Q 01/05

Which 'holistic' detective did Douglas Adams create?

A) Jonathan Creek

B) Dirk Gently

C) Sam Vimes

D) Cormoran Strike

Answer · why

B) Dirk Gently

Dirk Gently: Adams died in 2001 before finishing a third Dirk novel, and its drafts were published unfinished in The Salmon of Doubt.

Q 02/05

Which drink does Arthur Dent try to get from the starship's Nutri-Matic machine?

A) Hot chocolate

B) Tea

C) Coffee

D) Orange juice

Answer · why

B) Tea

Tea: the machine only serves a liquid 'almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea', and Arthur's lecture on the real thing ties up the ship's computer...

Q 03/05

In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, why is Earth demolished at the start?

A) To make way for a hyperspace bypass

B) To harvest its oceans

C) To end an intergalactic tax dispute

D) To build a galactic prison

Answer · why

A) To make way for a hyperspace bypass

To make way for a hyperspace bypass: that same morning Arthur Dent had lain in front of a bulldozer to stop his house being knocked down for a local b...

Q 04/05

What is the name of the alien who rescues Arthur Dent from the destruction of Earth?

A) Zaphod Beeblebrox

B) Slartibartfast

C) Ford Prefect

D) Zarniwoop

Answer · why

C) Ford Prefect

Ford Prefect, stranded on Earth for 15 years, named himself after a popular British car because he thought the name would be 'nicely inconspicuous'.

Q 05/05

Which race of bureaucratic aliens destroys the Earth?

A) The Vogons

B) The Krikkiters

C) The Jatravartids

D) The Golgafrinchans

Answer · why

A) The Vogons

The Vogons dismissed Earth's protests: the demolition plans had been on display in the local planning department on Alpha Centauri for fifty years.