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Treasure Island Quiz for Experts | Authors

Think you know your "Treasure Island"? Have a go at this one then! In order to get all the answers right, you need to know a little bit about the back story. Try "Porto Bello Gold" by A.D. Howden Smith.

A multiple-choice quiz by Ortega. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Ortega

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
109,894

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
11 / 20

Plays
1672

Last 3 plays: Guest 66 (11/20), URCR7 (12/20), Guest 157 (15/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. What was the name of the old inn, kept by Jim Hawkins' father, in which the first part of the book takes place?
Hint

Old Anchor Inn

Royal George

Admiral Benbow

Spy-glass Inn

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Question 2 of 20

2. What was Captain Flint's first name?
Hint

William

James (Jim)

John

Robert

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Question 3 of 20

3. What caused Jim's father to die?
Hint

the book doesn't tell

excessive drinking

illness

murder

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Question 4 of 20

4. Where did the gold that was buried on "Treasure Island" initially come from?
Hint

Porto Bello

Southampton

Savannah

Madrid

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Question 5 of 20

5. Who inflicted the scar (sabre cut) across Bill Bones' cheek?
Hint

John Silver

Israel Hands

Robert Ormerod

Jim Hawkins

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Question 6 of 20

6. Who was first mate on the ship that sailed Jim and the others from Bristol to Treasure Island?
Hint

Darby McGraw

Tom Redruth

Blandly

Arrow

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Question 7 of 20

7. Jim Hawkins got entangled in a fight after cutting the anchor rope on the "Hispa�ola". With whom?
Hint

Hunter

Ben Gunn

Israel Hands

Gray

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Question 8 of 20

8. Who was in command of the boat on which Jim went from the "Hispa�ola" to the island?
Hint

Redruth

Hunter

Anderson

Joyce

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Question 9 of 20

9. When John Silver, Jim Hawkins, and the rest got closer to the treasure, they found a skeleton. According to John Silver, whose skeleton was it?
Hint

Peter Corlaer's

Tom Morgan's

Allardyce's

George Merry's

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Question 10 of 20

10. Who was the captain of the ship that raided the treasure from the Spanish at first?
Hint

Captain Flint

Captain Kidd

Captain Hawke

Captain Rip-Rap

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Question 11 of 20

11. On what part of the island was the treasure initially buried?
Hint

Skeleton Rock

Black Cove Hill

Mizzen-mast Hill

Spy-glass Hill

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Question 12 of 20

12. What was "the Dead Man's Chest"?
Hint

Bill Bones' sea-chest

an island

Captain Flint's coffin

a dead sailor's sea-chest

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Question 13 of 20

13. Where did Flint die?
Hint

Malabar

Treasure Island

Savannah

Havana

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Question 14 of 20

14. How many men did Flint kill on the island while there to bury the treasure?
Hint

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Question 15 of 20

15. Skeleton Island was _______ of the island.
Hint

East

South

North

West

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Question 16 of 20

16. John Silver had a nickname. What was it? (This one's easy...)
Hint

"Barbecue"

"the Crutched Cook"

"Long Tall John"

"the Silver Shank"

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Question 17 of 20

17. Where was Jim hiding when he accidentally overheard Silver's conspiracy plans?
Hint

in a salt barrel

in a rum barrel

in a water barrel

in an apple barrel

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Question 18 of 20

18. How did Blind Pew die?
Hint

He was shot by Dr. Livesey

He was killed by Bill Bones in a knife fight

He was run over by a horse

He fell off a cliff and drowned

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Question 19 of 20

19. Why did Jim keep nothing back but the bearings of the island in his journal?
Hint

because he was afraid the spirit of Flint would come and haunt him

because there was still treasure to be lifted

because he promised John Silver

because he never knew exactly where the island was

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Question 20 of 20

20. And now the final question: (This one's really really easy...)
What was the name of Flint's ship?
Hint

"Cassandra"

"Walrus"

"Royal Fortune"

"Trinidad Parrot"

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Dec 15 2024 : Guest 66: 11/20
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the old inn, kept by Jim Hawkins' father, in which the first part of the book takes place?

Answer: Admiral Benbow

First belonging to his father, the Admiral Benbow was later in the hands of Jim Hawkins and his mother after his father had died.

2. What was Captain Flint's first name?

Answer: John

His name is John Flint.

3. What caused Jim's father to die?

Answer: illness

The book states that Jim's father was ill. He got weaker and weaker until ultimately he died.

4. Where did the gold that was buried on "Treasure Island" initially come from?

Answer: Porto Bello

Just like the title of the prequel says: "Porto Bello Gold".
The gold was taken from a Spanish ship after it took off from Porto Bello.

5. Who inflicted the scar (sabre cut) across Bill Bones' cheek?

Answer: Robert Ormerod

Robert Ormerod was the nephew of the pirate captain who raided the Spanish gold. He got in a fight on the "Walrus" with Bill Bones. He cut Bones' cheek with a knife.

6. Who was first mate on the ship that sailed Jim and the others from Bristol to Treasure Island?

Answer: Arrow

"Mr. Arrow", as he was called, was first mate on the "Hispa�ola" until one night he vanished and was never seen or heard from again.

7. Jim Hawkins got entangled in a fight after cutting the anchor rope on the "Hispa�ola". With whom?

Answer: Israel Hands

It was Israel Hands who Jim shot, after he'd been discovered aboard the ship.

8. Who was in command of the boat on which Jim went from the "Hispa�ola" to the island?

Answer: Anderson

Jim Hawkins volunteered to leave the ship and set foot on the island. The boat on which he left was under the command of Anderson.
(This is a minor detail; you really need to read the book closely for this one!)

9. When John Silver, Jim Hawkins, and the rest got closer to the treasure, they found a skeleton. According to John Silver, whose skeleton was it?

Answer: Allardyce's

John Silver recognized Allardyce by the long bones and the yellow hair.

10. Who was the captain of the ship that raided the treasure from the Spanish at first?

Answer: Captain Rip-Rap

This also appears in the prequel story. Rip-Rap worked together with Flint, but he was the one who took the treasure from the Spanish ship.

11. On what part of the island was the treasure initially buried?

Answer: Spy-glass Hill

If you take a look at one of the maps of Treasure Island, you will see that the bulk of treasure was buried on the south side of Spy-glass Hill.

12. What was "the Dead Man's Chest"?

Answer: an island

The subject of the old pirate song was actually an island, as the prequel tells us.

13. Where did Flint die?

Answer: Savannah

John Silver tells the crew Flint died in Savannah of rum. He was there with Flint, Bones, and the others at the time.

14. How many men did Flint kill on the island while there to bury the treasure?

Answer: 6

Flint left the "Walrus" to bury the treasure with Allardyce and five others. Only Flint returned. The six sailors had all been killed.

15. Skeleton Island was _______ of the island.

Answer: South

Again, take a look at the map!

16. John Silver had a nickname. What was it? (This one's easy...)

Answer: "Barbecue"

John Silver was the ship's cook on the Walrus and was famed for his grilled meat.

17. Where was Jim hiding when he accidentally overheard Silver's conspiracy plans?

Answer: in an apple barrel

Strangely enough, they did have fresh apples aboard the schooner!

18. How did Blind Pew die?

Answer: He was run over by a horse

Abandoned by his mates, Pew tripped as he tried to run and was accidentally run over by a horse just in front of the inn.

19. Why did Jim keep nothing back but the bearings of the island in his journal?

Answer: because there was still treasure to be lifted

This was taken from the first few lines of the book.

20. And now the final question: (This one's really really easy...) What was the name of Flint's ship?

Answer: "Walrus"

Everyone who read the book should know this one!

Source: Author Ortega

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