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Test yourself! Take this The Dark Crystal Quiz | Movies

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.

Author
mirya

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
31,798

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
14 / 20

Plays
2533

Last 3 plays: Guest 146 (17/20), angostura (20/20), Guest 119 (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

Fantasy

Magic

Gelflings

Wonder

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Question 2 of 20

2. What kind of creature is Jen? Hint

Gelfling

Podling

Nebree

Skeksis

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Question 3 of 20

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

The Great Cataclysm

The Great Completion

The Great Conniption

The Great Conjunction

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Question 4 of 20

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

Nebree

Skeksis

Mystics

Podlings

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Question 5 of 20

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

Boris Vallejo

Bruce McNally

Mary Grandpre

Brian Froud

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Question 6 of 20

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

Mysteries

Secrets

Monsters

The Heavens

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Question 7 of 20

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

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Question 8 of 20

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

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Question 9 of 20

9. How often do the Three Suns align? Hint

Every 6 months

Every 500 years

Every 1,000 years

Every year

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Question 10 of 20

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

'The Chamberlain is banished!'

'Kill the Gelfling!'

'I am still Emperor.'

'Follow the Greater Sun for a day.'

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Question 11 of 20

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

Play the flute

Talk with all the living things

Fly

Fight the Garthim

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Question 12 of 20

12. Who is Fizzgig? Hint

Kira's pet

Jen's mother

The wisest of the Mystics

The Skeksis Emperor

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Question 13 of 20

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

Emerald Hawks

Crystal Bats

Sapphire Flies

Crystal Catchers

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Question 14 of 20

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

Blood

Essence

Tears

Bones

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Question 15 of 20

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

The Chamberlain calls the Garthim off

The Mystics begin to chant and frighten the Garhtim away

Fizzgig bites the Garthim's leg

They fall down a hole into the swamp

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Question 16 of 20

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

Mystics

Skeksis

Podlings

Gelflings

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Question 17 of 20

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

Aughra

Jen

Kira

Fizzgig

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Question 18 of 20

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

Landstriders

Earthsprinters

Groundrunners

Pathwalkers

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Question 19 of 20

19. Why doesn't Jen have wings? Hint

He's too young

Gelflings don't have wings

The Skeksis pulled them off when he was a baby

He's a boy

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Question 20 of 20

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

All of these

Yoda

Fozzie Bear

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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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