Shining Example of 42

The number 42  appears in various guises in the movie The Shining.

• If you multiply 2 by 3 by 7 (as in room 237) the number is 42.
• Jack’s typing phrase “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”, consists of 42 characters including spaces.

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Danny Torrance’s shirt has a 42 on the sleeve.

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The movie playing on the television is Summer of ’42.

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Dick Hallorann’s rental car license plate has a prominent 42.

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There are 42 vehicles in front of the Overlook at the beginning of Jack’s interview (not including the Sno-Cat).

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When Jack first sees Lloyd the bartender, the barstools are arranged in a configuration of 4 and 2.

From movie “French Connection”

Finding nemo

42 was the street address of the scuba diver who took nemo

Avengers

Plane on the deck of the aircraft carrier was no 42

Total recall

When Quaid / Hauser sits down at the piano for the first time, his ID has a big number 42 on it.

Hunger games

Gale’s name is entered 42 times in the reaping

Deep Space 9

42 is the quanity of rare bracelets in espied 6 season 2 of Star Trek Deep Space 9

Buzz Lightyear

The number of Buzz Lightyear’s star cruiser in this series is 42.

Finding Nemo

In the movie Finding Nemo, Nemo is taken to “P Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney”.

X-Files

In The X-Files, Mulder’s apartment number is 42.

The Cable Guy

Matthew Broderick’s character, Steven Kovacs, in the movie The Cable Guy has this apartment number.

WhereRU 42

The post you are reading now is the 42nd posting to the blog WhereRU42. It is both a Circular and recursive reference. This post also has exactly forty two words in it and was posted at forty two minutes past the hour.

Games that chirp

42 is the number of laws of cricket.

Infinity and Beyond

42 is the number name of Buzz Lightyear’s space ship from Pixar’s animated science fiction series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.

Star Trek

In the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) has 42 decks.

The X-Files

In the television series and movie The X-Files, lead character Fox Mulder lives in apartment number 42

Doctor Who

42 is an episode of Doctor Who, set in real time lasting approximately 42 minutes.

Rudyard Kipling

In Rudyard Kiplings “The Travels of Captain Ryalls”, 42 is the age at which Michael Ryalls first enters the jungle from his comfortable home in London. He travels with a 42 inch tall bull named Regis.

James Bond

In The Property of a Lady from Octopussy (the earlier editions of the three-part short story book included this story), James Bond (a character created by Ian Fleming) attended an auction to identify a top KGB spy. This spy was to raise the value of a Fabergé egg so that his female double agent working in MI5 (The British Secret Service) would get more money (as a way to monetarily pay her back for many years of service) from the sale of her (previously sent from Russia) Fabergé egg. The lot number of the Fabergé egg was 42.

Asteroid Douglasadams

In January 2005, Asteroid 2001 DA42 was given the name Asteroid Douglasadams, named for the author Douglas Adams who popularized the number 42 and died in 2001. With even his initials in the provisional designation, Brian G. Marsden, the director of the Minor Planet Center and the secretary for the naming committee, said, “This was sort of made for him, wasn’t it?”

Rabbit hole

Rule 42 in Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland is “All persons more than a mile high to leave the court”, which is probably a good rule all things considered.

Baseball

42 is the only shirt number retired by Major League Baseball. It was retired in honour of Jackie Robinson.

The eyes have it

There are 42 eyes in a deck of cards.

Dice

The number of dots on a pair of dice is 42.

LOST

Here are a few references from the ABC television show LOST.

• The last number in the sequence of numbers that Hurly played on the winning lottery sequence.
• The last number on the Hatch.
• The minutes on the clock (8:42) when the woman Sawyer is with says he’s late. (Ep: 6×8, Recon)
• Desmond’s order number at Mr. Cluck’s. (Ep: 6×12, Everybody Loves Hugo)
• The number of Kwon’s assignment on the cave wall. (Ep: 6×4, The Substitute)
• The hours Jack says Sayid was out after getting hit with tranquilizer darts. (Ep: 5×4, The Little Prince)
• Kate’s address was 42 Panorama Crest. (Ep: 5×4, The Little Prince)
• The next ticket in line plus 300 at the butcher shop. Ben took ticket number 342 to wait in line for Jill the butcher. (Ep: 5×2, The Lie)
• One of the kids’ jersey’s at Hurley’s birthday party. (Ep: 4×12, There’s No Place Like Home Part 1)
• Desmond needed $42,000 to buy a boat for the boat race. (Ep: 2×23, Live Together, Die Alone)
• The crossword question that Locke looked at. (Ep: 2×8, Collision)
• The number 42 is on the wall inside the hatch. (Ep: 2×1, Man of Science, Man of Faith)
• The number of nozzle openings on Desmond’s shower head. (Ep: 2×1, Man of Science, Man of Faith)
• The number on the spin dial lock rested on 42. (Ep: 2×1, Man of Science, Man of Faith)
• Part of the id on Jack’s badge. (Ep: 2×1, Man of Science, Man of Faith)
• Minutes past 10 a.m. that Flight 815 was scheduled to land in L.A. (Ep: 1×24, Exodus Part 2)
• The number of people in the line that Hurley tried to get in front of at the airport. (Episode 1×24, Exodus Part 2)
• The hotel room that Hurley stayed in (2342). (Ep: 1×24, Exodus Part 2)
• Anna-Lucia’s airplane seat. (Ep: 1×23, Exodus Part 1)
• The number of spaces on a game of Connect 4. Lenny played Connect 4 when Hurley went to visit him. (Ep: 1×18, Numbers)
• Numbers on Rousseau’s map. (Ep: 1×23, Exodus Part 1)
• The number of days late (6 weeks) Claire was when she found out she was pregnant. (Ep: 1×10, Raised by Another)
• What the pool ball numbers added up to on the table in this episode. (Ep: 1×8, Confidence Man)

The LOST numbers were 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 & 42

Bach

42 was one of J.S. Bach’s (the composer) favourite numbers. He worked this out by adding up the numbers of position of the letter BACH in the alphabet and then multiplying the answer by three (from the holy trinity). E.G.:

B + A + C + H
2 + 1 + 3 + 8 = 14 * 3 = 42