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12/29/2024 9:58 am  #1


And The Answer Is...

I realized that one of my nerdy joys is figuring out what the question would be to get the answer I want.  It stems from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 5-part trilogy where we learn that the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything is 42.  But it is unclear what that question actually is.  Could it be as simple as "What is 6*7?"  or "How many seconds will be left on the microwave clock when I decide the tea I'm reheating is probably hot enough?"

So....   here is a winter/summer time-waster for those who can be arsed/are bored enough.  When I feel like it I'll post a few answers.  I may even join in with a few suggested questions.    There will be judgement (by anyone who feels like it).  There may even be points for the best questions.  Who Knows?   (I enter that question for every category from hereon as a standing entry)

Here are some answers to start you off: (address as many or as few as you like, whenever you like -and as many answers with the same question as you want)  Points will definitely come from creativity and coffee-spitting entries.

1) 67
2) It is related to the number of legs and the angle
3) Mary
4) A Tiger

Here are my first entries
1) What steady speed on a freeway/motorway is a sure indicator you have something to hide from the cops?
3)  Which Knight lives on Elm Street?
 


The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
 

12/29/2024 10:56 am  #2


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2) What are key variables for joining an orgy in progress?

4) What did old timers put in their gas tanks?

 

12/29/2024 1:05 pm  #3


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Silence please, Carnac is thinking.

 

12/29/2024 9:02 pm  #4


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3) Who is quite contrary, bloody and scary; yet, has a grand old name?

 

12/30/2024 12:41 pm  #5


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1) What is the answer to the Ultimate Question of Marriage, The Chinchilla, and Anniversaries?


ETA: Ref. No.

Last edited by Anon (12/30/2024 12:43 pm)

 

12/30/2024 8:27 pm  #6


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1/03/2025 7:18 pm  #7


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5) Margaret Thatcher crossed with Dr Who
6) A Terrapin

 


The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
     Thread Starter
 

1/04/2025 11:53 am  #8


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5) Which meta-crisis Doctor levied a poll tax on companions to pay for TARDIS brake repairs?

 

1/04/2025 1:08 pm  #9


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6. Rhino's best friend?

 

1/04/2025 5:40 pm  #10


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monster wrote:

... we learn that the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything is 42.  But it is unclear what that question actually is.   

'Carnac the Magnificen't answered that question on NBC's the Tonight Show many decades ago. "What do I always look for?"

 

 

1/04/2025 11:15 pm  #11


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6) What kind of pin makes a thud and hiss if dropped?

(For goodness' sake be careful!)

 

1/05/2025 9:28 pm  #12


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7) George III
8) Black-balled
9) 662


9) What if The Beast were circumcised? 


The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity  Amelia Earhart
     Thread Starter
 

1/05/2025 10:28 pm  #13


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7) Which wild and crazy king was doing “cartwheels” in 1797?

(I know this because I have a well worn “cartwheel” twopence of that year.)

 

1/06/2025 7:03 am  #14


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8) How did Shackleton react to waist deep snow?


If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis Brandeis
 

1/06/2025 4:39 pm  #15


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Anon wrote:

6) What kind of pin makes a thud and hiss if dropped?

The loser of a WWE Tag Team.

 

 

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