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Dark Star Trivia Quiz

John Carpenter's 1974 tongue-in-cheek sci-fi movie proved a seminal film in many ways.

A multiple-choice quiz by sancho_pft. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
sancho_pft

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
249,559

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
206

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the mission of the Star-ship "Dark Star"? Hint

To destroy unstable planets

They've been gone so long the crew have forgotten

To explore strange new worlds

To colonise a distant planet

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the crew members shouldn't actually be there, having stowed away? Hint

Boiler

Doolittle

Pinback

Talby

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which crew member has become reclusive, spending all his time in the observation dome? Hint

Doolittle

Boiler

Powell

Talby

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Question 4 of 10

4. What vital supplies were destroyed in the explosion that also wrecked the main crew quarters? Hint

The ship's entire supply of toilet paper

The food flavourings, so all the food tasted of chicken

All the music tapes except one

Temperature limiters, so the ship was always too hot

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Question 5 of 10

5. The ship's original commander, Commander Powell, was killed in a mysterious accident involving what piece of equipment? Hint

The waste water recycle

The coffee machine

His seat belt

The electronic diary

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Question 6 of 10

6. What piece of equipment is damaged during yet another passage through an asteroid storm? Hint

Air conditioning unit

Main guidance system

Water recycling unit

Internal communications laser

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Question 7 of 10

7. The malfunction causes bomb #20 to arm itself and prepare to drop. How does Doolittle reverse the bombs intention to drop? Hint

He cuts the control wires

He re-targets it and confuses its computer

He uses an electronic game to override the computer

He argues phenomenology with it

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Question 8 of 10

8. After successfully stopping the accidental bomb drop, Doolittle returns to the ship, causing which crew member to be blown out of the airlock? Hint

Powell

Talby

The alien mascot

Pinback

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Question 9 of 10

9. Believing Doolittle has solved the problem, Pinback attempts to give the bomb fresh orders. What does the bomb reply? Hint

Nothing - it ignores him

"You are false data"

"I can only accept orders from the Maker"

"Orders must come from Commander Powell!"

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Question 10 of 10

10. What happens to Talby after the destruction of the ship? Hint

He clings to Commander Powell's cryogenic chamber

He drifts helplessly off into deep space

He surfboards on a piece of wreckage

He is absorbed into the Phoenix Asteroids

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the mission of the Star-ship "Dark Star"?

Answer: To destroy unstable planets

The mission originally was to destroy orbitally unstable planets to help clear the way for future colonisation. However, because they have now travelled so far from the earth even high-burst radio transmissions take 10 years, and the funding for the mission has long since been withdrawn.

2. Which of the crew members shouldn't actually be there, having stowed away?

Answer: Pinback

Pinback (played by Dan O'Bannon, who also did the film's special effects) has confessed his stowaway status to his shipmates so often that they no longer listen!

3. Which crew member has become reclusive, spending all his time in the observation dome?

Answer: Talby

Talby has become withdrawn and only speaks to his shipmates when they bring him food. He muses on the mysterious "Phoenix Asteroids" and lives in hope of one day seeing them.

4. What vital supplies were destroyed in the explosion that also wrecked the main crew quarters?

Answer: The ship's entire supply of toilet paper

At some earlier period in the mission the ship passed through an electromagnetically bound asteroid storm, wrecking the crew quarters and destroying all the toilet tissue. It is never explained how they get around this shortage!

5. The ship's original commander, Commander Powell, was killed in a mysterious accident involving what piece of equipment?

Answer: His seat belt

Powell, having died in an unexplained accident with his seat belt, is in cryogenic storage in the hold, at absolute zero.

6. What piece of equipment is damaged during yet another passage through an asteroid storm?

Answer: Internal communications laser

The internal communications laser "talks" to the bombs which are used to destroy unstable planets. Talby is forced to leave his retreat in the observation dome to try to find the fault.

7. The malfunction causes bomb #20 to arm itself and prepare to drop. How does Doolittle reverse the bombs intention to drop?

Answer: He argues phenomenology with it

In a comical sequence he consults the dead Commander in his cryogenic chamber, and the Commander recommends discussion and philosophical argument with the bomb.

8. After successfully stopping the accidental bomb drop, Doolittle returns to the ship, causing which crew member to be blown out of the airlock?

Answer: Talby

It is at this point that things start to go seriously wrong for the crew.

9. Believing Doolittle has solved the problem, Pinback attempts to give the bomb fresh orders. What does the bomb reply?

Answer: "You are false data"

The bomb reasons that since it is unable to prove that anything it knows truly exists, then the bomb must, itself, be God. The bomb then declares "let there be light" and explodes in the bomb bay, destroying the ship and killing both Pinback and Boiler.

10. What happens to Talby after the destruction of the ship?

Answer: He is absorbed into the Phoenix Asteroids

As Talby is outside the ship when it explodes, he survives, and to his joy meets the mysterious Phoenix Asteroids, and is absorbed into them, destined to travel the Universe eternally. Doolittle also briefly survives, and grabs a piece of wreckage and surfs on it into the atmosphere of a nearby planet.

Source: Author sancho_pft

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