Name the Indians that settled near Tom's awesome college.
What is Shinnecock
100
Women were accused of being this during the late 17th Century. Tests to clarify this included the float or sink test.
What is Witches
100
Name the oceanic region where Cod fisheries are located.
What is North Atlantic Ocean
100
This event occurred in Boston and involved the dumping of something.
What is Boston Tea Party
100
True or False. Pirates dressed the same way they do in Pirates of the Carribean.
What is False
200
Who was the first to settle on Long Island?
What is Lion Gardiner
200
True or False. Women on a ship were considered bad luck.
What is True
200
Name the town on Long Island that was most known for Whaling.
What is Sag Harbor
200
What year was the Declaration of Independence announced.
What is 1776.
200
This entity wasn't deemed Pirates but was one in practice. Ships were granted a Letter of Marque from a country to target and attack other countries' ships.
What is Privateering
300
Even though New York is considered part of the "Middle Colonies" which colony used to own Long Island?
What is Connecticut
300
This slang term was used for areas that were high in prostitution and were usually located near ports.
What is Red Light District
300
When hunting whales, whales that ____ when killed were targeted.
What is floated
300
True or False. A Revolutionary Battle was fought on Long Island.
Bonus (200): Name the battle & who won?
What is True
Bonus: Battle of Long Island & British
300
When was the golden age of Piracy?
What is 1650's-1730's
400
Name the 6 States of New England.
What is Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine
400
Even though they were seen as unlucky being on the ship physically, what was placed on the boat in order to "tame the sea"?
What is Figureheads
400
Name the type of fishing vessel that decimated the cod fisheries to almost nothing in the 1990's.
What is Factory Trawler
400
Even though this is not during the revolution, name the president that used to reside on Long Island (Sagamore Hill)
What is Teddy Roosevelt
400
What resource was being smuggled on Long island?
BONUS (200): What were these people called?
What is Rum(Alcohol)
BONUS: Rum Runners
500
How Long is Long Island?
What is ~118 miles
500
Name two of the most famous female pirates.
What is Anne Bonny & Mary Read
500
This part of a killed Sperm Whale was used to make very expensive perfumes.
What is Ambergris
500
Name one of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence from New York?
What is William Floyd, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris, or Philip Livingston.
500
Name three reasons why someone might become a pirate.
What is Captured(prisoner), Not satisfied with pay from being a Sailor, Unemployed looking for easy money(poor).