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Arrr Rated
100
Nautical term for right side of the vessel.
What is starboard?
100
Though Gibsons is commonly mistaken for an island, in reality it lies in this specific geographic region of British Columbia.
What is the Sunshine Coast?
100
Risk factors include a diet rich in hardtack and not much else. Symptoms include corkscrew hair, perifollicular hemorrhages, and loosening teeth.
What is scurvy?
100
A period from 1700 to 1730, which saw a significant increase in piracy activities, particularly in the Caribbean and along the American coast.
What is the 'Golden Age of Piracy'?
100
In the 1953 animated movie 'Peter Pan', Captain Hook is noted to have an aversion to this noise.
What is the ticking of a clock?
200
What is the jib?
200
Bowen Island and Gibsons are found within this type of wide ocean inlet, with this term also being used to described the act of blowing a ship's whistle.
What is sound?
(Howe Sound)
200
Though Captain Hook famously acquired his hook hand after a skirmish with a crocodile, in reality this was the most common reason for amputation aboard a pirate ship.
What is gangrene?
200
An 18th century British pirate, famous for being the origin of the black 'skull and crossbones' flag.
Who is Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach?
200
In the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' franchise, Will Turner worked in this profession prior to his life as a pirate.
What is a blacksmith?
300
From this high perch on a ship's mast, sailors scanned the horizon for land, enemy vessels or approaching danger.
What is the crow's nest?
300
In the 19th century, Bowen Island's main industrial centre produced this building material which was used in the construction of the Vancouver City Hall.
What are bricks?
300
Common ailment during the Golden Age of Piracy, late features of which include tabes dorsalis.
What is Syphilis?
300
A notorious pirate known for his cunning tactics and successful raids on Spanish ships and settlements, who despite his criminal activities was eventually appointed as the acting governor of Jamaica by the British government.
Who is Captain Henry Morgan?
300
In 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl', Elizabeth Swann tumbles from a cliff after fainting, only to be saved once Captain Jack Sparrow removes this article of clothing.
What is a corset?
400
The central trough in the hull of the boat into which grey water drains.
What is the bilge?
400
English explorers named 'Bowen Island' after Admiral James Bowen who helped defeat a French fleet in 1794, however before this, the island was first explored by this colonial country.
What is Spain?
400
"The doldrums" refers to a depressed feeling experienced after too much time at sea, and is also a problematic weather pattern.
What is no wind?
400
Captain of the ship 'Adventure Galley', this pirate is historically notable for being the only documented pirate to have buried his treasure.
Who is Captain William Kidd?
400
In the 2013 film 'Captain Phillips', the title character deters some of his pirate assailants with this tactic.
What is impersonating military reinforcements?
500
If a 'Genoa' refers to a type of large sail mounted on the bow of a ship, then this other part, nicknamed "the Iron Genny", is useful in conditions of minimal wind.
What is the boat's engine?
500
This small island neighbouring Stanley Park has had a long and eventful history, including being a tree-burial site for the Squamish people, a quarantine site during smallpox epidemics, and now a Canadian naval base.
What is Deadman's Island?
500
In 1718, Blackbeard took hostages at Charlestown Harbor in America, and rather than asking for gold or ammunition, the pirate demanded this item.
What is a medicine chest?
500
The pirate "Blackbeard" was famously noted to perform what intimidation tactic to scare off his foes in battle?
What is lighting his beard on fire?
500
In the 1997 film 'Titanic', Leonardo DiCaprio plays Jack Dawson, a 20 year-old artist from this small town in Wisconsin.
What is Chippewa Falls?