FReeper Canteen ~ Tuesday Trivia Challenge ~ Pirates ~ May 29, 2007

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

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Tuesday Trivia Challenge!!

 

 

 

 

This week's challenge

~PIRATES~

Let's see how many you can identify!

Round 1 ~ The EASY ones

1. What is the name of the traditional flag of European and American pirates--a white skull and crossbones on a black background?

2. Pirates made you walk the plank, TRUE or FALSE?

3. Most pirates were professional seaman, TRUE or FALSE?

4. What is the name of the villain in J. M. Barrie's play and novel, Peter Pan, a pirate who lost his hand to a hungry alligator with a loud, ticking clock in its belly.

5. What is the name of the novel by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson--detailing the adventures of a young boy racing evil pirates to buried treasure, and has become a classic in children's literature?

Round 2 ~ A LITTLE harder

1. Who is the infamous captain born in mid-17th century Scotland--is legendary for his cruelty and blood lust? He started out as a ship-owner in colonial New York, became a privateer for an English earl, and eventually turned to piracy.

2. What is a corsair?

a) A pirate ship which only attacks after nightfall.
b) A Barbary Coast pirate or privateer from the 16th to 19th centuries.
c) The nickname for a pirate's first mate.
d) A pirate from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world, Middle-earth.

3. Born in the late 17th century, this Irish woman--one of the few female pirates in history--plied her trade in the Caribbean after eloping with pirate "Calico Jack" Rackham:

 
a) Mary Read
b) Grace O' Malley
c) Sinéad O' Carroll
d) Anne Bonny

4. Born "Edward Teach" in the late 17th century, who was the English pirate widely known and feared for his robberies and atrocities throughout the West Indies and along the coast of the North Carolina and Virginia colonies ?

5. 17th century English, Dutch, and French pirates who operated in the West Indies were referred to as?

 

BONUS Round

*Who was the star of the 1935 movie "Captain Blood"?
 

Answers will be posted throughout the thread! Thanks for playing!

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The answer to number 4 is Captain Hook. The answer to 5 is Treasure Island.

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ANSWERS:

(I solemnly swear I am not looking them up)

1. The Jolly Roger
2. TRUE (among other piratical practices)
3. TRUE (many came from the ranks of the Royal navy)
4. Captain James Hook
5. Treasure Island

1. Bartholemew Roberts
2. (b) and (d)
3. (a)
4. Blackbeard
5. Buccaneers

BONUS: ERROL FLYNN (one of my favorite movies)