What is the meaning of life, the universe and everything? (hint, it's a number, and if you know that whats the source?)

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What is the meaning of life, the universe and everything?  (hint, it's a number, and if you know that whats the source?)

anonymous · Answer

The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, "The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer over a period of 7.5 million years. Unfortunately, no one knows what the question is.

anonymous · Answer

@WolfTombe was i right?

anonymous · Answer

Marcorie, Well done!  You are spot on with both the number and the source!  Nicely don! - Wolf

anonymous · Answer

From a cultural prospective you understand the relevance of comedic classic comedy films and their cult following!

anonymous · Answer

I saw this question and I immediately thought 42 and that movie! XD