| Captain Dave drifted in the dinghy for several months, living off of the leftover casserole thrown into the boat by the mutineers when the pizza arrived. Finally, he was picked up by the pirate ship Jolly Roger, which as all pirate fans know, was the ship of the dreaded pirate Captain Hook! |  |
Captain Hook worked for what famous pirate? | |
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Captain Hook, on vacation from fighting Peter Pan, burying treasure and dodging crocodiles, had been looking for pirates to join his battle against the Lost Boys. Captain Dave agreed to join his crew. However, just before they sailed, it was discovered that Captain Dave was allergic to pixie dust. | 
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PIRATE TRIVIA: PERSONALITIES Black Bart (Bartholomew Roberts), the legendary Welsh pirate, is the only recorded pirate who would not touch liquor. His Bahia booty is still thought by some to be buried deep inside a cave on Little Cayman Island, but most historians believe it was quickly spent by the crew on carousing and gambling on Devil's Island. Woodes Rogers was an English privateer and governor of the Bahamas. In 1709, while in command of n around the world privateering expedition, he rescued Alexander Selkirk from a Pacific island. Selkirk's adventures would provide the basis for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) became the most talked about pirate in the Caribbean through such feats as besting a British warship and blockading the Charleston harbor. He is thought to have had fourteen or more "wives" at various ports. When the governor of Louisiana offered a $500 for the capture of pirate Jean Lafitte, Lafitte responded by offering $5,000 for the capture of the governor. | |
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