The Scourge Of The Seven Seas Quiz

Get ready to walk the plank and take the Pirate quiz.

Pirates, Buccaneers, buried treasure, and more.  From the legend of Blackbeard to Captain Jack Sparrow, this pirate quiz covers everything and anything to do with being a Pirate.

So, put on your eye patch, set the sails, and let’s see just how much you know about the Pirate Life.

Good Luck taking the Scourge of the Seven Seas quiz!

Instructions:  Answer each question to the best of your ability.  Once you select an answer, a green “Continue” button will appear and allow you to move to the next question.

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Perhaps the most feared of all pirates in his day, what was the true name of the buccaneer called "Blackbeard"?

Vincent Trunk

James Kidd

Jean Beauxmont

Edward Teach

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What is the name of the viking settlement that was established in North America?

New Iceland

New Foundland

Norschviegen

Appalachia

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The legendary Captain Kidd was executed on the charge of piracy, but in the modern day, evidence has come out to suggest he was no pirate. What was his real job?

Fisherman

Privateer

Merchant

Arms dealer

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What is the name of the island port in the Caribbean that became a safe haven for pirates?

Tortuga

San Miguel

Canto Christo

Avian Rock

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What is the name of the maritime privateer who rescued Alexander Selkirk? (the real Robinson Crusoe)

Phinneas Graff

Albert Voisin

Douglas Brahams

Woodes Rogers

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Among the various superstitions of the pirates was a fear of what legendary sea serpent described in the Bible?

Behemoth

The Southern Current

Leviathan

Ziz

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What is the name of the pirate who famously sacked and burned the city of Panama?

Henry Morgan

Bluebeard

Black Bart

Blackbeard

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What is the name of the villainous anti-hero who serves as the main antagonist of the novel Treasure Island?

Captain Stewart

Sam Stoneway

Gene Orinary

Long John Silver

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Black Bart was most famous in his time for doing which of the following?

The sacking of London

Leading a crew of convicts he broke out of prison by himself

Forming the Pirate Codes

Never losing a fight at sea

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What is the name of the famous woman pirate from England who had to dress up as a man in order to join a crew?

Anne Bonny

Caroline Shaw

Kristine O'Hara

Deborah Valentine

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What natural formation served as the central den of the pirates who raided the Ohio River in the early 1800's?

Torrent Rapids

Cave-in-Rock

The Alabaster Falls

Devil's Elbow

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Pirate Captain Jean Lafitte performed which of the following services in exchange for a pardon from the United States Government?

Spy on the Portuguese Navy

Aid Andrew Jackson in The Battle of New Orleans

Raid London to settle the score from the War of 1812

Map out the Mississippi River in its entirety

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According to Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean, what items denote one as a Pirate Lord?

A three-cornered hat

A ruby-hilted sword

A golden skull ring

One of the Pieces of Eight

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The terrible Barbary Corsairs who terrorized European seas throughout the 1500-1700's were from what nation?

The Ottoman Empire

Russia

China

India

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Who was the British Naval Officer whose crew managed to put an end to Blackbeard once and for all?

Thomas Hilton

Nathaniel Roberts

Robert Maynard

Kent Livingston

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The Pirate Codes specifically forbade women from being brought aboard a vessel because of what reason?

Captains feared that they attracted hurricanes

The crew would fight over them

They weren't believed to be physically capable of surviving a pirate's life

Captain's feared they would steal from the coffers

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The character of Captain Jack Sparrow was most likely based off of what real-life pirate?

Jack Tripp

Jacky Page

"Brawny Jack"

"Calico" Jack

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What is the name of this actor pictured below who starred in some of Hollywood's first pirate films?

Humphrey Bogart

Errol Flynn

Russel Crowe

John Wayne

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Ching Shih was a pirate captain from China whose fleet measured about how many vessels?

Over 1,000

Just over 500

Around 300

Around 150

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Queen Anne's Revenge was the flagship of what famous swashbuckler?

Captain Morgan

Blackbeard

"Calico" Jack

Black Bart

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Another pirate superstition was a beast that roamed the depths and looked like a giant octopus. What was the name of this terror of the deep?

Squaller

The Abyss

The Grindilow

The Kraken

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