The question endures as a favorite among fans because it rewards cultural knowledge and punishes paranoid overthinking—a perfect microcosm of the entire Impossible Quiz experience.
This is a direct quote from Douglas Adams’ 1979 science fiction comedy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . In the story, a supercomputer named Deep Thought spends 7.5 million years calculating the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything—and returns the answer as 42 . The humor lies in the absurdity that such a profound question has a simple, meaningless number as its answer. question 66 the impossible quiz
| Game Version | Question Text | Correct Action | Notes | |--------------|----------------|----------------|-------| | The Impossible Quiz (original) | "What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?" | Click "42" | Straightforward | | The Impossible Quiz 2 | No Q66 (different numbering) | N/A | Q66 there is a different puzzle | | The Impossible Quiz Book (Chapter 1) | Similar reference appears later | Varies | Homage to original | The question endures as a favorite among fans