1. Douglas Adams has the h2g2 Researcher Number U42. Which Researcher has U1?

• Slacker

2. What 'is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.'

• Space

3. In his h2g2 Entry about Tea, does Douglas recommend putting the milk in the cup before or after the hot tea?

• Before

4. What is the name of the music used as the theme to the Hitchhiker's Radio Show?

• Journey of the Sorcerer

5. A choir from which planet performs the song 'Beneath the Ink Black Sky' in the Tertiary Phase of the Hitchhiker's Radio Show?

• Krikkit

6. What was the name of the comic in which Douglas had his first ever story published?

• The Eagle

7. What was the name of Douglas' Co-Author of 'Last Chance to See'?

• Mark Cawardine

8. What was the name of Douglas' Prep School?

• Middleton Hall

9. What was the name of the teacher who gave Douglas the only 10/10 for an essay of his teaching career?

• Frank Halford

10. In what street in London was The Digital Village's third and final office?

• Maiden Lane

11. Bonus: Name the artist who was born in a building, no longer there, in the same street.

• JMW Turner

12. Bonus Bonus: Name the actor who was stabbed to death there by a jealous rival.

• William Terris

13. Who played Arthur Dent in the 2005 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Film?

• Martin Freeman

14. What are the three restaurants Douglas named in his famous Memo to David Vogel at Walt Disney Pictures when he was frustrated at progress with the film?

• The Ivy, The Groucho Club, Granita

15. Bonus: Which Supermarket did he suggest would page him?

• Sainsbury's

16. What is the name of the song that Douglas wrote for his daughter Polly and that was sung by Margo Buchanan at his Memorial Service?

• I Wannabe (A Rockstar)

17. What are the names of the two Visual Designers of Starship Titanic?

• Oscar Chichoni and Isobel Molina

18. Bonus - what year was the Starship Titanic game published?

• 1997

19. Which Voice of the Book was Douglas describing with the words 'He found the tone almost immediately - a mixture of Olympian detachment and cosy chat, as if god had unexpectedly popped in for a cup of tea and a gossip.'

• Peter Jones

20. What Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster ingredient comes from Santraginus V?

• Water

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