Pirates at the Movies Trivia Quiz

Pirates are again popular at the movies thanks to the first two smash hit Pirates of the Caribbean films, yet pirates have always been big players in cinema. Take this quiz to find out how much you know about pirates onscreen, and don't worry, if get them all wrong, we won't make you walk the plank.

1: Who plays the infamous Captain Long John Silver in 1996's Muppet Treasure Island?
     Patrick Stewart
     Christopher Plummer
     Tim Curry
     Peter Fonda

2: What Home Improvement child star gets sucked into a pirate book he's reading in 1995's Magic Island?
     Zachery Ty Bryan
     Jonathan Taylor Thomas
     Taran Noah Smith
     Earl Hindman

3: What is unique about the pirates in 1984's The Ice Pirates?
     They're all women
     They're from Antarctica
     They're all missing both legs
     They're space pirates

4: What 1976 film billed itself as The Greatest Pirate Movie Ever!
     Shipwrecked
     Yellowbeard
     The Buccaneer
     Swashbuckler

5: What Guinness world record did 1995's Cutthroat Island break shortly following its release?
     Highest number of prints shipped to theatres in history
     Most expensive advertising campaign in history
     Most money lost for the studio by any movie in history
     Most deaths in a movie in history

6: How much money did Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest make in its opening weekend to the break the all-time record for a single weekend American box office take?
     $135.6 million
     $123.2 million
     $129.2 million
     $115.3 million

7: Which actor has most recently played the evil Captain Hook?
     Dustin Hoffman
     Jason Isaacs
     Hans Conried
     Danny Kaye

8: What famous director helmed the 1986 film Pirates, which followed pirate captain Walter Matthau trying to escape from capture?
     John Huston
     Roman Polanski
     Oliver Stone
     Peter Weir

9: Near the end of the hit 1983 adaptation of The Pirates of Penzance starring Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury, the characters interrupt a performance of what other Gilbert and Sullivan opera?
     H.M.S. Pinafore
     The Mikado
     The Gondoliers
     Patience

10: Which popular pirate film was Errol Flynn's first swashbuckler?
     Against All Flags
     Captain Blood
     The Master of Ballantrae
     The Sea Hawk

Quiz written by Frank Paiva. 9/03/06

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