On 2nd November 2004 Andrew Lymon, a contestant on the prestigious BBC quiz show Mastermind, answered questions on the Hitchhiker’s Guide radio series and novels. He scored seven points, rising to twenty after the second ‘general knowledge’ round, but was narrowly beaten by a contestant who scored the same number of points but ‘passed’ on fewer questions.
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Which Magrathean specialised in the design of fjord coastlines and won a design award for Norway?
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Played by Stephen Moore in the radio series, what is the name of Zaphod Beeblebrox’s private brain care specialist?
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In So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, which Boston lady sees Arthur and Fenchurch flying naked when she looks out of the window of a Boeing 747?
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In Life, the Universe and Everything, what is the name of the award given at the Annual Ursa Minor Alpha Recreational Illusions Institute Awards Ceremony?
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Ford Prefect is humming the same note repeatedly, claiming it to be the first note of which Noel Coward song, shortly before alien robots invade Lords Cricket Ground?
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What is the name of the superintelligent shade of the colour blue which helped to build the Heart of Gold?
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Which actor played Lintilla and her clones in the second radio series?
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When Douglas Adams was struggling to meet deadlines, John Lloyd was brought in to help him with the radio series. Which is the first episode he co-wrote?
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According to the radio series, how did Arthur Dent’s only brother meet his unfortunate death?
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In Mostly Harmless, what is the name of the tenth planet, lying beyond Pluto and nicknamed ‘Rupert’ after an astronomer’s parrot?
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In So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, every single person in the galaxy has 2.4 legs and owns what, according to the findings of the Mid-Galactic Census?
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Near which Austrian city was Douglas Adams in 1971 when, he said, he conceived the Hitchhiker’s Guide while lying drunk in a field?
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Which settlement of Golgafrinchan hairdressers, telephone sanitisers and management consultants held its 573rd Annual Colonisation Meeting?
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The coarse, faded blue robes and belts of which university were worn by Majikthise and Vroomfondel?
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