2.05 "The Long Dark" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Copernicus

When the ship first approaches Babylon 5, it is broadcasting a repeated message: "This is the Copernicus. We come in peace." Ivanova mentions that the markings register it as the USS Copernicus. She further says that the computer does not recognize the design.

Sheridan says that it was a sleeper ship "used in early deep-range exploration, back before we got jumpgate technology from the Centauri." The crew was put into cryogenic suspension until awakened by the computer, which was programmed to awaken them when they make contact with an alien signal.

The computer was also programmed to change the heading to trace back the origin of the signal. These ships have not been used for over 100 years.

Answer: Lord's Prayer

Amis wakes up from a nightmare about the Earth-Minbari War. He goes to the porthole and looks out, seeing the ship. He says: "Where are you? There you are! There you are! I see you..." Terrified, he begins to recite what little he can remember of the Lord's Prayer. He then heads towards the Zocalo and starts to make proclamations of doom to all who can hear him.

Answer: Delenn

Amis tries to talk to G'Kar and Londo, and is then arrested by Garibaldi. Here are some pieces of those conversations. Amis: "Sound tree cannot bear evil fruit lest got bad roots." G'Kar: "Oh, please, don't I have troubles enough?" Amis: "I have walked in the valley of the..." G'Kar: "Good. Keep on walking." ... Amis: "You, with the hair." Londo: "Oh, jeez." ... Amis: "What'd I do this time?" Garibaldi: "You don't remember?" Amis: "Well, I've found that life is, in general, much easier if I forget most of the things that happen to me." Garibaldi: "Well, You were about to accuse the Centauri Ambassador of being in league with the devil, which may not be far from the truth."

Answer: Franklin

Mariah awakens in medlab, where Dr. Franklin is waiting. When she is well enough to move around, he takes her out and shows her the station. While they are eating, she asks: "What else have I missed?" Franklin: "Oh. The usual. The good times, and the bad times, the revelations, the revolutions. Outbreaks of hysteria, the parade of scandals, promises, constitutions, and the occasional war.

The last big ones were against the Dilgar, which we won, and against the Minbari, which...Well, that's a long story." ... Mariah: "And we still haven't outgrown violence?" Franklin: "No.

It's gonna take a lot more than a hundred years to evolve a better human."

Answer: Brakiri

The League of Non-Aligned Worlds calls a council meeting to discuss Mariah Cirrus and the deaths that have ocurred on the station. The Markab ambassador says: "The forces of darkness do not move openly. They work through others. Use others. When the darkness was defeated long ago, they scattered, hid themselves away in secret places, and waited. Now, the dark hand is reaching out and recalling them from their sleep."

Answer: organ failure

After Franklin performs an autopsy, he reports to Sheridan and Garibaldi: "At the time of death, the victim's weight appears to have been about 90 pounds. Given his height and bone structure, his normal weight should have been about 180. But malnutrition wasn't what killed him.

He died as a result of organ failure." ... Sheridan comments: "Lousy way to die, huh?" Garibaldi: "Last I checked there weren't too many good ways."

Answer: Earth Force listening post

Amis was a GROPO (Ground Pounder) during the Earth-Minbari War, and their job was to set up a listening post to monitor Minbari activity. Amis describes when the creature attacked the camp: "We set up camp in old ruins of some kind. As far as we knew, it was a dead world.

It came in the night, during a storm. We heard nothing, saw nothing. It came right through the walls, like a hot wind. The first man died, just meters from me - never even screamed. We ran... we ran. For a second, I thought I lost it, and then I saw it. Standing in the middle of a ball of lightning.

It looked like it had come straight from hell."

Answer: Ivanova and Sheridan

Garibaldi gets Mariah to lead him to the creature and Amis (since Amis and Mariah can sense it's presence since it has eaten a part of them). Later, Sheridan, Ivanova and a team of security people try and take the creature down. Garibaldi says: "These PPG's don't do much more than sting it. Prowls around hurt for a while and comes back stronger." Sheridan replies: "Well, one bee sting may be an annoyance, but a hundred of them can kill you." Then Ivanova and Sheridan say the above lines.

Answer: G'Kar

When Mariah and Dr. Franklin are eating in the Zocalo, G'Kar arrives, and Franklin introduces the two. G'Kar says the above line to Mariah, which triggers some memories in her mind, causing her to pass out.

Answer: Z'ha'dum

Before the signal from Babylon 5 caused the computer to automatically change course, the ship was headed toward Z'ha'dum. Here is the relevant conversation. Sheridan: "You said the ship was reprogrammed to a new destination. So where was it going?" Ivanova: "It was heading for the Rim. To the exact place where ambassador G'Kar told us an ancient enemy was gathering its forces." Sheridan: "Z'ha'dum." Ivanova: "You think it's a coincidence?" Sheridan: "A few weeks ago I probably would've said 'yes'.

But now, 'no'. Something is going on, Commander." Ivanova: "I know. Between you and me, it's scaring the hell out of me."