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Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a Pirate's Life for Me!

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Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirates Life for Me game quiz
"This quiz explores different aspects of piracy, from real-life swashbuckling buccaneers and cutthroats to a range of other pirate themes in film, books, songs, TV and radio. Kipper me capstans!"

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1. Arr, young Jim Hawkins 'ere. I be the lad from that book "Treasure Island". I tell you, that Long John Silver and his squawking parrot Cap'n Flint be a right pair to be avoided. If I had a choice of islands to be on right now, it wouldn't be Treasure Island - I'd be having a nice holiday on one of those Balearics.

The Balearic Islands lie off the coast of Spain, but tell me if that is off the north, south, east or west coast of Spain?
    West
    East
    North
    South


2. Blistering barnacles! The bravest buccaneer of them all was Captain Horatio Pugwash, with his trusty crew of Master Mate, the pirates Willy and Barnabas, and Tom the cabin boy. What was the name of the pirate ship in which they sailed the high seas?
    Black Pearl
    Queen Anne's Revenge
    Flying Dustpan
    Black Pig


3. What was the name of the radio station set up onboard a ship anchored off South East England in 1964, that became associated with the phrase "pirate radio"?
    Radio Rockall
    Radio Nova
    Radio Caroline
    Radio Plymouth


4. The term 'piracy', describing copyright infringement of printed material, appears first in 1603. What was the world's first full copyright statute, enacted in Britain in 1709?
    The Pirates' Code
    The Bootstrap Bill
    Law of Printmakeres and Publysheres
    Statute of Anne


5. Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann teamed up with a drink-loving, seemingly-insane pirate in "The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" movie. What was this pirate's name?
    Captain Barbossa
    Captain Sao Feng
    Captain Teague Sparrow
    Captain Jack Sparrow


6. Which Horn of Africa country, early in the 21st century, became most closely identified with modern-day piracy in the Gulf of Aden?
    Somalia
    Yemen
    Eritrea
    Djibouti


7. Female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read escaped the pirate gallows, claiming to be pregnant by which swinging captain?
    Jean Lafitte
    Blackbeard
    Calico Jack Rackham
    Henry Morgan


8. The "New York Times" bestseller "A Pirate Looks at 50" was authored by which parrotheaded singer?
    Willie Stargel
    Frank Sinatra
    Garth Brooks
    Jimmy Buffett


9. Pirates were always making unfortunate sailors walk the plank. Which American rock band had a 1970s hit song titled "Walk This Way"?
    The Who
    Led Zeppelin
    AC/DC
    Aerosmith


10. Grace O'Malley was a famous pirate queen who extracted 'taxes' from ships along the western seaboard of Ireland in the 16th century. By what Irish nickname is she often known?
    Cailin Dana
    Pirateen Beag
    Granuaile
    Kojachachain


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Compiled Jun 28 12