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Quiz about The Dark Crystal
Quiz about The Dark Crystal

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This quiz covers some easy and not-so-easy facts about the Jim Henson movie 'The Dark Crystal'.

A multiple-choice quiz by mirya. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
mirya
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
31,798
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
14 / 20
Plays
2584
Last 3 plays: Guest 68 (13/20), Guest 50 (18/20), Guest 82 (19/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. The Dark Crystal takes place in 'another world, another time, in the age of _______?' Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. What kind of creature is Jen? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. What will happen when the Three Suns align? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. Jen was raised by the wisest of the ________. Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. What fantasy illustrator acted as conceptual designer on The Dark Crystal? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. Aughra is known as the Keeper of what? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. How many human characters are there in The Dark Crystal? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. As the film opens, how many Mystics remain alive? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. How often do the Three Suns align? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. Near the beginning of the film, what are the Emperor's dying words? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. The Podlings, Kira's adoptive clan, taught her to __________. Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. Who is Fizzgig? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. What do the Skeksis send to hunt Jen and Kira? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. What do the Skeksis extract from other creatures to make themselves young again? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. How do Jen and Kira escape from the Garthim who attack the Podling village? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. Who built the Houses of the Old Ones? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. What character said, 'Prophets don't know everything!'? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. What do Jen and Kira ride to the Castle? Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. Why doesn't Jen have wings? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. Frank Oz, who was puppeteer for Aughra, also played the voice of what well-known Muppet or character? Hint



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Nov 04 2024 : Guest 68: 13/20
Oct 31 2024 : Guest 50: 18/20
Oct 25 2024 : Guest 82: 19/20
Oct 23 2024 : Guest 66: 11/20
Oct 23 2024 : Guest 96: 19/20
Oct 21 2024 : angostura: 20/20
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The Dark Crystal takes place in 'another world, another time, in the age of _______?'

Answer: Wonder

In the thousand years since the Crystal cracked, the Skeksis have destroyed the beauty of the land.
2. What kind of creature is Jen?

Answer: Gelfling

Jen, our hero, is the last of the Gelflings...or so he thinks.
3. What will happen when the Three Suns align?

Answer: The Great Conjunction

'When single shines the Triple Sun, what was sundered and undone, shall be whole--the two made one, by Gelfling hand or else by none.'
4. Jen was raised by the wisest of the ________.

Answer: Mystics

In the original script and novelization of the film, the Mystics were known as the UrRu.
5. What fantasy illustrator acted as conceptual designer on The Dark Crystal?

Answer: Brian Froud

Brian Froud also worked on the movie Labyrinth and illustrated such books as Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book.
6. Aughra is known as the Keeper of what?

Answer: Secrets

It took between four and six people at a time to control Aughra's movements during filming.
7. How many human characters are there in The Dark Crystal?

Answer: 0

Aside from the stunt doubles and the humans inside the puppets, everything in Dark Crystal, including the insects was created in Jim Henson's creature shop.
8. As the film opens, how many Mystics remain alive?

Answer: 10

Although there are ten to begin with, soon the wisest Mystic {dies;} the same fate finds the Emperor of the Skeksis.
9. How often do the Three Suns align?

Answer: Every 1,000 years

Every thousand years 'the world must undergo a time of testing' and the balance of good and evil will shift.
10. Near the beginning of the film, what are the Emperor's dying words?

Answer: 'I am still Emperor.'

When the wisest Mystic dies, he simply fades into the {air;} when the Emperor dies, he crumbles into dust like a decaying corpse.
11. The Podlings, Kira's adoptive clan, taught her to __________.

Answer: Talk with all the living things

As Kira learned to speak the language of flowers and animals, Jen learned about numbers and words from the Mystics.
12. Who is Fizzgig?

Answer: Kira's pet

Fizzgig is listed in the film credits as 'a friendly monster.'
13. What do the Skeksis send to hunt Jen and Kira?

Answer: Crystal Bats

Kira wounds a Crystal Bat flying overhead, but it has already seen her and Jen floating down the river toward the Podling village.
14. What do the Skeksis extract from other creatures to make themselves young again?

Answer: Essence

When a creature's Essence is removed, the creature becomes a mindless slave with no will or thoughts.
15. How do Jen and Kira escape from the Garthim who attack the Podling village?

Answer: The Chamberlain calls the Garthim off

The Chamberlain rescues them in a vain hope that they will help him regain his former glory among the Skeksis. Jen and Kira don't trust him, but then, who would?
16. Who built the Houses of the Old Ones?

Answer: Gelflings

Jen and Kira's ancestors were all killed by the Skeksis so that the Prophecy would go unfulfilled.
17. What character said, 'Prophets don't know everything!'?

Answer: Kira

The line before that was 'The prophecy didn't say anything about this!' (Jen, aboard a Landstrider)
18. What do Jen and Kira ride to the Castle?

Answer: Landstriders

The Landstriders were performed by a single person apiece on four stilts.
19. Why doesn't Jen have wings?

Answer: He's a boy

Kira saves herself and Jen from the Garthim by gliding down into the ravine on her wings.
20. Frank Oz, who was puppeteer for Aughra, also played the voice of what well-known Muppet or character?

Answer: All of these

Frank was also the voice of Miss Piggy, Animal, Grover, and Bert.
Source: Author mirya

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