<P> The band Level 42 chose its name in reference to the book . </P> <P> The episode "42" of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who was named in reference to the Answer . Writer Chris Chibnall acknowledged that "it's a playful title". </P> <P> Ken Jennings, defeated along with Brad Rutter in a Jeopardy! match against IBM's Watson, writes that Watson's avatar which appeared on - screen for those games showed 42 "threads of thought," shown as colorful lines spinning around Watson's logo, and that the number was chosen in reference to this meme . </P> <P> The Hitchhiker knitting pattern, designed by Martina Behm, is a scarf with 42 teeth . </P>

Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy quotes meaning of life