The Cellar / And The Answer Is...

**Posted by monster** 12/29/2024 9:58 am

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?

**Posted by Anon** 12/29/2024 10:56 am

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

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

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 12/29/2024 1:05 pm

Silence please, Carnac is thinking.

**Posted by Anon** 12/29/2024 9:02 pm

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

**Posted by Anon** 12/30/2024 12:41 pm

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)

**Posted by Anon** 12/30/2024 8:27 pm

Who knows?

The Shadow

https://www.radiohalloffame.com/the-shadow

**Posted by monster** 1/03/2025 7:18 pm

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

**Posted by Anon** 1/04/2025 11:53 am

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

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 1/04/2025 1:08 pm

6. Rhino's best friend?

**Posted by tw** 1/04/2025 5:40 pm

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?"

**Posted by Anon** 1/04/2025 11:15 pm

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

(For goodness' sake be careful!)

**Posted by monster** 1/05/2025 9:28 pm

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

9) What if The Beast were circumcised?

**Posted by Anon** 1/05/2025 10:28 pm

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.)

**Posted by griff** 1/06/2025 7:03 am

8) How did Shackleton react to waist deep snow?

**Posted by tw** 1/06/2025 4:39 pm

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

The loser of a WWE Tag Team.