Tuesday 31 August 2010
Question for 31st August, 2010
X's original name is "only pronounceable in an obscure Betelgeusian dialect" which was almost wiped out by the "Great Collapsing Hrung Disaster of Gal./Sid./Year 03758," a mysterious catastrophe which took place on the planet of Betelgeuse Seven and which X's father was the only man to survive. X never learned to pronounce his original name, which was a matter that caused his father to die of shame (which is still a terminal disease in some parts of the Universe). At school, he was nicknamed "Ix," which translates as "boy who is not able satisfactorily to explain what a Hrung is, nor why it should choose to collapse on Betelgeuse Seven.". X then took his current name after he had simply mistaken the dominant life form on the planet he landed. Who's X?
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
Some character from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and it's not the main character because he is from earth, may be his friend whom he meets in the bar in the first part? No clue about his name.
Ford Prefect from H2G2.
The answer is Ford Prefect from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (named after the car). Congrats B for nailing it and AJ for getting it almost right.
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