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