h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I know what those names are. They are Basil Brush's straight men. Mr Rodney was actually Rodney Bewes.

I am completely incapable of setting one of these, though. Please fell free to continue without me.


Geggs

Geggs

Okay, this is what you'd call a 'straight' question I suppose.

What connects

Maris Crane
Sheridan Bucket (pron. Bouquet)
Ugly Naked Guy
Mrs Petersen
The Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies?

Surely that one is obvious?


Geggs

You could add Mrs Mainwaring to that list, I think.


Geggs

Never seen, but mentioned on their respective tv programmes.

Although technically, we did once see Ugly Naked Guy's belly.

Assuming myself and Geggs were right and given he doesn't want to set a question here we go.

What connects:

- molybdenum
- the Gutenburg Bible
- a Marathon, and
- Sunnydale?

Okay, no answers yet. Let's help that along a bit.

Also connected are:
- the game of Risk, and
- the person formally known as Geoff Busker.

Hi Laura - it's probably 42.

Molybdenum has atomic number 42.
The Marathon race is 42 km long (rounded).
The Gutenberg bible had 42 lines per page.
Wiki tells me that in the television series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, there are 42 churches in Sunnydale. (Wow - never knew that! )

Can I just say that Basil Brush was indeed the correct answer earlier. The last two names were Howard (Keel) and Billy (Crystal).

I'll think of another...

42 it was.

I had all the names of the last one, but couldn't see the connection!

What connects:

Mr Harman,
an actress who helped repair a blood clot in a submarine,
a 1980s England wicket-keeper, and
a Pakistani leg-spinner.

Not sure about the cricketers but Raquel Welch was the actress in Fantastic Voyage.

Okay, I've got 3 of them;

Arthur English was Mr Harman in Are You Being Served?
Raquel Welch as previously described
Bruce French was a wicket-keeper in the 80s...

European nations/6 Nations nations?

Don't know about the Pakistani player.

Yes, nationalities or languages will do.

The last one was Danish Kaneira, currently Pakistan's best spinner.

Over to you...

What connects...

> Keanu Reeves
> Jason
> Foreigner?

Had enough?

Here's an extra one.

> Keanu Reeves
> Jason
> Foreigner
> Superdog?

I think the link is Nero, but I can't quite explain it for all of them.

Fraid not.

Well you're obviously suffering intensely, so I'll pimp it a little further.

What connects

Keanu Reeves in The Matrix
Jason's ship
"foreign"
Comic Superdog?

I needed that Matrix clue.

They're truncated elements: Neo(n), Argo(n), Xeno(n), Krypto(n)

Assuming that was correct:

What connects roles played by:
Eric Idle
John Candy
George Sanders
Hugh Laurie
Peter Jones
Ian Barnes
Richard Harris
Michael Bates
Buster Brodie
Mel Gibson
Humphrey Bogart
Mel Blanc

Clue: they're in a natural order.