Tag Archives: 42

Protected: Towel Day 2023 Quiz Answers (see clues in the 2020 quiz for the password)

Posted on May 25, 2023 by peNdantry

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Happy Towel Day 2023!

Posted on May 25, 2023 by peNdantry

‘This must be Thursday,’ said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer.‘I never could get the hang of Thursdays.’ Douglas Adams (1952–2001), The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Following on from the Hitchhiker’s Guide Trivia Quizzes I did for … Continue reading →

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The Hot Shower Hypothesis

Posted on April 13, 2023 by peNdantry

Long after Douglas Adams said his final “So long, and thanks for all the fish,” theories – and controversies – about his choice of the number 42 as the Answer to the meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything’ persist. There’s a relatively new kid on the block: the Hot Shower Hypothesis. Continue reading →

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Protected: Towel Day 2022 Quiz Answers (see clues in the 2020 quiz for the password)

Posted on May 25, 2022 by peNdantry

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Happy Towel Day 2022!

Posted on May 25, 2022 by peNdantry

Following on from the Hitchhiker’s Guide Trivia Quizzes I did for Towel Day 2020 and 2021, here’s another to celebrate Towel Day, 25May2022! The answers will be published later on today (at 22:10:10 UTC) in a password-protected post (here). You … Continue reading →

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Encouraging literacy in memory of Douglas Adams

Posted on May 17, 2022 by peNdantry

Towel Day is just over a week away! Gery Deer, Towel Day Ambassador for 2022, has launched a literacy initiative to raise funds to help improve reading skills. Literacy is the silver bullet to poverty, ignorance, and socioeconomic issues. Gery … Continue reading →

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Towel Day 2022 kicks off in 101010* days

Posted on April 13, 2022 by peNdantry

* There are 10 kinds of people: those who grok binary, and those who don’t.‡ As at the date of publication of this post, the number of days remaining until Towel Day 2022 is, coincidentally, also The Answer to The … Continue reading →

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How to celebrate being 42 every fourth year

Posted on October 19, 2021 by peNdantry

A long time after Deep Thought reveals The Answer to Loonquawl and Phouchg, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect try to figure out what The Question might be. Marvin (the Paranoid Android) had told them that The Question was imprinted in … Continue reading →

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Protected: Towel Day 2021 Quiz Answers (see clues in the 2020 quiz for the password)

Posted on May 25, 2021 by peNdantry

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Happy Towel Day 2021!

Posted on May 25, 2021 by peNdantry

Following on from the Hitchhiker’s Guide Trivia Quiz I did for Towel Day 2020, here’s another to celebrate Towel Day, 25May2021! The answers will be published later on today (at 22:10:10 UTC) in a password-protected post (here). You can find … Continue reading →

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