Names for "The Dark One" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Light bearer

The name Lucifer is not directly connected to the Devil in the Bible but was used in this sense by both Dante Alighieri in "Inferno" and by John Milton in "Paradise Lost."

Answer: The Lord of the Flies

Beelzebub is identified as the prince of devils in Matthew 12:24, Mark 3:22 and Luke 11:15 (in some translations; some use other related terms).

Answer: Prince of Darkness

In Act III, Scene 4, of Shakespeare's "King Lear," Edgar appears disguised as a mad beggar and says "The prince of darkness is a gentleman."

Answer: Mister Scratch

The names "Old Scratch" and "Mister Scratch" are used for the Devil in other American literary works, e.g. in Washington Irving's short story "The Devil and Tom Walker" and in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." The names are also used by British authors, e.g. Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens and Anthony Trollope.

Answer: Damn Yankees

"Damn Yankees" was based on the 1954 novel "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant" by Douglass Wallop who also adapted it for the screen. The Devil is also known as Mister Applegate in the book.

Answer: Iblis or Shaytan

According to the Qur'an, Iblis or Shaytan was a jinn created out of smokeless fire who had the power to plant evil thoughts in the hearts and minds of men and women.

Answer: Mephistopheles

There is a passing reference to "Mephistophilus" in the first scene of Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor." A 1981 German film "Mephisto" retold the Faust story and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film.

Answer: The Mysterious Stranger

Three quite different manuscripts of "The Mysterious Stranger" exist; a conflated novel was published posthumously and has since been republished academically with all three sets of material included.

Answer: Adversary

This term is used to describe a meeting of God and the angels (including Lucifer) in Job 1:6. It is also used in I Peter 5:8, which is part of the late-evening monastic office of compline: "Brethren, be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist, steadfast in the faith."

Answer: The Book of Revelation

"And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." (Rev. 12:9, KJV) "And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years." (Rev. 20:2 KJV)