The Dark and Darkness Quiz

All answers contain "dark" or a variant.

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Last updated: November 7, 2018

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Hint	Answer
To visit, in a negative way	Darken one's door
Exclude from full knowledge	Keep in the dark
What cats can do	See in the dark
Appropriate garb for a job interview	Dark suit
Difficult time in the offing	Dark days ahead
Hidden, secretive niches	Darkest recesses
1974 John Carpenter fiilm	Dark Star
Robust coffee choice	Dark roast
Shakespeare's mystery muse	Dark Lady
Morning beverage sans cream	Dark coffee
Nefarious exploits	Dark deeds
Shady résumé	Dark past
What Ninjas might wear	Dark clothing
Sinister intentions	Dark purpose
Skeleton in the closet	Dark secret
1961 Ingmar Bergman film	Through a Glass Darkly
Secretive, illicit on-line world	Dark Web
Sign of rain	Dark cloud
It is better to light a candle than to...	...curse the darkness
Simon and Garfunkel opening lyric to The Sound of Silence: "Hello..	...darkness, my old friend"
Satan	Prince of Darkness
Like Clark Gable, for example	Tall, dark, and handsome
Pink Floyd album	Dark Side of the Moon
How nighttime raids are carried out	Under cover of darkness
Keeping up a brave face, despite the odds	Whistling in the dark
Famous Frost verse: "The woods are lovely...	...dark and deep"
It's always...	...darkest before the dawn

Hint	Answer
Lowly state of mind	Dark mood
Eighty per cent of the universe	Dark matter
1899 novella by Joseph Conrad	Heart of Darkness
Morgoth or Sauron	Dark Lord
Gothic soap opera	Dark Shadows
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."
Workshop for developing film	Dark room
Covert activities by special forces	Dark Ops
1982 Jim Henson film	The Dark Crystal
1964 Blake Edwards film, starring Peter Sellers	A Shot in the Dark
Unlikely candidate	Dark horse
2017 Joe Wright film starring Gary Oldman	Darkest Hour
2008 Christopher Nolan film starring Christian Bale	The Dark Knight
Roy Orbison eyewear	Dark glasses
Period after the decline of the Roman Empire	Dark Ages
Edgy comedy	Dark humour
Africa	Dark Continent
Edward Bulwer-Lytton opening line: "It was a...	...dark and stormy night."
Indigo, for example	Dark blue
Condition of atoms or molecules unable to absorb or emit photons	Dark state
Laundry separation	Darks and lights
Suddenly cut all communication	Go dark
Bioluminesence, for example	Glow in the dark
1967 Terence Young film starring Audrey Hepburn	Wait Until Dark
As practised by Lord Voldemort, for example	Dark arts
Chicken or turkey high in myoglobin	Dark meat
A forgettable period in history, for example	Dark chapter