// BEGIN editorial data var i = 0; var Piracy_Quiz_081121 = new Array(); Piracy_Quiz_081121.ID = "Piracy_Quiz_081121"; Piracy_Quiz_081121.ID_WB = 27845201; Piracy_Quiz_081121.vote = "WEEKLYNEWSQUIZ_vote_112708"; Piracy_Quiz_081121.navsectionID = "3032505" Piracy_Quiz_081121.sPubDate = "11/21/2008 9:06:10 PM GMT"; Piracy_Quiz_081121.quiztype = 1; Piracy_Quiz_081121.appFmt = 0; Piracy_Quiz_081121.bDispQNums = 1; Piracy_Quiz_081121.appWidth = 460; Piracy_Quiz_081121.appDeck = new Array("","You answered of questions correctly. Scroll down to see answers for each question. "); Piracy_Quiz_081121.appFooter = "Sources: Piratesinfo.com; Thepirateking.com; Wikipedia.org; QARonline.com; Powerset.com; msnbc.com research"; Piracy_Quiz_081121.headHeight = 40; Piracy_Quiz_081121.copyBorder = 0; Piracy_Quiz_081121[1] = new Array(); Piracy_Quiz_081121[1][0] = new Array("Which Roman general routed the Cilician pirates from the Mediterranean and conquered their homeland in 67 B.C.?"); Piracy_Quiz_081121[1].answer = "Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, or Pompey the Great, defeated the Cilician pirates in a three month campaign in 67-68 B.C. that ended with a huge naval battle at Korakesion and the capture of their stronghold in what is now southern Turkey."; Piracy_Quiz_081121[1][1] = new Array("Marcus Antonius",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[1][2] = new Array("Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus",'',1); Piracy_Quiz_081121[1][3] = new Array("Fabius Maximus",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[1][4] = new Array("Scipio Africanus",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[2] = new Array(); Piracy_Quiz_081121[2][0] = new Array("Which of the following was a fearless woman pirate said to be an expert with pistol and sword who plied the Caribbean in the early 1700s? "); Piracy_Quiz_081121[2].answer = "Irish-born Anne Bonny crewed and consorted with brigand Capt. Jack Rackham, also known as Calico Jack. She disguised herself in men’s clothing to fool her fellow pirates, as most sailors of the time believed that having a woman aboard a ship was bad luck."; Piracy_Quiz_081121[2][1] = new Array("Anne Bonny",'',1); Piracy_Quiz_081121[2][2] = new Array("Germaine Bardot",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[2][3] = new Array("Elizabeth Ashe",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[2][4] = new Array("Mary Marchaund",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[3] = new Array(); Piracy_Quiz_081121[3][0] = new Array("Who is the star of the 1949 Hollywood movie “Barbary Pirate”?"); Piracy_Quiz_081121[3].answer = "Donald Woods stars as Maj. Thomas Blake, an undercover U.S. operative who is a passenger on a ship is seized by the pirate Yusef, the Bey of Tripoli, (Stefan Schnabel) in the Mediterranean. "; Piracy_Quiz_081121[3][1] = new Array("Donald Woods",'',1); Piracy_Quiz_081121[3][2] = new Array("Douglas Fairbanks",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[3][3] = new Array("Errol Flynn",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[3][4] = new Array("Tyrone Power",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[4] = new Array(); Piracy_Quiz_081121[4][0] = new Array("What is a mizzenmast?"); Piracy_Quiz_081121[4].answer = "The mizzenmast is the third mast, or the one immediately behind the main mast, on sailing vessels with three or more masts. "; Piracy_Quiz_081121[4][1] = new Array("The main mast on a sailing ship",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[4][2] = new Array("The rear mast on a sailing ship",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[4][3] = new Array("The third mast on a sailing ship with three or more masts, or the one immediately behind the main mast",'',1); Piracy_Quiz_081121[4][4] = new Array("A temporary or makeshift mast erected after the main mast has been destroyed",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[5] = new Array(); Piracy_Quiz_081121[5][0] = new Array("What is the original meaning of the term “swashbuckler”?"); Piracy_Quiz_081121[5].answer = "According to Thepirateking.com, the term dates to 1560 and was coined to describe a “mediocre swordsman who compensated by making a great deal of noise, strutting through the streets banging his sword on his shield, challenging passers-by to duels and just generally acting like a jerk.”"; Piracy_Quiz_081121[5][1] = new Array("The term was coined to describe the sound made by the costumes worn in Hollywood pirate epics, from the swish of the fabric and the clank of the often oversized belt buckles.",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[5][2] = new Array("The word was used to describe one of the lowest jobs on a pirate vessel: that of polishing the captain’s boots, sword and belt buckle.",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[5][3] = new Array("It was first used to describe a swaggering bully and was a combination of the antiquated terms “swash” (to make a noise by striking) and “buckler” (a shield).",'',1); Piracy_Quiz_081121[5][4] = new Array("It has no meaning and was invented by an unknown advertising writer for a poster promoting the 1924 film “Captain Blood” starring Errol Flynn. ",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[6] = new Array(); Piracy_Quiz_081121[6][0] = new Array("Which real-life pirate captain had a hook on the end of his arm after he lost a hand in battle?"); Piracy_Quiz_081121[6].answer = "No pirate captains are known to have had hooks instead of hands. Scottish author and playwright J.M. Barrie gets credit for popularizing the notion through the character Captain Hook from the 1904 play “Peter Pan.”"; Piracy_Quiz_081121[6][1] = new Array("Bartholomew Roberts",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[6][2] = new Array("Samuel Burgess",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[6][3] = new Array("Dirk Chivers",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[6][4] = new Array("None ",'',1); Piracy_Quiz_081121[7] = new Array(); Piracy_Quiz_081121[7][0] = new Array("What was Blackbeard the pirate’s real name?"); Piracy_Quiz_081121[7].answer = "Edward Teach, nicknamed Blackbeard for his wild, ratty beard, is believed to have been born in England circa 1680. He served on a British ship in the War of the Spanish Succession before signing on with the pirate Benjamin Hornigold in the West Indies. He assumed command of Hornigold’s ship after the elder pirate was pardoned and proceeded to terrorize the Caribbean and Eastern U.S. coast before finally being killed by a British officer in a fierce battle aboard the British vessel HMS Ranger in Ocracoke Inlet in the Carolina province in 1718. He was reportedly shot five times and stabbed more than 20 times before he succumbed. Lt. Robert Maynard, the British officer who dispatched him, decapitated the body and hung Teach’s head from the bow."; Piracy_Quiz_081121[7][1] = new Array("William Kidd",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[7][2] = new Array("William Fly",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[7][3] = new Array("Edward Teach",'',1); Piracy_Quiz_081121[7][4] = new Array("Bartholomew Roberts",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[8] = new Array(); Piracy_Quiz_081121[8][0] = new Array("Which ancient world leader was insulted when pirates captured him and demanded a ransom that he felt was insultingly low?"); Piracy_Quiz_081121[8].answer = "Pirates seized Julius Caesar’s vessel in 75 B.C. as it sailed to Greece and, at his insistence, raised their ransom demand in fitting with his station. After friends purchased his freedom, he assembled a small military force, hunted down the pirates and crucified them. "; Piracy_Quiz_081121[8][1] = new Array("Hannibal",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[8][2] = new Array("Alexander the Great ",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[8][3] = new Array("Julius Caesar",'',1); Piracy_Quiz_081121[8][4] = new Array("Charlemagne",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[9] = new Array(); Piracy_Quiz_081121[9][0] = new Array("What was the name of Blackbeard the pirate’s flagship?"); Piracy_Quiz_081121[9].answer = "English pirates, including Blackbeard, captured the French slave -ship La Concorde in November 1717 near the Caribbean island of Martinique. They made it their flagship and renamed it Queen Anne's Revenge. Blackbeard lost his flagship while attempting to enter Beaufort Inlet, N.C., in 1718, five months before he was killed in a battle at Ocracoke. The sunken ship was rediscovered in late 1996 and an archeological assessment and preservation effort are under way."; Piracy_Quiz_081121[9][1] = new Array("Royal Fortune",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[9][2] = new Array("Rusty Scupper",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[9][3] = new Array("Scourge of the Sea",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[9][4] = new Array("Queen Anne’s Revenge",'',1); Piracy_Quiz_081121[10] = new Array(); Piracy_Quiz_081121[10][0] = new Array("What was the term for Christian and Muslim pirates who plied the Mediterranean from the 16th to 19th centuries?"); Piracy_Quiz_081121[10].answer = "Corsairs was the term used to describe both Christian and Muslim privateers who roamed the Mediterranean. The Barbary corsairs, most of whom sailed out of northern Africa, were often hired by Muslim nations to attack Christian ships. The Christian corsairs, also known as the Maltese corsairs, initially waged a religious war against the Turks under the leadership of the Knights of St. John, but eventually morphed into ideology-free pirates simply bent on pillaging for profit."; Piracy_Quiz_081121[10][1] = new Array("Buccaneers",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[10][2] = new Array("Corsairs",'',1); Piracy_Quiz_081121[10][3] = new Array("Sea dogs",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121[10][4] = new Array("Freebooters",'',0); Piracy_Quiz_081121.profiles = new Array();var i=0; Piracy_Quiz_081121.profiles[i++]= new Array(0,19,"
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