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1. What was the name of the flag flown on board pirate ships?
A.	Jolly Roger
B.	Sad Roger
C.	Union Jack

2. What did pirates take to sea with them?
A.	wives
B.	dogs
C.	mothers

3. Anne Bonny and Mary Read were famous...
A.	female wrestlers
B.	female cooks
C.	female pirates

4. Most pirates changed their.............
A.	clothes
B.	attitude
C.	names

5. Pirates loved to have fun. What was their favorite sport?
A.	cutting off ears
B.	dunking prisoners
C.	playing football

6. Blackbeard liked to scare his victims by
A.	setting his hair afire
B.	setting their hair afire
C.	snarling at them

7. Pirates were called by many names. Which is not a name given to pirates.
A.	corsairs
B.	pioneers
C.	buccaneers

8. The Caribbean Seas was also know as the...
A.	Golden Coast
B.	Vacation Spot
C.	Spanish Main

9. What kind of documents were some ship captains given?
A.	letter of greeting
B.	letter of marque
C.	letter of piracy

10. The very front part of a ship was also called the ...
A.	hold
B.	bow
C.	stern

11. What term means to lean a ship onto its side?
A.	careen
B.	mistake
C.	collapse

12. What Indian Empires were destroyed by the Spanish?
A.	Inca Empire
B.	Apache Empire
C.	Aztec Empire

13. Blackbeard the pirate sunk which ship on purpose?
A.	Whydah
B.	Queen Anne's Revenge
C,	Atocha

14. The pirate Jean Lafitte hid out in this Louisiana bay.
A.	Barataria
B.	Pontchartain
C.	St. Louis

15. What mysterious creature frightened all pirates?
A.	sea wenches
B.	mermaids
C.	dolphins

16. Where is Captain William Kidd's treasure thought to be buried?
A.	Nova Scotia
B.	Ship Island
C.	Oak Island