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Arr, me hearties! So ye be wantin to take part in me riddles? Well here they be! And a fine set if riddle-me-rees, they be!

So ye think ye know yer Binnacles from yer Barnacles?
Take part in me famous T.V. Quiz: Who Wants to Be a Buccaneer?

Here be a typical Quiz Question:

“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest –
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest –
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”

Question: Who were the fifteen men on the dead man’s chest?
Were they:
A. John, Paul, George and Ringo and 11 of their relatives?
B. Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn and Anni-Frid and 11 of their relatives.
C. You can’t get fifteen men on a dead man’s chest.
D. You are joking, right!

And for the tie-breaker: What Brand of Rum did for the rest?

For this question only: Answers on a Postcard only, please!
To arrive not later than 3rd October 1676. Entries arriving after that date will be disqualified!

Remember there are no trick questions in Who Wants to Be a Buccaneer?

Remember: – DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD.
Go to me profile and send I a PRIVATE MESSAGE with yer answer – be sure to check the box marked PRIVATE, to prevent any Scallywags from copying ye!

The first Riddle and Quiz question will be posted at 8.00pm (GMT) on Sunday 2nd November, 2008. Ye will have 24 hours to respond.

- Yer First Mate, the Piratical Tortoise

Pirate Riddles of the Seven Seas

Here are a few FREE Riddles to whet your appetite. Answers supplied on the answer thread.
These are not part of the competiition.

PRA: What is the difference between an umbrella and a Pirate who never stops talking?

PRB: What is the difference between a greedy Pirate and an electric toaster?

PRC: What was the largest Island in the world before Australia was discovered?

PRD: What did Columbus see on his right hand when he discovered America.

PRE: How do Pirates get their clothes clean?

PRF: What is the difference between a blind man and a retired Pirate?

PRG: When is a Pirate like a bird of prey?

PRH: What is the difference between a Pirate and a church bell?

PRI: Why did the Pirate put a chicken where he buried his treasure?

The competition starts on Sunday 02 November at 8.00pm (GMT)

- Yer First Mate, the Piratical Tortoise

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PR1: Where would you find a Pirate’s brain?

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PQ1: Who discovered Cape Breton Island, Newfoundland and Novia Scotia in 1497?

Was it:

A. John Cabot?
B. Vasca Da Gama?
C. Christopher Columbus?
D. Francis Chichester?

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PR2: Where would you find the Piratical Tortoise’s Treasure Chest?

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PQ2: Between 1903 and 1906 who first navigated the North West passage?

Was it:

A. Captain James Cook?
B. Captain James Speke?
C. Captain Roald Amundsen?
D. Captain John Smith?

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PR3: Why was the Pirate of Exquisite Mind wet?

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PQ3: Who discovered Australia in 1606?

Was it:

A. Henry Hudson?
B. William Janszoon?
C. William Dampier?
D. Ferdinand Magellan?

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PR4: What vermin invested Pirate ships and were partial to a particular delicacy?

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PQ4: Who first crossed the Antarctic Continent in 1957-58?

Was it:

A. Sir Ernest Shackleton?
B. Sir James Clark Ross?
C. Sir Vivian Fuchs?
D. Sir Edmund Hilary?

Choose two in your answer.

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PR5: What do you call an angry Buccaneer?

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PQ5: What was the name of the ship, which Sir Francis Drake sailed round the world between 1557 and 1589?

Was it:

A. The Endeavour?
B. The Centurion?
C. The Victory?
D. The Golden Hind?

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PR6: Where do Pirates store their gym clothes?

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PQ6: Who reached North America round about the year 1000?

Was it:

A. Jacques Cartier?
B. Christopher Columbus?
C. Leif Ericcson?
D. Bartholomew Diaz?

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PR7: How is a Pirate flag like a West Coast baseball player?

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PQ7: Who discovered New Zealand in 1642?

Was it:

A. Neil Armstrong?
B. Martin Frobisher?
C. Abel Tasman?
D. Richard Chancellor?

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PR8: How is Santa Claus like a Pirate?

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PQ8: Who wrote Treasure Island?

Was it:

A. Arthur Conan Doyle?
B. Robert Louis Stevenson?
C. J.M.Synge?
D. H.G.Wells

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PR9: Why did the Pirate give his ship a coat of paint?

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PQ9: Known as the “Saviour of the Navy” who kept a diary from 1660 to 1669?

Was it:

A. John Evelyn?
B. Charles Greville?
C. Harold Nicholson?
D. Samuel Pepys?

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PR10: Where can you find a Buccaneer's bathroom (Toilet)?

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PQ10: Who discovered the sea route to India in 1498?

Was it:

A. Marco Polo?
B. Vasca Da Gama?
C. Ferdinand Magellan?
D. Thomas Cook?

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PR11: What do you get when you cross a Pirate swordsman with a zucchini (courgette)?

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PQ11: Captain William Kidd lived from 1645 to 1701.What did he do?

Was he:

A. An explorer who sailed round the world?
B. One of the founders of the East India Company?
C. A revolutionary who was beheaded at Tower Hill?
D. A pirate who was hanged at Execution Dock?

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PR12: What is a common injury Pirates get from walking the plank in bare feet?

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PQ12: There are four oceans on the Earth’s surface. Which one is the largest?

Is it:

A. The Pacific Ocean?
B. The Atlantic Ocean?
C. The Indian Ocean?
D. The Arctic Ocean?

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PR13: What do Pirates use to blow their noses?

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PQ13: Who wrote Gulliver’s travels?

Was it:

A. Daniel Defoe?
B. Joseph Addison?
C. Jonathan Swift?
D. William Blake?

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PR14: Why are Pirates such good fishermen?

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PQ14: Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?

Was it:

A. Jonathan Swift?
B. Samuel Johnson?
C. Daniel Defoe?
D. Henry Fielding?

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PR15: If a Pirate was born in Greece, raised in Spain, went to America and died in San Francisco, what is he?

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PQ15: How many nautical miles are there to a league?

Are there:

A. Two?
B. Three?
C. Ten?
D. Twenty-One?

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PR16: What doesn’t get any wetter no matter how much it rains?

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PQ16: Who created Captain Hornblower?

Was it:

A. C.S. Lewis
B. E.M. Forster?
C. C.S. Forester?
D. J.D. Salinger?

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PR17: When a dirty Pirate has finished taking a bath, what is still dirty?

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PQ17: Who was the Scottish explorer who discovered the course of the Zambesi, the Victoria Falls and Lake Nyasa?

Was it:

A. David Livingstone?
B. Henry Stanley?
C. John Donne?
D. Daniel Macdonald?

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PR18: What kind of bath can a Pirate take without water?

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PQ18: What was the name of the Genoese navigator who explored America’s East Coast in 1509?

Was it:

A. Christopher Columbus?
B. Hernan Cortes?
C. Sebastian Cabot?
D. Jacques Cartier?

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PR19: What is the only time a Pirate can spell backwards?

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PQ19: Who was cast adrift from the Bounty by his mutinous crew in 1789?

Was it:

A. Charles Laughton?
B. James Cook?
C. William Bligh?
D. Jasper Hook?

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PR20: Why did the Pirate avoid Davy Jones’ Locker?

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PQ20: What was the name of the ship in which James Cook sailed round the world between 1768 and 1771?

Was it:

A. The Trafalgar?
B. The Centurion?
C. The Hispaniola?
D. The Endeavour?

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PR21: What can a Pirate draw without pen or pencil?

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PQ21: In nautical terms, what does “bilge” mean?

Is it:

A. The broadest part of the ship’s bottom?
B. The rim of the hatchway?
C. The hatch through which rubbish is placed?
D. A slang expression meaning “the Captain’s orders”?

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PR22: How does a Pirate ship show affection?

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PQ22: In nautical terms, what is a “cable”?

Is it:

A. The wire to which the anchor is attached?
B. A rope ladder leading down to a cabin?
C. A sea measure of 100 fathoms?
D. A light rowing boat?

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PR23: What kind of watch is best for Pirate’s who don’t like to have time on their hands?

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PQ23: In nautical terms, where is “starboard”?

Is it:

A. The right side of the ship looking forward?
B. The left side of the ship looking forward?
C. The front of the ship?
D. The rear of the ship?

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PR24: Why is a fish like a Pirate who talks too much?

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PQ24: In nautical terms, what is a “grapnel”?

Is it:

A. A type of compass?
B. A type of rope?
C. A type of anchor?
D. A type of sail?

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PR25: How can a Pirate tell the difference between a can of chicken soup and a can of tomato soup?

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PQ25: In nautical terms, what is a “binnacle”?

Is it:

A. A case to house a compass?
B. A spar projecting from a bow?
C. A petty officer in charge of part of the crew?
D. The cooking quarters on a ship?

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PR26: What kind of Pirates does England produce that no other country produces?

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PQ26: In nautical terms, what is the meaning of “abaft”?

Is it:

A. Behind?
B. Ahead?
C. To the right?
D. To the left?

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PR27: What two things can’t a Pirate have for breakfast?

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PQ27: In nautical terms, what are “scuppers”?

Are they:

A. The rations given to mutineers when they have been arrested on board ship?
B. The safety rafts that have to be carried on all ocean-going liners?
C. The ropes that support the main mast of a ship?
D. The holes in a ship’s sides used to drain water from the decks?

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PR28: What is the first thing a Pirate does in the morning?

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PQ28: In nautical terms, when is “the night watch”?

Is it:

A. From 4.00pm to 8.00pm?
B. From 6.00pm to 10.00pm?
C. From 10.00pm to 2.00am?
D. From midnight to 4.00am?

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PR29: What vegetable is it dangerous to have aboard a Pirate ship?

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PQ29: In nautical terms, what is a “hawser”?

Is it:

A. A type of navigational instrument?
B. A type of hatchway?
C. A type of ship’s wheel?
D. A type of rope?

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PR30: What geometric figure is like a Pirate’s parrot that has flown away?

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PQ30: How deep is a fathom?

Is it:

A. 3 feet?
B. 6 feet?
C. 10 feet?
D. 30 feet?

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PR31: What does a Pirate get when he is cut on the head with a cutlass?

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PQ31: What was the first name of the explorer Dr. Livingstone?

Was it:

A. James?
B. David?
C. Stanley
D. Robert?

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PR32: What is the difference between a Boxer and Pirate with a cold?

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PQ32: What imaginary line on the earth’s surface lies largely at 180 degrees longitude?

Is it:
A. Antarctic Circle?
B. Tropic of Capricorn?
C. 39th Parallel?
International Date Line?

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PR33: If a Pirate fell out of the crow’s nest, what would he fall against?

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PQ33: What nationality was the navigator Abel Tasman?

Was it:

A. German?
B. Swedish?
C. Dutch?
D. Spanish?

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PR34: Why is a sinking Pirate ship like a person in Jail?

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PQ34: Which famous sailor was killed in 1805?

Was it;

A. Nelson?
B. Drake?
C. Cook?
D. Raleigh?

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PR35: How did the Pirate skeleton in Davy Jones’ Locker know it was raining?

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PQ35: What was the Pirate, Blackbeard’s real name?

Was it:

A. Jeremiah Teach?
B. Joseph Teach?
C. Edward Teach?
D. Edwin Teach?

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