HHGG trivia

[Ollaolas]

Hmmm... that narrows it down.

I'm guessing Thor, as he is the only person named in the flying party house.

I'm probably forgeting about another party though.

If I got it right, what was the mattress' name on Sqornshellous Zeta? If not, the question stands.  

[Yuki-Onna Reed]

Ollaolas

Hmmm... that narrows it down.

I'm guessing Thor, as he is the only person named in the flying party house.

I'm probably forgeting about another party though.

If I got it right, what was the mattress' name on Sqornshellous Zeta? If not, the question stands.

Yep, that's it. whee

Zem, isn't it? I don't even remember what book that was in...

Usual disclaimer. If wrong, question stands.
So. When Marvin asks Zem (if that is his real name ninja ) to "pick a number, any number," what number does Zem pick?  

[The Incorrigible Thalimon]

Zem is correct. 5 and it was wrong.

How do you Fly?  

[Pashunath]

There is an art, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
The first part is easy. All it requires is simply the ability to throw yourself forward with all your weight, and the willingness not to mind that it's going to hurt.

What is the name of Slartibartfast's ship?  

[Tinnumir]

Bistromath

Name the ultrafamous sciento-magician who once bet his life that, given a year, he could render the great megamountain Magramal entirely invisible. (and consequently lost)  

[Tinnumir]

gar! my computer's making me angry, causing all these unsightly double posts.  

[The Incorrigible Thalimon]

Effrafax of Wug

What is Judiciary Pag's real name?  

[Pashunath]

Zipo Bibrok 5x10^8.

Who is Max Quordlepleen.  

[gwyn_sully]

the host of the resturaunt at the end of the universe.

Why is the intergalactic rock megastar Hotblack Desiato dead?  

[The Incorrigible Thalimon]

Tax purposes.

In Milliways, the restaraunt at the end of the universe, Why is it important to talk in past tence?  

[Tinnumir]

It's at the end of the universe, therefore everything has already happened.

On what planet was the Total Perspective Vortex, and later Milliways built?  

[Ollaolas]

Frogstar World B

Who is Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged?  

[The Incorrigible Thalimon]

A man who gained immortality under unusual circumstances that none could replicate. His purpose is to insult everyone in the Universe in alphibetical order.

What does Marvin sing on the Krikkit war ship?  

[Pashunath]

"Now the world has gone to bed,
Darkness won't engulf my head,
I can see by infrared,
How I hate the night.

Now I lay me down to sleep,
Try to count electric sheep,
Sweet dream wishes you can keep,
How I hate the night."

What did Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged say to Arthur?  

[The Incorrigible Thalimon]

"You're a jerk! Arthur Dent, a real knee biter!" which coincidentally a child said to him at the cricket game.

How many types of rain are there? ((Yes this is in the "trilogy"))