Question 1

Two angels help Will in The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. What are their names? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

Baruch, Balthamos

Question 2

What is the name of the fictional Oxford college that Lyra calls home?

Accepted Answer

Jordan

Question 3

In Lyra's world, what is electricity called?

Accepted Answer

Anbaric

Question 4

Towards the end of His Dark Materials, we are introduced to a third world. What is it called?

Accepted Answer

Cittàgazze

Question 5

What are the names of the four-legged wheeled animals that inhabit the series?

Accepted Answer

Muledorns

Question 6

How did Lord Asriel’s fortune disappear?

Accepted Answer

It was taken from him after he killed Mrs. Coulter’s husband.

Question 7

What does Mary Malone study?

Accepted Answer

Dark Matter

Question 8

What was Will’s father's occupation?

Accepted Answer

Explorer

Question 9

Where is Lee Scoresby from?

Accepted Answer

Texan from New Denmark.

Question 10

What form do witches’ daemons take?

Accepted Answer

Birds

Question 11

Where do Will and Lyra meet?

Accepted Answer

Oxford, Ci’gazze

Question 12

What are Lady Salmakia and Chevalier Tialys?

Accepted Answer

Gallivespian Spies

Question 13

What kind of being is Xaphania?

Accepted Answer

Angel

Question 14

According to mulefa lore, what caused consciousness to come into existence?

Accepted Answer

A female zalif put her claw through a seedpod wheel.

Question 15

Who teaches Mary how to see her daemon?

Accepted Answer

Serafina Pekkala

Question 16

How old is Lyra when she starts when The Golden Compass begins.

Accepted Answer

11

Question 17

In Lyra's world, it is called Dust. What is it called in Will's world?

Accepted Answer

Shadow Particles

Question 18

What candy inspired Mary to leave her religious life?

Accepted Answer

Marzipan

Question 19

Unlike his lover Balthamos, Baruch was never a human and was an angel all of his life.

Accepted Answer

false It is the opposite. Balthamos was never a human and was an angel all of his life.

Question 20

What makes the Dust stop flowing out of the world of the mulefa?

Accepted Answer

The love of Will and Lyra.

Question 21

What kind of an animal is Lord Asriel’s daemon?

Accepted Answer

Snow Leopard

Question 22

What is the name of Lyra’s daemon?

Accepted Answer

Pantalaimon

Question 23

How does Lyra convince Iofur Raknison to fight Iorek Byrnison?

Accepted Answer

She says she will become his daemon.

Question 24

Mrs. Coulter's daemon's name is never revealed.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 25

How do Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter die?

Accepted Answer

Sacrifice themselves, falling into the abyss and taking Metatron with them.

Question 26

Whom was the master of Jordan trying to kill in the retiring room?

Accepted Answer

Lord Asriel.

Question 27

Who steals the alethiometer from Lyra?

Accepted Answer

Sir Charles

Question 28

What is the literal meaning of "Aesahaettr"?

Accepted Answer

God Destroyer

Question 29

Who tries to kill Lyra and Will?

Accepted Answer

Father Gomez

Question 30

Both Lyra's world and our world have a company of trained professional soldiers, employed to serve the Church. What are they called?

Accepted Answer

Swiss Guard

Question 31

What is the name of the building where Will fights to become the bearer of the Subtle Knife?

Accepted Answer

Tower of the Angels

Question 32

What are the creatures that attack adults and destroy their souls or daemons?

Accepted Answer

Spectres

Question 33

What type of bird is the witch Juta Kamainen's daemon?

Accepted Answer

Robin

Question 34

There is a prophecy known amongst the witches about a child. This child was to become a child of destiny and the witches knew her true name. What is that name?

Accepted Answer

Eve

Question 35

What form of transport is common to Lyra's world and ours, although it has become obsolete in ours and is essential in Lyra's?

Accepted Answer

Zeppelin

Question 36

Who reconstructed the Subtle Knife after it broke?

Accepted Answer

Iorek Byrnison

Question 37

What is the permanent form of Will's daemon?

Accepted Answer

Cat

Question 38

What was Mary's profession before she became a scientist?

Accepted Answer

Nun

Question 39

Who killed Father Gomez?

Accepted Answer

Bathalmos

Question 40

What would Lyra call a photograph?

Accepted Answer

photogram

The Ultimate His Dark Materials Trivia Quiz

2) What is the name of the fictional Oxford college that Lyra calls home?

3) In Lyra's world, what is electricity called?

4) Towards the end of His Dark Materials, we are introduced to a third world. What is it called?

5) What are the names of the four-legged wheeled animals that inhabit the series?

6) How did Lord Asriel’s fortune disappear?

7) What does Mary Malone study?

8) What was Will’s father's occupation?

9) Where is Lee Scoresby from?

10) What form do witches’ daemons take?

11) Where do Will and Lyra meet?

12) What are Lady Salmakia and Chevalier Tialys?

13) What kind of being is Xaphania?

14) According to mulefa lore, what caused consciousness to come into existence?

15) Who teaches Mary how to see her daemon?

16) How old is Lyra when she starts when The Golden Compass begins.

17) In Lyra's world, it is called Dust. What is it called in Will's world?

18) What candy inspired Mary to leave her religious life?

19) Unlike his lover Balthamos, Baruch was never a human and was an angel all of his life.

20) What makes the Dust stop flowing out of the world of the mulefa?

21) What kind of an animal is Lord Asriel’s daemon?

22) What is the name of Lyra’s daemon?

23) How does Lyra convince Iofur Raknison to fight Iorek Byrnison?

24) Mrs. Coulter's daemon's name is never revealed.

25) How do Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter die?

26) Whom was the master of Jordan trying to kill in the retiring room?

27) Who steals the alethiometer from Lyra?

28) What is the literal meaning of "Aesahaettr"?

29) Who tries to kill Lyra and Will?

30) Both Lyra's world and our world have a company of trained professional soldiers, employed to serve the Church. What are they called?

31) What is the name of the building where Will fights to become the bearer of the Subtle Knife?

32) What are the creatures that attack adults and destroy their souls or daemons?

33) What type of bird is the witch Juta Kamainen's daemon?

34) There is a prophecy known amongst the witches about a child. This child was to become a child of destiny and the witches knew her true name. What is that name?

35) What form of transport is common to Lyra's world and ours, although it has become obsolete in ours and is essential in Lyra's?

36) Who reconstructed the Subtle Knife after it broke?

37) What is the permanent form of Will's daemon?

38) What was Mary's profession before she became a scientist?

39) Who killed Father Gomez?

40) What would Lyra call a photograph?