pub?
More beer
Cigarettes
Peanuts
Pretzels
7
What escapes?
The sperm whale
Trillian's pet mice
The ghosts of planet Magrathea
Marvin
8
Why is Arthur so excited to be on Magrathea?
He has a planet design he wants to show the Magratheans
He has always believed the legend.
The drink he got from the machine has made him feel strange.
He has never been to an alien planet before.
9
What has Zaphod turned into an art form?
Spontanaeity
Unfathomability
Creative sarcasm
Coolness
10
What does the babel fish allow Arthur to do?
Sleep
Have babel fish for lunch
See in the dark
Understand alien languages
11
What are the initials burned into Zaphod's brain?
F.P.
T.M.
Z.B.
A.D.
12
How long can you survive in space with a lungful of air?
Five seconds
A minute
As long as you can hold your breath
Thirty seconds
13
What does Zaphod Beeblebrox do to the Heart of Gold?
Christen it
Make a speech about it
Destroy it
Steal it
14
Where were Ford and Arthur picked up?
Sector K4B Double J Zeta
Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
Sector XYZ Triple 3 Gamma
Sector LL8 Quadruple X Beta
15
What is a good source of Brownian motion?
A sub-meson brain
Zydrine crystals
A nice hot cup of tea
Plutonium atoms
16
Why is Arthur Dent's house being demolished?
To clear the view for the owners of the expensive houses
To make way for a bypass
To make room for a new condo development
It does not meet fire code.
17
What words best describe the reunion of Ford and Zaphod?
Orgiastic boredom
Appalling nonchalance
Zarkingly great energy
Excited enthusiasm
18
What does Ford use to conceal the alien technology in his satchel?
Magazines
Scripts for plays
A towel
Manuscripts for the bad novels that Ford writes
19
What is the planet Damogran home to?
The Heart of Gold
Zaphod Beeblebrox
A secret type of ion drive
A Vogon Constructor Fleet
20
What does Trillian notice on the wall?
Pictures of dead humans
Children's drawings
Billboards and memos
Strange symbols of some kind
21
Who is Mr. Prosser a descendant of?
Ivan the Terrible
King Henry VIII
Alexander the Great
Genghis Khan
22
What happens to Ford and Arthur?
They are rescued.
They are sucked into the gravitational pull of a planet.
They die in deep space.
They find a way back into the ship.
23
Who is Ford Prefect?
All of these
A drunk
Arthur Dent's friend
A roving researcher for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
24
How does Arthur save the ship?
He moves the ship so the missiles collide with an asteroid.
He never really figures out exactly how he did it.
He turns on the Improbability Drive.
He kicks the computer, engaging its guidance systems.
25
What does Zaphod think about the ship computer?
He loathes it.
He loves it.
He does not think about it much at all.
He thinks of it as a necessary evil.
26
What did scholars write about following the collapse?
New Neo-Liberalology
Metaphysical discourse
How poor scholars generally were following the collapse
Planned political economy
27
What is the result of the improbability sum?
Ten trillion billion to one
Infinity squared
Infinity minus one
Two to the power of two hundred and seventy-six thousand
28
Where have Zaphod and Arthur met before?
When Arthur was abducted by aliens
When Zaphod buzzed Earth as a teaser
They have never actually met.
At a party in Islington
29
Where does Marvin have a terrible pain?
In his neural network
In the diodes of his left side
pIn his pain processors
In his right knee joint
30
What word describes the new personality of the computer?
Matriarchal
Condescending
Ambivalent
Sarcastic
31
What was the home of this new industry?
Alpha Centauri
Sector ZZ9, plural Z Alpha
Earth
Magrathea
32
What colors are the Heart of Gold's interior after Arthur activates the Improbability Drive?
Yellow and blue
Green and blue
Purple and pinkish
Red and yellow
33
The typical Vogon is...
Evolved
Vile
Drunk
Pleasant
34
What does Arthur wish he listened to?
What his mother said when he was young
More of Beethoven's music
The Vogon poem, because it had clues about how to escape
What his teachers told him about space
35
What is Marvin's nickname?
Marvy
The Paranoid Android
The Complain-o-matic
Depresso
36
Where does Arthur Dent work?
In local radio
In magazine advertising
At a television station
From home
37
What does Zaphod have a problem with?
Humans
His brain
His third arm
Trillian
38
What day could Arthur never get the hang of?
Friday
Thursday
Monday
Wednesday
39
Who was poor in the former Galactic Empire?
Everyone
Alpha Centaurians
No one
Nobody worth speaking of
40
What does the computer do as the missiles approach?
Sing
Shut down
Raise shields
Take evasive action
41
What does a large red button say when Arthur presses it?
Don’t touch me.
Please do not press this button again
Nothing at all.
Try again.
42
What does Zaphod find?
The best vacation spot imaginable
The most improbable galaxy ever
The most improbable planet ever
The most improbable creature in existence
43
What has opened a passage into the interior of the planet?
The Improbability Drive
One of the nuclear missiles
An asteroid
The whale
44
What is the significance of the location where the Heart of Gold picked up Ford and Arthur?
It is the same sector where Zaphod picked up Trillian.
It was the location where the Heart of Gold originates from.
There is a black hole there.
It is the geographic center of the universe.
45
What does Ford start turning into?
A penguin
An elderberry bush
A madman with five heads
Arthur
46
Who has come to visit the Earth in massive yellow spaceships?
Martians
The evil people of Krikkit
Vogons
Betelgeuse traders
47
What was life in the former Galactic Empire largely free of?
Wealth
Taxes
Happiness
Suffering
48
What color are the seas exactly the wrong shade of?
Blue
Pink
Yellow
Green
49
Where does the ship go when the Improbability Drive is activated?
Nowhere
Back to the smoking remains of the Earth
It appears in orbit of the planet Damogran.
Into the interior of the planet Magrathea
50
How many suns does Magrathea have?
Three
One
Four
Two
51
What ship rescues Ford and Arthur?
A passing Teaser
The Starship Heart of Gold
The Space Trucker
An interstellar freighter
52
What is Trillian's only link with Earth?
Arthur
Mice
Her cat
A digital watch
53
How long has Magrathea been dead for?
Five million years
A billion and a half years
Seven million years
Ten million years
54
What does Eddie say the characters' adventure will end in?
Celebration
Blood
Tears
Sadness
55
What type of drive is the conventional engine of the Heart of Gold?
Anti-gravity
Plasma
Ion
Photon
56
After saying "Hi there!," the computer prints out a ribbon of ticker tape. What does it say?
The probability figure that Zaphod was about to ask it for
Hi there!
Go find a fish
Nothing
57
What fantastic new industry was created?
Custom constellations
Custom planets
Custom starships
Customer service
58
Why does Ford order so much beer at lunchtime?
It is a psychological stabilizer.
The world is ending, & Ford wants to remember the taste.
It is a memory disabler.
It is a muscle relaxant.
59
What part of an Antarean parakeet is a revolting delicacy?
The gland
The feet
The liver
The gall bladder
60
What is written on the cover of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Don't Panic
This End Up
Front Cover
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
61
What word best describes the new interior of the ship?
Dull
Chaotic
Extraterrestrial
Beautiful
62
What goes through the mind of the bowl of petunias?
Nothing
Oh no, not again
Help
Whatever
63
What does the Guide say about the Earth?
A small blue-green planet
Harmless
That it has been destroyed by the Vogons
Nothing at all
64
What did Zaphod invent?
The Infinite Improbability Drive
The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
The Gynnan-Tonix
The field of professional brain care
65
What is the job of the Intergalactic President?
To draw attention away from power
To have a good time
To wield power
To further the Empire and conquer the known universe
66
Resistance is...
Useless
Vain
Encouraged
Futile
67
Why can Marvin not keep his mind off things?
He was badly made and has a lot of bugs in his system.
There is nothing to distract him.
He has an extremely large mind.
His programming does not allow it.
68
What rank of intelligence did humans have on Earth?
Second most intelligent
Least intelligent
The most intelligent
Third most intelligent
69
Where could Ford have more fun than Magrathea?
Back on the ship
The dentist
In cat litter
Beselthemun
70
What does Arthur say that saving everyone's lives was?
His way of saying thanks for rescuing Ford and himself
His greatest achievement
Really good thinking
Nothing
71
What is Arthur concerned about?
What they are going to have for breakfast
Whether or not Magrathea is safe
If he can ever have tea again
If Trillian is interested in him
72
Which character has something odd about him or her, like they are missing something?
Ford
Trillian
Arthur
Zaphod
73
What is the last word the computer sings?
fun
down
together
alone
74
What can respectable physicists really NOT stand for?
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Wild parties
A smart-ass
Debasements of science
75
What do all the molecules of a hostess's underwear move in accordance with?
The theory of indeterminacy
The theory of gravitation
The theory of relativity
The theory of interference
76
Is this sort of thing going to happen every time the improbability drive is used?
Problematically probably
Very probably
Highly improbably
The probability is unknown
77
What is the equivalent of saying "blood...blood" to a computer?
Talking about using a slide rule
Counting
Threatening to turn off the power
Bad math
78
What is the name of the shipboard computer?
Eddie
Gary
Larry
Homer
79
What does Ford hum to the guard in an attempt to stir some feelings within him?
A tuneless melody that popped into Ford's head
The first bar of Beethoven's Fifth
An old Betelgeusian battle hymn
The beginning of Auld Lang Syne
80
What will die in the chapter 17?
Seven rabbits
One of the characters
Trillian's white mice
A whale
81
Why did Trillian pick up hitchhikers?
She was worried that they would die.
She thought they would be useful as hostages.
Zaphod told her to.
She didn't; the ship picked them up all by itself.
82
Where are the characters located in chapter 14?
The Basingstoke Roundabout
The Milky Way
The Horsehead Nebula
Barnard's Star
83
Was does Zaphod search for on the sub-etha radio?
News about himself
A signal from the intergalactic fence
The movements of the Vogon Constructor Fleet
Some decent gunk music
84
What did Zaphod call himself when he was on Earth?
Phil
Ned
Steve
Peter
85
Who saved Ford and Arthur?
The Dentrassis
The Great Collapsing Hrung
The Vogons
Arthur
86
Which government owns the Starship Heart of Gold?
The Sirius Cybernetics Empire
No one owns it, it has been stolen.
The Galactic Hyperspace Federation
Omicron VI
87
What play does an infinite number of monkeys write?
King Lear
Hair
Much Ado about Nothing
Hamlet
88
What is the name of Zaphod's private brain care specialist?
Gag Halfrunt
Slartibartfast
Eccentrica Gallumbits
Glorm Boxtem
89
What are the Vogons going to do to Arthur and Ford?
Vaporize them
Throw them into space
Return them to the Earth
Put them in prison
90
What are serious problems throughout the galaxy?
Cancer, and untied shoelaces
Stress and nervous tension
Unbridled enthusiasm for danger
Rage and uncontrollable anger
