In response to theories about why Douglas Adams chose the number 42 as the answer to the question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, to the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series. Adams created the 42 Puzzle, which appears on the cover of the 1994 US edition. The puzzle consists of 42 spheres of various colors, and it is up to the puzzle-solver to find the number of ways that "42" is signified by the spheres.
According to Douglas Adams, after asked why he chose 42, one of his responses was; "I wanted a nice, ordinary number, one that you wouldn't mind taking home and introducing to your parents."
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