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1. A young man apprenticed to a group of pirates prepared to leave them and go straight on his twenty-first birthday. He fell for a young woman whose father was a Major General, and then was told by the pirates that because of a loophole (his birthday being on February 29) he had not served his entire apprenticeship yet. Which movie does this description belong to?
2. With news that his prison sentence had been extended, Captain Yellowbeard escaped from prison in order to reclaim his treasure. Where was his map tattooed, in "Yellowbeard" (1983)?
3. A ship full of happy pirates all gathered excitedly on deck as a pirate rowed up in a dinghy with a treasure chest. Captain Bart, with a parrot on his shoulder, opened the chest to reveal the treasure, tickets to a movie. Which movie was this the opening to?
4. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, but with a few changes, "Muppet Treasure Island" (1996) combined Muppets and humans to tell the familiar tale of young Jim setting off with a map to find Captain Flint's treasure. Who played Long John Silver in the movie?
5. In "The Princess Bride" (1987), a man wearing a mask rescued Buttercup after she was kidnapped by Vizzini and his friends. Buttercup believed him to be the _______ Pirate Roberts, the man who had killed her beloved Westley.
6. A captain and his crew of pirates sought the offspring of a former crew member in order to release them from the curse which revealed itself in moonlight. The real offspring and the former captain pursued the pirate ship, with the Royal Navy also in pursuit. Which movie was this?
7. Mikey Walsh and his friends went in search of a pirate's booby-trapped treasure in order to save their homes from a developer, in "The Goonies" (1985). What was distinctive about the pirate's physical appearance?
8. In "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" (2004), one of Average Joe's patrons dressed and acted like a pirate. What was his name?
9. In "The Pirate Movie" (1982), Frederic and Mabel fell in love, but their happiness was threatened when the Pirate King wanted to raid the home of Mabel's father and get his treasure back. Who played Frederic and Mabel in the movie?
10. Lt. Cmdr. Dodge made his XO, Marty Pascal, walk the plank, in "Down Periscope" (1996). What happened after Pascal walked the plank?
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