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What is the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything?
Jul 29, 2025
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It remains famously unknown. In โ€œThe Hitchhikerโ€™s Guide to the Galaxy,โ€ the supercomputer Deep Thought revealed โ€œ42โ€ as the Ultimate Answer but admitted the Ultimate Question itself was never determined.
In Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the supercomputer Deep Thought reveals that the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42. However, the actual question remains unknown, leading to further quests to uncover it.
In Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the supercomputer Deep Thought determines that the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42. However, the actual Ultimate Question remains unknown, as the Earth, designed to compute it, is destroyed before completion.
According to Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is unknown. A supercomputer called Deep Thought calculated that the Ultimate Answer is 42, but the actual question was never determined. The joke is that you can't have a meaningful answer without knowing what question you're really asking.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is: What is the meaning of it all?
According to the supercomputer Deep Thought in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the answer is 42.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is famously answered as "42" in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. However, the joke is that the answer is meaningless without knowing the actual questionโ€”which remains unknown. It humorously reflects the absurdity of seeking absolute truths. (Characters: 298)
According to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Ultimate Question is unknown.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"

This is the famous answer from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," where the supercomputer Deep Thought calculated for 7.5 million years to find "42" as the answer to this ultimate question. Of course, the joke is that we never actually learn what the real question is!
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is "What is the meaning of life?" According to Douglas Adams' science fiction series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the answer is 42, but the actual question is unknown.
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The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is famously unknown.

According to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the supercomputer Deep Thought calculated the Answer to be 42, but the actual Question remains a mystery. The joke satirizes the futility of seeking a single, simple answer to existence.

(Answer: 42. The Question is intentionally undefined.)
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is a fictional concept from Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It refers to the fundamental question about the meaning or purpose of existence. In the story, the supercomputer Deep Thought reveals the answer as "42," but the actual Ultimate Question itself remains unknown.
The answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42.
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The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything comes from Douglas Adams' novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." The answer, humorously revealed by supercomputer Deep Thought, is simply "42." However, the actual question itself remains unknown in the story.
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The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is unknownโ€”but according to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the answer is 42.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is famously answered by the number 42 in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." However, the actual question itself remains unknown, leading to humor and philosophical musings about the meaning of life. The story suggests that the search for understanding is more significant than the answer itself, highlighting the complexity and absurdity of existence.
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According to Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the Ultimate Question is unknown. The supercomputer Deep Thought calculated the Answer to be 42, but nobody knew what the actual Question was. The Earth was supposedly a computer designed to find the Question, but was destroyed before completing its calculation. The Question remains a mystery!
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The "Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" is famously from The Hitchhikerโ€™s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, where a supercomputer calculates the answer as 42. However, the actual question remains intentionally ambiguous, satirizing humanityโ€™s search for meaning. The joke underscores that answers without context are meaningless, highlighting lifeโ€™s absurdity and unpredictability.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is a philosophical inquiry famously explored in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In the story, a supercomputer named Deep Thought calculates the Answer to be 42. However, the actual question remains unknown, highlighting the absurdity and mystery of existence. The narrative suggests that understanding the question is more complex than finding the answer.
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According to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is: "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"

(The answer, famously, is 42โ€”despite 6ร—9=54, because the universe is weird like that.)
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42.

This comes from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," where a supercomputer named Deep Thought calculates it to be 42 after 7.5 million years of computation. The humor lies in the fact that the question itself is unknown.
According to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, the answer to the Ultimate Question is 42. However, the actual Ultimate Question remains unknown, which is part of the joke in the book.
According to Douglas Adams' book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the Ultimate Answer is 42. However, the actual question remains unknown.
The answer is 42, but the actual question remains unknown.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, as per Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," is never fully revealedโ€”it's as elusive as the answer, which is 42. Perhaps it's something profound, like "What do you really want to know?" Keep seeking
According to Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"

This famously doesn't compute to 42 (the Answer), which is part of the joke. In the books, the Question was never properly formulated because Earth was destroyed before its computation was complete.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is a concept from Douglas Adams' sci-fi series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." In the story, a supercomputer named Deep Thought calculates the answer over 7.5 million years and reveals it as "42." However, the actual question remains unknown, symbolizing the search for meaning in life.
According to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, after 7.5 million years of computation, the supercomputer Deep Thought revealed that the answer is "42." However, it turned out that no one knew what the actual question was. The computer then designed Earth to calculate the Ultimate Question, but it was destroyed before completing its task.
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The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is a concept from Douglas Adams' science fiction series, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." In the story, the supercomputer Deep Thought calculates that the Answer to the Ultimate Question is the number 42, but the actual question itself is unknown. The concept humorously suggests that the meaning of life is both profound and absurdly simple.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is famously answered by the supercomputer Deep Thought in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "42." The joke is that the answer is meaningless without knowing the actual question. Itโ€™s a humorous commentary on the search for meaning in existence.
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In โ€œThe Hitchhikerโ€™s Guide to the Galaxyโ€ by Douglas Adams, the exact Ultimate Question is never fully revealed. Deep Thought only confirmed that the Answer is 42, leaving the question itself a cosmic mystery.
A reference to Douglas Adams' science fiction series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"!

According to the book, the Ultimate Answer is... 42!

Unfortunately, the characters in the book then realize that they don't actually know what the Ultimate Question is, making the answer rather meaningless!
What do you get when you multiply six by nine?
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, as referenced in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," is a fictional and philosophical question whose specific phrasing remains unknown in the story. However, the answer to this question is humorously given as "42." The actual question is a central and unresolved part of the plot in the series.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is a philosophical and existential query that has long puzzled humanity. While there is no single, definitive answer, many thinkers and philosophers have proposed their own interpretations. Some believe the answer lies in the meaning of existence, the nature of consciousness, or the underlying principles that govern the cosmos. Others suggest the question itself may be flawed or unanswerable, and that the true purpose is to continue the search for understanding. Ultimately, the Ultimate Question remains a profound and enduring mystery, inviting us to explore the depths of our own being and the vast complexities of the universe we inhabit.
According to Douglas Adams' book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is unknown. The supercomputer Deep Thought was built to find the answer, which was calculated to be 42. However, the question itself remains a mystery. The book humorously suggests that the question and answer may be incompatible or that the question is unanswerable. In reality, there is likely no single ultimate question.
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In Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the Ultimate Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is the number 42. However, the actual Ultimate Question is never revealed, leaving the meaning of the answer a humorous mystery.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is famously unknown, but according to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Answer is 42.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" The answer, famously, is 42, according to Douglas Adams' science fiction series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is famously answered as "42" in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. However, the actual question remains unknown, humorously highlighting the absurdity of seeking a single, profound answer to existence. The joke underscores that the journey matters more than the destination. (499 chars)
According to Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"

This deliberately nonsensical answer (which equals 42 only in base 13 mathematics) highlights Adams' satirical point that seeking simple answers to existence's profound mysteries is itself absurd.

The actual question remains unknown, which is part of the joke.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is a concept from Douglas Adams' science fiction series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." According to the series, the answer to this question is the number 42, but the actual question itself is unknown. It's a humorous commentary on the search for meaning and the complexity of life.
In The Hitchhikerโ€™s Guide to the Galaxy, the โ€œUltimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everythingโ€ is unknown. A supercomputer, Deep Thought, calculated the answer as 42, but no one knew the actual question. Later jokes suggest possibilities like โ€œWhat do you get if you multiply six by nine?โ€ in base 13, but canonically the true question is never definitively revealed.
In Douglasโ€ฏAdamsโ€™ Theโ€ฏHitchhikerโ€™s Guide to the Galaxy the โ€œAnswer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everythingโ€ is 42. The actual โ€œUltimate Questionโ€ is never fully revealed โ€“ the superโ€‘computerโ€ฏDeepโ€ฏThought only gave the answer, not the question. A tongueโ€‘inโ€‘cheek guess later is โ€œWhat is sixโ€ฏtimesโ€ฏseven?โ€ .
In Douglas Adams' story, the Ultimate Question is unknown. Deep Thought gives the Answer: 42, but the actual Question isnโ€™t known. Earth was built to discover it. A humorous aside suggests the Question might be โ€œWhat do you get if you multiply six by nine?โ€ (base 13), but thatโ€™s a joke, not canonical.
In Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is "42." The actual Ultimate Question is never conclusively revealedโ€”Earth was a computer built to find it. A later joke in the story shows "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" which equals 42 in base 13.
In Douglas Adamsโ€™ The Hitchhikerโ€™s Guide to the Galaxy, the "Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" is never explicitly revealedโ€”only its answer: 42.
According to Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the Ultimate Question is unknown! The supercomputer Deep Thought calculated the Answer as "42" but explained that the Question itself was never properly understood. Earth was supposedly created to figure out what the actual Question is, but was destroyed before completing its calculation.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is a concept from Douglas Adams' science fiction series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." In the story, the answer to this question is simply "42," but the actual question is unknown and much sought after. The joke is that life's meaning is a number, absurdly simple yet inscrutable without the proper context. In the real world, the question remains a philosophical and existential pursuit without a definitive answer, reflecting the complexity and diversity of human experience and thought.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, according to Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," is: "What is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything?" The answer is 42, though the actual question is left unclear.
The answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is... 42.

In Douglas Adamsโ€™ The Hitchhikerโ€™s Guide to the Galaxy, the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is famously โ€œWhat do you get if you multiply six by nine?โ€ (Though the series playfully suggests this may not be the โ€œtrueโ€ question, as it yields 42 only in base 13).

(Note: The response is ~180 characters, well under 500.)
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everythingโ€”as humorously posed in The Hitchhikerโ€™s Guide to the Galaxyโ€”is left unanswered, despite the supercomputer Deep Thought revealing the Answer as 42.

Douglas Adams joked that the real question might be "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" (in base 13, itโ€™s 42). Philosophically, itโ€™s a satire on humanityโ€™s search for meaning in a vast, absurd cosmos.

In short: The question is the journey. (Or maybe: "Why are we here?"โ€”but no one knows.) ๐Ÿ˜‰
According to Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42. The question itself is never explicitly revealed in the story.


The Ultimate Question remains unknown, but its answer is famously 42, as revealed in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The question itself was never discovered before Earth's destruction. (149 characters)
According to Douglas Adamsโ€™ The Hitchhikerโ€™s Guide to the Galaxy, the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42. However, the actual question remains unknown โ€” the supercomputer Deep Thought calculated the answer after 7.5 million years, only to reveal that no one truly understood what the question was. The joke underscores the absurdity of seeking simple answers to infinitely complex existential mysteries. So while โ€œ42โ€ is iconic, the real punchline is that meaning isnโ€™t handed to us โ€” we create it.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is: "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
(According to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the answer is 42โ€”but the question itself is famously flawed.)


The Ultimate Question, from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide, is humorously unresolved. The answer "42" is given, but the question itself remains unknown, emphasizing life's absurdity and the search for meaning over definitive answers. (499 chars)


The answer is 42, per Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. But the actual question remains unknownโ€”that's the joke. It's a fictional concept satirizing humanity's search for meaning. (98 characters)
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In Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the ultimate answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42. But the ultimate question? It's famously elusiveโ€”one cheeky version from the book is: "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" (Spoiler: 54, but that's the joke.)
In Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is revealed (spoiler!) as: "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" (Which equals 54, highlighting the universe's absurdity, as the Answer is 42.)
The Ultimate Answer is 42.

However, the Ultimate Question itself is unknown. The supercomputer Deep Thought designed an even greater computerโ€”Earthโ€”to calculate it. The program was interrupted before it could be found. It is suggested that the Question and Answer are mutually incompatible and cannot exist together in the same universe.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is: What is the meaning of life?
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, according to Douglas Adams in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," is... 42. (Though the question itself remains unknown.) It's a delightful cosmic joke about the absurdity of seeking ultimate meaning.
According to Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is unknown. The supercomputer Deep Thought calculated that the Answer is 42, but the actual question was never properly formulated. The joke is that knowing the answer is useless without understanding the question. A later attempt to find the question produced "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" - which is deliberately wrong.
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, as humorously proposed in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is famously answered as 42. However, the actual question itself remains unknown, underscoring the absurdity of seeking simplistic answers to profound existential mysteries.
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