• 42 (number)
  42 (number)
  42 is the natural number immediately following 41 and directly preceding 43. The number has received considerable attention in popular culture as a result of its central appearance in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and...
  
  , a number, numeral, and glyph
• 42 (dominoes)
  42 (dominoes)
  42, also known as Texas 42, is a trick-taking game played with a standard set of double six dominoes. 42 is often referred to as the "national game of Texas", and continues to be very popular in much of the state. Tournaments are held in many towns, and the State Championship tournament is held...
  
  , a trick-taking game played with a standard set of double six dominoes
• The year AD 42
  42
  Year 42 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Piso...
  
  
• The year 42 BC
  42 BC
  Year 42 BC was either a common year starting on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar...
  
  

Popular culture

• 42, the answer to the ultimate question of life, the Universe, and everything, from Douglas Adams' series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media phenomenon...
  
  
• 42, one of "the numbers" (4,8,15,16,23,42) from the U.S. television series Lost
• "42", the series finale of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is an American animated science fiction/adventure/comedy series produced by Walt Disney Television. The character is from the planet Zurtron. The series originally aired on UPN and ABC from October 2000 to January 2001 as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning...
  
  
• "42" (Doctor Who)
  42 (Doctor Who)
  "42" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 19 May 2007, and is the seventh episode of Series 3 of the revived Doctor Who series....
  
  , a 2007 episode of Doctor Who
• "42" (song)
  42 (song)
  "42" is a song by alternative rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. The song, divided into three parts, does not have a chorus. The first part is a ballad with piano and strings. It then transforms into an...
  
  , a song from Coldplay's album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
• 42 Entertainment
  42 Entertainment
  42 Entertainment is an American company based in Pasadena which specializes in creating and producing alternate reality games . The company was founded in 2003 as an independently-owned, creative content and interactive agency under the name 4orty 2wo Entertainment. The company started with a...
  
  , a company which creates alternate reality games

Other

• 42, the numerical index for the presidency of Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States
• 42V stood for a project with the aim to convert the electrical power distribution system of motor vehicles
• Forty-Two Articles, a book of religious doctrine
• Municipal Okrug 42, name of Gorelovo Municipal Okrug in Saint Petersburg
  Administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg
  The federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, is divided into eighteen city districts , which are in turn subdivided into municipal okrugs, municipal towns, and municipal settlements.-Admiralteysky District:...
  
  , Russia, prior to 2008