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7 quizzes and 110 trivia questions.
1.
  Midshipman and Fine Lady    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
What do you remember about "Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady," by L. A. Meyer? Take the second part of my two-section quiz on the second book in the "Bloody Jack" series to find out.
Average, 15 Qns, Arget_Aiedail, Nov 16 06
Average
Arget_Aiedail
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2.
  "Curse of the Blue Tattoo," by L. A. Meyer    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
The first part of my quiz on the second book in the "Bloody Jack" adventures.
Tough, 15 Qns, Arget_Aiedail, Nov 17 06
Tough
Arget_Aiedail
266 plays
3.
  "Under the Jolly Roger," by L. A. Meyer    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Jacky is back! This time she is becomes an acting lieutenant, then gets a Letter of Marque and a ship called the Emerald. How much do you remember about "Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber"?
Tough, 15 Qns, Arget_Aiedail, Nov 17 06
Tough
Arget_Aiedail
255 plays
4.
  Bloody Jack, A Bloody Jack Adventure    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is based on 'Bloody Jack, Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy'.
Average, 10 Qns, KristyMH, Jan 19 11
Average
KristyMH
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5.
  L. A. Meyer's "Bloody Jack"    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz on L. A. Meyer's "Bloody Jack"; a book about the famous female sailor.
Average, 15 Qns, limabeans_BUFF, Jul 18 10
Average
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328 plays
6.
  "Bloody Jack," by L. A. Meyer    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Maties, here be a quiz for ye to play on the first book in the great, grand young adult series by L. A. Meyer. Have fun and good luck!
Average, 20 Qns, Arget_Aiedail, Nov 17 06
Average
Arget_Aiedail
317 plays
7.
  "In the Belly of the Bloodhound," by L. A. Meyer    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Test your memory on the fourth installment of the exciting adventures of Jacky Faber, fine lady and pirate. This time she's caught in the belly of the Bloodhound!
Difficult, 20 Qns, Arget_Aiedail, May 06 07
Difficult
Arget_Aiedail
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trivia question Quick Question
What was the name of the lady that Jacky went to with questions about her female issues?

From Quiz "L. A. Meyer's "Bloody Jack""




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L. A. Meyer Trivia Questions
1. Mary lived with her family in London 1797. What was Mary's little sister's name and who took her when both of Mary's parents died of pestilence?

From Quiz Bloody Jack, A Bloody Jack Adventure

Answer: Penny; Muck

Mary's sister is Penny Faber, and when she dies Muck takes her away. The last sight of Penny that Mary remembers is when Muck slung her over his shoulder and walked away.

2. Where does Jacky land or dock the Morning Star?

From Quiz "In the Belly of the Bloodhound," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: On the beach between Howard's and Codman's wharves

"Any old port in a storm," Jacky thinks. She steers clear of Long Wharf because there are three British man o' wars anchored there and she doesn't want to get caught with the price on her head.

3. What is the first name of the Captain of the Pequod's wife?

From Quiz "Under the Jolly Roger," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: Patience

Prudence is what the Captain and Patience name their new baby, which Jacky helps birth, and Increase is their son and also Ishmael's brother.

4. Where are Amy and Jacky when they first hear Reverend Mather speaking to his deceased grandfather?

From Quiz Midshipman and Fine Lady

Answer: On the widow's walk of Lawson Peabody School for Girls

Jacky and Amy lie down so that he won't be able to see their silhouettes but they'll still be able to hear.

5. Who takes Jacky to the Lawson Peabody School for Girls?

From Quiz "Curse of the Blue Tattoo," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: Professor Tilden&Tilden&Tilly

Since Tilden is Mistress Pimm's cousin, which is part of the reason Jacky is admitted to the school, he is the one to take her to meet her new headmistress.

6. What happens to Jacky's sister, Penny?

From Quiz "Bloody Jack," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: She dies and Muck takes her

Jacky is sure Penny has been "put up in" one of Muck's jars.

7. What is the first article of clothing that Jacky sheds off when in Kingston, in the shrubbery?

From Quiz L. A. Meyer's "Bloody Jack"

Answer: her jumper

Jacky was going to leave the ship at Kingston, but after she told Jaimy about her gender she decided to stay.

8. Along the way to the school, Jacky sees a "huge stone building with grand entrances" and asks what it is. To what building, according to her companion, is Jacky referring?

From Quiz "Curse of the Blue Tattoo," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: The Massachusetts State House

Tilly, being a professor after all, knows exactly what it is, and he comments that the dome was not yet finished when last he came by this way.

9. What is Jaimy's last name?

From Quiz L. A. Meyer's "Bloody Jack"

Answer: Fletcher

Jaimy and Jacky end up falling in love with each other.

10. Jacky is getting closer to her dream. When walking across the plank to get on the HMS Dolphin what does Jacky tell herself?

From Quiz Bloody Jack, A Bloody Jack Adventure

Answer: "A girl what's born for hangin' ain't likely to be drowned"

When Jacky walks up the dock to the ship nervous, she looks into the water and says to herself that "a girl what's born for hangin' ain't likely to be drowned."

11. What expression does Annie use upon seeing Jacky back in Boston?

From Quiz "In the Belly of the Bloodhound," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!

"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! It's Jacky!" Annie gasps. Jacky says she had planned on replying with something "arch and clever," but when she sees Peg, who is so dear to her, she begins bawling instead.

12. Which crewmember of the Wolverine uses the boat hook to try and catch Jacky?

From Quiz "Under the Jolly Roger," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: Joseph Jared

Jared reveals this to Jacky when she first meets him while he is on lookout. Jacky says she can feel herself reddening because it pulled her pants down. Billy Barnes is the man who Jacky nearly caused to drown; John Harper was one of the men aboard the Dolphin; and Joshua Langley is the handsome young man that Captain Scroggs hits with his cane.

13. What is the name of the man who has become a protector to Jacky while she works at the Pig and Whistle?

From Quiz Midshipman and Fine Lady

Answer: John Thomas

John Thomas hears Jacky playing "The Mountains of Morn" in the street and says, "Luffly, Miss. Just luffly, but could it be that you'll play sumthin' more merry for poor John Thomas and 'is mates what had had enough of sadness and woe and hard times?"

14. Where is Amy's farm located?

From Quiz "Curse of the Blue Tattoo," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: Quincy

The Trevelyne family's farm, Dovecote, is located "To the south [of Boston]. About fifteen miles."

15. Who or what does Jacky trip over on her way to find Charlie when he's missing?

From Quiz "Bloody Jack," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: Charlie

Jacky trips over Charlie, who is lying in the street, and he's dead. Later Jacky tells a boy from another gang, Toby, that she thinks it was Muck who killed Rooster Charlie.

16. What did Jacky tell Mr. Jenkins was the name of a certain wrestling move?

From Quiz L. A. Meyer's "Bloody Jack"

Answer: The Jaws o' Death

When Jacky wanted Mr. Jenkins to fight Bliffil she told him about the hold.

17. The ship boys are having a conversation about where they came from. Tink mentions having a "run" with Charlie Rooster's crew. Why doesn't he remember Jacky?

From Quiz Bloody Jack, A Bloody Jack Adventure

Answer: She was Mary

Jacky, not wanting to give away her secret, claims that she was on the bridge, but really she was little Mary on Hughie's shoulders.

18. In what drawer of her desk does Mrs. Fletcher keep all of the letters Jacky sent to Jaimy?

From Quiz "Under the Jolly Roger," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: Third drawer, right side

The maid, Hattie, is the one who finally tells Jaimy where the letters are being kept. Mrs. Fletcher has just fired Hattie because she told Jacky that Jaimy was at the racecourse, and that's why Hattie decides to tell Jaimy about the letters. Jaimy is overjoyed that Jacky still cares about him.

19. When Gully MacFarland is taken by a press gang, what does Jacky pretend to be to try and save him?

From Quiz Midshipman and Fine Lady

Answer: His daughter

Jacky leaps off Gretchen's back and runs up the gangway, falls on her knees in front of the Captain and cries, "Oh, Captain, please, if you take our poor Papa all us girls will starve for sure, Mamma being sick and all, and poor Baby Agnes, oh, Sir, what will become of poor, poor Baby Agnes?" But no one believes her because Gully doesn't have a family.

20. For how many men does the "Dolphin" have provisions?

From Quiz L. A. Meyer's "Bloody Jack"

Answer: four hundred seventy-five men

At the beginning Jacky was supposed to memorize special things about the "Dolphin".

21. The Brotherhood consist of Jacky, Jaimy, Davy, Tink, and Willy. When they arrive on land they all agree to get a brotherhood tattoo. What did the tattoo end up looking like?

From Quiz Bloody Jack, A Bloody Jack Adventure

Answer: An anchor

When picking out their tattoo they decided on a small anchor on their right hips.

22. What is Jaimy's brother's name?

From Quiz "In the Belly of the Bloodhound," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: George & George Fletcher

Jaimy's brother, George Fletcher, "has become a skillful lawyer," and Jaimy asked him to help figure out the charges that were placed against Jacky.

23. How many daughters does Drake, the Master-at-Arms, say he has?

From Quiz "Under the Jolly Roger," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: He doesn't specify

At first Peter Drake does not believe that Jacky will be able to learn to fence, but she shows him that she's not going to give up. After a while, Drake gives Jacky her own sword and gives, "I have daughters, Miss" as a bit of an explanation. Jacky names her sword Persephone.

24. Who carves the initials JF + JF on the foretop of the Dolphin?

From Quiz Midshipman and Fine Lady

Answer: Jaimy

Jaimy carves his and Jacky's initials into the foretop when he's leaving the Dolphin, I guess because that is where they met.

25. Which tune was the first one that Liam taught Jacky to play on the tin whistle?

From Quiz "Bloody Jack," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: "The Tenpenny Bit"

"I have four tunes by heart now," Jacky says, "The Tenpenny Bit" was the easiest, so Liam showed her that one first. "Down by the Sally Gardens" is a "slow and sad song" that Jacky likes to play, and "The Ship Boy's Lament" is the tune she writes after Benjy is killed in the fight with the pirates.

26. What was the name of the lady that Jacky went to with questions about her female issues?

From Quiz L. A. Meyer's "Bloody Jack"

Answer: Mrs. Roundtree

When Jacky first began her menstrual cycle she thought that she had a horrible disease and was dying.

27. Sloat has became very interested with Jacky as their trip continues. Who does Sloat claim is awful friendly with Jacky?

From Quiz Bloody Jack, A Bloody Jack Adventure

Answer: Liam

Sloat claims that Liam is awful friendly with Jacky, because Sloat knows Jacky is a girl.

28. Which song ends the Pimm's Girls Chorus performance at the boys' college?

From Quiz "In the Belly of the Bloodhound," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: The Sanctus

After the performance of songs "which were chosen to highlight our pure and wholesome natures," Jacky and the other Pimm's Girls are allowed to dance with the boys, who have hired a chamber orchestra.

29. On which holiday does the whole town-Jacky included, of course-party in the streets?

From Quiz Midshipman and Fine Lady

Answer: Pope's Day

This is when Henry first meets Sylvie, and when Davy appears, he meets Annie.

30. What does Mam'selle's perfume smell like?

From Quiz "Curse of the Blue Tattoo," by L. A. Meyer

Answer: Tropical flowers

Mam'selle is brought to the jail where Jacky is brought after her "Lewd and Lascivious Conduct" incident and is placed in the same cell. This is when Jacky smells her perfume.

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