| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Morgoth or Sauron | Dark Lord | 100%
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| Period after the decline of the Roman Empire | Dark Ages | 67%
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| As practised by Lord Voldemort, for example | Dark arts | 67%
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| Indigo, for example | Dark blue | 67%
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| Morning beverage sans cream | Dark coffee | 67%
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| Africa | Dark Continent | 67%
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| Difficult time in the offing | Dark days ahead | 67%
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| Roy Orbison eyewear | Dark glasses | 67%
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| Unlikely candidate | Dark horse | 67%
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| Eighty per cent of the universe | Dark matter | 67%
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| Workshop for developing film | Dark room | 67%
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| Pink Floyd album | Dark Side of the Moon | 67%
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| 1899 novella by Joseph Conrad | Heart of Darkness | 67%
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| What cats can do | See in the dark | 67%
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| 1964 Blake Edwards film, starring Peter Sellers | A Shot in the Dark | 33%
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| Famous Frost verse: "The woods are lovely... | ...dark and deep" | 33%
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| Sign of rain | Dark cloud | 33%
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| Nefarious exploits | Dark deeds | 33%
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| Edgy comedy | Dark humour | 33%
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| Chicken or turkey high in myoglobin | Dark meat | 33%
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| Lowly state of mind | Dark mood | 33%
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| Simon and Garfunkel opening lyric to The Sound of Silence: "Hello.. | ...darkness, my old friend" | 33%
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| Covert activities by special forces | Dark Ops | 33%
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| Sir Walter Scott line: “Many miles away there’s a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a... | ...dark Scottish lake." | 33%
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| Skeleton in the closet | Dark secret | 33%
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| 1974 John Carpenter fiilm | Dark Star | 33%
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| Appropriate garb for a job interview | Dark suit | 33%
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| Secretive, illicit on-line world | Dark Web | 33%
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| Suddenly cut all communication | Go dark | 33%
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| Exclude from full knowledge | Keep in the dark | 33%
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| Like Clark Gable, for example | Tall, dark, and handsome | 33%
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| 1982 Jim Henson film | The Dark Crystal | 33%
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| How nighttime raids are carried out | Under cover of darkness | 33%
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| It is better to light a candle than to... | ...curse the darkness | 0%
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| Edward Bulwer-Lytton opening line: "It was a... | ...dark and stormy night." | 0%
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| A forgettable period in history, for example | Dark chapter | 0%
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| What Ninjas might wear | Dark clothing | 0%
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| To visit, in a negative way | Darken one's door | 0%
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| It's always... | ...darkest before the dawn | 0%
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| 2017 Joe Wright film starring Gary Oldman | Darkest Hour | 0%
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| Hidden, secretive niches | Darkest recesses | 0%
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| Shakespeare's mystery muse | Dark Lady | 0%
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| Shady résumé | Dark past | 0%
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| Sinister intentions | Dark purpose | 0%
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| Robust coffee choice | Dark roast | 0%
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| Laundry separation | Darks and lights | 0%
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| Gothic soap opera | Dark Shadows | 0%
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| Condition of atoms or molecules unable to absorb or emit photons | Dark state | 0%
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| Bioluminesence, for example | Glow in the dark | 0%
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| Satan | Prince of Darkness | 0%
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| 2008 Christopher Nolan film starring Christian Bale | The Dark Knight | 0%
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| 1961 Ingmar Bergman film | Through a Glass Darkly | 0%
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| 1967 Terence Young film starring Audrey Hepburn | Wait Until Dark | 0%
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| Keeping up a brave face, despite the odds | Whistling in the dark | 0%
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