Blackbeard - Test
Blackbeard
  • 1. What was Blackbeard's real name?
A) Edward Teach
B) Anne Bonny
C) William Kidd
D) Henry Morgan
  • 2. Which ship did Blackbeard command?
A) The Black Pearl
B) Golden Hind
C) Queen Anne's Revenge
D) HMS Victory
  • 3. Where was Blackbeard born?
A) Portugal
B) Spain
C) France
D) England
  • 4. How many cannon did Blackbeard's ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, have?
A) 30
B) 50
C) 20
D) 40
  • 5. What was the name of Blackbeard's pirate crew?
A) The Jolly Roger
B) The Flying Dutchman
C) The Black Pearl
D) The Queen Anne's Revenge
  • 6. What was Blackbeard's iconic appearance feature?
A) Parrot on shoulder
B) Hook for hand
C) Eyepatch
D) Long black beard
  • 7. How many wives did Blackbeard have?
A) 9
B) 7
C) 3
D) 14
  • 8. In which ocean did Blackbeard operate?
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Pacific Ocean
C) Indian Ocean
D) Arctic Ocean
  • 9. At which Caribbean island did Blackbeard establish a base?
A) New Providence
B) Jamaica
C) Cuba
D) Barbados
  • 10. What was Blackbeard's flag called?
A) Skull and Bones
B) Crossed Swords
C) Jolly Roger
D) Red Flag
  • 11. Where was Blackbeard killed in battle?
A) Ocracoke Island
B) Nassau
C) Tortuga
D) Port Royal
  • 12. What was Edward Teach's better-known name?
A) Blackbeard
B) The Pirate King
C) Captain Teach
D) Edward the Pirate
  • 13. Where did Blackbeard operate as a pirate?
A) The Atlantic Ocean
B) The Caribbean Sea
C) The Mediterranean Sea
D) Around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies
  • 14. Who was the captain that Blackbeard joined around 1716?
A) Captain Morgan
B) Captain Kidd
C) Captain Sparrow
D) Captain Benjamin Hornigold
  • 15. What did Blackbeard reportedly tie under his hat to frighten enemies?
A) Lit fuses (slow matches)
B) Feathers
C) Rope
D) Flags
  • 16. Which port did Blackbeard blockade in South Carolina?
A) Charleston
B) Savannah
C) Charles Town
D) Port Royal
  • 17. Where did Blackbeard run Queen Anne's Revenge aground?
A) Near Port Royal, Jamaica
B) Near Beaufort, North Carolina
C) Near Savannah, Georgia
D) Near Charleston, South Carolina
  • 18. Where did Blackbeard settle after parting with Stede Bonnet?
A) Port Royal, Jamaica
B) Savannah, Georgia
C) Bath, North Carolina
D) Charleston, South Carolina
  • 19. Who arranged for a party to capture Blackbeard?
A) King George I
B) Captain Morgan
C) Alexander Spotswood, the governor of Virginia
D) Captain Kidd
  • 20. Who led the force that killed Blackbeard?
A) Captain Sparrow
B) Captain Kidd
C) Captain Morgan
D) Lieutenant Robert Maynard
  • 21. What was Blackbeard known for in terms of leadership style?
A) Spurning the use of violence and relying on his fearsome image
B) Being a coward
C) Being a democratic leader
D) Using extreme violence
  • 22. How was Blackbeard romanticized after his death?
A) As a villain in historical texts
B) As a misunderstood sailor
C) As an inspiration for an archetypal pirate in works of fiction
D) As a hero in military history
  • 23. Which publication used the name 'Edward Teach' for Blackbeard?
A) The London Gazette
B) The New England Courant
C) The Boston News-Letter
D) The Virginia Gazette
  • 24. Which city is Blackbeard most likely to have been raised in?
A) Plymouth
B) Bristol
C) Liverpool
D) London
  • 25. What did Robert Lee speculate about Blackbeard's birth background?
A) He was born into a family of merchants
B) He was born into a family of sailors
C) He was born into a family of farmers
D) He may have been born into a respectable, wealthy family
  • 26. Who described New Providence as 'no city of homes'?
A) Stede Bonnet.
B) George Woodbury.
C) Captain Benjamin Hornigold.
D) Henry Jennings.
  • 27. How many guns did Teach's sloop have according to Captain Mathew Munthe?
A) 4 guns.
B) 12 guns.
C) 6 guns.
D) 10 guns.
  • 28. How many ships did Teach's flotilla consist of after taking over Revenge?
A) Two ships.
B) Three ships.
C) Five ships.
D) Four ships.
  • 29. What did Hornigold do after retiring from piracy?
A) Accepted the King's pardon.
B) Joined the Royal Navy.
C) Started a trading company.
D) Settled in Jamaica.
  • 30. What was the original name of the ship that Blackbeard captured and renamed Queen Anne's Revenge?
A) Bonnet's Revenge
B) La Concorde
C) Great Allen
D) Mauvaise Rencontre
  • 31. Where did Blackbeard and his crew disembark the crew and cargo of La Concorde?
A) Martinique
B) Saint Vincent
C) Bequia
D) Crab Island
  • 32. What did Blackbeard rename the smaller sloop given to the crew of La Concorde?
A) Queen Anne's Revenge
B) Mauvaise Rencontre
C) Bonnet's Revenge
D) Great Allen
  • 33. Which ship did Blackbeard attack near Saint Vincent after capturing La Concorde?
A) La Concorde
B) The Margaret
C) The Monserrat Merchant
D) The Great Allen
  • 34. Who did Blackbeard place in command of Bonnet's Revenge?
A) Richards
B) Captain Kentish
C) Captain Edwards
D) Henry Bostock
  • 35. What was the name of the merchant sloop that Blackbeard stopped off the coast of Crab Island?
A) The Great Allen
B) The Monserrat Merchant
C) La Concorde
D) The Margaret
  • 36. What did Blackbeard's crew inform Henry Bostock about their past actions?
A) They had captured a Spanish galleon.
B) They had found a hidden treasure.
C) They had destroyed several other vessels.
D) They had rescued a stranded ship.
  • 37. How many men did Blackbeard reportedly command by late November 1717?
A) 200 men
B) 50 men
C) 300 men
D) At least 150 men
  • 38. What did Teach and Bonnet likely attack off in December 1717?
A) Hispaniola
B) Barbados
C) Sint Eustatius
D) Jamaica
  • 39. Which bay did pirates plan to head toward after their attack off Sint Eustatius?
A) Havana
B) Belize
C) Grand Cayman
D) Samaná Bay
  • 40. Which British ship reported on pirate activity on 6 February?
A) HMS Scarborough
B) HMS Caesar
C) HMS Adventure
D) HMS Seaford
  • 41. Who became the captain of the Adventure after joining Teach's fleet?
A) Harriot
B) Israel Hands
C) Captain Hume
D) Bonnet
  • 42. Which vessel did Teach's fleet loot and burn in the Bay of Honduras?
A) HMS Seaford
B) HMS Scarborough
C) Adventure
D) Protestant Caesar
  • 43. What type of vessel did Teach capture at Grand Cayman?
A) A small turtler
B) A large galleon
C) A merchant ship
D) A fishing boat
  • 44. What rank did Blackbeard award himself by May 1718?
A) Lieutenant
B) Commodore
C) Admiral
D) Captain
  • 45. What was the first vessel captured during the blockade of Charles Town?
A) Queen Anne's Revenge
B) Pilot boat
C) Crowley
D) Adventure
  • 46. How many vessels were stopped and ransacked during the blockade of Charles Town?
A) Seven
B) Twelve
C) Five
D) About nine
  • 47. What did Blackbeard demand from the colonial government of South Carolina?
A) Medical supplies
B) Gold and silver
C) Weapons
D) Food provisions
  • 48. Who agreed to Blackbeard's demands for medical supplies?
A) Samuel Wragg
B) Governor Charles Eden
C) Israel Hands
D) Mr. Marks
  • 49. What was the original name of Beaufort Inlet?
A) Pirate's Cove
B) Charles Town Inlet
C) Adventure Inlet
D) Topsail Inlet
  • 50. What was the main reason Blackbeard ran his ships aground at Beaufort Inlet?
A) To hide from the governor
B) To repair the ships
C) To reduce the fleet's crew complement
D) To escape the men-of-war
  • 51. How many men did Blackbeard maroon on a small sandy island?
A) About 25
B) 10
C) 50
D) 100
  • 52. What did Governor Eden give Blackbeard permission to do?
A) Settle in Bath permanently
B) Capture more ships
C) Sail to St Thomas to seek a privateer's commission
D) Return to piracy
  • 53. What happened to the French ship Blackbeard found at sea?
A) It was abandoned
B) It was sunk
C) One crew was moved to another ship
D) It was taken as a prize
  • 54. What did Blackbeard rename his remaining sloop to?
A) Sloop
B) Crowley
C) Adventure
D) Queen Anne's Revenge
  • 55. What did Blackbeard do to the captured ships and prisoners after receiving medical supplies?
A) Sold them
B) Released them
C) Sank them
D) Kept them
  • 56. What did Blackbeard do with the crew of the Queen Anne's Revenge after it ran aground?
A) Kept them with him
B) Marooned them
C) Released them
D) Sank the ship with them
  • 57. What was the date of the proclamation issued by Governor Spotswood requiring former pirates to make themselves known to the authorities?
A) 17 November
B) 23 November
C) 10 July
D) 18 August 1718
  • 58. Who was arrested by Spotswood for potentially knowing Teach's whereabouts?
A) Captain Brand
B) John Holloway
C) Colonel Maurice Moore
D) William Howard
  • 59. How many men did Maynard have in total for the mission?
A) 100
B) 45
C) 75
D) 57
  • 60. From which location did Maynard and his men sail on 17 November?
A) Bath
B) Kecoughtan
C) Pamlico River
D) Ocracoke Inlet
  • 61. Who went into Bath to check for Teach's presence?
A) Lieutenant Robert Maynard
B) Captain Jeremiah Vail
C) Governor Eden
D) Colonel Moore
  • 62. On which date did Maynard find the pirates anchored on Ocracoke Island?
A) 19 November
B) 20 November
C) 22 November
D) 21 November
  • 63. What did Teach do when Maynard's small boat was spotted by Adventure?
A) Cut Adventure's anchor cable
B) Fired at the small boat
C) Ordered his men to retreat
D) Sent a warning signal
  • 64. How many times was Teach shot according to Maynard's examination?
A) Seven times
B) Ten times
C) Three times
D) Five times
  • 65. What did Maynard report as the number of his men killed in the battle?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 15
D) 8
  • 66. What was the total value of Blackbeard's loot sold at auction?
A) £2,238
B) £400
C) £90
D) £79,000
  • 67. On what date were the pirates tried under admiralty law in Williamsburg?
A) 17 March 1722
B) August 1718
C) 12 March 1719
D) 4 April 1719
  • 68. Where were the remaining pirates hanged?
A) In Bath
B) In Ocracoke
C) In North Carolina
D) Along Williamsburg's Capitol Landing Road
  • 69. Who did Spotswood accuse of being in league with Blackbeard?
A) Israel Hands
B) Lieutenant Maynard
C) Tobias Knight
D) Captain Brand
  • 70. Who was named a beneficiary in Eden's will?
A) Hugh Drysdale
B) John Holloway
C) Tobias Knight
D) Robert Walpole
  • 71. When did Governor Eden die?
A) August 1718
B) 12 March 1719
C) 4 April 1719
D) 17 March 1722
  • 72. Who replaced Spotswood as governor?
A) Governor Eden
B) John Holloway
C) Hugh Drysdale
D) Robert Walpole
  • 73. What did Spotswood argue was the source of his authority to capture the pirates?
A) The king
B) The House of Burgesses
C) Lord Carteret
D) Governor Eden
  • 74. What was the estimated value of the prize money for capturing Blackbeard in 2023?
A) £400
B) £79,000
C) £2,238
D) £90
  • 75. What was the name of the road where the pirates were left to rot in gibbets?
A) Pirate's Path
B) Admiralty Road
C) Gallows Road
D) Capitol Landing Road
  • 76. What did Spotswood suggest about Eden's contribution to the success of the operation?
A) Eden was the mastermind.
B) Eden provided the ships.
C) Eden financed the operation.
D) Eden could contribute nothing.
  • 77. Who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth after returning from a round-the-world expedition?
A) Henry Every
B) Blackbeard
C) Francis Drake
D) Bartholomew Roberts
  • 78. Who retired as a rich man, more successful than Blackbeard?
A) Blackbeard
B) William Kidd
C) Bartholomew Roberts
D) Henry Every
  • 79. What did Nautilus Productions file a motion for after the Supreme Court ruling?
A) Reconsideration
B) Appeal
C) Dismissal
D) Settlement
  • 80. What did North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper sign on 30 June 2023?
A) A bill supporting Blackbeard's Law
B) A bill for naval expansion
C) A bill repealing Blackbeard's Law
D) A bill for copyright protection
  • 81. Which pirate took an estimated five times the amount Blackbeard stole?
A) Anne Bonny
B) Henry Every
C) William Kidd
D) Bartholomew Roberts
  • 82. What year did the Queen Anne's Revenge wreck site artifacts start being displayed?
A) 1996
B) 2005
C) 2013
D) 1989
  • 83. What did the U.S. Supreme Court strike down in the 'Allen v. Cooper' case?
A) The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
B) Blackbeard's Law
C) The Copyright Act of 1976
D) The Copyright Remedy Clarification Act
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