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On the royal crest of Queen Victoria is this phrase:
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Bugger Off, Pirates
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Good Pirates = Dead Pirates
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Pirates Be Gone
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I Hate Pirates
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According to the Pirate Captain, the best thing about being a pirate is:
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Cutlasses
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Ham night
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Scurvy
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Scantly-clad mermaids
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While the film was released in the States with a subtitle of Band of Misfits, its actual subtitle is Adventures with Scientists. Which historical scientist is at the center of the film?
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Charles Darwin
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Pierre Curie
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Edmond Halley
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Sir Isaac Newton
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4.
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Which of the following is not a brigand in contention for the prestigious Pirate of the Year Award?
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Peg-Leg Hastings
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Black Bellamy
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Bronwyn Redd
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Cutlass Liz
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Seeking to puff up his crew's credentials, the Pirate Captain sets off to plunder ships. The first boat he comes across is:
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Plague boat
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Clergy boat
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Zoological expedition boat
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Pasta-hauling boat
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As he walks the plank to certain doom, Darwin's main regret is that he:
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Never saw a mermaid
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Never rode in an airship
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Never had ice cream
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Never kissed a girl
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Darwin recognizes that Polly, the Pirate Captain's "parrot" is:
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A condor
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A dodo
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A great auk
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Actually a parrot, though an exceedingly rare one
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8.
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The Pirate Captain and his crew are masters of disguise! They land in London dressed as:
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Girl Scouts
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Nuns
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Clowns
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A choir
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Darwin's butler is a/n:
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Ostrich
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Monkey
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Cat
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Platypus
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10.
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So he can sleep, the Pirate Captain has Number Two:
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Draw sheep on the wall
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Rock the bed
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Sing a shanty
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Make nautical noises
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11.
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Darwin's butler snatches Polly, beginning a chase that includes most of the crew riding in:
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A coffin
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A bathtub
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A wardrobe
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A bed frame
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The Royal Society science prize is decided by a/n:
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Thumb war
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Independent panel
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Congress of previous winners
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Applause meter
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Darwin shows the Pirate Captain newspaper with this one-word headline:
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Pardoned
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Executed
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Genius
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Rapscallion
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Darwin's butler robs the Pirate Captain after the Pirate Captain reveals he has been hiding Polly:
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Under his hat
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In his coat
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On his ship
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Under his beard
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Getting the Pirate Captain alone, Queen Victoria entices the Pirate Captain with this to hand over Polly:
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Romance
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Riches
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Fame
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Exoneration
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The Pirate Captain is (briefly) presented with Pirate of the Year Award by:
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The Pirate Ghost
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The Pirate Queen
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The Pirate King
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Cutlass Liz
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17.
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Revealed to have been pardoned, and thus not be a pirate, the Pirate Captain is stripped of his discount card to:
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Jolly Roger's
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Walter Raleigh's Rum Emporium
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Pillage Village
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World of Hooks
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18.
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It is revealed that the Queen primarily wants Polly:
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For companionship
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For eating
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For breeding
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For her petting zoo
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19.
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The Queen is more or less defeated by:
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Links of sausage
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Barrels of vinegar
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Casks of wine
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Bags of flour
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20.
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When last we see the Queen, she is in danger of:
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Being eaten by a sea monster
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Being forced to walk the plank
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Being eaten by exotic animals
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Being burned at the stake
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