HHGG trivia

[Yuki-Onna Reed]

A lake that thought it was a gin an tonic (it is also possible that Ford only thought that it thought this).

Spike_Theta

What is particularly notable about the naked man in the scene in the TV series where the narrator/Guide is describing how the happiness of the people of Earth is tied to the movements of little green pieces of paper, etc. etc., and how some people say even the trees were a mistake and we should never have left the oceans? (other than what him being naked and probably quite cold.)

Thalimon Dailzar

Tan lines. He throws his money away. He has almost no Buttocks. (Be surprised if you wish.) His clothing was not around him and he had a briefcase.

eek Do not mock the man's buttocks! No, no, no! gonk
Question stands! But let me rephase it to greater reflect its true meaning:
What, precisely, is so ubershibby-beautifuloceanstrawberriesandlove-badass-awesome-magnificient-heavenlybeamsshinedownfromaboveandchoirsofangelsburstintosong about the aforementioned naked guy?  

[Echidnite]

Spike_Theta

A lake that thought it was a gin an tonic (it is also possible that Ford only thought that it thought this).

Spike_Theta

What is particularly notable about the naked man in the scene in the TV series where the narrator/Guide is describing how the happiness of the people of Earth is tied to the movements of little green pieces of paper, etc. etc., and how some people say even the trees were a mistake and we should never have left the oceans? (other than what him being naked and probably quite cold.)

Thalimon Dailzar

Tan lines. He throws his money away. He has almost no Buttocks. (Be surprised if you wish.) His clothing was not around him and he had a briefcase.

eek Do not mock the man's buttocks! No, no, no! gonk
Question stands! But let me rephase it to greater reflect its true meaning:
What, precisely, is so ubershibby-beautifuloceanstrawberriesandlove-badass-awesome-magnificient-heavenlybeamsshinedownfromaboveandchoirsofangelsburstintosong about the aforementioned naked guy?

He's Douglas Adams! surprised (I think? ^^ wink

What does 'Globbered' mean?  

[Marisynos]

It is the noise made by a live, swamp-dwelling mattress that is deeply moved by a story of personal tragedy. Alternately, it can mean 'the noise made by the Lord High Sanvalvwag of Hollop on discoverng that he has forgotten his wife's birthday for the second year running'.

How does Marvin describe Trillian to Zaphod in Life, the Universe, and Everything?  

[Pashunath]

"That young girl is one of the most benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting."

On the planet of Kakrafoon where was the the sound system for Disaster Area?  

[Yuki-Onna Reed]

Echidnite

Spike_Theta

What, precisely, is so ubershibby-beautifuloceanstrawberriesandlove-badass-awesome-magnificient-heavenlybeamsshinedownfromaboveandchoirsofangelsburstintosong about the aforementioned naked guy?

He's Douglas Adams! surprised (I think? ^^ wink

Yes! mrgreen

...sorry, can't answer question above me, carry on... sweatdrop  

[Marisynos]

In the desert?

If that's right...

What are the names of the Golgafrinchan girls that Arthur and Ford talk to?  

[Pashunath]

The desert is close enough.
If you want extra credit though the answer is in The Restrant at the End of the Universe.

Mella and Agda.

Who wrote Time Traveler's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations?  

[Angilwingz]

Dr Dan Streetmentioner.

What does the pig who wants to be eaten say after Zaphod orders?
For extra points, what does Zaphod order?  

[Whip It Out!]

4 rare steaks

and after he orders it says "A very wise choice Sir, If I may say so. Very wise. I'll just n** off and shoot myself"



Question: what is it that Slartibartfast designs on custom planets?  

[Ghost Chef]

He's especially skilled at designing fjords.

I like relatively easy ones:
What is Arthur's middle name?  

[Whip It Out!]

Phillip. Arthur Phillip Dent


What did Fenchurch think she was while in the mental instituition?  

[Marisynos]

A hedgehog.

Maybe a kind of difficult one:

What is the significance of the first meal Arthur eats after arriving back on Earth (in SLATFATF)?  

[mcm]

angilwingz

Dr Dan Streetmentioner.

What does the pig who wants to be eaten say after Zaphod orders?
For extra points, what does Zaphod order?

perfectionism demands that I point out it was a cow.  

[Marisynos]

Pas

"That young girl is one of the most benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting."

On the planet of Kakrafoon where was the the sound system for Disaster Area?

eep just caught something. it should be "least benightedly"  

[Angilwingz]

mcm

angilwingz

Dr Dan Streetmentioner.

What does the pig who wants to be eaten say after Zaphod orders?
For extra points, what does Zaphod order?

perfectionism demands that I point out it was a cow.

Weird, I could have sworn it was a pig. Oh well.